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Samarkand

Restaurant Uzbek restaurant

🫤 My mom and I were excited to check out this place since we are a huge fond of Uzbek/Central Asian cuisine. We ordered plov, lamb soup and mantu. Plov was okay, the lamb soup was actually a beef soup, but we didn’t even complain about it. And when it came to mantu, it was the worst mantu that we’ve t... People often mention meat, service, good, nice, salads, great, tasty, restaurant,


Address

Derekh Ben-Zvi 34, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Website

www.samarkand.co.il

Contact

+972 3-681-1122

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (3K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 12 to 11 pm
  • Thursday: 12 to 11 pm
  • Friday: 10:30 am to 3 pm
  • Saturday: 9 pm to 12 am
  • Sunday: 12 to 11 pm
  • Monday: 12 to 11 pm
  • Tuesday: 12 to 11 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: meat (10) service (10) good (9) nice (8) salads (7) great (7) tasty (6) restaurant (6)
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  • 3/5 Ronith 2 years ago on Google • 148 reviews
    Affordable prices, plenty original food in menu, meat, pastry, salads. Nice atmosphere, good service, disabled and children welcome. Salads with lots of onion less veggies, meat need more seasoning, great bread, diversity of salads/humus/tahini and more. Toilets need improvement in cleaning. Possible to order place for big groups. Eat in or take away.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jackie Acker Garland (Chicago Photo M. 11 months ago on Google • 285 reviews
    Fantastic place. I enjoyed our dinner here very much. Many dishes had cilantro.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Сайхо �. 1 year ago on Google
    My mom and I were excited to check out this place since we are a huge fond of Uzbek/Central Asian cuisine. We ordered plov, lamb soup and mantu. Plov was okay, the lamb soup was actually a beef soup, but we didn’t even complain about it. And when it came to mantu, it was the worst mantu that we’ve tried out of 10000 mantus that we ate in Central Asian countries. The meat was very red and obviously raw. When we told the manager about it, he said it’s always supposed to be like that. After we told that we r experienced in Uzbek cuisine, he said “it’s just our style of cooking raw meat”. It was very disappointing. Manager and waiter seemed to be unaware of professional service at all. Do not recommend!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Kushkushonit 2 years ago on Google • 110 reviews
    They used to be better, such a shame.. Absolutely rude and not friendly service. Dirty toilet. Our waiter acted like he was doing us a favor. The skewers and the dumplings were over cooked and dry. Wouldn’t recommend the desserts. In an ice cream sandwich the cookies were so massive and hard, we broke the spoon (I’m not kidding) Overall, a lot of potential a very average experience
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Yoni M. 1 year ago on Google • 105 reviews
    Delicious foods, great service one of the best places to eat in Tel Aviv

  • 5/5 Daniel M. 9 months ago on Google • 84 reviews
    The house salads were tasty and abundant. Bukharan Bacsh was big enough for two people and very tasty. Humus was professional. Also enjoyed the chicken skewer very much. This food at this restaurant is consistently tasty and the portions are large. It is a good value. I split a 150 shekel meal with another guest and we were unable to finish even though we both thought the food was excellent.

  • 5/5 sammy g. 7 months ago on Google • 73 reviews
    Surprisingly Israel doesn't have many kosher kebab restaurants so it was great to discover this one. The menu is really interesting and the food was delicious. The service was a little unrefined but the place was nice as was the atmosphere. Highly recommend.

  • 1/5 Valéria A. 9 months ago on Google • 28 reviews
    Poor service, that forgot other things I ordered and I had to keep asking over and over. Very greasy food, sadly with a lot of cilantro in it. Questionable steamed beef buns. The restaurant, though, looks nice inside, and the food came fast.

  • 5/5 Baruch H. 1 year ago on Google
    Authentic Uzbek cuisine! Loved the food. Fast service, reasonably priced. Will go there again and definitely recommend!

  • 5/5 שחר �. 8 months ago on Google
    Amazing food, all the meats are wonderful and the prices are super low 🔥

  • 2/5 David N. 6 years ago on Google
    The skewered Meats we're pretty good when we got them at the right level of doneness. sadly some of the skewers were sent back to be pre cooked. Service was very slow and confused and felt super unprofessional. The Bukharian food we ordered was really bad. I would recommend to come here only for some skewers in a Laffa bread. We received some sweets and some tea at the end to make us feel better.

  • 5/5 Ilan M. 1 year ago on Google
    Been there twice already, a great place to eat with a large group of friends because there are a lot of dishes you can share, the tables are big the place doesn't feel crowded. The food is very good 👍

  • 5/5 לטייל I. 1 year ago on Google
    Ordered Shorpe soup. Was great. Good value for money

  • 2/5 이병무 1 year ago on Google
    plov was normal and somsa was cold and horrible. the worst somsa i've had in my life. whoever say this restaurant food is delicious have no taste. staffs arent kinda as well.

  • 2/5 Ido A. 1 year ago on Google
    We came in a big group(10), not a very busy time. Food was average. The meat in the stuffing was very dry and hard. The shish kabobs was too salty. Salads were very weak. The waiter was not nice to us. (Nothing special, just not very nice or smiley) The place looks very good, and they have lots of selection, so might be that the options we got were just a miss ..

  • 2/5 Esther T. 1 year ago on Google
    Sat in the "courtyard" which is completely enclosed with no ventilation or fan and allows smoking. The menu had different items which was nice, however it was marred by the poor service. Our salads were not refilled despite asking several times. Took a while to place our orders

  • 5/5 erez g. 1 year ago on Google
    Great authentic food. Very nice service. Huge selection and portions. Fair prices which is so uncommon in Tel Aviv. Highly recommended

  • 4/5 Jimmy D. 2 years ago on Google
    Yes please. Nice patio, nice dining room. Wonderful service. Get your grilled meats and Uzbek plates (try the dumplings). Pita was also made to order. If you are a tourist, ask for an English menu because they have those. They have meat platters if you don't know what to choose.

  • 5/5 Monalisa Singh R. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing! The best meat I have had in Tel Aviv.. how do they make it so tender?! Just wow. (The staff might be little untrained but sre sweet. Book the place in advance to avoid long queues)

  • 3/5 Ely C. 2 years ago on Google
    Late night after the ball game in Blumfield, the expectations were not high, but the busy waiters and loud voices were not great fun. Food was not bad, but nothing to go out of your way

  • 5/5 Aline G. 3 years ago on Google
    Good vibes. Cheap and tasty food. You order and after a minute you get the food. Very good meat and kosher. Recommended for groups of friends

  • 5/5 Dorian P. 2 years ago on Google
    The real feeling of a traditional and loved Buchari home and restaurant

  • 5/5 -- 1 year ago on Google
    Big portions, very tasty, quite cheap (both the house salads for 20 and the soups for 30-35 are a full meal, you can order just one and still leave very full).

  • 5/5 Preston K. 2 years ago on Google • 22 reviews
    Super cool place, if you’re in Tel Aviv you need to go here and try something new. Food is good and all the decorations and theme of the place is Samarkand (Uzbekistan) which for those of you who don’t know history, Samarkand city used to be the center of trade and power and arts in Central Asia in late 1300s under Tamerlane (Timur). Anyways it’s a fun restaurant check it out.

  • 5/5 Aaro S. 2 years ago on Google
    Very decorative place, with juicy central-asian dishes, spiced with delicious foods from the middle eastern kitchen and you got yourself a nice place for a good dinner.

  • 5/5 Hen P. 3 years ago on Google
    Nice Lunch with fair price- Authentic Bukhari food . Very tasty salads and baked meat, hugh Oshpelo meal (rice with meat).

  • 4/5 Chen P. 3 years ago on Google
    Authentic Bucharian restaurant. Recomended salad buffet. Reasonably low prices. The lamb soup is great.

  • 4/5 Maria G. 2 years ago on Google
    Good food and friendly services. The salads could be better by having less mayo but all in all a good experience


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Late-night food
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway

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