House of Kabobs

Amazing food! I have been here several times and have never left unsatisfied. The owner is incredibly nice as well. The chicken kabobs are my favorite. This is a hidden gem that deserves recognition.

On top of having constantly great food they renovated and updated the restaurant! I love the new look. It is very elegant and classy.

I ordered Eat24 from House of Kabobs as part of my search for a replacement for my Persian food fix now that Piccolo has turned into Biryani & Kebabs. The rice was rather plain, but the koobideh kabobs were juicy. I feel like I could come close to replacing my missing default Persian takeout place if they would just add a bit more butter/​seasoning/​flavor to their rice. It was sprinkled with saffron but otherwise had no flavors. Their tomatoes were pretty mushy too. But the meat was tasty. I will consider coming back.
One note, when I stopped by to pick up my takeout order at 6:30, the restaurant was pretty empty. It looks like more of a lunch spot for that reason. Or maybe it’s also because parking was impossible (I had to put my emergency lights on in a loading zone to duck into the restaurant), but their store location isn’t facing Murphy Street, so they don’t get foot traffic, only diners who already know about their existence. Whatever the reason, I hope that they bump up their marketing efforts. I would hate to lose another Persian food option!

Love this place. Food is great! I have had many of the Kebab s here and they have all been tasty. Meat is good quality and well seasoned. Just keep coming back.

The food was the most authentic I have had in a long time. The assorted appetizer was really good, & the share two meal was more than enough for two people. The Baklava was the best I have ever had, even better than back home in Lebanon. Great service clean & friendly staff.

Quality is good, but not the top line. However, the staff are highly respectful. Location is pretty quiet with a light music. Parking is tricky here. Good for groups also. It had only indoor seats though.

Came in on a weekday afternoon and it was… eerie. Place was completely deserted, except for the owner, and silent except for the hum of the appliances. Everything took a long time. From taking my order, to getting the food (10+ min), to getting the check. Probably because it was obvious the owner couldn’t care less about anything.
The food itself was alright. I got a lamb/​beef wrap and it was a simple affair of kabob, tomatoes, cucumber, and lettuce wrapped up. On the small side, but nicely grilled.
Their entrees looked good on the menu which makes me think this place is better for dinner. Though if I want mediterranean/​Persian food for dinner I’m going to go to Dish Dash
Tl;dr slow, small, quiet. Go to dish dash

First time trying Persian food, and I just thought it was great! We ordered the veggie platter appetizer with hummus, shirazy salad, and an eggplant dipping sauce. Sooooo good! It was all delicious. Surprisingly so our favorite was the shirazy salad. Simple ingredients but really really good. Their beef and lamb rice kabob plate comes with 2 kabobs and saffron rice.
First impressions: has a very «mom and pop» feel to it and kind of divey.

I’ll start by saying I’m an Iranian and would not recommend this place.
I’ll start with the good:
Khoobideh was good, not overly greasy, good flavor.
Salad Shirazi was good too, hard to mess up honestly.
The bad:
Gheymeh bademjoon– no eggplant, oily (why???), lentils were undercooked and crunchy. Portion was small for the price.
Fesenjoon– this was just sad looking. Feesenjoon is supposed to be dark brown, beautiful sheen from the pomegranate molasses and walnuts… this was light creamy beige. Again, sad. Not good at all. Portion was small as well for how much you pay.
Sorry to the owner of this place, I hope you read this and get your act together.

I have been here a few times and dig this place: good food, good service, humble sun drenched dining area.
For the money: the kabobs are always tender and juicy; a generous amount of yummy basmati rice is served too.
Of course, for this low price you only get one piece of grilled veggie.
Customer service: pleasant.
Tip: I think they have lunch specials.
Décor: humble, clean and low key. Good place for convo.
Tip#2: Located on the back side of Murphy street. Since you cannot see this place from Murphy street, drive on S. Sunnyvale avenue and park right in front. It’s hard to find, but worth it IMHO.

I stopped by for take out and was greeted in a friendly manner.
I ordered the ground beef kabob and chicken breast kabob entrée– it was good but not the best I’ve had. The portions were on the smaller size and the meat was somewhat dry but all in all, not bad.

3 – 3.5 stars but rounding down. Ok Persian/​Mediterranean food, but I’d rather pay a bit more and order something tastier at DishDash around the block. I ordered the Kashk Bademjan (Kashk/​Persian Sour Cream, Mashed Roasted Eggplant, Walnut, Served w/​Lavash, $ 8,
), which is a little pricey just for dip, essentially, but they do give you a huge portion with a good amount of pita pieces. However, I wish you could get smaller portions of different dips since I like more variety, but can’t eat that much in one sitting. I tried some of my friend’s kabob, and that was nicely flavored, but not amazing. I might come back to try additional dishes at some point, but wasn’t that wowed by my first meal here. Parking isn’t too bad since there is a parking lot in the back and also some street parking available.

Food is delicate and healthy here. If you like something fresh, try the homemade yogurt drink. It’s flavorful and a little bit salty.

Der Lammspieß war sehr lecker und ich würde hier noch mal essen, wenn Auch die Preise stimmen würden. Ich fand die Rechnung etwas hoch.

On a rainy evening, nothing tastes better than a hot lamb kabob. We had originally planned to go to dish dash (just around the corner) unfortunately, they were closed.
There was nothing special about this place. The lamb kabob was decent but the rice felt a little dry. Try this place if you are in the neighborhood and if dish dash is closed.
(the server likes to chat with the customers– sometimes can be annoying)

ordered the koobideh morgh and chicken kabobs to go. food came out quick. There was just one other person besides us. Tasted pretty decent. chicken kabobs were better than the koobideh IMO. The serving size was really small for the price. 9 $ for one chicken kabob skewer! The staff were OK but the lady was unhappy when I asked her for another yogurt dip.

I was impressed to find a Persian/​Mediterranean spot in the old town area of Sunnyvale. We went in for lunch. The place is small and the service is excellent.
We had the Kabobs for 2 which was a good sampling of lamb 2 different ways and chicken two different ways. The sauces are good and the bread is marginal – sort of a square tortilla. That being said, they told us the bread isn’t made in-​house and perhaps this explains it.
I enjoyed the yogurt drink with the meal.
Good, reasonable priced place for lunch.
~$ 15 per person

Two stars for the food that I’ve previously tried. This past experience definitely deserves not even 1 star, and they have definitely lost me as a customer.
I normally don’t like writing bad reviews and want to support the restaurants I’ve tried, but this one situation is the biggest disappointment of all. I called in a food order to quickly pick up for my lunch while I’m working, and the guy that answered literally told me that they had too many customers in their restaurant at the moment, so I can either order when I get there or eat in the restaurant. I was taken aback so I told him that I didn’t have the time and wanted to just do a take out order and he abruptly hung up on me. I was pretty shocked at the customer service and the situation itself. You don’t ever hang up on a customer or be that rude!
The food was just ok precious times I’ve been there. Quality of food has slowly gone down, but I will not return to this restaurant ever again after that poor quality customer service.

3.5 stars.
I came here for dinner and got the walnut pomegranate stew with lamb and rice ($ 12). Overall, it was quite good: the lamb was super tender, the stew was slightly sweet, with a hint of acidity. It didn’t scream walnut or pomegranate flavors, but it definitely worked. The only downside was it was the most disgusting looking food I’ve ever been served at a restaurant. It was brown and chunky with a layer of oil on top, reminiscent of a broken sauce, and it was served in a beige cheap plastic cafeteria bowl. Man, was I worried when I saw that, but I guess it goes to show that looks aren’t everything. The portion size was just moderate.
My friend’s lamb kebab was marinated and juicy, but not particularly tender. Though it did have a nice smokey char. He also got the veggie platter appetizer, and I was happily surprised to see that the dolmas were served warm, as they should be!

Hum, don’t think I will go back anytime soon. I had the koobideh with rice for $ 10 which i found cheap for Persian food. You enter there and it seems very authentic, nice tablecloths covered by glass, kind of warm and cozy.
Then you get to order and find like they don’t care about you and your order and you get reprimanded because taking some water yourself from the area to pick up napkins and utensils. The lady there reminded me loudly that they were already utensils at the table. I didn’t feel comfortable eating there, maybe because at 7:30 I was the only customer until 2 other girls arrived and sat a the next table.
Food: the meat was overcook from the outside, undone inside and seemed not the best quality. The rice was not of great quality and the yellow color looked more from a colorant than from real saffron. Tomato not well grilled and the whole ensemble was lacking solidity. The yogurt mix came in a plastic bottle (like ketchup) and was just so liquified and tasteless that made me regret adding it to the boring meat. Maybe I am too used to Luna Grill chain in San Diego. This was not satisfactory for me.

This was a back up choice after my other «favorite» falafel place in town was closed at 2:30 for lunch. It’s a bit disjointed when you walk in-​there are take out numbers on each table we saw seated, so we assumed one ordered at the counter. After standing there for several minutes, a surly gentlemen shoved some menus at us and told us to have a seat. There was one harried waitress scurrying around who managed to get to us in a just few minutes.
The ambiance is casual with glass top tables and an interesting Persian tablecloth underneath. But what was slightly off-​putting is that the table next to us remained un-​bussed our entire meal. Not a lot of fun to be seeing someone else’s half eaten lunch while you’re eating.
As for the food, the hummus was actually quite good. At $ 4 for the appetizer, the portion was generous. It was odd that we got Saran wrapped lavash bread to accompany it-​not at all conducive to dipping. My falafel was just alright-​the texture was very crumbly and the tomatoes in the wrap mealy. It was extremely mediocre.
I kind of felt unwelcome the whole time with inattentive service and a sour attitude from the (i believe) owner. Combine that with so-​so, bland food and it added up to a disappointment. No need to ever try it again.