We were in the area and wanted to grab a quick lunch. Since I had this place marked down to try and it was literally a few steps away, we walked over. Entry into the counter and buffet with the seating to the left. We almost used the kiosk but I wasn't clear on the buffet options (guess that one was dine-in and one was takeout. But it didn't specify.) We ordered at the counter and sat down. They said the bread would be a few minutes. I went with the buffet, my wife ordered the chicken shawarma wrap, and we got an order of hummus so baby had something. Buffet isn't huge, but it has a good variety. I started with a little of almost everything. The two rices, spinach, chickpea stew, okra stew, chicken curry, beef stew, salad, and pickled veggies. I recommend trying a little of everything because it was all good. Maybe could have used a bit more salt, but better to let someone add seasoning than to be overly salty. I think my favorites were the beef stew, chickpea stew, and seasoned rice. The flatbread came out hot and fresh. Slightly crispy on the bottom and chewy inside. My wife really liked her shawarma wrap. I only took a tiny bite of chicken, but I thought it was good. The hummus seemed fresh with a strong, nutty flavor. I think maybe extra tahini? Price wasn't too bad. Maybe a little pricey, or I'd at least say it wasn't inexpensive. I we did leave quite full. The man working at the counter was extremely friendly. Walking me through everything on the buffet and making recommendations. read more

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My sister always comes here when I come to visit her. They have great kabobs and gives you a lot of basmati rice with their meals. I got #14 which is chicken and ground f beef kabobs with salad and you get one side and I picked okra mixed veggies. I forgot to take a photo but the people are always nice and it's pretty fast. It's a nice casual kabob place. read more

Kabob Express - Table setting view - Afghan Near Me - Centreville, Virginia

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Pretty solid kebabs but not the best in the area! The kubideh unfortunately was dry and hard. I loved the chicken kebabs and the gyro meat. The gyro sandwich itself was huge but not as good as other places as it was missing onions, cheese and the lettuce was soggy. The spinach side was excellent and the white sauce was great too! I also loved the rice. read more

Great food and great customer service from,Samir. Juicy, flavorful kabobs with perfectly spiced meat--total crowd-pleaser!" A+

The food here is absolutely awesome. Every dish was full of flavor, perfectly cooked, and beautifully presented. Fresh ingredients really shine through, and the portions are generous. If you're looking for a great meal, this place delivers. Highly recommend! read more

Kabob Palace is a great place to get kabobs from in the Centerville area. Inside there there's a touchscreen if you want to order without going to the counter but that is an option too if you find it easier to order in person. I went with my friends for dinner and they give you enough food that you will walk out of there wanting to fall asleep. I got the usual, #14 or the Chicken and Kubideh combo. With rice and veggies and naan, it is truly worth the price alone. You also do get one more side and I opted for chick peas. The chickpeas were hot so I did have to wait a bit to eat it but with the naan bread they were so delicious and full of flavor. I dont have much to say other than the staff member working in the front was kind and called me family so that was really heartwarming to me. This place probably gets a lot of repeat customers due to how friendly they are. I'll have to come back here soon! read more

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I've been coming here for probably 10-15 years at this point. I've always been impressed by the food and the service. It's very cozy, and everyone is friendly. Best afghani quick food ever! It's been consistently fantastic for years. It is a blessing to have such quality in the midst of higher costs and lessening quality throughout the US. read more

PLEASE consider branching out and making an additional location in Greenville, South Carolina! I moved here 5 years ago and I often tell people I only miss a few things from Virginia... One of which is your kabobs! There would be no competition for you here. Yet Greenville SC is known for being "Foodie Heaven". We have a ton of great food, some of the best in the country, but we literally only have 1 kabob place in all of Greenville (which is huge) and they've got nothing on your food. I really feel like it would be a good business opportunity for you (and a win for me lol). Anyways, LOVE this place! I make sure to stop by every year when I visit Virginia. read more

I'm surprised I haven't written a review for this place yet as I'm a native to Cville. I've been frequenting this place for years! Taken many exes here lol, many catch up sessions with my siblings here, many take-out orders from me have occurred here. No matter where I go, Kabob Express will forever remain in my heart It's like they say, the closest friends you have, the least amount of pictures you have with them. Same can be applied to the amount of food I've eaten from here and yet only have one pixelated (from an iPhone 6s) photo of my already touched food from several months ago. Now I'm remembering why I have Yelp in the first place- to give praise and appreciation to businesses like this that I can GENUINELY say, I'm happy exists and I'm happy I've tried out. It's a place to enjoy good food. That's what it is. This place has been here for years and the guys at the front have been as well. It's not fine dining but to enjoy food like this? It doesn't need to be. It already meets the 5 star quota in my eyes with the food; service; being filled with customers every time I come by; chill tvs playing in the background etc. If you're in the area, do yourself a favor and try this place out- especially if you like Middle Eastern food. read more

Kabob Express - 2. Chicken Kabob - Afghan Near Me - Centreville, Virginia

Amazing place! Truly, such a gem in this area. From the amount of food you get and the service and quality of food, I could not recommend a better place!! I have been here twice and I've tried the chicken kebab platter and the chicken Shawarma platter, the meals have both been so delicious! Make sure to plan ahead and know that it might take a solid 10 to 20 minutes before your food comes out & the prices are a little elevated but it is so worth the wait & price!! it's always freshly hot & In my experience, the platters have all come with flatbread, and it is absolutely ginormous and delicious. Definitely able to share with 2-3 people (the flat bread). The seating area has plenty of seats and they have a water station so you're able to get water on your own. They also have two large TVs in the seating area while you wait and eat your meal. if you want a deliciously cooked meal with huge portions, you have got to go here! read more

BEST KABOB IN NOVA! The food is so good and their service is top tier. I always get the lamb kabob. Their rice is so flavorful (I recommend the brown rice over the white since it's seasoned) and their meat is always cooked to perfection. read more

Kabob Express - Afghan Near Me - Centreville, Virginia

The food here is delicious and I've been many times but once before we ate here and got extremely sick/nauseous shortly after. I thought it must be something else. Well once again on an extremely busy night, 3 hours later I explode vomit. I did enjoy this place but the risk is no longer worth the food. read more

Best Kabob place, food quality, food taste and service!!! Love this place! order every week!!!

The bread attains a five-star distinction, while the remaining menu offerings surpass the average by a small margin. Better than other kebabs restaurants in the vicinity. A small yet decent place to have lunch or dinner. read more

Incredible food, the shawarma was specially their best item. And their sauce is simply amazing

I'd like to begin with wow! We ate there as a family the other day and it was tremendous! Great customer service, nice decor, and reasonable prices. We had always carried out from there before and it was always great, but it was so much better eating it there! Highly recommended. read more

One of the better kabob places in the area. Their bone in chicken platter is my usual order and its been good. Just something to consider is that since it is made to order, it takes a while for the food to be ready. It has took about 20-30 minutes for me. read more

Kabob Express has really high quality food, excellent bread and white sauce. We have done exclusively take out from this place. I love their gyro sandwiches, which are huge and enough for two people. The beef curry is delicious as is the kubideh beef kabob. I have not tried their chicken kabob, but that will likely be my next go to. read more

These are the best Afghan Kabobs in the area. They are family owned, extremely friendly, and very reasonably priced, especially if you pick up the order rather than have it delivered. How busy they are is a testament to the quality of the food. Once you order from Kabob Express, you will never want to go to a different vendor. read more

I love there gyro sandwiches they are cheap and delicious. The service is quick and fresh. Ambiance is good, the decor sick.

Freshly made Kabobs and plenty of sides to choose from. Kabobs take some time to cook, so order ahead if you want to skip the lines. Chicken Bone-In was flavorful and juicy. The portions are huge so make sure to come hungry. The service is family style! When picking a platter, you get to choose from the assortment of sides at the buffet. I like how there is a variety of options, whether you are looking for vegetables, more meat, etc. All the portions are super generous. Make sure to ask for the sauces! read more

Kabob Express - 6. Chicken Kabob - Afghan Near Me - Centreville, Virginia

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This may be my favorite kabob place! Not only is it's super tasty, but it's so affordable. I've only ordered take-out/delivery. I love the Chicken & Kubideh Combo!! Both are so flavorful, tender, and juicy. Comes with delicious rice, salad, naan/bread, and a side. We got the veggie curry! So worth since you can share with one other person or save for leftovers!! read more

Family owned restaurant that always serves really delicious food and good portion sizes. My go-to is the bone-in chicken platter, and it comes with a large fresh naan and delicious side dishes. We always get takeout from here and just love how much care they put in to the food. read more

TL;DR: Great taste, price point, portions, and for me convenience There are a handful of kabob places around my area. After trying a few places, this place is by far my favorite. The place is almost always busy, so try to call far ahead, or know the food will take at least 20-25 minutes. I think they also have a buffet, but have not gotten to try that yet, unfortunately. Portions are huge! Even my husband has difficulty finishing his order sometimes. FOOD: Bread (5/5): Their bread is literally twice the size of my face, and yet, I eat the whole thing every time Rice (4/5): idk if they season it or if it's the type of rice, but it is so good! Chicken (4/5): I will say at times, the cook can be inconsistent, but when it's good, it is GOOD. Tender, moist, and flavorful. Lamb (5/5): never too gamey and again, tender and flavorful Chickpeas (10/5): I LOVE their chickpeas. I could eat just this and their rice and call it a day Green sauce (5/5): I would be so willing to pay for extra of these sauces, it is so good. I dip everything in it. Bread, Rice, Meat, Salad. All of it. Definitely our go-to kabob place in the area! Will have to try different things on their menu and hopefully their buffet soon! read more

Huge portions and food is so flavorful! The staff was very nice as well. Came around dinner time and the place was packed & so many people were ordering Togo as well. This will be our new go to kabob place!! Definitely recommend! read more

Kabob Express - 14. Chicken & Kubideh Combo - Afghan Near Me - Centreville, Virginia

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My go-to place for Afghan food was Food Corner in the hood but it closed during the pandemic. Luckily there is another Afghan kabob place not so far away at all. Kabob Express. I have tried this place twice so far for takeout and really like it. I like the chicken kabob that comes with fluffy long grain rice, a bit of salad and a choice of sides. Chicken is par with Food Corner but the rice is more flavorful and the sides are bigger. The prices are comparable. Looks like they do not have online order yet. If you go there and order, you will end up waiting for some time. I recommend you check their website and order by phone before you get there. This is my new go-to spot for Afghan kabob now. read more

Kabob Express - #2 Chicken Kabob (Boneless) with a side spinach. - Afghan Near Me - Centreville, Virginia

Kabob Express may have an unassuming exterior but they serve authentic Middle Eastern food. They also have a wallet-friendly buffet option! The two of us got one lamb kabob plate to share among two people and we were stuffed! Plates come with a side of your choice and we got the spinach. The freshly made pita paired with the yogurt sauce was a must and paired with flavorful lamb kabob pieces. Truly a hidden gem in Centreville - I would definitely come back and try out their buffet next time! read more

I've been craving meat and I thought what's a better place to dive into than a kabob shop (kbbq is too much you know? But the servings here are just right, so generous too.) The hot bar was HOT and I ordered Chicken shwarama/gyro platter to go. I asked if I could have side of chick peas and the gentlemen said it comes with it already!? Where have I been!? And then I asked if I could have a side of white sauce, and it comes with it too?! Have I been living under a rock!? It took a little bit but I could literally hear and smell the searing of the chicken, unless I'm imagining things. It was FRESH AND HOTTTT, the gentlemen even opened the container up to show me. I am sooooo happy I found this place & Mashallah!!! read more

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Amazing food and friendly staff. In our opinion the Best middle eastern restaurant in the area.

This review compares a dine-in boneless chicken order relative to the other Kabob restaurant in the immediate area, to which I also awarded 4 stars. The chicken was a larger portion, but no tastier than the other place. The rice was standard white and brown, possibly more oily but tasty and satisfying. No orange rice mix-in. The naan was larger and fluffier. I liked the naan and thicker green sauce here better. The requisite side salad was smaller with little dressing, but I don't go to either place for the salad. Very friendly staff and service at both places. A little haphazard here, but in a good way. The TVs here televised live horse races today, whereas the other place always plays an adult version of k-pop. The table layout here feels more comfortable, with 2-tops by the window to watch mild foot traffic between next door businesses. No chickpeas for a side here, but the lentils here are outstanding. This will likely become my lunchtime kabob outing because of the chicken portions, naan and green sauce, comfortable atmosphere, and the lentils! Call ahead by 20 minutes. read more

A decent place to get kabobs in the Fairfax area! Coming from Alexandria, I was in love with Kabob Palace. Alas, now that I'm further away I was trying to find something similar to it. It's been a long search, but Kabob Express is the best runner up I've found. The prices are more expensive and smaller portions than Kabob Palace, but that seems to be the case for all kabob places around here. The food itself is very good! The Kubideh and lamb kabobs are delicious and the rice is very good! The gyro salad is also yummy, and they provide a generous portion of gyro. My husband and I also tried the chicken kabob sandwich, which is delicious, and wrapped in a tandoori bread, so the sandwich is huge. I think the naan here is one of the best things on their menu along with the sauces! So overall, food quality here is fantastic which makes it all worth it! :) highly recommend anyone in fairfax area check out this place! read more

I have had takeout from this place a few years back, but this was the first time I had the lunch buffet. Not bad for $16.99. The buffet has a chicken, meat, and eggplant dish offerings. Also, the usual sides such as garbanzo beans, spinach, and rice, as well as fixings. Fresh bread is part of the buffet, they were warm and massive. In the area, this buffet is slightly more than others. However, the food was good. Staff were friendly and quick. Small dining area, but here was enough seating where we didn't have to wait. All in all, I would definitely go back if I was looking for a buffet or to order off of the menu. read more

OK but buffet has limited items A La CArte is bit pricey compared to local competitors read more

Excellent food! Superb service ! Awesome Ambiance ! The lamb kabobs and the chicken kabobs were tasty. read more

Food - 5 Service - 2 Ambiance - N/A I stopped in to get a pick up order and the cashier blamed me for how the order went. He said it was right and then I changed it. I thought, "if I changed it then it wasn't right because I'm ordering and paying for it". What he did with my order was he combined the extra sides and chicken that I purchased and charged it as a whole entrée. it was my first time ordering from there, and he could have simply said: "if you order this way, then it will be charged the same as ordering a whole other entrée; you may as well get rice and naan to go with it." he was so concerned about being fast that he didn't think about providing quality service. All that took was a little bit of extra explanation and customer care and it probably would've gone a lot better. read more

best kabob in the dmv!! I've been going here since 2014 and although their portion sizes have changed (due to inflation), overall their kabobs are full of flavor. They're 1) not dry 2) filling take-home meals 3) self serving sides (meaning you could get as much as you want just don't be greedy). Service is good. They prepare and cook your food in a reasonable time. Water and utensils are self served. If you want more white or green sauce just ask them, they won't bite. Enjoy yourselves :) read more

I recently moved out of state and I think about this place at least once a week, which is how often I used to frequent it, especially on my way home from the gym. It was the best kabob place I had ever been to and I tried several in NOVA. No one does chickpeas like they do!! The portions are large enough to split into two meals making it a good value. Where I live now you can get a kabob and two sides and it's easily over $15. At KE, its that price for kabobs, salad, bread, rice AND a side. The guys here are very friendly, food is always amazing, and wait times never long even when they have a line out the door. I miss you Kabob Express!! read more

Food has always been on point. Fresh, hot and flavorful. We primarily go for the gyros. Anything gyro is great. But the sides, all the salads and chicken kabob is so good also. Highly recommend, even my little ones eat here! Our fav right now is the gyro salad. read more

extremely rude. two men that answer the phone are very racist and hostile. would not recommend this place to anyone, can get much better meal elsewhere. read more

One of my new favorite places! I'm always thinking about this place because it is super good and super affordable. Firstly, highly recommend ordering ahead or be ready to wait. They get super swamped (because they are that good), but it is worth the wait. I like eating their because you can scoop your own sides (so you can do a little mixing lol). I love the Beef Kubideh!! My favorite dish all around. Super tender and juicy and perfect flavoring. I am not a fan of lamb but friend got it so I tried and actually enjoyed it. These are huge platters of rice, meat, veggies, sides, and a huge naan, so I can never finish it. Therefore, I bring it back for a second meal. My favorite sides are the spinach and the chickpea, but you can't go wrong with any of them. read more