Kavkaz Kebab - Owings Mills

Food was unexceptional but fine. Service stunk. The servers were very eager to take our order checking in with us multiple times within the first 5 minutes of our arrival to see if we were ready. Then the meal took a really long time to arrive. And our dishes arrived separately, even though there were only two in our party. And then the servers disappeared completely. They didn't check to see if everything was ok, no walk throughs, nothing. I really wanted more water but no one was available for over an hour (yes, really). They weren't busy there was only one other party in the restaurant (who also complained about the wait). There were more staff there than patrons, so it wasn't that they were unusually busy. I would have thought the staff had just gone home, except that partway through our meal, a pizza delivery guy arrived and headed for the kitchen. I have no clue if the good reviews are real, but I'm not coming back.

We were a couple of the only people in there on a Friday night, which BLEW my mind. This is a gem, offering BYOB (no corkage fees and AMAZING food. We shared the Piti Soup and the Kutabi (thinly kneaded dough filled with meat, served with sumac spice . For my entree, I chose the Lamb Kebab and my boyfriend enjoyed the Beef Kebab. Both were spectacular...we were fighting over which was better. I hope this place sticks around because it was fabulous. The only recommendation I have for this place, is to maybe play some music so it's not so silent :

The restaurant is one of a kind. It has a very authentic menu with delicious options beyond the kebabs. Seems to be popular for large groups.

Ethnic food at its OK level, but food could have been warmer; it was sufficient in quantity. The noise level though was horrible. It is a small place and they were having a party in half the place. They had a boom box playing at top volume and you couldn't hear yourself think, no less talk. They had a mike and people were giving speeches in a foreign language-very loud and boisterous. The party attenders took over the small floor area with dancing and you could barely get in or out of the doors . If they want to have parties, they should close the restaurant down and not let others in for the time allotted to the party. Being greedy cuts down on repeat customers. Quite a few people came in, saw what was going on and left immediately.

Very expensive poor quality food prepared unimaginatively!