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Çka Ka Qëllu is such a nice and cozy spot, the kind of place that makes you feel instantly welcomed. The Grilled Branzino was absolutely delicious, perfectly seasoned and so fresh. The Spring Lamb Chops were amazing as well, tender, flavorful, and cooked just right. It’s the perfect restaurant for hanging out with friends, especially during the holidays. Warm atmosphere, great food, and friendly service, definitely a place I’d love to return to!

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Deanna Berlin

We had the crispy veal Mantia, pepper dip, Gulash, Mediterranean salad, and grilled chicken. It was incredible! Would come back. The bread is so fresh.

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Samantha Y

Delicioussssss. I’ve had this place saved on my list for so long I’m glad I finally went. We started with the pepper dip as an app and it did not disappoint. It was cheesy with a nice little sweetness from the peppers. The bread it comes with is next level. Steaming hot fresh soft bread I could eat so many of those. The mixed grill platter literally surprised me it was so good. All three meats were incredibly flavor packed. The tava dheut is a tomato based liver clay dish - I didn’t love it the liver but the sauce was really good. A little pricey coming out to about $65pp. Overall 9/10 would definitely come back!

BART SCOTT

Absolutely delicious! Charming environment. Kind wait staff. I dined solo and it was perfectly comfortable and relaxing. Definitely a great spot to share a meal with friends or a special date as well. I loved everything about it. A new favorite!

Chiung-Yin Chung

Delicious food, friendly service, this is a gem for this neighborhood. We didn’t have a reservation, but went early enough to be seated promptly at a table. We split three appetizers and three mains, along with baklava for dessert. It was enough to feed four! Will have to go back to try more.

Vidhi Patel

Fantastic service and food! Everything we ordered was absolutely delicious. My top favorites were the pepper dip and Sarma! The restaurant has cozy interiors and lots of space for different group sizes. There’s both indoor and outdoor seating. The only con with outdoor seating at night is you may get mosquito bites right now!

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Debarati

Loved experienceling Albanian food here! The service was really nice and the waitresses were helpful :) We got a red pepper dip & a sausage cheese dip. The bread was SO soft! We also got the goulash and the white bean stew. All of it was super delicious! Would recommend!!

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Lorena Nikolli

We went to the Manhattan location this time and sat outside — the weather was perfect — and we absolutely loved it. Our server was incredibly friendly, gave us amazing recommendations, and made sure we were happy the entire time. The art and attention to detail in the restaurant are so thoughtful and truly transport you back to authentic Albania. The food was unreal — so flavorful, authentic, and delicious. The wine was also amazing. I just wish you had a location in Boston — we’d be coming every week! It’s worth all the hype. Truly a fantastic experience.

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Jia Sun

Have to say was bit disappointed from the visit. Despite the high rating from both locations, the dishes were mostly ok and with the exception of the main mixed grill platter, which lacked seasoning and was rather blank. Service was also slow and not very friendly.

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Aynan Zaman

First time at an Albanian restaurant. Tried Tava Kosi and Gulash. Personally felt like it could have been really good if more flavorful. Looked so good, everything high quality, hot- freshly made, including the beautiful bread, and really wanted to love the food, but all was kinda bland. Maybe this is how it is supposed to be made. I don’t know if other dishes would be a different experience. But seemed like an overall really cool restaurant. No tip line on receipt or pen given (until I asked) for adding a tip to the receipt, so seems like it is optional? Was told we could write our tip on the receipt if we want to. Prices were high for what we ordered, so maybe a reasonable amount to pay staff is already calculated in the price of the dish. I added my tip anyways, but it seemed like it was still going to be ok if I didn’t at this particular restaurant. If so, maybe just a note of “tip is optional” somewhere on the menu or receipt might help clarify, since it’s pretty much typically “required” at most nice-looking sit-down places.

Cheyenne Tang

My first time trying Albanian food. It was very delicious and wholesome. The restaurant itself feels like you’re entering someone’s home. It felt very warm and cozy. The dishes tasted home cooked too. The flavors were full without feeling too heavy. The lamb was super tender and not gamey. Service was excellent and our waitress gave great recommendations! Id love to come back to try more of the dishes.

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Khoi Pham

Quaint neighborhood spot for Albanian cuisine. The ajvar appetizer dip was decent, very refreshing. The tava kosi main was delicious, although my only criticism is that there was very little lamb meat. Otherwise, friendly and prompt service and the overall vibes are relaxing. There is seating inside, in the back and in front of the restaurant. Ideal for groups up to 6 people.

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Leon Liu

The food was ok but the service was super aweful. Obviously the restaurant tried to make more revenue by squeenzing as more tables in a small room but that made evey guest feel crowded and uncomfortable. What made things worse was, the servers were not attentive to guests at all. They asked you several times whether food was ok but they never noticed that everyone's water needed to refill until we requested. I am not a fan of such fake oral kindness without real actions to serve. Due to the crowded seating, they needed to squeeze in and out to bring food or take out plates but they were not careful enough to hit and drop our personal stuff to the ground, after we already warned them from the beginning to be careful in this squeezing environment. And they didn't even apologize after dropping our clothes (they don't provide storage as we specifically asked after being seated) and personal stuff to the ground, which no server tried to clean in a snowy day (the ground was especially dirty after snow bc pepole went in and out leaving dirty snow water on the ground). After I expressed my dissatisfication of their service, guess what, they mandatorily charged us 18% service fees on our lunch bill and still brought out the normal tipping suggestion on our bill so they can double charge tips by chance for their bad service. What a worst manner! You should definitely avoid this restaurant if you want to stay happy for your day.