I love this place, delicious food and polite staff, cozy atmosphere.100% recommend

Delicious food! Beautiful atmosphere. I will say, I thought it was odd tap water is not provided. We had to buy bottled water...

Great food, super friendly owner! You will not regret if you decide to stop by this place! Great variety of authentic Uzbekistan foods, delicious drinks and deserts are crazy-good! Absolutely loved this place!

I absolutely adore this restaurant. We went there for Ramadan iftar. My husband was breaking his fast and craving a homemade soup and stew. We literally got everything on the menu!!! We had Mushroom Soup Kharcho Shurpa Eggplant Samsa Cheburek Veal Kebab lamb chops and lamb stew. Honey Cake, tea and coffee. Also got the Russian style Virgin punch. The food came out so quickly. Everything was so delicious and impeccably made. The manager checked on us several times. The eggplant salad is to DIE for. The soups are amazing. Lamb chops were so juicy. We took all leftovers home and ate them all weekend. MUST visit!

The food was so fresh! When you walk in, you feel like you're in another country. My friend and I wanted to try everything! First we tried the soup with homemade noodles, it was perfect for a cold day. Then we tried the homemade noodle dish with lamb, and the lamb kebab. The meat was so tender and flavorful! We also tried a side of crispy potatoes. They had garlic and fresh dill and were perfect fried. For dessert we tried the sweet cheese verenki, which was a great ending to a delicious meal. Our server was very attentive and helpful in giving recommendations. I highly recommend this hidden gem!

Had a great lunch here, what great vibe! Feel like you are actually in Tashkent. Food was great, the soup and dumplings were amazing. Even had a tentative eater who really enjoyed the cuisine. Definitely going back and sharing with friends. Unexpected jewel!! Staff was strong and very helpful.

This is a great place with interesting interior decors and delicious food. Price is quite fair too. I like their $6 meat pie, and the rice dish. Our server is friendly too. My only reservation is: No tap water or soda machine. But their bottled water and soda prices are too bad.

We've been eating here for decades. We've tried all the competition over the years as well. At this point, I'd go out on a limb and say that Samarkind, at this point, is their only competition. The menu is EXTENSIVE, and I have yet to be disappointed with anything we have ordered. Dumplings, potatoes, bread, Plov and ESPECIALLY real wood-grilled kabobs have been flawless and generally less expensive than at other places in the area. It may be a post-pandemic thing, but thestaff and management seem to be going out of their way to ensure that guests are having a good experience (but this has gradually improved over the decades, as they used to appear very "Soviet" in their approach to customer satisfaction.) Bottom line, they are the standard for this type of cuisine, and there MAY be reasons to try others in the area. But if you are looking for a "sure-bet" where everyting will be perfect, Uzbekistan is a guarantee.

Food 5 stars! I took off one star because of the initial interaction with a staff person. First impressions are everything! I'll get to that later. First, if you drive by to fast you might miss it! Especially if it's night time and all the lights from other cars are glaring. Also, from the outside it looks like your driving up to someone's home. The restaurant looks like a house with a patio. There was even a speed boat in the parking lot (once we actually found the parking lot). The entrance to the parking lot is narrow and easy to miss from Bustleton Ave. So if it looks like your about to turn into the private driveway of someone's home then your going the right way! *laughing emoji* Initially things got off to a rocky start, I was slightly off-put by the "hostess." The person worked at the restaurant but I'm not sure who he was, might have been manager or owner even. Before we even got inside the restaurant, he asked us whether we had a disabled parking permit to park in the handicap spot we were in. I was slightly offended because I would never park in a spot I didn't have a permit to park in but we kindly let him know that we have a permit. Then shortly after that he asked whether we had a reservation. I said oh I didn't know we needed a reservation, I saw that we could have made one but we didn't. He looked around the patio (which only had two parties dining) and said usually on a Friday night you need a reservation but come this way. I thought that was strange, it felt like he was making it an issue, almost like a "shame on you for not making a reservation" even though it wasn't even packed that night!! Anyway I tried to overlook it and not take offense but the parking lot situation had already started grinding my gears. Fortunately, the food was phenomenal and made up for everything! I was happy that I went with the Chefs Special Moscow Fish. This was a hearty meal, my soul felt well fed. The sea bass was filet, cooked just right, nice and moist and baked with mushrooms, tomatoes, potatoes and topped with cheese. Baked Branzino was good but not as good as the Moscow Fish to me. The Branzino was nice and moist but it didn't have as much flavor as the Moscow Fish. The Branzino had a fresh fishy taste and relied heavily on the lemon slices for much of it's flavor. The Branzino is a really good fish however more herbs and spices would have done it a bit more justice to me. I'm a BIG rice eater so I had to order the Pilaf Uzbekistan to accompany my fish. The rice was fluffy, nicely seasoned and cooked just right, the meat and carrots were a nice compliment to the dish. If you love dumplings try the Manti! It's large meat dumplings with a drizzle of butter. You could make a meal out of them alone but if you want to have room to try other foods I recommend sharing because they are quite filling! The meat was well seasoned and moist. I was given a dipping sauce of sour cream on the side but I didn't need it for this dish. The eggplant salad was delightful to the palate! Bursting with intriguing flavor and texture as the eggplant is baked and garnished with finely crushed walnuts. I'm not a huge nut eater so I especially loved that the walnuts were finely crushed. It added a nice element to the dish and it wasn't overbearing at all. Overall a great experience, I loved that it felt like we were dining at the home of Uzbekistan friends who were giving us the most authentic Uzbekistan food experience (once we settled in and got better acquainted *laugh emoji*). In a lot of ways it felt like we were eating foods that were familiar but with a unique twist of delicious flavors and so much variety. I also love that their menu has pictures! So you get a sneak peak of what the dish actually looks like. I wish more restaurants would do that! Don't forget it's BYOB!

On a beautiful summer evening, we were looking for a new spot with outdoor seating to try, stumbled upon Uzbekistan Restaurant on a "best of" list, and headed toward the northeast for dinner. So glad we did: greatly enjoyed sitting on the covered patio* and trying as many dishes as we could. A number of families were dining and you could tell there were a number of regulars enjoying large pitchers of Compot with BYO mix-ins. Some highlights: the pickled green tomatoes on the Pickled Vegetables platter were out of this world! Also memorable, the Potato Vareniki (small potato dumplings similar to pierogies), the Lamb Kebab, the Pilaf Uzbekistan, and the Honey Cake. Though it was a bit of a trip from Center City, there was ample parking in the parking lot around back, and the food was worth the journey. *Open windows let in both breeze as well as a fair amount of traffic noise from Bustleton Avenue.