Quan Le

Review of Persia House of Kabob

I have come to Chicago for almost one year now, bu...

I have come to Chicago for almost one year now, but I still have not found any place in Chicago that served the Persian cuisines as tasty as this restaurant has done. The food quality was not stable, though. Sometimes the basmati rice was yummy and moist, the ground beef and steak kabob were succulent and tender, but sometimes they were not.

My most favorite order was their Famous Hummus with hot and crispy pita bread for the appetizer. Then, for the main entree, a dollar extra for the Tabouleh salad instead of the side house salad, Soltani Kabob with Basmati rice, grilled tomato, two skewers of well-done Barg kabob and Koobideh kabob, seasoned, flame broiled, and grilled onion on the side. My girlfriend loved the Lamb Shank with some fresh squeeze lime juice so much! Delicious! A cup of hot black Persian tea with Persian sugar cubes to wash down all of the protein was divine and unbeatable.

The restaurant used to have a buffet every Saturday night with lots of option, but they called it off. They usually had only one staff working for both grocery and restaurant section so that the service might be slow during peak time. It did not matter to me so much as long as the food was tasty. No one has complaint ever for a 45 minute waiting for just one Lou Malnati's famous deep dish pizza in Chicago. The owner, who came from Shiraz, and the staff were friendly and helpful, though. I have learned quite a lot about Persia from them.