Persian Afghan Kabob

Someone please let us know where you went. :(my family and loved this place so much that we come eat here all the way from San Rafael.

I love this place! The kadu (butternut squash) is my favorite. You can get it as an entrée or side to share. For appetizer I would recommend the kashk bademjan. It’s sweet and topped with fresh yogurt. I would recommend the lamb kabob which is tender. For desert we got the bastani ice cream which was rose water ice cream with pistachios. Perfection!

This was an unexpected find on a Friday night. It’s a small unassuming place. The one and only waiter was the chef’s son (I think) — he had his calculus books on the table. He was obviously just helping out at the family restaurant (and not working as a highly trained waiter), but he was nice and had a funny sense of humor once you got him talking. The meal was exceptional — we had the soup, hummus, salad, kabob combo and baklava. DELICIOUS! We will definitely be back.

They serve great food

I like ma and pop run places, and wanted to like this place as the couple that runs it seemed nice, but have to give thumbs down.
I ordered lamb and kobiedeih and wife got the kobideh. We also got kash bodemdjehn.
I was comparing mostly to Rose Market and tis place is a few notches below this place, and costs more.
The rice with the kabobs was good actually. The tomato was not grilled enough, so not very good.
The worst part of the place was the kobideh, the texture was not o my liking at all. Very overworked or too much binder? We both felt it was like the texture of Japanese fish cakes if you are familiar with this item. Also the kobideh taste was not special. Overall Rose market kills this place, and this is my go to Persian item, so disappointed in this place.
The lamb cubes were better than the kobideh, but a little dry for my taste.
The kosh bedemjian was ok, but I like this dish better at Rose Market or many other Persian places I have been to.
Wanted to like this place, but could not recommend it.

I love the food here but the only problem with this restaurant is that it is not open on Sundays.

Nice quiet little Restaurant the good was yummy and we didn’t have to wait the bread they gave us wasn’t more of a heated tortilla not nan but other than that we enjoyed the food and will definitely be back

Decent food, but nothing stellar. Kabobs were tasty but dry. Rice and nan were serviceable. Decent service.

Pretty good. Service was very gracious, as typical of Iranian custom. Food was served fairly quickly. I had the fesenjoon and it was very good. Reminded me of crashing into my Iranian friends homes in college just at dinnertime for a delicious meal ;)
Atmosphere is a bit cramped but there are interesting cultural artifacts on the walls. Try the real cherry juice soda – exquisite and unique.

We love this place — excellent food! And it’s small and cozy, just the way we like it!

Other than the kabob, other dishes were okay. Chicken challow was subpar, although the bread was nice and appeared to be made of wheat. Service could have been better though. When I asked for an extra plate, the guy refused. Said they would then have to wash it and all!

The chicken is grilled and rich with flavor. You can taste and feel the love and energy behind the making of this food. This is a family owned restaurant and you can tell they love preparing good healthy food.
The soup is called Osh Reshteh. It is a soup I could eat everyday if I could. Clean eating and generous portions. We always take the rest to go for lunch the next day :)

Going into this restaurant is like stepping into an Afghan or Persian friends home. The seating is a little strange and like another reviewer said it felt like a Tetris puzzle piece when you walk in. And if the place was busy it may not have been a great experience since you can hear everyones conversation around you. All the tables are really close and the acoustics are not good for buffering the sound. But on a friday night at 7pm they were not too busy. Bonus points for that!
The server was a nice young woman-​college student whose parents own the place. She was very sweet and recommended some great dishes for us to try.
We tried KASHK BADEMJAN and hummus for the appetizer and we were both amazed at how wonderful the eggplant dish tasted. What an incredible Afghan/​Persian appetizer. They use warmed tortillas instead of pita bread which I thought was interesting but it worked. I do prefer the pita bread though, but the tortilla was nice and light.
For the main course we had the soup (kind of like an Italian wedding soup another diner told us) and shared the FESENJON which was chicken crusted in nuts and cooked in a pomegranate sauce. Magnificent! Also we shared ZERESHK POLO which was a basmati rice dish with with currants and a chicken kabob on the side– it was marinated in yogurt and simple but really flavorful.
We had enough food to take home for leftovers! Great food and amazing prices a must try.

Pretty darn good, pretty good prices!
I came here for the first time the other night with some friends. Wanted to try a new Persian restaurant and we decided on this spot. I was quite pleased.
Its in the middle of a strip mall, and the restaurant itself is small and pretty quaint. The service is great!
I order my Persian go too: Koobideh (two skewers of minced meat with rice. Most places will also serve you a grilled tomato with this and all kabobs, but here you have to pay $ 1 extra. I didn’t care because I never eat that tomato (I know… not very Persian of me…) but I’d never seen that ad was kind of thrown off by it.
The food was good, not the most flavorful koobideh I’d ever had, but still tasty and well cooked. The rice was also good.
I’d definitely come back, especially if I’m already in the area.

I was pleasantly surprised when a friend brought me lunch from here the other day. It was the koobideh kabab combo with grilled tomatoes AND IT WAS SO GOOD. I may be new to Afghan cuisine, but after this meal you can say I’m a big new fan. I’ve had kebabs before and many of them were either too dry or too charred. This one was perfectly cooked. The meat was tender, juicy, and flavorful. I can taste almost all the ingredients in it. And they were well balanced — the spices infused and harmonized with the meat rather than overpowered it. I think that was the best part. My lunch came with a heaping portion of rice that was equally delicious. The grilled tomatoes that came with the dish were plump and so juicy. So much food! For a lunch I felt completely satisfied.
Reading the other Unilocal reviews, I am glad to hear that this is a family owned and operated restaurant. It’s this type of establishment that I tend to enjoy the most. Because when you put enough care into your cooking any meal will be a satisfying one. I’m definitely going to visit here again. And often too!

This restaurant is just alright. Not amazing, but not terrible either. Just alright. You know, I remember when this place used to be in Los Altos off of Grant Road back in the day. I never bothered to check it out then, but word on the street is that they moved to their current location due to a rent increase. Frankly, I think it was a wise decision just because of the fact that the current location is in a more conspicuous area.
The current building that this restaurant resides in used to be a cell phone store back in the day, if my memory serves correct. This isn’t an issue, as the place was remodeled in order for the restaurant to move in here. You can still tell though that it used to be something other than a restaurant just by looking at the ceiling as well as noticing the random electrical outlets all over the place. Anyway, enough with the history lesson and on with the experience…
There were five of us. I ordered the sultani kabob. It came with a shirazi salad as an appetizer. The dish itself had two skewers: one ground beef and the other steak. There was also basmati rice as well. Prior to ordering they gave us two types of bread: one was «lavash» (I put this in quotes for a reason, read below), and the other was an Afghani bread that I can’t remember the name of.
Anyway, here are the good things about this restaurant:
*their prices are surprisingly a lot cheaper than other Middle Eastern/​Iranian restaurants that I’ve been to.
*there is actually more variety to their dishes than other Iranian restaurants I’ve been to like Chelokababi or Shalizaar. for example, this place has Osh Reshteh (a delicious Iranian soup) that most places nowadays don’t have.
*in general, I like how they have both Persian and Afghan food all in one location. you’d be hard-​pressed to find another local restaurant that serves both types of food in one place, most just do one or the other.
*the Afghani bread that they gave us is a rarity in the sense that you never see it at other Middle Eastern/​Iranian restaurants. It is quite delicious as well.
*their shirazi salad was delicious, definitely one of the best I’ve had in a while.
*our waitress was very friendly and attentive.
*the walls are decorated with pictures and artifacts from Iran and Afghanistan, so ambiance is definitely something that this place has.
Here are the bad things about this restaurant:
*the restaurant is extremely small. good luck with having a private conversation, it’s not gonna happen.
*it did take a bit long for the food to come despite there being only my party and one other customer at the time.
*my dish (both the meat and the rice) was bland, and before anyone questions my taste I want to be perfectly clear that I’m half-​Iranian and I know how Iranian food should taste.
*their lavash bread was what appeared to be tortillas that have been sliced in half and subsequently toasted.
Overall, I give this place three stars. As I said at the beginning, it’s not entirely good or bad. This restaurant appears to be a very small family run business in the sense that it seems as though the owners are also the chefs here, and the family members are the waiters/​waitresses. I could be wrong, who knows.
If the owner (s) happen to be reading this, I would like to make some friendly suggestions. Firstly, if you have the funds to do this, it might not be a bad idea to expand the restaurant if one of the places next door to you closes, or to move to a larger location. This place is just too small. Also, if you are able, you may want to consider hiring more chefs and/​or servers so that people will not have to wait long. Lastly, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to give your restaurant an actual name instead of just «Persian Afghan Kabob». I don’t mean to sound rude, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea to, you know, give it an actual name.
Anyway, they get 3 stars. I might consider returning.

I ordered to go on a week night. The Combination Kabob, with a side of soup and bread, was delicious! The meat was tender, Basmati rice cooked perfectly, and grilled tomatoes nicely done.
I’d love to return for a sit in experience and try other items on the menu!

This is one of my all time favorite places to get take-​out from. We started ordering takeout from them when they were in Mountain View. Our favorite menu items, that we had never tried before and are always on our order now, are Chello Kadu, Aushak, & Koobideh with charbroiled tomatoes. Osh Reshteh usually comes with our order, though we never order it (maybe it’s part of one of the dinners?). Tonight, since our child was eating somewhere else, we tried Kashk Bademjan appetizer (yummy!) and Gormeh Sabzi (also yummy).
We are always happy when we order from here, though it would be best if the Aushak was the bottom carry-​out container, otherwise it leaks out all over the containers (at least it was bagged).

This place has the best koobideh kabobs EVER and I have had a lot of them!!! This is even better than Rose market. It was so juicy and moist, I wish I could have some right now. The eggplant appetizer was very good.
Not sure why this place was empty, perhaps it is the location.

Protein Time???
I came to Kabob Afghan & Persian Cuisine after being denied at City Kabob. It’s not that they refused my service but they had a big to-​go order.
Craving a Kabob, I searched Unilocal to find the quickest find.
Thanks to my BF Unilocal,yet again, I was directed to a familiar place.
Located in a very OLD, OLD OLD shopping center, this place looked_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​from the parking lot. I normally frequent the pollo loco, but this Kabob joint looked super sketchy.
Debating on the menu from outside, I finally gave in and walked right on through…
Transported to a more fancier setting, I sat down and was greeted by a smile, menu, 2 sauces, and some Naan.
It was dead, and I wondered why. Family owned, clean establishment, savory food, and decent prices… why?
Recession…who knows? I ordered the chicken kabob plate, and although more pricey than usual 8 bucks, it was good and moist. The water tasted a little funny, and am not sure if it was rose water or something. Either way, service was phenomenal, and my waiter was very attentive. Please don’t be scared by the outside, but this place is a winner if you don’t want Mexican chicken…