Cheap Eats 2009: Kabul Kabob House

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Reviewed by Todd Kliman , Cynthia Hacinli , Ann Limpert , Kate Nerenberg , Rina Rapuano

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Great food, low prices, lots of fun

Kabul Kabob House

514 Van Dorn St.
Alexandria, VA 22203
Phone: 703-751-1833

Cuisines:
Afghan, Middle Eastern

Opening Hours:

Wheelchair Accessible:
Yes

Nearby Metro Stops:
Van Dorn St.

Price Range:
Inexpensive

Dress:
Informal

Noise Level:
Intimate

Reservations:
Not needed

Special Features:
Kid Friendly

Best Dishes
Sultani Kabob platter, with both lamb and chicken kebabs and rice dusted with sumac; qabli palaw, lamb chunks with rice, shredded carrots, almonds, and raisins; daal chalaw, a stew of yellow lentils with herbs; sambusa, a fried pastry filled with spiced meat; bolonee, similar to the sambusa but filled with potato and herbs.

Price Details:
Appetizers $2.99 to $4.90; entrées $5.99 to $11.95

Reader's Rating:

1 out of 5

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Why go: Forget the plastic tablecloths. Where it counts, this Afghan diner delivers, with excellent breads, well-tended meats, and richly layered stews.

What to get: Fried sambusa and bolonee appetizers filled with meat or potato and served with a vinegary cilantro dipping sauce; gablie palou, tender lamb chunks with rice, shredded carrots, almonds, and raisins; dal chalaw, curried lentil stew; cardamom tea.

Best for: A quiet lunch—servers pretty much drop the food off and disappear.

Insider tip: At $7.99, the lunch buffet is a great, quick deal, but the regular menu, also inexpensive, is the thing to zero in on.

Open daily for lunch and dinner.

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highviewtom — November 14, 2009 2:43 PM

We have been reading the good reviews of this place for years now so today we had a chance to try it. The food was dry and tasteless, the meat over cooked; the atmosphere was like that of a laundromat in Calcutta; the lone counterperson was sullen. More ...

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