excellent food, nice staff!! highly recommended!!…read moretake the time to visit and have a good meal!

Pretty good place. Good service and good food. Sweet palate than Moby dick's. Glad I tried this…read moreplace. Wife loved the cherry rice. Lamb is good

The food was unique and delicious. We were a table of four…read moreand ordered the avocado salad, pumpkin dumplings,pickled veggies, Dolmas (best grape leaves I've had) and Nan bread as appetizers. For main course we had the traditional Plov and the lamb skewers. Everything was delicious!

I can't begin to say enough good things about this place. My bf is from Uzbekistan and I wanted an…read moreauthentic place to take him to. This place didn't disappoint. He was even happy to speak in Russian to them the whole time. Their ambience and service is wonderful. Food choices are very authentic and full of flavor. Even if you've never eaten Russian/Uzbek food, I highly recommend you try it out. Their portion sizes are great as well. And they have so many choices. You can even tell that all is made fresh. We ordered plov, manti, tashkent salad, kompot, kebobs and their potato salad (i forget the name of this dish) and their bread. It was all wonderful. Definitely worth the drive.

The place was fantastic and the owner extremely accommodative of out demanding group :-)…read more Thank you Mr owner! The food was delicious and in good portions. There was a live band which I enjoyed quite a bit since they played jazz, one of my fav music. I am sure we will be there again soon.

"We had a wonderful dinner at this place.The staff welcomed us right away and seated us fast. We…read moreordered the buffet and all the meals persian and Italian tasted fresh and full of flavor. Our server was very kind and checked on us often. The restaurant was clean and had a cozy feel. I strongly suggest this place for a nice dinner out, and I will come back soon." We had a great time at this place , because the food was good , the owner was friendly with everyone in our group . Service was excellent .

Ok, so I'm mixed about review stars, but am giving 5. We ordered take out as we have for years…read moresince the sit down restaurant closed. I always orfer same thing as well as my husband. It is like someone either changed the recipe & maybe cut back on the stew ingredients like molasses, pomegranate & walnuts. Its not as savory as years past. Sad!! My mixed thoughts are specifically on my ultimate FAVORITE & ONLY dish I go specifically to Yekta for, Fesenjan. I have ordered and had this for at least 20 years, but later night was 1st time in either 1 or 2 years & I was truly disappointed. It tasted less spectacular, chicken cubes, only found literally 3 cubes for an $18 meal were very dry, tough & had NO flavor of the sauce, so they obviously were thrown in, not simmered for hours in the stew which usually they are & absorb all the wonderful flavors. I may not return much to my husband's dismay. Hubby had 1 of his usuals and LOVED it, Kabob special, both beef & chicken skewers. All rice as side with pita. Ww forgot to ask for salad but he had plenty to eat without. Everyone was friendly, place is well managed. Sorry no pics, got too excited to eat instead.

Yekta Market & Kabob Counter is a neat place. I was in the area getting my car serviced and stopped…read moreby for lunch. There is an area to get made to order sandwiches and bowls. The store itself has many goodies, including Turkish delight. Prices are fair, and there is plenty of parking.

All I can say is WOW!! From the moment I walked through the door, the beautiful fragrances brought…read moreme back to the Spice Market in Istanbul. Then visually, everything spoke to me, from the displays of imported products, to the cases of nuts in copper bowls, to the freshly prepared take home hot & cold foods at the food order counter to all the varieties of any kind of Mediterranean foods you can think of stocked within all the aisles. And did I mention the pastry counter? OMG, I was in heaven & how did I not know about this place? We came to order a take home dinner after a class we were taking and wanted to try the chicken kabob dinner. We found our way to the order counter despite my obvious distraction of everything around me. Everything on the menu looked SO good and the items in the display case were looking yummy. They had many varieties of Pinsa on display & they were tempting, but we were there for kabobs first. Judging the store/takeout by this simple dish, but very important. They have everything from traditional Persian meals, but also flatbread "pizza" called Pinsa, cheesesteaks etc. I also have been searching for Fesenjan as my usual stop has disappointedly changed the recipe. I inquired if they have it and they DO! The wonderful counter lady offered me a sample & I quickly said, Yes and it was YUMMY!! Just with that, I grew more excited. We decided to also purchase 3 different Baklava from the pastry counter (2 walnut types & 1 Pistachio). When our food was ready, we were handed this HUGE bag, for 2 dinners? 2 almost pizza boxes were in the bag and it was heavy. I kept telling my husband, are you sure this is ours? When we got home I couldn't wait to see what's inside the box. I have NEVER seen such a well packaged take home set up. Food was perfectly presented within the box as well as once we opened the lids, nothing moved. I'm still in awe & appreciate the high level of care in creating the packaging. Shows care for the food & customers. What I didn't expect & great surprise was receiving Shirazi salad and Mast-O-Khiar with our entree order. ALL the food was EXCELLENT, good portion value. I will say the Pistachio baklava was my favorite, but the other walnut baklava was also very good, I would even say THE BEST I've ever had and I've had many from almost everywhere my entire life. Please note that store hours are hour longer than kitchen hours. We just made it before kitchen closed at 8p, which we did not realize. The store looked clean, nicely stocked, very friendly staff and what I could see of the kitchen also clean & orderly. Truly a fantastic experience.

What an absolute hidden gem!…read more Meat was so tender. Vegetables are so fresh. Rice was flavored perfectly. Gigantic portion sizes. Take out spot! And they package their takeout so well! That place is grocery store, with the food being prepared in grocery store! Super fresh and it's being made right in front of you. Really loved the fresh produce of tomatoes and cucumbers which came with my meal. Definitely going to be returning soon!

My family came to Moby Dick (different locations) before moving out of State for a few years. We're…read moreback and tried this location last night. Glad we did. I had the Combo II (chicken and ground beef - $17.99) and my partner had the Combo III (lamb and ground beef - $19.99). We did each with half rice/salad. (They give you a lot of rice!). Also got an appetizer of hummus ($5.49) with bread and a couple of soft drinks ($3.19 each). The food is delicious. One really noteworthy point here is that the chicken is so moist and tender. At some kabob places, I have a "avoid the chicken policy" because the chunks of chicken are dry and pretty tasteless. They do a nice job on the chicken here. My partner liked the lamb and we both liked the beef, although I think the beef could use more seasoning. The rice is consistently fluffy and the salad is a nice size with a lemon dressing on the side. I love their hummus. Creamy and tasty. When the bread is right out of the oven (as it was last night), it is heavenly with the hummus and also with the yogurt that comes with the entree. But I do think you need to eat the bread quickly - after it sits for a few minutes it starts to harden and loses some flavor. I like the food a lot. The price point seems high to me, but it is a generous serving of meat.

chicken kabobs as tender, moist, and well-seasoned with a delicious marinad…read moreWill order again

this place is amazing. I wanna start by saying the cashier was beautiful inside and out. She was so…read morefriendly and so helpful. I got the steak kebab with flatbread and Taziki and again amazing. I would highly recommend this restaurant for anybody.

Pretty good place. Good service and good food. Sweet palate than Moby dick's. Glad I tried this…read moreplace. Wife loved the cherry rice. Lamb is good

Great food! The owner was very nice and welcoming. The blend of the spices give it a unique take. I…read morehad the lamb Gambian Soman and I give it a 10/10/ Def would go here again.

We ordered 2 things to go. lamb liver and another rice&lamb dish. staff is very polite and…read morefriendly. Both have red sauce, the kidney is oilier and spicier/mild. I like the flavor profile. The courthouse shopping complex has free 15 mins parking and the restaurant will validate up to $3 I believe.

9.14.26 I learned…read morefrom our server that this was the first location in the franchise, which opened in 2006. There are five original full-service Cava restaurants in the DMV, two of which are located in Montgomery County. This location and another one in Olney. I don't eat Mediterranean cuisine often, but when I do I am reminded what I am missing out on. Everything I ate (salad, chicken souvlaki, fries, pita bread) felt light, flavorful, and delectable. It's likely one of the healthier cuisines so I should make an effort to have it more frequently when dining out. I hope today's visit will inspire me to eat Mediterranean cuisine and at Cava more often.

It's been a hot minute but we came back again for date night! Honestly still super impressed and…read morewould still give it a solid 4.5/5 even 9 years later. Got some new items, including the lamb chops, chicken sliders, and gyros. Still got the scallop risotto. Lamb Chops: Perfectly seasoned and cooked, and loved the crispy potatoes on the bottom. Chicken Sliders: Probably my favorite! They used to have chicken lollipops and I guess these replaced those but I like these better. Chicken was crispy and whatever harissa/aioili they used paired so well. Buns were super fluffy, highly recommend! Gyros: A great deal, for $15 they give you 3 and they were pretty full. Liked the fries inside. Their pita is amazing! Scallop Risotto: Still good, but a very small portion and expensive. Scallops a bit salty, probably wouldn't get again and would try something else instead. I thought 4 plates plus the pita/harissa appetizer was enough. Will be back!

The hummus was excellent and very fresh. The bread is a generous portion but it isn't fresh, it…read morecomes in a bag and it heated up, so don't expect the crunchy bread you normally get in other places. I ordered chicken with rice. I didn't care for the spicy chicken kabob on the bottom of my picture. I wasn't expecting it to be ground chicken rolled back up, and the texture just didn't work for me. The rice was cooked well. It just was on the more pricey side but considering it's Rockville it's to be expected. Hummus 8/10 Chicken dish 6/10

I waited a whole week for this Tuesday special and was not disappointed. Can you believe this was…read moremy first time at a Moby Dick? I mean, they are everywhere in the DMV. I guess I didn't think a chain would be good? I am happy to be wrong. The Tuesday special was the Baghaala Polo. It's a lamb shank with basmati rice with fava beans and dill. The lamb was fall off the bone good. The rice appeared to be plentiful. Would have been nice to have half rice and half salad? Just a suggestion! The slice of flat bread with yogurt cucumber sauce was also a nice addition. A minor note that the online order was not ready upon arrival. It was actually ready more than 15 minutes after selected pick up time.