While the name conjures up visions of the Middle East, the pretty interior Hautam Kabobs House doesn't. Located in the Ritchie Shopping Center, the dining room is mostly mirrors and art-deco lighting. A few fabric sashes above windows and the door are all that suggest things Persian.
Most appetizers are familiar, but they are very well prepared.
Stuffed grape leaves, hummus, and baba ghanoush are very good. The best-tasting meat kebabs were the lamb shish kebab, made from the center of rib lamb chops, and the filet mignon. Both were tender and cooked medium rare, as ordered. The shrimp kebab, three dollars more, is expensive for five shrimp. A stir-fried combination of potato wedges and assorted vegetables was generous and good, but its ethnic origins were difficult to discern.