Reviews for Maiwand Grill in Burtonsville, MD
I've been going to this location since 2010 but less so in the last few years since, moving closer to Columbia. I think it use... to be under the Maiwand Kabob family-owned chain of restaurants (which are excellent), but not anymore hence the name change to"Maiwand Grill". Today, we ordered chicken and kofta kabobs. Everything was really bad. 1. Really dry pieces of chicken and notyour typical red-color tikka seasoning 2. Kofta was overcooked and dry 3. Rice didn't have raisins. 4. Bread was burnedaround the edges 5. The mint chutney sauce didn't have any flavor. Tasted like green water. Do yourself a favor and drive 10more mins north of Burtonsville on route 29 to the Maiwand Kabob in Fulton, MD. The food is soo much better! Read more
Chicken and lamb dry and overcooked. The spinach was overly spicy and watery. The eggplant had no peppers or tomatoes where was... the garlic sauce that goes on top. The rice portion for an afghan restaurant was dismal. Bread was ok. The worst part of themeal was the disgusting "salad' if you call that a salad- Lettuce was brown, dressed with what seemed like a yogurt dressing.Very inconsistent and disappointing Read more
Not a great experience at Maiwand Grill. My family and I ordered takeout which happened to be identical to a previously made,... online takeout order that was sitting on the counter waiting for pickup. We were told that the completed order was for anothercustomer and were assured that a new batch of food would be made for us. We waited in the seating area for at least 30 minutesfor food to come out only for me to watch from a distance as the old order (which was never picked up) was packed in a bag withnaan and given to my mother. I should have spoken up at the time, but the audacity of the business practice, especially afterwaiting for so long, was too extreme for me to process in the moment. When we got home to eat the food, of course it was cold.No sauce came with the lamb ordered and the naan was sloppily made as they had large rips and pieces of black charcoal stillattached to them (most of which needed to be picked off using my finger nails). The food itself was pretty good despite mehaving to microwave it. I really wanted to like this local restaurant, but sadly I won't be returning unless they get betterorganized behind the counter and become more considerate of their customers. There are plenty of other restaurants to patronizenext door. Read more
Great food and friendly service. Although the salad is weak, proportion sizes were good and meat seasoning were flavorful. Would... recommend! Read more
Although the food is okay, yet, it is nothing compared to Maiwand KABOB. We drove about one and a half hour to figure out it was... Maiwand GRILL not Kabob. The kofta has more garlic than it should be. The chicken (boneless) is okay. The bread is theirbest. If you are not familiar with Maiwand kabob, this restaurant is okay. Read more
When you order, ask them to cook it rare. Usually 5 stars but they seem to be over cooking their food a bit lately. The medium... rare lamb is rather medium. The rice is a little dry. The salad and dressing are still great. The naan is possibly the mostfluffy and chewy one in the area, it's also especially large!! Read more
I'd really like to give this place five stars. The food is fresh and good quality. It tastes delicious and isn't heavy on your... stomach. It can be a great low-carb choice too since they let you substitute the bread and rice for their other sides likespinach an/or eggplant. But I do have to say that the service isn't always the best. The food takes quite a while to come(perhaps because it is so fresh) and twice recently I've reached home with my to-go order only to find that my meal wasn't whatI ordered. Read more
What the h3ll happened to this establishment?! This used to be my go to for good Afghani food. I ordered takeout, Aushak and... mantu pumpkin. I received lentils in a container. No dumpling wrap, no yogurt sauce. Just lentils in a cup. The pumpkin mantuhad no yogurt sauce. Just yogurt in a container. Not patronizing this business again. If you know you don't wrap the aushak indumplings, you should have let me know that when i ordered. I'll be taking my business and money elsewhere. I'll take the 35-40minute drive to DC for Bistro Aracosia where they serve REAL AFGHAN food with no surprises! Read more