A Magical hidden gem on slow nights…read more.. As I entered the patio I felt magically transported to a city with a big reputation. Quant and romantic. Restorative. Great for everyone, Sat by the corner wishing it was a coffee lounge... tried borscht, the hummus and the Moscow fish. All so very delicious.... Great service overall but Soviet style has to relax a bit with an upsell. Loved it...

I love trying different cuisines so I was excited to try another Uzbekistan restaurant. We made…read morereservations but not sure if we really needed them, we were seated right away and the atmosphere was lively. Felt like I was in a different country (in a good way of course!) All the dishes were great, unique, and cooked perfectly. I deducted a star because they don't offer tap water, I feel like that's unethical to force people to buy water. I ended up ordering a lemonade but it wasn't really a lemonade but a pear soda - a cultural difference, I guess. I would return to try more dishes.

We stopped in today and enjoyed some Laughman soup…read more Absolutely fresh and delicious. Consistently delectable. I love this soup and the service is so magnificent. I enjoy my time here every time. How wonderful. I recommend making a reservation. I'm very grateful to all the hard-working people here who take care of us so well!!

I had a very disappointing experience at Samarkand Restaurant:…read more the quality of food including tiny dry pieces of shish kebab , salads portions and freshness should be improved, and finally, overpriced meal made me think that the place is little less than a mediocre dinner. You'd better have something in the fridge at home, because the likelihood of your total disappointment. We all seem annoyed at having to be there, Nobody should pay this much money to be left sad and almost hungry.

Wow! Uzbekistan food and culture ! Service is superb. They really can help you pick something…read moreyou will like. Enjoy the flavor of the meat and the seasoning. Fresh salad. Ambience is so welcoming and comfortable. You really can't go wrong

Often times while traveling, my wife and I always make an effort to grab…read more different types of food that we don't have in our area. Imagine our surprise, that while in town for business, and with time to kill before an art exhibition, we discovered an Uzbeki restaurant. Immediately upon entering, we were greeted and led to a large comfortable booth in the back of the restaurant. The lighting was warm, the walls were adorned with beautiful rugs, and the customers' spirits were high. Each table had been pre-set with the resutarant's lovely plates and crystal drinkware. Given that this was our first time at an Uzbeki eatery, we asked our server for some suggestions. Upon doing so, she then asked us if we prefer meat or fish. After perusing the menu a bit more and taking her suggestions into consideration, we had decided to order a wide array of sorts, opting for the pickled herring and potato appetizer, some Tandoori Samsas, a bowl of the Kharcho soup, and an order of the Guyru Dumplings. Our dishes were brought out promptly and our server made sure to check on us periodically throughout our meal, at one point even offering to allow the kitchen to split some of our dishes up for us to make it easier to share with one another. The pallet of flavors we were presented with was colored and wonderful; the pickled hairing playing a perfect duet with the hearty roasted potatoes, pairing well balanced acidity and perfectly crisp potatoey goodness, the kharcho simultaneously lightly spicy and fully refershing with that dill coming throough alongside juiicy chunks of lamb, and the the delectable dumplings, swimming in a flavorful bath of broth and sour cream. As we were nearing fullness, we realized we had forgotten to add one more piece to this meal...the dessert! After this realization, we decided to share a piece of wonderfully sticky Phaklava, adorned with and generously filled with walnuts and golden raisans. Suzani Restaurant is not to be missed. It is a dining experience that makes me feel like you've been invited into someone's home, but also that you are sitting down for a royal banquet. Be sure to check it out if you ever find yourself in the area. 5/5 stars

Wife and I decided to check out Plov House after hearing many good things about it. Plov House is a…read moresmall 9-table 24-hour place but was brightly lit and appeared clean with white tablecloths and plastic covers. Single page menus on the table, and customers were constantly in and out. Surprisingly, every customer coming in was a young male, some singles but most in groups. There's a couple of large refrigerators full of food in containers ready to go. After some language barrier ordering, we ended up pointing to what we wanted on the menu. I tell you EVERYONE who came in ordered Plov and bread. We did, too. Along with the assorted kebabs, lagman soup, and two Samsas. The soup was tomato based with homemade long noodles, beef, celery, peppers, onions, carrots, and celery. Had to alternate between a fork and spoon to eat it. The bread was extra tasty and was great to dip in the soup. The kebabs were fresh, very tender, and came with onion and some pickled hot peppers. My wife liked her samsa but I was getting full and took mine home. But the star of the night was the Plov with the most tender and flavor filled slow cooked rice with lamb, beef, carrots, and onions. I could see why most come in and just order it for however many were in their party. It's that good. Best I've had so maybe as others mentioned it was a fresher batch made. With two bottle Cokes and a wonderful pot of black tea, our meal came to $77 including tax and a small upcharge for credit card payment. Tip was left in cash. I will say that the prices on the bill were slightly higher than what was listed on the menu so be mindful of this. For instance, menu Plov is $14.99 but bill Plov is $16.19. Menu tea is $1.99 but bill tea is $2.15. You have to know that when most of the customers are holding court in their language enjoying their food in a constant stream, that Plov House is doing something right. The service was quite friendly. Highly recommended.

Plov House serves old, microwaved, ridiculously overpriced leftovers that masquerade as fresh…read morerestaurant food. Notice the 503 five-star reviews on Google Reviews but just four of them on Yelp, where it is much harder (but not impossible) to post fake reviews, LMAO! And notice that almost all of the five-star reviews posted all over the Internet heap the same suspicious praise, commit the same grammatical errors, and were posted from accounts that have few if any other reviews, which suggests that they were written by the same person, perhaps the owner (again, LMAO!). As for my family's experiences with the food, it is days-old and microwaved, never fresh despite being extremely expensive compared to the competition. The beef and so-called lamb were rancid tasting, dry, and tough. The vegetables were generally wilted and old. The bread is greasy and hard (stale?). The $10 to $19 soups taste worse than a $1 can of Campbell's! No joke! The $5 salads have about 30 cents worth of mostly expired veggies. The only decent tasting product was the lemonade but it is very hard to mess that up as Chef Gordon Ramsay likes to say. But for $5 a pop? The restaurant itself is filthy, old, and dated. Lots of disgusting safety violations were cited by the city in their latest health inspection (click the attached screenshot or visit the site for the Philadelphia Office of Food Protection to read the inspection report). We peaked at the inside of the kitchen when the door was open behind the restaurant, and it was gross and disgusting! You would never eat here if you saw what we saw! The staff was friendly and welcoming but the food is what counts and it sucks on steroids. The $5 value meal at the fast food chain across the street tastes infinitely better than the $17 to $26 meals that my family ate here. Literally. And the $5 meals were more filling. Maybe Plov House should change their cooks and start selling fresh food instead of microwaved leftovers? There are several far superior nearby restaurants, even a few within the same shopping center. Anyone who has posted a good review must be a relative or foreigner who believes that boiled rate is a delicacy.

I love this place! If you're looking for a fun place with live music, performers, dancing, and…read moregreat food then look no further than golden gates! This is an Eastern European style restaurant however everyone speaks English and the music is American, European, and Latin. The food we ordered was the "deluxe banquet." There are 4 banquet option menus you can see on their website but I believe you can also order a la carte. The restaurant is BYOB so we brought our own liquor and wine. I stopped taking photos of all the food throughout the night, but the servers continuously clear out plates and replace with new ones- cold apps, hot apps, main entree, and dessert. I can't wait to for another reason to come here for a fun night out

Disappointing Experience at Christmas Party. We attended a…read moreChristmas company party at Golden Gates Restaurant on 12/20/2025 and were very disappointed. The venue was overcrowded, making it difficult for guests to move around or enjoy the dance floor. The food was cold and of poor quality/not tasty, and the show and music did not meet expectations. Overall, the experience felt chaotic, and the space seemed inadequate for the price. Unfortunately, we would not recommend this restaurant for parties.

celebrated birthday party. Great customer service, great music, great food, recommended to everyone…read moreof course.

Went there for a birthday dinner. The food was absolutely amazing!!!!! We had the preset menu, $130…read morepp and every dish was delicious. There was a dj and the kids also had a great time.

Delicious, freshly prepared food, fast service, and courteous staff. Conveniently located.read more

Love the food, service, used to love live music there. Lately not a fan of the choice of music…read more Maybe it changes based on the customers that night, not sure.

Oh my amazing! The food was so good! Attentive staff, very chic modern look and again the food! So…read moregood! Oh and there were two parties going on so the best was there was music and I got to dance!

Food was very good. The menu seems set up for groups as opposed to solo or just a couple. tHe…read moresalads and appetizers are sized for sharing. Depending on who else is dining in the restaurant a dance party might break out

Been buying from this place for most of my life, and although it's a bit of a drive from my house…read moreit's absolutely worth it. You can't really go wrong here - vareniki are the best around, and their salads are great.

This is a little shop with an unusual edge to what I am use to. Ukrainian food. Nothing fancy. Kind…read moreof like a mom and pops gourmet deli located in small shopping plaza somewhere in northeast Philly. I was just browsing. I added it on yelp and I plan to come back if I ever land in this spot again. More reviews to come.

We were looking for suzani restaurant when we accidently stepped into suzani palace…read more Suzani palace isnt anything special, yet their dishes were a bit pricey. We got a few to try - the liver appetizer, eggplant salad, lagman and bread. - The Turkish liver was cooked and seasoned well. - The eggplant was warm and tossed in a cold salad. I liked it. The oil was surprisingly flavor ful. - The lagman portions were small for the price paid. It was also SO oily and could use a bit more salt. Flavors were not bad otherwise. - The bread was $3.50 for a small portion that I'm pretty sure I could get for much cheaper from the bakery next door. Given there are so many other places of the same cuisine around, I probably wont be making it back here for a while. Maybe one day I'll give it another shot.

We had a terrible experience today…read more Saturday night. We arrived and see a very spacious clean restaurant. Lots of space between tables and a large dance floor. However, food was lucking flavor, especially salads. Service was not great. We had to ask for water. We were disappointed