Uzbekistana
“The Bokhara manti (lamb dumplings) with tomato, yogurt and dill was really tasty as well.”
“People bring their customs and cuisine from all over the world to our great state.”
“I went for dessert and couldn't decide between ras malai (east influence) or baklava (west influence).”
Uzbekistana
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
3 reviews
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Had two appetizer, lamb dumplings in yogurt sauce and lamb empanadas type and both were delicious! Lamb was tender and the sauces where flavorful! We also got the noodle soup and the lamb. Potatoes and carrots soup and they were super delicious as well!
Will certainly be back with bigger stomachs to try their entrees!!!
Decor is lovely, feels like you have been transported to another continent.
This was my first time trying Uzbek cuisine, and I got to tell ya, it was pretty damn good! I was in the mood for something different and stumbled across this restaurant when searching for places in Booton.
This place is in a great location, right on Main st, which has an eclectic variety of restaurants. The restaurant itself has a nice romantic ambiance with regional decor; definitely a great place to bring a date.
We got the hummus as an appetizer. The hummus was very good, but I thought they were a little stingy with the pita; only one pita that was cut into slices.
I orderd the Bokhara Palav, a more traditional Uzbek dish (waiter recommendation) which was a lamb shank with raisins and carrots over a bed of long grain rice. The lamb shank was so delicious and tender that it basiclly feel of the bone.
The wife wanted kebabs so she ordered the Chicken Shashlik, which was chicken thighs with light seasoning. I didn't try it, but it looked pretty tasty.
I would have given this place five stars, but I saw something that I thought was a bit wierd. Our waiter was behind the counter and poured our sodas from a can into glasses. Then, a different waiter came by and drank what was left in the cans… not very classy. I'm not a cheapskate or anything, but they should've left the cans on the table, you know, since I paid for them.
Even though one of the waiters drank partial cans of soda this still doesn't change the fact that the food was excellent. I might have to come back and give it a second try.
I thought I had been here once and wasn't that impressed, so I went back into Yelp to see what I'd ordered. But apparently I didn't leave a review here, so I never tried it. Too bad. I've been missing out.
I think I can safely call this your #1 Uzbek cuisine stop in the area. Uzbek is a mixture of area cuisines, ranging as far west as the Mediterranean to as far east as India, with tastes of Mongolia and Iran mixed in. It's "flyover country" going back to the time of Genghis Khan.
I started with laghman soup, which has thick Uzbek noodles piled beneath savory, tomatoey broth and vegetables. It was a tasty, warming soup, but didn't "wow" me. I think my girlfriend liked it even more than I did. My main course was bokhara manti, the "small manti" (they discontinued the even better-sounding gul ai-hanum due to similarity). There were six or seven dumplings that weren't exactly small, so I wonder just how big the large manti are. The filling was fairly meaty, though I could swear I tasted onions in one of them. (The menu says just lamb, and when I looked at the remaining few, they all looked to be lamb.) They sit in a bed of thick yogurt with some thin tomato sauce drizzled over it. I thought that was a bit unbalanced, but I also figure that it's probably served that way in Uzbekistan. Certainly delicious, but with nothing else appearing on the dish besides the dumplings and sauces, rather sparse. It ought to come with a side. The lady got a kebab with a side of grilled vegetables. It came with a nice, salty yogurt dip. She said the kebab was chewy, and of course the vegetables are just vegetables (but that's what she likes).
I went for dessert and couldn't decide between ras malai (east influence) or baklava (west influence). Waiter brought the ras malai. Pro tip: Ask for yours without maraschino cherries. I didn't get it. It actually spoiled the flavor of the first bite or two for me, to the point that I made a face and thought the yogurt had turned. After that, it went together much better and I was disappointed at running out.
Solid place. I'll return, especially if I move to Boonton.