Bamiyan Restaurant - (425) 391-8081

We've been going to Bamiyan frequently since it opened. My husband and I both love Persian and Afghani food, so this is a natural for us. The Afghani Kebabs are particularly good, as is the Aush soup. I find it amazing that so many are complaining about the service. We've found the service to be absolutely perfect. Maybe that's because we're relatively regular. The owner is very friendly and very quick. When he's not around, his backup is a bit less sure of what they're doing, but, still, always kind and attempting to be accomodating. We love to go out for good food and can't stand how much average to awful food there is at restaurants of this price range around the eastside. Bamiyan is well above the rest and is our go-to place for reasonably priced very good food in a comfortable setting. Now if only it wasn't in Issaquah since there's just no quick and easy way to Issaquah from Redmond.

My husband and I only ventured out to this place because of a coupon in our Entertainment book. There were only 2 or 4 other diners in the restaurant, but it took at least a half hour to get our orders to the table, and when they arrived they were very, very cold. We would have sent them back but our waiter was no where to be seen. The portions were small, mine was badly over seasoned and included the MOST stale bread I've ever been served, and they had significantly raised their prices from those printed in the Entertainment book. Instead of complaining we decided to get out of there ASAP. As we were walking to our car we figured out why we had such horrible service - the waiter was out back talking to his friends instead of delivering hot entrees to his customers.

We don't venture out to the 'Quah very often (typically head into Redmond), but found this restaurant that has TWO menus featuring middle eastern food choices. The staff (the owner helped us pick out our meal, as we hadn't tried this type of food before) was super friendly and attentive, the portions were huge (if you like that sort of thing), and the dishes were delish! Fun departure from the regular food we grab in Redmond - a nice 'stay-cation' for dinner! Will definitely try again and will bring friends!