Being krazy about kabobs, I had to compare this place to our favorite kabob spot in town, Zaytoon. Here is the verdict:
Hummus - Zaytoon is superior. Better hummus and they serve freshly baked piping hot bread. At Shishkabob House (SH), you get pita bread from a package, sliced up and warmed. The hummus at SH also was very cold and obviously had been refrigerated for who knows how long.
Rice - I give the nod to Zaytoon for true basmati rice and bigger serving.
Kabobs - Tie. They both are juicy and flavorful. Delicious.
Ambience - while SH is more of a true restaurant, once again I am subjected to incessant music playing at too high a volume. It's bad enough that they play only wimpy Lilith Fair songs one after the other, but then periodically an ad gets played as well. Quite annoying to hear a silly ad for Jack in the Box in the middle of your meal. If you don't mind the half-market apperanace of Zaytoon, then this one is also a tie.
Bottom line: For my dollar, Zaytoon is still #1. No other place beats it in town.