Zalla Kabob House — Restaurant in San Ramon

I am always leery about trying new places since I cook a lot at home, the places I try need to be good. This place went over and above my expectations, they were excellent!

I have allergies and cannot have certain foods, so before ordering I asked a lot of questions. The gracious lady behind the counter walked me through and explained what was in all the items I was interested in ordering.

The Chicken wrap is off the charts! The flavor was amazingly wonderful and so stuffed with Chicken I could barely finish 1/2 of it. I also totally recommend the spinach covered lamb shank, not sure of the name. The lamb was a pleasingly seasoned, tender, melt in your mouth choice. A little kick to it, but not so spicy I couldn’t eat it. Everything is cooked to order and comes out piping hot! They serve every with I believe a Yogurt sauce and another sauce in containers on the side. I like everything without the sauces because that way you can enjoy the real flavors of what you’re eating.

I totally recommend them! They are my new “go...

Great tasting food cooked fresh with quality ingredients.

Restaurant is in a nondescript strip mall with a few other restaurants and an Indian grocery store, so kinda hard to find it unless you know in advance.

They give you a bowl of salad and some fresh delicious Afghan bread (served with cilantro sauce and tzatziki sauce)

While the food is tasty and fresh, the prices are a bit high compared to the prices. For example, the combination platter with a large Chapli kabab and 4 pieces of chicken kabab with a little bit of rice was $28.

The daily special was the Kofta Chalk which was 3 beef meatballs in a sauce with some rice was quite delicious and $18.

The 2 pieces of baklava were delicious and warm and was $8.

$103 for 3 dishes and baklava seemed a bit on the high side.

Friendly people though the young lady serving us was a bit difficult to communicate with as she didn’t seem to comprehend English completely.

Worth a...

Amazing flavor, great cooking, good textures, overall a wonderful place.

They especially well cooked the lamb and eggplant. The eggplant rounds were so tender you couldn't pick them up with a spoon, and the lamb meat almost fell of the lamb shank. Even the simple potato flatbread have a great crispy texture on the outside and soft filling, and was spiced great.

We got the potato bolani, which filled up a pizza box, the banana borani, which was a few large eggplant rounds in sauce with rice, and the lawand chalow with lamb. The lamb was a single large lamb shank in a thick creamy sauce, with lots of rice and a little pita bread. These three dishes filled up two adult males and a woman after a day of hiking.

I would definitely order everything again. They didn't make anything spicy, but I still loved it even though I almost only like spicy food. Will definitely come back if...