Çka Ka Qëllu

Çka Ka Qëllu reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Joan VIP

   New York City22 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on March 29, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Very charming restaurant, loved the decor and ambiance. Service was nice enough, but the restaurant was busy and service was a little slow to start and not very engaging. Overall food was good. Dips were perfect, their dumplings were tasty, mixed grill was just ok, cabbage rolls were delicious. Would like to go back to try other items on the menu.
   

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   Rose VIP

   New York City34 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 28, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   This place is a real neighborhood gem! Forget about the boring, touristy Italian places on Arthur Avenue and come to this authentic Albanian place instead. Delicious food, attentive service, lovely ambiance. We're definitely coming back.
   

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   Michael

   New Jersey1 review

   5.0

   Dined on March 18, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Always a special experience Attentive service Tasty dishes Quiet
   

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   Elaine VIP

   Charlotte14 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 12, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Limited wine (red and white, not a wine list), but the food is amazing! No salty, just right. Easy to find the place, street parking available.
   

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   Scooby

   Philadelphia2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 15, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The food here is amazing and the staff is so friendly. I recommend the spec and the sausage dip. Delicious!
   

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   adrienne

   New York City3 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on December 21, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Wonderful restaurant. Excellent service and ambience and the food is very interesting.
   

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   Lorik

   New York City2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on December 14, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Traditional food with a very pleasing & soothing ambience
   

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   Lori

   New York City1 review

   5.0

   Dined on December 12, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The server was amazing and we allowed him to choose our dishes, everything was great!!
   

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   Kiley VIP

   New York City3 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on December 8, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We had a great meal here.Two families with kids. Food was great. They were able to accommodate our party of eight, which included three very rowdy children.
   

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    William

    New York City1 review

    5.0

    Dined on November 1, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 3

    Çka Ka Qëllu was fantastic. I can see why it is on the NY Times Top 100 list. It would be perfect if they served some adult beverages, but they don't even allow BYO - I think it is because it is Halal and they want to be all the way Halal. Oh well, when in Albania... The waiter gave us much-needed help in making our choices since Albanian food was new to most of us. The bread they served were fantastic puffy little loaves that we used to eat the savory dips (we tried the sausage dip and the ajavar - red pepper dip). I could have made a meal out of the dips alone. The Mediterranean salad we crunchy and satisfying, but the meat dishes were the best part of all. There were four of us and we ordered four meat dishes: Qofta, Qepaba, Sarma, and Fasul. Qofta were seared patties of veal, onions, crushed red pepper & herbs that were delicious. Qebapa are little sausages made of ground veal with a yogurt sauce. I could have eaten four hundred of these things, but I needed to save room to try the other things. Sarma is stuffed cabbage filled with ground veal, rice, vegetables, and spices. This was excellent. Fasul is simmering white beans, onions, slowly cooked in meat. I loved this - it was like Albanian cassoulet or feijoada. I will definitely go back. I'm making a list people I need to take to dinner so I can have a reason go back often.
    

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