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| - This is my first review on Yelp and Samarkand is the restaurant that inspired me to register and write my first review. Unfortunately, this is not a good thing.
This restaurant was utterly disappointing and has set a new low point in my culinary experience.
I went in for lunch on a Monday with a friend.
We walked in to the restaurant to find it empty and decorated with "Happy 1st Birthday" banners. We thought that they were closed for a private party and my friend suggested we should go somewhere else.. I should have listened.
After spending a minute or two shouting "hello", we were greeted with a nice lady who assured us they were open and sat us down on one of the many empty tables. The place was clean, but had a "funky" smell to it.
Since we had never had Russian food we decided to be adventurous. We ordered some home made fruit drink that did not agree with our palates, and sumsa (which is bread, filled with ground beef and onions) to start with. We also ordered some bread (can't remember the name) to eat with our marinated lamb and marinated beef sheesh kabobs.
Fruit drink: Did not finish. Not for us, not sweet, had an odd aftertaste.
Sumsa: Did not finish: Tasted and smelled like the meat filling had gone rancid before cooking.
Bread: Majority consumed. Tasteless, but edible.
Marinated Beef: Did not finish. Tough, chewy and tasteless.
Marinated Lamb: Did not finish. Chunks of fat on bone. No meat to be seen. Absolutely disgusting.
Needless to say, I will not be returning, or recommending this place to anyone. I wish I could rate this place to zero stars, but Yelp does not allow for it.
NOTE: No one else came in to eat at the restaurant the entire time we were in it (peak lunch hour time).
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