Noosh Afghan Cuisine — Restaurant in Delta Charter Township

A word: was tremendously confused by the previous business' reviews of what appeared to be a Viet or Thai concept. Google needs to improve the process of starting new business pages.

The food?

Every bite was packed with flavor.

Ordered the family meal, which included most of what is offered (some decisions made regarding choices between ingredients, but otherwise a very good selection of the menu).

Me? A food adventurist. Boldly selecting gods-know-what based on intuition and experience. Her? An eggplant hating food introvert with a streak of "I'll try anything."

First dish she tried? The eggplant. For this alone, I would come back--Noosh climbed my partner's food Everest; the Sistine Chapel of eggplant dishes that tore down the Berlin wall that existed between pre-eggplant nirvana and post Noosh eggplant experience. The flavor-huns stormed over her pre-disposed Great Wall of "ick" and overcame the "I don't like eggplant" sentiment, immediately setting the tone for the rest of the meal.

My partner and I decided that every dish was a winner regardless of our personal taste. So what if we don't like dried fruit; the Qabli was excellent (the beef was a touch dry, but easily overlooked when a part of the whole). Not a huge fan of gigantic meatballs, but they were seasoned well and undeniably flavorful when cut and dipped into the accompanying sauce.

Mantu, the dumplings, were like a riot of textures and flavors, all wrapped up in a delicate dumpling skin ready to burst forth like words from a pissed-off yelp reviewer's keyboard.

The chicken was so earthy and well-spiced (not SPICY), a pleasant surprise and counter to its appearance similar to a tomato based curry.

Flatbread? Amazing. Went with the potato stuffed boullani and a scientific anamoly occurred: Absolute(ly) Zero regrets. The superconductor of food choices.

Everything was absolutely brimming with flavor. The condiments were PACKED with acid and herbs, almost a subtle fizz of fermentation sneaking in there (if not on purpose, a Bob Ross happy little accident).

First visit here; thoroughly impressed by the food. Service was good, and the ambience is brightly lit with (somewhat weirdly--but who cares--frescos of Italian scenery littering the wallscape). The bathrooms? Clean, but more importantly heated to satisfy those partners of ours who are always adjusting the passenger climate in our vehicles to "surface of the sun" temperatures.

Very happy, will be trying several times to determine if consistency is...

An okay experience here. My wife and I came here because we were in the area and had seen good reviews. The place was decorated well and was comfortable. The food quality was pretty high. The portion sizes need to be reviewed or else descriptions need to be improved on the menu. My wife's soup was pretty large and appropriate. My sandwich was tasty, but when I order a "large" size, I expect that it should be fairly filling. I think my sandwich was $6 or $7 and provided less food than a 6" Subway. Maybe it was equal to about 4" of a Subway sandwich. Yes, in a fancy restaurant, you can expect smaller portions, but I didn't expect this. I double-checked with the young waitress to make sure it was a "large" and she confirmed it. My wife suggested ordering a couple more of these, but it took a long time for food to arrive and we were traveling across the state. So, I didn't want to extend our time. Luckily I had a bunch of granola bars and things in my vehicle to eat after we left. The waitress was pleasant, but I suspect she was new and not that experienced. I put my empty plate and put my empty glass of water near the edge of the table to make sure it was visible and the glass was never refilled despite the amount of time spent. She really didn't check on us at all. The restaurant was pretty empty as we arrived after prime dinner hour, so we expected to have some attention. We still gave an average tip as we figured the young waitress was new. After tip, a small sandwich and a good-sized bowl of soup with 2 waters will run you about $18. Overall nice decor and great food quality, but service was slow and lacking overall and the price for portion ratio wasn't...

I want to first give the highlights. When we called the person who answered and took our order was very friendly and professional. We ordered pork dumplings, pho, banh mi, and beignets. It came to $40 and we thought that was a great value for everything we were going to get. The order was ready for us within 25 min of ordering for pick up and was ready when we arrived. The pork dumplings and beignets are a must have if you eat at Nola Bistro. Very delicious and we will be back for more of them. Now for the constructive criticism. We went back and forth on whether to give this review of 3 or 4 and really, I'd honestly say it's more of a 3.5. The Nola banh mi sandwich we ordered was supposed to contain 3 meats however we only identified 2 meats on the sandwich and the portion of meat was very very slim. It was mostly bread and vegetables. Compared to other Banh Mi we have had, this was about the 3rd of the amount of meat we are used to. We would not order a sandwich from this establishment again based off of this experience. It was not a good value alone. The pho was very large in portion but again, the meat portion wasn't what we expected. The pho is easily enough to feed 4 people however, the meat portion was barely enough for this party of 2 to enjoy. We would not order the pho again based on this experience. Making this $40 order as we mentioned about not as much of a value as we initially thought. We would recommend that the meat portions be increased significantly to make these dishes great. Would we return? Yes. Again, for the delicious pork dumplings and beignets but I would hesitate to order...