Samarkand Restaurant

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm DELICIOUS!!!!! This place needs to have some type of award! I donnow which but something because how? Food 10000/10 Service 10000/10 I was already craving the food the moment i stepped out of the door😩 Everything was so hearty and Tasty. Hear me out, order the lagman noodles and tandoori bread and use the soup as a dip🙃 Trust me ! I WILL BE COMING BACK🤩

A hidden gem in Plymouth! This has been on my list for a while. My wife and I were really curious to see what Uzbeki food was like. We ordered some samsa with meat to start and it was a quick highlight. Well seasoned meat and the sauce on the side was awesome. The pickle platter was also a fun way to get the party started. My wife enjoyed her Uzbeki beer. I had the assorted shish kabob as my main. Each meat was smoky and tender. The chicken was my favorite. Friendly service all-around. No-nonsense dining room with a dark green interior. We didn’t go to the bar, but there’s a nice looking one when you first come in. We made a reservation for a Saturday night, but there seemed to be open seats as dinner got going and they also do takeout. Plenty of parking.

Since I have never had Uzbeki food before, I was excited to come here to try whatever they had, and I was not disappointed. With a bit of research online beforehand, I decided to order some of the most common dishes in Uzbeki culture, and ended up getting quite a few dishes so I could try a bit of everything. I enjoyed pretty much all the food that I tried. My favorite dish was the samsa because the beef and lamb were seasoned very well, the puff pastry was crispy, and the sauce added a very flavorful layer of succulence. The mantu also had very seasoned meat and tasted like a bigger version of Chinese soup dumplings. I dipped some of it in the chili pepper flakes that my server gave me and it tasted amazing. The lagman soup was also extremely flavorful. It had a good amount of vegetables and very tender beef and hand pulled noodles in bone broth. I also absolutely loved the plav which had super tender and flavorful beef, and carrots, pilaf rice, and chickpeas that were seasoned very well. The amount of oil in the dish also provided a layer of flavor I believe. My friends ordered the khasip and the kebabs and I tasted some of the meat, which was not as tender but still very flavorful, especially the kebabs. The sausage, which contained minced beef, heart, lungs, and rice, resembled what I had in Northern China when I lived there. The nostalgic factor made me enjoy the sausage a lot as well. After lunch, I went next door to the Samarkand Market, and was pleasantly surprised to find many Russian products including chocolate, kvas, pelmeni, and more. I even spoke to the store owners in Russian and picked up their newspaper. The entire restaurant and market experience made me super happy and I will definitely return.

Went to Samarkand for the first time recently with a group of co-workers, including one of our summer interns at Walser Automotive Group, who is from Uzbekistan. She told us that this is the only Uzbeki restaurant in the Twin Cities. They also have an Uzbeki grocery store next door. The food was excellent, very flavorful, with Mediterranean influences. I also enjoyed Sarbast, an Uzbeki beer. The Service was excellent also, although I'm sure it helps if someone in your party knows the owners...lol! Will definitely return to this hidden gem in the Shelard area of southern Plymouth!