Dirt Cheap Eats 2008: Ravi Kabob

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Ravi Kabob

305 N. Glebe Rd.
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: 703-522-6666

Cuisines:
Middle Eastern

Opening Hours:

Wheelchair Accessible:
Yes

Nearby Metro Stops:
Virginia Square-GMU
Ballston-MU

Price Range:
Inexpensive

Dress:
Informal

Noise Level:
Chatty

Reservations:
Not needed

Special Features:
Cash Only, Kid Friendly

Best Dishes
Lamb and lamb brains karahi; kebabs, including lamb chops, bone-in chicken, kubideh, and seekh kebab; chana masala; mango lassi.

Price Details:
Appetizers $1.25 to $2.50, entrées $9 to $17.

Reader's Rating:

3 out of 5

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These exceptional Arlington kebab houses offer the prospect, rare these days, of eating well while eating a lot—a whole lot. An order of the matchless kebabs—made with halal lamb, chicken, or beef, marinated for 18 hours, and cooked over a charcoal grill until the meat is gently charred—comes with either bread (baked to order) or rice and a salad ($8.50). It’s the same deal for the karahi, a marvelous, head-clearing stew of tomato, ginger, chilies, and hunks of lamb or chicken or a portion of lamb’s brains. Open daily for lunch and dinner.

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Best Kabobs Ever!

dccatfan — October 1, 2009 3:25 PM

Not sure what the negative review was all about but this place is great. I've only been there one time when it wasn't shoulder to shoulder, and then I realized it was Ramadan. I do take-out because it is crazy in there, but it's kind of cool. The More ...

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Disgusting

nativewashingtonian — June 6, 2009 7:10 PM

If there is any restaurant in the Washington Metro area to avoid it would be the filthy Ravi Kabob. The bone-in and boneless chicken kabobs are overspiced (and I adore well spiced foods) and as dry as Ravi's day old Naan-type bread. The vegetables More ...

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Strictly carry out

Bartollah — March 3, 2009 3:00 PM

We went to the one by the CVS. The kabobs are up there with the best in the area. We were taken aback by how dirty the resturaunt was. Which leads me to question the cleanliest of the kitchen. Taking my family was a mistake. We would rather go to More ...

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