David’s Kebab House

Impressive! Not a pretty restaurant but their food changed the whole perceptive! I am not a Russian but I have always been curious what their food may be like and this restaurant is a great place to start. The people works in restaurant are extremely friendly and made sure we are as comfortable as possible. This restaurant deserved 5 stars! :-)
Dessert: «Napoleon»… Oh my! A must dessert!

Everything that I had was delicious the euros are phenomenal service was great the owner is extremely nice truly a hidden gem I suggest everybody should try it!

We were here on summer. The food was really tasty and not very expencive. Most of all I’ve liked Lamb Kebab, Gyro with Feta and Homemade Fruit Compote.
The service is absolutelly great. Thank you!

This place is fabulous! Stopped by on a lark for lunch, as it was the highest rated place nearby. And I can see why!
I had the steak kabobs, and they were fantastic! Hit done starters on her recommendation, and they were fantastic. I’ll have to see if I can remember what it was.

It was pretty good… All carefully-​made, homecooked food. I also didn’t feel like it was as unhealthy as other dining-​out options. I just don’t think I’d find myself craving any of the foods we tried. We didn’t try a couple things we wanted to, though, like the samsa and borscht, so we’ll likely be back.
For an appetizer, we ordered the samsa, but were told they were out, so the waiter (who may have even been the owner) suggested something called cheburek (I think). We also had the potato pancakes. The cheburek was basically lamb in pancake-​like pocket. I’m not a huge fan of lamb, so I’ll reserve my comment. The potato pancakes were tasty, but really tiny.
For entrees, we had the pork kebabs and the chicken tabaka. Each came with pickled vegetables and a watery, ketchup-​like sauce. The pork kebabs were flavorful, though I don’t know if I’d describe them as delicious; they were also pretty fatty. The chicken tabaka (a whole oven-​baked half bird, with a garlicky skin) was delicate tasting and delicious. The pickled vegetables are an acquired taste, and I don’t think I’ve acquired a taste for them. I do think the tomatoes that were served were a tad bit too ripe.
Others might say the ambiance was lacking — that the dining area is too quiet, sterile, or small. I liked it, though. It felt like we were eating in the dining room of a little old Russian grandmother.

I have been to this establishment many moons ago. But I think the other time, we had some items to go. But since I forgot about those experiences hence decide to bring Hubs for Dinner here. Furthermore, it has been awhile since Hubs has any Dinner relating to «Russian Cuisine».
Friday March 13^th 2015, after work we went here for Dinner. Time was about 18:15hrs ish. YES, this establishment is tiny. From what I could recall, we ordered the following items :
* 2 orders of Samsa (Knishes) each was ($ 3.49) hence it was ($ 6.98)
* Stuffed Cabbages (2 pieces) ($ 5.99)
* 2 orders of Lamb Kebab each was ($ 11.99) hence it was ($ 23.98)
* Gyro with Feta ($ 8.98)
* Homemade Fruit Compote ($ 1.50)
* Turkish Coffee ($ 2.00)
* Russian Tea Cake (½ dozen) ($ 3.50)
We wanted to like this establishment, but it fall shorts in some shape or form. For one, what’s the deal with «EVERYTHING» with some kind of Ketchup. Ketchup «dipping sauce». Ketchup in some of the orders we had, aka like the Stuffed Cabbage. The Stuffed Cabbage is drizzled with that «Ketchup Sauce». It tasted like those «Cocktail Sauce» when you eat the Cold Shrimp Kind of Sauce. **SIGH**
YES, some of the food takes awhile especially of the Lamb Kebabs order, in which we don’t mind at all. THANK GOD FOR THOSE… if NOT, Hubs is unhappy with his Appetizer order of Samsa (Knishes), and Stuffed Cabbages. Those Stuffed Cabbages are too tiny to be filling.
Even with the Main Entrees of the Lamb Kebabs, it was slightly too little portion for Hubs appetite, hence Hubs has to order 2 Lamb Kebabs Main Entrée Plates. The Lamb Kebabs comes with Rice, RAW Finely Sliced Onions, Sauerkraut, Pickles and Homemade Sauce on the Side which tasted «Tomato-​ey» aka «Ketchup».
Though I also have the Samsa (Knishes) as Appetizers, and Gyro with Feta Sandwiches with Rice as my Main Entrée. I am OK with all of what I had. The Homemade Fruit Compote, I have as beverages was just OK. Maybe we ordered the wrong items from their Menu.
The highlight of my Dinner was the Russian Tea Cakes. It reminds me of what my Late Grandma or my Aunt back in Singapore ever make, similar like those «nutty» melt in the mouth kind of cookies.
YES, the Owner and all the staffs are friendly and accommodating. We are still in search of that WOW factor that this establishment may offer to some from all the GLOWING Reviews but this visit was NOT as Stellar as we are hoping for. *SAD FACE*
All in all, we wish them well in their business undertakings. Since we are in time crunch, for the 2^nd order of Lamb Kebabs MAIN ENTREE, we decide to pack those in TO GO Boxes.
From their PAPER MENU, they are opened during the following hours :
* Monday: 1 pm to 8:30pm
* Tuesday — Saturday: 11:30am to 8:30pm
David’s Kebab House is CLOSED ON SUNDAYS.
David’s Kebab House
970 S. Oneida Street, #10A,
Denver, CO 80 224
Tel: (303) 355‑2188
@63/2015

This is a great little restaurant! We ordered a four course meal, everything was cooked to order and not sitting out waiting for people to order it. Great authentic Russian food, desert was awesome. The pickled tomatoes and cucumbers that came with our main dish were hand pickled and some of the best! I would come back to Denver just to eat here!

Nope — not five stars today. Some high points and many not so high — although you easily could be (high that is) because the place is in a pretty sketchy strip mall surrounded by pot shops. Place is about the size of a postage stamp with zero, and I do mean zero, atmosphere. You even have to go outside and walk down the way to use a bathroom. Luckily, they had a few outdoor tables but the view is strictly parking lot. Nice afternoon though so it wasn’t too bad.
Enough bitchin’! So, I’m down with little tiny places like this if they have a good attitude, are doing some good cooking so I’ll try anything. Called before we went to make sure they were open because we’d tried once before and they were on vacation. Spoke with the very lovely woman (Gulie) who is kind of a one woman band — does the cooking (virtually everything is hers), hostess, and waits the tables. She’s a doll and was a big help when it came to offering menu suggestions since we didn’t have a clue what we were doing.
The menu is in English and Russian and has some things you will never have heard of and many that are kind of familiar from that part of the world. Since we were popping our Russian cherry we ordered way too much food — portions are generous and reasonably priced.
Here’s what we tried:
Appetizers — Samsa (aka knishes) — Diced lamb & beef with onions wrapped in crispy homemade layered dough — fantastic — my favorite thing of the day — $ 3.49 for one though. And, Khachapuri –filo dough filled with your choice of beef and potatoes or American & cottage cheese or spinach with feta cheese We had the later at it was my second favorite thing of the day. Kind of like spanakopita. $ 2.99.
Soup — the Russian couple leaving as we were sitting down recommended the Kharcho — sour soup with lamb, rice & grated walnuts — $ 3.99 (small). It was OK — a little on the greasy side for me. Next time I’m going for the Borscht.
Mains — well, it is a kebab house so we went with the flow. She had the lamb ($ 11.99). Gulie asked her how to cook it — medium turned out very well done and tough as a boot — my least favorite things of the day. I had the pork which was much better — perfectly cooked, tender and flavorful — $ 8.99 and I might order it again. The kebab plates are served with really dry hard yellow rice (yech), some interesting allspice infused vinegary cole slaw, and a few slices of dill pickle and tomato. We threw all caution to the wind and ordered some of their excellent homemade french fries $ 1.99 — so rare to find «real» fries anymore and these were textbook. They made the trip worth it.
So, OK overall all. Not sure I’d make the trip out there again but not sorry to have given them a shot. Lunch with tip was almost $ 50 (no booze) though — worth it? Meh.
P. S.- I should mention that my lady friend became very ill after eating here and said that she went to the E.R. and was diagnosed with food poisoning. Personally, I ate exactly the same thing that she did (minus the iced tea) and suffered no ill effects so I’m dubious but she did barf all over my car — so there’s that.

I’ve had better Russian food. Unfortunately, because the service is good and the owners seem like very nice people. I really want to like it, but the food wasn’t very tasty. They do seem to have a pretty good selection of vodka. So if you are in the mood for some vodka this might be the place for you.

Don’t bother reading the rest of my review, just eat here. It really deserves the five stars that it has on Unilocal.
We love places like this. It is a hole-​in-​the-​wall, family owned joint that serves food made from the heart. If we lived in the area, we’d eat here weekly. We ate way too much for lunch, because we kept wanting to try new things after we’d eat an amazing dish. Our only complaint is that our stomachs weren’t big enough to continue to try more dishes.
Basically, just order anything off the «Specials List» on the wall and you’ll love this place too.

We have eaten here more than 20 times and every time the food is consistently great.
Everything is cooked from scratch and home made.
Many restaurants the menu is designed to be quick to prepare. The food here is like your Mother would make if she was a superb Russian chef.
It is real and it is real good!!!

Really fun experience. We Wanted to expose kids to a new type of food and culture. They didn’t disappoint and my finicky kids ate it all! It was like eating in a lovely families home.
Don’t miss the market next door for fun Russian candies and cookies!

I work in the same mall as this place, but I’ve only ever eaten there once before. The potato dumplings were yummy. Today, though, I ordered the beef kebabs, and, as expected, TOTALLY YUMMY.
It doesn’t hurt that the people who run the place are always kind and personable, and, really… this Russian restaurant always seems packed with Russian customers, so they must be doing things quite right.
I wanted to take a picture of the kebab platter, but I hoovered it up too quickly. Suffice to say, it was freaking delicious. I don’t know what goes into Russian sauerkraut, but me likey. Also, they pickle their own vegetables, which were delish!
Check out this hole in the wall for some awesome grub and great service!

I have tears coming out of my eyes after all the garlic and onion I just consumed… But I’m happy happy happy!:-):-):-) I guess three and a half tables one counter and a great cook it’s all you need to have a special place like this one. The owner /​cook is extremely friendly and helpful about the menu, we had couple of shots of vodka before we started the meal (yes @1:00 pm on a Wednesday.) the pickles was fresh and the kabobs was also fresh and full flavor.
The potato salad took about 15 minutes to get to our table because they’re making it fresh but I don’t mind waiting that long four piece of heaven.
I can’t wait to go again and try the rest of the Manu.

Came here on Valentine’s Day with my mom, sister, and nephew – it was my first Valentine’s Day since I lost my husband last year, and we wanted to remember him by going somewhere that I would have taken him (our anniversary was the day I took him to a restaurant to try food he’d never had before).
The food is amazeballs. Seriously. We started with a spinach and walnut salad, a samsa, and the potato pancakes – they were all lovely. For the main course we ordered a half-​order of pilav, the beef dumplings with sour cream. a half-​order of beef khanuma and another half-​order of lamb khanuma, with a piece of baklava for dessert.
The words «ochen kharasho» (very good) do not even begin to describe it. It was the first Eastern European food that I’d had since I took a trip to Winnipeg in 1990, and it was so worth the trip. The portions are good-​sized. Not American-​sized pig-​out portions, but I guarantee you will be well-​fed and it will be so good that you’ll want to slap your babushka.

At Leetsdale & Oneida in Glendale sits David’s (formerly Joe’s, but what’s in a name anyway?) Kebab House, whose Tajik owners offer eager customers tastes of many parts of the former Soviet Union.
Why not begin with a tall glass of seasonal fruit drink (Kompot) or pear soda (Dyushes) and a bowl of the Georgian classic Kharcho — beef soup flavored with ground walnuts and sour plum paste? (They do of course also have Ukrainian-​style beet soup, or rather, Borshch, if that appeals to you). Another idea to kick off your meal would be the flaky Central Asian pastries known as Samsa, bursting with unctuous ground lamb and minced onions. On the lighter side, the tabbouleh-​esque cracked wheat salad called Achik-​chuk, or a plate of pickled tomato, cucumber and cabbage have their merits too — and in fact, it might not be a bad idea to begin with something less filling, considering all the main course choices you’re about to contend with! Speaking of which…
Considering the name of the restaurant, it would be a little silly to stop by David’s and not have a kebab or two. These can take as long as twenty minutes to prepare in some cases, but you’ll be glad you waited when you bite into a nice big skewer of pork, chicken, or liver — to name but a few. But no-​one would give you the evil eye if you instead chose a little Plov (carrot-​studded rice with lamb and, if you like, raisins or chickpeas) or some Khanuma («lazy ravioli» where dough sheets are layered with meats and veggies, then rolled like a jelly roll and sliced), or even a split, flattened and roasted chicken. But whatever you do, don’t forget to end with dessert, whether it be a bit of baklava, or some nutty teacakes dappled in powdered sugar, or even the Tatar specialty Çäkçäk — a honey-​drenched pyramid of fried pastry bits.

Small dining room, huge flavor and wonderfully friendly hosts. Had the chicken tabaka (buttery, garlicky, pan-​fried chicken. Awesome). GF had the potato dumplings and we shared the khachapuri with spinach & feta. Both the dumplings and the sea same-​studded phyllo dough were excellent. Nice selection of Russian beer. Had the #4.
Everything is handmade in the kitchen. The pickled vegetables are perfectly sour, salty, and taste of real herbs. Order coleslaw? That’s made to order. Dumplings? Made in the back from the dough to the filling. Very accommodating to vegetarians. Just let them know. Call ahead of you have 6 or more – they’ll thank you for it.
This is crazy good, heartfelt cooking. Although I’d never eaten these dishes before it tasted like home. That’s something special and I will definitely go back.

Stop looking through reviews and go here. I was in town visiting my brother, so I wanted to find something a bit different and good. This place was the best decision I made all trip.
The food was excellent. We had potato pancakes, borscht, and beef kebab, and all of it was great. However, I got the lamb khanuma, and it was by far the highlight. I’d never had anything like it, and it was crazy good. Absolutely recommend it. I also had dessert and a beer — not a single thing disappointed.

I love when I have an unexpected culinary moment that rocks my world. I’d never heard of David’s Kebab House until today but I was in the area and hungry. Thank goodness for Unilocal or I would never have found this.
When I pulled up the store was still closed and it was after their posted opening hours. I was disappointed and sat in the parking lot making some calls. Thank goodness I did that because what turned out to be the owner and her son pulled up next to me.
I gave it a few minutes and then went in wondering if anything would be ready. I was very warmly greeted and ordered to go. The potato pancakes and mushroom barley soup both sounded good. The owner suggested the eggplant salad too. The whole total came to $ 13 and was a lot of food.
I dove into the potato pancakes in my car. Oh my goodness, were they amazing. Crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside with the perfect amount of seasoning. Once I got to work I went for the mushroom barley soup. It was a tiny bit bland for my taste but still good. The broth was the best. I opened up the eggplant salad and I admit didn’t think it looked too appealing. And then I took a bite and was blown away. There was a little bit of smokiness with a perfect balance of sweet and savory. I cannot wait to eat that again.
Normally I don’t repeat my restaurants since there are so many to try. But I have already told my husband he has to come back with me!

I was a little confused when I came here because I didn’t know Russians also eat Central Asia food… but anyway…
Came here with some Russian friends from school and had an amazing time! Super great prices for the food and the alcoholic beverages, and super friendly service from the owners.
We tried the beef kebobs, chicken kebobs, potato pancakes, #5 and #7 beers, shrimp dumplings, chicken dumplings, mushroom/​veggie soup and also black tea for mom.
So they recommend if you know what you want, especially the kebobs, to call ahead and order them before coming. It could take up to 30 mins to cook because the owner lady is the main cook/​server.
The dumplings reminds me a little bit like the Chinese/​Taiwanese version without the veggies. The Chinese version usually have veggies mixed in with the meat but this is just the meat of your choice. They are really delicious, never had dumplings with sour cream but I heard the Russians love sour cream with everything.
Potato pancakes were DA BOMB! It’s like a crispy hash brown but more tasty! I also really like the sour cream touch but I also like it with ketchup. The soup was good and light. Even the kebobs are really light and delicious. Mom is really picky about her seasonings and most American bought food is too salty for her… not this place. She also really like the tea. The owner brought out some homemade cherries for her to add to her tea, which she really loved.
This place is a little bit further than my normal hood that I hang out but I will definitely be back. Especially now I have to go across the street to M&I market to get some cheese cake/​curd snacks after my visit.
Next time I come I want to try their dessert, the food was a nice portion that I did not have anymore room after the food and the beers. Oh BTW, the #7 was my fav beer, #5 was too light like a Corona, #7 was like an Asian lager with more flavor. I heard the #8 and 9 were good too, but stronger in taste.
Apparently the number gets bigger with bigger taste to the beers. So clever! Definitely will be back!

Muy rica comida, servicio increíble muy rápido y amable 100% lo recomiendo y por seguro regresare cuando esté en Denver