Aria Kabab House & Grill - Burnaby

The restaurant is spacious, though not very busy during my two previous visits. During my December visit, I ordered some green tea ($0.99) to warm up. Their green tea is unique, infused with saffron and cardamom. On my first visit, I tried the Qabeli Pallow ($11.99), a dish of Afghani Rice topped with lamb, fried carrots, and raisins, served with salad and chatni chutney. The bone-in pieces of lamb were good overall, but some parts were drier than others. The chutney sauce was mild and less spicy than Indian chutney.

A few months ago, a new restaurant opened up in the old Kim Anh location on Edmonds in Burnaby.The restaurant itself is spacious – although it wasn’t very busy on either of my previous two visits.Since my visit was during December, I asked for some green tea to warm up ($0.99). Their green tea is a bit different as it’s infused with saffron and cardamon.On my first visit, I ordered the Qabeli Pallow ($11.99) which had a large serving of Afghani Rice topped with lamb, fried carrots, and raisins and served with salad and chatni (chutney). The two bone-in pieces of lamb were pretty good but there were a few parts that were drier than the rest. The chutney sauce wasn’t too spicy and is milder than Indian chutney.I think the best part of this national dish of Afghanistan was the Afghani Rice.I came back for a revist a couple of weeks later and ordered the Combo Kabab ($22.99) so I could try out a bunch of their different kababs. It included teka (lamb chunks), shaami (marinated ground beef), and chicken kababs along with fluffy rice.The chicken was really tender and I thought that the beef was also tender and flavourful. There was plenty of food in this plate which justified the higher price.Overall, there was some pretty good options here.

One of the breakfast place I recommend to goGood variety and great staffGreat environment and staff alway smile and know their menu.

We were seated very quickly and the service was good The waitress checked up on us regularly to make sure everything was going well.

To start positively, the server was friendly. The rest of the experience was poor to average. The meat was over cooked and dry, the interior decor was simple, and the prices were expensive for what was prepared.