Samarkand Cafe

About Samarkand Cafe

Samarkand Cafe is a restaurant located at 131 W Dundee Rd in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Our Buffalo Grove guide covers 40 food and drink spots, and this is one of them. Expect mid-range prices, around $20–30 per person.

Samarkand Cafe is open 7 days a week, usually 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM. Night owls can stop by until 11:00 PM on Friday and Saturday.

Samarkand Cafe's menu features 77 dishes and drinks across 12 sections, including Soups, Shish Kebob, Hot Appetizers, Main Courses, and Salads. Dishes worth a look include Uyghur Lagman, Lamb Chops, and Tandoori Samsa.

Available service options are outdoor seating, kerbside pickup, no-contact delivery, delivery, drive-through, and takeaway. Visitors describe the atmosphere as casual and cosy, and it is a good fit for groups. The place is family friendly. It is especially popular for lunch, dinner, and solo dining. Offerings include coffee, comfort food, halal food, private dining room, and salad bar.

Accessibility features: wheelchair-accessible car park, wheelchair-accessible entrance, wheelchair-accessible seating, and wheelchair-accessible toilet. Payment methods accepted: credit cards, debit cards, and NFC mobile payments. Parking: free of charge street parking, free parking lot, and parking. Reservations are accepted; call (224) 777-7776 to book a table.

Quick facts

Category

Restaurant

Address

131 W Dundee Rd, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089

Phone

(224) 777-7776

Price range

$20–30 per person

Hours

Open 7 days a week, usually 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

Menu

77 items

Listing updated

April 2026 · Suggest an edit

How the hours compare

We compared Samarkand Cafe’s weekday schedule with 400 other restaurants in Illinois. On a typical weekday it opens at 10:00 AM, earlier than 64% of them (the typical opening time is 11:00 AM) and closes at 10:00 PM, later than 64% of them (typical closing time: 9:00 PM).

In total it is open about 86 hours a week, 21 hours more than the local median of 65. 86% of restaurants in Illinois open on Sundays, and Samarkand Cafe is one of them.

Compared with 400 other restaurants in Illinois that list their hours in our guide.

• Uyghur Lagman

  Homemade noodles, juicy lamb, vegetable broth

• Lamb Chops

  Seasoned tender lamb chops

• Tandoori Samsa

  Puff pastry with beef, lamb and onions

• Plov Samarkand

  Lazer rice, beef, carrots, garlic, onions, carrots and spices

• Ceaser Salad

  Chicken or Shrimp, iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, croutons, boiled quill eggs, parmesan cheese and special sauce

• Mozzarella Sticks

  Four fried mozzarella sticks with french fries.

• Kurut
• Fish Platter

  Smoked salmon, white smoked fish, salt cured salmon, mackerel

• Pakhlava

  Dense caramel cream soaked into a layered puff pastry garnished with walnuts and raisins

• Bread

  A flavorful and hearty Uzbek Bread

Typical prices for restaurants in Illinois

Based on 197 menus with 13,160 priced items from restaurants in Illinois, the median menu item costs $11.00, and half of all items are priced between $5.99 and $17.50.

Calculated from 197 menus in our guide. Prices vary by location and change over time.

Features & amenities

The neighborhood

Within a 10-minute walk (half a mile) of Samarkand Cafe there are 11 other places to eat and drink in our guide, and 14 within one mile. By type, the places within a mile include Mexican & Tex-Mex (4), Pizza (3), Indian & South Asian (1), and Japanese & Sushi (1).

Samarkand Cafe is the only restaurant within a mile (6 within three miles). The next closest is Nawabi Hyderabad House, 1.3 mi away.

3 places within a mile stay open until 10 PM or later on at least one night a week.

Nearest places of other kinds

• PizzaPenguino's Pizza< 0.1 mi
• Japanese & SushiHakuya Sushi< 0.1 mi
• Mediterranean & Middle EasternDengeos - Buffalo Grove< 0.1 mi
• Mexican & Tex-MexEva's Mexican Restaurant< 0.1 mi
• Indian & South AsianDesiChop Indian Chinese0.1 mi

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