Kandahar Kabab

Food tastes good. But had to wait 40+ mins for the order to arrive. Would’ve understood if it was busy that day, but it wasn’t.
Servers behind the counter just kept talking to each other instead of answering a question. They have made their rice portions smaller than before. Overall food quality has gone down but still pretty good.

Food was mediocre as I had better Afghan food else where, service is HORRIBLE! Don’t recommend this place at all!!!

Ah, sucks that this gem has such a low rating!
Kandahar was my «go to» lunch spot from work as I used to work in the area. Now, if I am ever in town — this is one of the first stops.
We usually get the Sardari kabab place and opt for 2 portions of just the chicken kabob. The chicken is super tender and soft — No idea how they get it so perfect every time. The rice is cooked perfectly and their sauces are off the hook. The naan can be a hit or miss — there has been times that we have gone and got cold naan which sucked.
They also have a dish called «bolani» which is a flat bread stuffed with potato. They serve it with yogurt and it is super yummy and reminds me of my mom’s homemade paranthas.
I’ve also had a chance to try their «dough» drink which is an Afghani yogurt drink and it was delicious. For all the Poonjabs, it is basically our indian Lassi.
Taking off a point because service can also be hit or miss. It’s a family run business so if they are busy — they really don’t know how to get their shit together and deliver. Its havoc and you can tell on the ladies face who seems to be the owner. But if you go on an empty day, then food is prepared nicely and its top notch quality!
If they can work on better serving the lunch crowd — this place would be a total 5!

please do not waste ur time and money if u are a foodie. non athuntic afghani food. use of dil an almost sin for this type of cusine. icing on the cake they served it with saracha sauce.
very bad food exprience.

worst service. worst owner/​manager. treats her employees with so much disrespect and especially her customers.

Went there 3 years back, excellent bbq Afghan food. Loved the white sauce. They have renovation going on so check before you go.

I ordered the sultani dish with Palau Rice and it came under cook and the rice was hard which they corrected. My buddy whose Afghan got veggie chapli and there was absolutely no seasoning or flavour just a mashed veggie patty. The meat kabobs came burnt and super thin.

went with my friends this week around 10 pm for a quick bite. first we had to wait about 5 minutes for a cashier to come take our order. then when we ordered we waited 23 minutes for the food. when the food arrived, the rice was not fully cooked and all food was very dry. it was very hard for us to swallow the food down throat. my friend ordered the chicken cubes skewer and it was OKAY.
i would not recommend this to anyone (even my enemies).
sorry Kandahar, but you have a lot of work to do. Learn from Bamyan next door…

Horrible experience. Extremely slow service. Food is OK but make sure you don’t bring kids cuz they are charging you $ 7 dollars for lame ice cream that is coming from cheap icecream buckets. You can probably get 20L bucket for 20 dollars at Costco. Just one tiny scoop for 7 bucks… as if they are Some high end ice cream place. Whatta rip off it was. Workers were busy on their cell phones. So much apathy towards customers. We never went back and it has been 3 years now.

Our company relocated to a different part of the city, so my colleagues are still investigating lunch eateries close by. This restaurant is a winner!
My group of five colleagues walked in and looked at the variety of items on the menu board. To our right were some of our colleagues sitting at a table, chowing down on yummy plates of kebabs.
I placed my order and stood there for a bit. A team leader and I saw watch other and we talked. His group of buddies were sitting at a table on our left. I felt like I was at work, but the restaurant made him open a lot more. It was great to see.
I ordered a single kofta kebab with rice. You also get a huge salad with it. I thought that I was going to pass out after eating such a generous portion, but I was fine.
The beef was tender and flavourful. The rice was yummy and perfect. I loved how fresh the salad was.
I am definitely going back. You can also do takeout.

I am completely disappointed. First and last visit. I had high expectations considering I’ve heard the food was good, and was pretty excited about it.
Like other reviewers mentioned, customer service is lacking. They are impolite, rude, and have yelled at my friend and I just because I received the wrong order.
I was patient with my order, and as I was waiting, the lady had yelled at her cooks to do their job properly. I felt bad for the cooks because they were doing their job however the lady over the counter was flat out mean to her workers, and was demanding them to work faster.
The restaurant itself was dirty. They didn’t have any one cleaning the floors or tables as there were food on the ground from the previous customer.
I will never support this business, and I will spend my time at another restaurant. This has left a distaste impression, and as mentioned I will definitely will not come back.

It’s really unfortunate when a business suffers due to customer service. This is probably the best kebab place I have been to on terms of food. They just add a little extra something that makes their food taste better and I prefer their condiments so kudos to the chef
BUT the service is lacking. Not only was the wait for the food really long, the servers/​cashiers were inattentive and too caught up in their cell phones and conversation to stop and help. I read that they have some sort if complimentary tea. I was excited to try it because I am a lover of tea. When I asked for it she said «the machine is plugged out,» at that point I was so disappointed in the service I didn’t even bother to ask her to plug it back in. Side note, the cashiers aren’t mean they are just not customer service orientated.
For me to give this place 4 stars I must have really enjoyed my meal.

Food is so good it’s just sad that the service it so bad. I have eaten here at least 20 times and maybe once got good service. The food is always good thought but I only come here when I am in a good mood or feeling patient because I get easily pissed off by bad service

This place used to be good, but it has gone from bad to worse. The other day I went in for dumplings and it took them almost an hour to make the worst dumplings ever. It raw, stinky, and did not taste like Afghan mantoo. Never going back!

I don’t dine here as often due to the HORRIBLE service. The skinny tall dark skin lady… total B*tch. I ordered 3 dinners to go and she only prepared 2, she was busy on her phone while I was ordering. When I pointed that out she had the nerves to tell me to speak clearly when I order. I took the initiative to tell her off in her own language! So she left, I guess to embarrassed to talk to me and the cook came and took my order and wouldn’t stop apologizing and offering me a discount. I told him my argument isn’t about the discount but she should be more professional and get off her damn phone.
I like the food, chicken is marinated differently than the other Afghan restaurants.
Do not dine here during Ramazan. Fights over tables. Lots and lots of loud annoying children. I find more brown –Indian and Pakistani people dine here. I guess because Afgahns don’t fast lol but omg it’s like a zoo. No joke. My mom and sisters wanted a nice peaceful dinner everything but peaceful. We weren’t even done eating and we got approached by 2 ladies for our table. When we got up this other chick sat and the original lady and her were arguing over the table.
Take out and get the hell out is my thing next time.
Double check your order for take out… they enjoy screwing up orders.
If your Afghan you won’t like their bolani, they put all spice mix in the bolani, that spice is for rice and meat dishes.
It tastes bitter.
Someone told me Pakastani people bought it and the food taste different now. I wouldn’t be surprised.

First off the decorations and photos of Afghanistan are absolutely amazing. The restaurant it’s self is very small and cramped up. But despite my criticism the food is amazing and plated beautifully. My favorite is the Lamp and there dipping sauces and don’t get me started on how good the fresh bread is.

I was checking something on the restaurant and I realized my review of this restaurant crapy and doesn’t do just to the location. I think I had Just joined Unilocal and wrote a line or two on this awesome restaurant.
I prefer Kandahr kabab over Watan Kabab as the food is better and over Bamiyan kabab as the seating is way better.
I love any of their kababs and the meat was spiced well and cooked to perfection with the Juiciness and tenderness intact. You enjoy it the meat with rice or there nice soft naan bread. You can also get their Kabuli rice which are is topped with fried sliced carrots and raisins. i also love there 2 sauces (white and red). I have also tired thei lamb chops and they were AWESOME!!! and if you are into delicacy food the quail bird is served here and it was quite nice.
The price is great for the portion they serve. To top it all the food taste really great. The area is great lots of tables for big families!!!
A tip — Ghava (tea) is free… just ask at the counter, it enjoyable to have it over the meal.
It’s part of a plaza so there is plenty of parking available.
For my Muslim Brother and Sister — They serve halal meat

I too am writing this review while in the restaurant.
When my boyfriend and I entered the restaurant the woman behind the counter was talking on her cell, and only put it down briefly while I placed my order, which was placed for take out.
I grabbed their take out menu so that my boyfriend could call someone to ask them if they wanted to place an order. When he approached the counter she was hiding in the corner on her cell phone again, and told him «Sir, it will be another ten minutes.» He had to say he wanted to place another order.
Finally when our order was ready, they were plated. We told her that this was for take out. She told us we didn’t say so and tried to hand us the food anyways.
Just terrible customer service. Not surprised that there is no tip jar.

When they first opened they were great, but unfortunately it’s gone downhill. We’ve ordered food a couple of times and each time it’s been worse.
This was the last straw for me when I ordered dinner yesterday for a Ramadan and found out at home that they stashed stale bread in my takeaway instead of fresh bread. It was very embarrassing for me in front of my guests whom I purchased the meal for.
Another couple of things I wondered about is why they switched from black seeds to black sesame seeds on the bread (tastes totally different! Stick to the authentic, I’m tired of seeing all these new afghan places try to change things around and «modernize». The last time I walked into a new afghan place they said they had poppy seeds on the bread and of all things no kabuli rice because they were afraid people would find it «strange»)
I’m utterly disappointed with Kandahar kabab, even their kabuli rice wasn’t up to par, the carrots were soggy and it just wasn’t anything like when they first opened up.
Such a shame.

Exec Summary: A newer version of Bamiyan Kabab across the street. A bit more expensive, and all meals come with rice so I wouldn’t recommend for lunch. The do have additional sauces though, that Bamiyan does not have. Food is comparable.
What I had: chicken breast dinner
Cost: About $ 10 – 12 + tax
I’m a fan of Bamiyan (across the street) which has always been good, at both locations I’ve tried. But with a new player in town, I decided to give Kandahar a try, and lo and behold, it was very, very similar to Bamiyan. I guess there’s not much you can do to change up this type of cuisine. This review will largely focus on the differences between the two.
The main difference is that Kandahar doesn’t seem to give you an option to get a meal without the rice so you end up with a ton of food, more than I like to eat for lunch anyway.
It’s also a bit more expensive than Bamiyan for similar meals.
They do have lamb chops, which Bamiyan doesn’t have, but I’ve yet to try it.
The naan here is better than Bamiyan in my opinion (Bamiyan’s cardboard-​y naan is my one complaint).
They also have two kinds of sauces/​dips that Bamiyan doesn’t have, and they’re both quite good.
Wait times were longer, but not significantly longer than Bamiyan.
I’m not sure what the big fuss is on the previous reviews. I didn’t see any issues with cleanliness, but maybe I wasn’t paying enough attention. All in all, I’ll try it again for the lamp chop dinner, but definitely not for lunch as it’s just way too much food!