Afghan Sufra - Lakemba

Offering up freshly baked naans of Afghan Bread $2) served piping hot and fluffy from their cylindrical tandoor ovens, Afghan Sufra is more than just an Afghani bakery. Their bread range also includes Arabic bread, Turkish bread, sesame seed-sprinkled roghani naans, and sheermal, a sweet bread made with milk, sugar, flour and oil that you eat with tea or coffee.For a fast snack in place of the Aussie toasted sandwich, grab an Afghani Bolani $5). This five-buck fried flatbread sanger comes filled with potato, spring onion and chilli. For this small shopfront on busy Haldon Street in Lakemba, you'll also find a surprising range of hot dishes too, running from kebabs – skewered meats – to qabuli palaw, which is basically Afghanistan’s national dish. You'll like if...

Affordable dining with decent service. Perfect for takeout orders. Known for its delicious Afghan bread bakery. Quick service from friendly staff.

Was recommended this place by a friend and decided to eat in. The food here was pretty good as it’s freshly made/cooked. We went during the Eid period so it was a bit of a wait but the service provided was decent. The meat was cooked well and the rice and bread were nice too but actual interior of the place is a little outdated and doesn’t seem as clean as you’d desire but enough to be able to eat from. May consider going back for another dish/bread.

We usually head out to Merrylands whenever we feel like an Afghani feed, which is often. We love Merrylands but its quite a trek from our pretentious innerwest bubble. So we are thrilled to find Sufra Afghani in Halden Street Lakemba, one of the Sydney's best and most underappreciated food strips. Sufra is a takeaway joint and restaurant with half a dozen big tables and super smiley service. Out the back there's a bunch of master bakers and grillers doing their thing, and they do it so well.

Afghan Sufra is an unassuming looking place but it punches well above its weight in yumminess. I never would have noticed it had it not been for that bewitching scent of stewed meats and spices as i walked past.The perfect place to pop in for something delicious and filling on a cold day/night, it's impossible to go wrong with any choices. Mr M and I sampled the chicken Palau, a beef gravy concoction mild but redolent with a complex level of spices and a moreish flavour that kept on bringing me back to it over and over again. a plate of shami kebab is beautiful in its simplicity not too rich with the perfect hint of charcoal char, lettuce onion and tomato trio are refreshing accompaniments, along with a raita-ish dipping sauce and a little chilli vinegared concoction.Star of the show is the Afghan bread. it's made fresh to order in an awesome looking tanjore like oven. A large fluffy yet crispy disc of bready heaven will set you back a mere dollar. I wish this place was next door to my place. I would eat it everyday!Highly recommend to go and eat. it's not about decor and bells and whistles. Just good honest food. what's not to like about that?