90 Kabob

Excellent Chinese kabobs — both meat and vegetable — in a low key environment. 90 Kabob is located at the southeast corner of Chamblee Tucker Road and Buford Highway in the same plaza that includes Phở Bac, Penang, and Hoa Binh Seafood Market. The restaurant is very small, so don’t come with a large group. When you walk in, you’ll see an electronic aquarium display. There are a few tables along each wall. I did notice they took the time to decorate for Chinese New Year, specifying the Year of the Monkey.
Highlights: Kabobs range in price at around $ 1-​$ 3 per stick. The lamb kabob was excellent — the meat was juicy and very well seasoned. I also tried the QQ sausage kabob and the pork belly with mushroom kabob — the latter tasted like bacon wrapped mushrooms. I should note that the mushrooms here are enoki mushrooms, not the standard mushrooms you usually think of at the grocery store. The vegetarian kabobs were also quite good. The full eggplant is a seared, open sliced eggplant with an array of tasty seasonings. I also tried the lotus root, which was also well seasoned and pleasantly crunchy. Service was excellent — the restaurant was empty when I went and the waitress made sure that I was seated at the best table.
Critiques: I also had the beef kabob, which was less juicy and tasty than the lamb kabob. But I’d rate my «least favorite» kabob as a «very good» among a bunch of excellent kabobs. If you’re deciding between beef and lamb, though, pick lamb.
Overall: The rest of the menu options are limited — there are noodle soups but not a huge variety — so I’d recommend 90 kabob as a place for snack instead of dinner. I think the kabobs are excellent — I was impressed that the vegetable kabobs left me with as good of an impression as the meat kabobs. Also, extra points for the pleasant environment and friendly servers.

I really like the kabob here, especially the beef, lamb, and fish cake, chicken is good too but a little sweet.
I love the durian pancake and «durian in vanilla sauce with vanilla ice cream»
Also, the «rice ball sago with mango juice» is good and it’s really popular in China.
Rose tea house is my favorite.
Takoyaki squid ball is really good, also my favorite!!!
Lately, I’ve been coming to this place almost everyday…
I like Kimi (the owner) she is very friendly and kind :)

Friendly staff, good dessert.
Hope can have a bigger variety of dessert selections.
The kabob is way too salty.

I work near by and always want to try this new place out. It’s actually not bad. The kabobs are really good. Ambience is chill. Cute little hangout spot.

Excellent service, this place is perfect for afternoon tea with some kabobs and desserts. Very clean with neat decorations. Been here four times and never left with disappointment.

First off, this is not Mediterranean kabob, but Chinese kabob, which taste very different. Several Chinese kabob restaurants have popped up in the past few years, this particular one opened about a month ago in the same plaza with Hoa Bihn supermarket. It’s tucked all the way back in the plaza (a couple doors down from the supermarket) and can be hard to find.
Dining area is cozy with modern décor. Seating is quite limited (we counted 24 seats). The owner explained that the place gets busier as it gets later, with the crowd starts rolling in after midnight (they open until 2:00 AM). So I don’t anticipate seating to be a problem at normal lunch and dinner times. Menu is not limited to kabobs. They have great selection of teas, snacks, and desserts. They even have waffle and sandwich.
The owner was super friendly and explained the menu with great enthusiasm. She was very honest about what sells best, what doesn’t sell as well, which items are made in-​house, which are provided by vendors… etc. We ordered the following: beef kabob, lamb kabob, fried pacific saury (a.k.a mackerel pike), grilled whole egg plant, QQ sausage kabob (tiny sausage like Vienna sausage), pig belly with mushroom (it’s really enoki mushroom wrapped with bacon), fried fish ball, and bubble milk tea.
We love everything we ordered, but I think several dishes are quite unique and deserve special acknowledgement. The mackerel pike is nicely marinated and fried… with perfect crispiness. It tastes even beter with lime. HOWEVER, please note it’s a butterflied whole fish… so it might be challenging for people who are not used to eating fish with head on and bones. Wife thought the grilled whole eggplant was excellent — tender, juicy, and with various marinates. Surprisingly, the bubble tea is excellent. The bubbles are perfectly soft but not mushy. The tea tasted great and I was told they use real tea instead of powder.
Overall, we had a great experience. Between the great food and friendly service, it’s a solid 4 star (or even higher), but I’m not ready to give it a 5 star yet. I’ll probably write an update after I return next week to try several dishes that look intriguing.

I was driving on my way home from Penang when I noticed the flags and an open sign over in the corner of the shopping center. I decided to have a peek… Only to discover a new kabob place!!!
So last night I stopped in…
I would first like to start off with saying I was impressed with the décor. It was very nice, clean, and festive. Very very festive.
Second, the service is excellent. They are very attentive and polite. If you even glance their way, they’ll ask if you need anything.
However, the reason I gave this place 4 out of 5 stars is because the food. I order a bit of everything off the menu, most everything I got was delicious. But, the lamb and the beef kabobs were a little disappointing. The meat was a little tough and/​or chewy. By no means am I saying the beef and lamb kabobs were terrible, but they definitely can you some improvements.
I will definitely recommend pork belly anything kabobs (anything meaning they had a choice of asparagus, scallop and mushrooms). Take your pick, all of those were amazing. They also have a good selection of milk teas and desserts.
In conclusion, there will be another visit. I think this place is wonderful. Just very new and prob needs to work on a few kinks…

Yesterday, when my partner and myself went to Viet tofu (on buford highway), we noticed this ‘Grand opening’ sign next to it. But then I wasn’t sure, because some times restaurant leave these signs for months after opening. But turned out they had just started the previous day. So naturally, I decided to dine there.
So 90 Kabob is at the same complex that also has other restaurants like Penang, Harmony (restaurant), J’s mini hotpot and also the Viet Tofu. 90 Kabob occupies the store on the left of the Viet tofu. The restaurant overall can seat 22 at a time (yes, I counted) and it will be quite tight. So yeah.
In terms of food, 90 Kabob is primarily a Chinese Kabob place like ‘Beijing Kabob’ and kochi maru, also in Buford highway (More like Beijing Kabob than Kochi Maru). But then, they also have Sandwiches, Waffles, looong list of desserts, snacks, Hot drinks, teas, milk teas and bubble teas. Still, we just decided to get Kabobs for our dinner.
Their menu is at same price point as Beijing Kabob as well. But unlike Beijing Kabob, you only get Styrofoam plates. This is not a deal breaker for me but something to note. We ordered ‘Longan Date’ extract hot drink and I thought it was sweet but at the same time quite refreshing and light drink to start your meal with. And it came in a paper cup.
Then we ordered following Kabobs
1) King oyster mushroom
2) QQ Sausage
3) Chicken
4) FUll Eggplant
5) Beef
6) Lamb
7) full Squid
8) Chicken legs
There isn’t really much to explain more about it other than these are kabobs. So I will just quickly explain what I liked and ones that I didn’t and why.
My favorites are QQ Sausage, Chicken (get this!), Lamb and Squid. I think these meats work well as Kabob than any other. For example, Lamb was more flavorful than beef anytime. Chicken was extremely tender and Squid was crunchy and tasty.
I also liked king oyster mushrooms, but at $ 1.50, I didn’t think it was worth it (Same as lamb and expensive than chicken). Also, I loved the chicken legs but my partner didn’t. Even though it was tasty, you pretty much have to chew it up and spit the bones and not like the ones that falls off the bones at Dim sum place. You have to get your hands dirty for this but if you are not into that, skip it.
Beef was OK but it wasn’t anything to write home about. And the idea of eggplant was actually cool and it was so tender that you can scrape it off and eat. But they have put way too much garlic on that and practically no salt on top. It was just too hard to eat. But at least I know how to order it next time — no garlic.
Also, each table has powdered chilies that you can pepper on your kabobs but it was so powdery that it clogs the shaker every time I used. So I was constantly tapping it on the table. And use it with caution — it was quite hot, which I obviously liked,
The service was excellent here — there were three ladies readily answered all questions that we had about food.
But overall, I didn’t feel like this place is any better than some of the other options around the neighborhood. Don’t mistake me, I will still go back again for more, just that it’s nothing new.
3 stars.