AliBaba Capilano Cafe

Persian owner is very rude and mean. I went there with my friends last night. My friend asked owner if he can use washroom to wash his hands but he didn’t let him use the washroom and advised him to use sanitizer outside. Not even that restaurant TV music was so loud that we cannot even talk to each other so we request him to low down the volume but he refused to do that saying «I am listening» and doesn’t care about customers.
Food quality was not good either when we entered the store he told us I don’t have rice before we look at the menu. I will never recommend anyone to take your family and friends to this restaurant ever. They have no clue what customer service means and how to treat the customers.

Waited 45 minutes for my chicken rice plate. $ 14 dollars and it was mediocre. The food was burnt and the cook started snipping the charred bits off with scissors. The rice was also stale.

Are you serious? One, they have a very limited selection of food. They didn’t have a certain item and the owner just pushed me to order a completely different menu item that was twice as big. And all of this with the minimum interest in trying to help/​serve a customer as he was too busy watching TV…

The best chicken and beef kebab that I’ve ever had. I highly recommend you to try the tongue sandwich there, it’s tender and tasty.

To my opinion, this the best Persian style kebab (koobideh) that you can find in Vancouver area. Grilled liver and hearts are also the best!
Besides you can find a variety of sandwiches including donair, hotdog, beef cutlet, tongue, and potato salad, all quiet delicious. I personally love the tongue sandwich and highly recommend it.
This is a family business and Ali, the owner, is a welcoming and kind person.
All in all, I give it a five star for the food!

Pretty great falafel, well-​balanced. A variety of sandwiches. There’s a sort of menu thing on the wall which has blessedly-​little to do with reality. No prices posted.
It feels like walking into a hole-​in-​the-​wall restaurant somewhere in Central Asia or, I suppose, in the Middle East. There are skewers of things being flipped many in a hand over flame.
The things on the menu are great, and if you’re vegetarian you’re going to want the falafel. Seriously, it’s very good.
Otherwise, you want skewers of things. There is no menu, there are no posted prices, you’re going to have to talk to them. You want chicken and beef cooked over flame, you want meat that’s cooked and marinated with tomatoes for lubrication and flavour and all manner of precious delights.
But really, you want to give them $ 2/​skewer for lamb hearts and livers.
The flavour is amazing. I would eat dozens of skewers of hearts every single day of the week. Served up on sizzling-​hot metal, covered with a thin, perfect pita.
Snag off a bit of meat with pita, or with a hunk of onion, or whatever else they give you. Put it in your mouth once it cools down. The smell convinced even my vegetarian partner to have a go.
If you know the texture of heart, you probably know what to expect: it’s cut into bite-​sized pieces perfectly marinated and cooked over fire. They’re small, so the smooth, lean texture isn’t annoying, but in fact is just consistently-​wonderful. The flavour is so full of sheepy goodness, it reminds me of the mutton in Mongolia. A whack of deliciousness in the face.
Eat the lamb heart, $ 2 a skewer. There is nothing you could be doing in North Van — including just driving through — that isn’t improved by hopping off onto Capilano Rd. for grilled lamb heart slices on a skewer.