Sami's Kabab House Reviews Summary

Category: Afghan restaurant

Address: 35-57 Crescent St, Astoria, NY 11106, USA

Phone: +19178327165

Rating: 4.4
based on 326 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The salmon was super flavorful and supper juicy."
  • "EVERYTHING is delicious."
  • "The food is impeccable and portions are generous."
  • "Each one of our dishes was flavourful and scrumptiously satisfying."
  • "Food was delicious. Absolutely delicious."
  • "All the vegetables were so flavorful."
  • "The lamb was super juicy and super tender."

Cons:

  • "The food was okay, though too pricy for the portion."
  • "I just wish the food was worth the price and tasted better."
  • "The food low quality. Salad and bread were stale. Meat was old."
  • "Portions were okay but I think for what you’re getting (rice and a few pieces of meat) it’s very expensive."
  • "The meat quality is horrendous."
  • "I felt like the chicken korma was bland and lacking flavor."
  • "Terrible food, avoid at all costs."

Service

Pros:

  • "Service was amazing and staff were very funny and kind."
  • "Service needs to be little bit better and attentive towards table."
  • "The owner is amazing, and you can just tell how much passion he has for his food."
  • "The owner was so welcoming."
  • "The server was courteous."
  • "The owner and his staff were very nice and kept checking on my family and I every couple of minutes."
  • "Service: even worse. The waiter was annoyed we were ordering."

Cons:

  • "We were charged 30 extra for no good reason."
  • "I was disrespected and insulted by their server and cashier Sami Zaman."
  • "They overcharge and add items without asking and add 20% service fee that they clearly don’t deserve."
  • "The waiters are all over the place, keep forgetting to bring stuff."
  • "Absolutely atrocious service."
  • "The manager's attitude kind of changed right away. He was smiling in a mocking kind of way."
  • "Service is extremely bad."

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "Seems bigger inside than at first glance."
  • "So lovely place. Well decoration."
  • "The place is spacious and has great lighting."
  • "Like the new addition corner space with full height glass in contrast with the more traditional feel on the other side."
  • "The restaurant itself is warm and inviting."
  • "The restroom is a world of its own, clean, well maintained, a sink with fresh rose petals strewn around it- and dim romantic lighting."
  • "Everything is clean, stuff responsive and looks like good vibe adds to experience."

Cons:

  • "AVOID THIS PLACE! Worst dining out experience ever."
  • "The only problem it has is that the place is not very spacious and sometimes it’s over crowded and noisy."
  • "No bathroom? Where they wash hand?"
  • "Not sure if I just came at a bad time but the music was blaring."
  • "We made reservations for Mother's Day but were disappointed with our seating directly under the sun with 0 shade."
  • "Where we situated at was very dim, and it seemed to be at the corner of the restaurant."
  • "Looks like this place for rent but existing 'restaurant'."

Pricing

Pros:

  • "The prices are very reasonable."
  • "Prices were decent, food tasted great."
  • "Price is good too!"
  • "The prices are reasonable, making the experience well worth it."
  • "The prices match the amount and quality of food given."
  • "Everything was very responsibly priced."
  • "Good value for money."

Cons:

  • "The food was okay, though too pricy for the portion."
  • "Portions were okay but I think for what you’re getting (rice and a few pieces of meat) it’s very expensive."
  • "I'm really very disappointed due to high price for family platter and double charge for service fee."
  • "Food tasted good but the prices was way beyond than what I expected."
  • "The price doesn’t justify the amount of food they serve."
  • "Food is expensive as it is then they charge 20% service fee and expect 20% gratuity on top of it."
  • "The food is good, but very expensive. Also, they charged extra money as service charges (20% of the bill)."

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