Grabbed lunch at urgut osh markazi in Kensington, Brooklyn NYC. It's Uzbeki and Halal. Think…read morecentral Asian cuisine with soviet influence. Ordered a pitcher of compote, plov combo, pelimini, lagman, virezka beef, bread and salad. Inexpensive. All in $80 and lots of leftovers for a party of two. Cash discount. Food was fantastic. Ambiance is low key and basic as is the table service. Food came out quickly. Really enjoyed our meals. Saw a friend that I haven't seen for ages and they didn't rush us out. Plenty of street parking, but we walked here. Sat immediately. 24 hours service all week long.

This place was pretty disrespectful. They spent let us sit on the main area although it was empty …read more Do to no women seemed like . The other area also sat us down like outcast right by the door , forgot the menu , water , fort one item that was ordered. Definitely wouldn't come here again. Local guys praying literally right in front of us. Not sure it's because they'd noticed our Jewish stars but whatever . Meat was not bad though , same with salad.

Very good food nice beautiful place. I tried dumplings very juicy and it got good choice kebab and…read morealso fish. Definitely recommended.

I came to Nargis cafe for a birthday party. Like the typical restaraunt in Brooklyn, there was very…read morelimited street parking. When we came to the address, it was a little hard to find the exact restaraunt and we even went to the wrong one. Upon reaching our table and ordering, our appetizers came out very quick and the appetizer was alright. We had the babaganish and it was alright. The spinach salad was the other appetizer and it was decent too. For the main course, I had the calmari and it was 3/5. All in all, the food was decent (3/5). The service was very good. But I didn't like a few things - first, it was hard to find. Second - there aren't enough restrooms, which created long lines. Third - the entrance door and door after entrance door opened in opposite directions and I almost hit my head.

My husband and I had a wonderful experience at this restaurant! We started with the mini Umka…read morePerfect Puff pies with a small piece of steak inside, which were juicy and delicious. For our main dishes, we had the traditional Uzbek plov with lamb and the Farida ground beef roll with tomato. Everything was flavorful and cooked to perfection, but the traditional Uzbek plov was definitely our favorite. The lamb was incredibly tender, and the plov had amazing flavors. We really enjoyed our meal and our time here. Highly recommend!

Farida had a nice atmosphere with live karaoke, and the staff were friendly, but unfortunately the…read morefood was extremely disappointing, especially for the price. We ordered the mini umka puffs (three beef and two cheese), and they were very oily and soggy on the bottom. The beef filling was mostly salt and pepper with no real depth of flavor, plus lots of fat and gristle. The cheburek was almost the exact same experience -- same filling, same sauce, and again not very tasty. The Uzbek plov was also very, very oily. The meat in that dish was better than the others, but overall it still lacked flavor. The steak manti was honestly close to inedible. It tasted bad, very fatty, and what initially seemed like juicy filling inside turned out to just be condensation water. The Kazan kebab was especially disappointing because the picture on their website looks incredible. In reality, it looked nothing like the photos -- the meat was basically boiled, extremely fatty, and pretty unpleasant. Thankfully, the tender beef short ribs were the best thing we ordered. The meat actually had flavor, and the potatoes were good. The lemonade was also very good. I went in expecting Uzbek food to be less heavily spiced than other cuisines, which is completely fine, but this was beyond that -- the food just felt low quality and poorly executed. For four people, with only one lemonade and no alcoholic drinks, the bill came to about $260, which felt insanely expensive for the quality we received. The atmosphere was nice, but the basement dining area was also extremely hot and uncomfortable. Overall, this place did not live up to the hype. Check the pictures for the dishes we ordered.

Disclaimer! Please be patient with the restaurant since it's a small family owned business and…read moreit's been getting significantly more traffic recently. I was there yesterday and customer was being rude to the waiter and yelling. I kept my composure and told the customer to remain calmn. The family is super sweet and kind. Doing there best based on their capabilities and it a really small kitchen. This was my 4th time there and the food has never ever disappointed me. Not once. Just be respectful please. Now for the food, MUST GET. Lagman(soup/pasta) Mantu bosu lagman any of the mixed meat, But I STRONGLY RECOMMEND LAMB RIBS. Best lamb in New york in my and others opinion.

Got dumplings of all kinds, manti, chebureki and samsa. Their kompot was probably the best tasting…read morekompot of all the kompots across brighton beach. I felt chebureki were the best out of the 3, only downside to the food is that the filling is more onions than meat. It was nice and quiet, only 1 guy working.

This review is a bit overdue, as I planned to write it a while ago but forgot. Opps, but here…read moregoes... Did I stumble here by chance? Absolutely not. I was brought here by my friend (and her family) as she recommended the place, and she came pretty often. I would say that my friend sometimes has interesting taste, but so far her recommendations have been really solid. Since my friend brought me here, I just took whatever she recommended, as she took command of all ordering. This was great for me, since I opened the menu and was like... wow, I don't even know what is good. So I just sat back and *attempted* to listen to what was going on. We ended up getting hot tea with lemon, beef skirt kebab, lamb kebab, samsa, cheburek with meat, and a few other things I'm not quite sure about. She just ordered, and honestly, I just ate everything she threw at me. The samsas were delicious! They were super flaky, and the meat was well seasoned and super juicy. The samsa were also quite hefty, they fill you up if you eat too many. It reminded me of the homemade ones my friend used to give me. Next up, the cheburek with meat. This was a first for me, and my friend said it was a must get. She was completely right... we ended up getting a 2nd order of this. It was super light, compared to everything else we ordered, as it is only filled with a bit of meat. The dough is fried to perfection, it was a bit crispy, soft, and didn't feel oily. It came with what I assume is a tomato sauce, which pairs well with it. We also got a few of the beef and lamb kebabs, and they were also delicious. The beef tasted better than the lamb, but my friend says that is just depends on the day. So I guess it depends on who is cooking that day? But the beef was super juicy, and it was well seasoned. The lamb was also good, but it just wasn't as yummy as the beef skirt. Overall, I really like everything here and I look forward to my next trip back to NY.

The best kebab I've ever had. The beef was soooo juicy! But-…read morelive music on a Sunday night was VERY LOUD. I've never had music that loud played at a restaurant, especially in a "family-styled" restaurant. Food also does take a while because of grilling. I will be back, but not on a weekend.

Came here for her birthday, left here with a happy stomach. We started off with some cold…read moreappetizers first we got the raw fish and it was really good really fresh. Then we got some salads. One of them was a chicken salad and the chicken was really good and the dressing was also really nice prepared really well together and we also got a Greek salad which was just a classic standard salad. They also have avocado bruschetta which was also really good. The avocado was nice and ripe. We also got samsa and it was really good. The dough was nice and flaky and crispy and on the inside the meat was really nice and juicy. It was my favorite, but it was definitely still good. For the main, we got a huge mixed grill platter that came with a bunch of different meats like chicken, shish kebab and lamb kebab and it was so good. The meat was really nice and juicy and flavorful and it was cooked really well and all of this also came with a side of chips which were a great pairing and a little bit of a different twist compared to regular french fries. The kompot was great it was nice and sweet and flavorful. The service was nice the waiters were really attentive. The ambiance was just a classic Russian/uzbek restaurant. For birthdays they play a nice funny happy birthday song. Overall, it's a nice, heartwarming experience.

I've never seen such disorder from a restaurant. Shish kabob was raw inside but burnt outside. Too…read moremuch salt. Everything took forever to arrive, and it wasn't worth the wait. Waiter was rude and never apologized for the delay and the raw burnt over priced food. Then there was a loud argument because the delivery guy was waiting about 30 minutes after being told that it'll be ready in 5 minutes. No respect for someone's time and job. I hate when people are trying to do their jobs and someone sabotages them. Apparently it's not the 1st time. And hungry people at home are also getting bad service and long wait. Overall, it put stress on everyone. Ruined many people's evening. I regret not leaving earlier and gone somewhere else. I feel like they were giving good service and respect to their countrymen in the restaurant, but not to people of other nationalities and races. Do they deliberately sabotage food and timing because they don't want us to return?! Are they deliberately delaying the delivery orders to get delivery guy to lose his job? It' seems to be happening a lot from the Uzbek halal restaurants. Too much of a coincidence. Will not recommend them to anyone. I wonder if the owner cares about losses in revenues or he's a bigot. Very disappointing.

Such a great spot for Koryo-Saram food. The people were so sweet and nice + very helpful in…read morechoosing. I wanted all dumplings and got pigodya. Wanted to get a Buuz which is Mongolian and Buryatian dumpling but they no longer have them. Instead they had 12 beregi, which are boiled dumplings from Kalmykia. We also had an assortment of side dishes, the kimchi wasn't my thing but loved the morkovcha and gribnoy salat. All in all, 10/10!

Cafe Lily is a hidden gem - serving Korean-Uzbek (Koryo-saram) food. The food felt so homely and…read morewas super packed with flavor even though we have never had such food before. Our favorite was by far the Kuksi which blew us away - a cold deeply flavored noodle dish with a slight beef flavor with various pickled vegetables. I still have fond memories of the refreshing kuksi with the noodles perfectly cooked with just the right amount of bite. If you want something unique/local and don't mind a journey into deep Brooklyn, I highly recommend Cafe Lily!