Afghan Horsemen

1833 Anderson Street outside of Granville Island. Second floor.

Came here last night for my 19th birthday with reservations for 24 people.. and here's how it went down.

Okay, each dish was from about 14-20 dollars, with shared platters for about 35 bucks between two people (there was a LOT of food for those platters). Almost everyone really liked their food and was super filling (huge portions). It was understandable that the food took a little while with the amount of people we had and how busy the restaurant was, but it was just bad that it took an hour for MY food to arrive (I ordered in the first batch or orders.. and people were already halfway through their food before I got mine).

I had a few iffy's with the vegetarian dishes, and the reason why I only gave the food a 3 was because I just disliked my dish a lot. Honestly, everyone elses food looked great and smelled great too.. I must have ordered the wrong thing. I got the dolmah and veggies plate. It was a couple of lumps of stuff on my plate. Overcooked spinach, overcooked cauliflower, overcooked eggplant, undercooked half a potato, and the dolmah (wrap with rice in it, about half the size of my fist). It was bland and gross, and took one hour for them to get it to me. So I was pissed. Everyone else's dishes looked amazing though. Sigh.

The place looked great, outside doesn't look like much but the inside looks very nicely decorated, with dimmed lights and paintings. What kinda ruined it was the tv right above our table.. should take it out. There was live belly dancing which was pretty cool. They should turn down the music a bit though.

I think the service here is just incredible. The owner of the store is very friendly, and the server we had remembered my name, and wished me a happy birthday as well. He was very patient with my party even though 1/3 of my guests came 45 mins late. Before I left and went up to the register to pay, the server asked me how old I was turning, which is 19. He was shocked that I had never had a drink before, and so insisted on getting me my first shot. He made me an "Afghan" shot, which is like 2 and a half shots in one. Needless to say, it was hilarious and I had a great time despite my yucky food.

I'll come back to try some of their other dishes, I probably just ordered the wrong thing. Had an amazing night and would recommend it for both just to have dinner or have a party.