Star Kabab
A Bangladeshi kabab restaurant chain based in Dhaka.
Last updated August 24, 2026
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Overview
Star Kabab is a Bangladeshi restaurant chain serving kabab-focused cuisine in Dhaka. The brand is associated with the capital city's casual dining and local restaurant culture, and its business is described as a chain rather than a single standalone outlet. Reference material identifies 11 branches in Dhaka, making the city the brand's principal operating market and headquarters area. Its offering is centered on kababs and related restaurant meals, although publicly available reference material does not provide a complete menu, detailed operating history, ownership structure, founding date, or corporate financial information. In 2015, Star Kabab received the award for best Bangladeshi restaurant in The Daily Star Foodiez Choice Awards, an indication of recognition within Bangladesh's food and restaurant sector. The chain also faced a significant tax controversy in 2016, when the VAT Intelligence Directorate fined it 46 million taka for alleged tax evasion. Because the available sources provide limited detail beyond its Dhaka footprint, award recognition, and tax case, further information about its founders, expansion strategy, current leadership, legal structure, and present-day operating status requires verification.
History
Star Kabab is a restaurant chain identified with Dhaka, Bangladesh. Public reference material presents it primarily as a kabab restaurant business with a network of 11 branches in the city. The available account does not state when the chain was founded, identify its founder, or explain the stages of its expansion. It also does not document a parent company, ownership group, formal corporate structure, or operations outside Bangladesh. As a result, the brand's early history and development cannot be reconstructed reliably from the available sources. The chain's principal identity is built around kabab-oriented Bangladeshi food and casual restaurant service. Its presence across multiple Dhaka branches distinguishes it from a single-location eatery and places it within the city's organized restaurant sector. However, the reference material does not enumerate its menu, describe signature dishes, give branch opening dates, or provide information about service formats such as delivery, takeaway, or catering. In 2015, Star Kabab received the best Bangladeshi restaurant award at The Daily Star Foodiez Choice Awards. This recognition is a notable public milestone because it placed the chain among restaurants acknowledged by a prominent Bangladeshi newspaper's food awards program. The available source does not provide voting details, competing nominees, or the award's judging methodology. The following year, Star Kabab became the subject of a tax-related controversy. The VAT Intelligence Directorate fined the chain 46 million taka for tax evasion. The source identifies the fine and the allegation but does not provide sufficient detail about the underlying assessment, the period under review, any appeal or settlement, or the ultimate legal outcome. This episode is therefore recorded as a regulatory and reputational event rather than as evidence of a final judicial finding beyond the reported fine. The available material continues to identify Star Kabab as a Dhaka-based chain, but it does not establish its current branch count, leadership, financial performance, or whether its operating footprint has changed since the cited description. Those details should be verified through current company or regulatory sources before being added to the record.
Products and positioning
A Dhaka-based kabab restaurant chain associated with accessible Bangladeshi dining and local culinary recognition.
Restaurant food
Kabab dishes
Kabab dishes form the core of Star Kabab's publicly described restaurant identity. The available reference material does not specify the varieties of meat, preparation methods, recipes, side dishes, or regional specialties offered.
Casual dining
Bangladeshi restaurant meals
The chain serves Bangladeshi restaurant food alongside its kabab-focused offering. Publicly available information does not provide a complete menu or identify particular signature meals, pricing tiers, packaged products, or catering formats.
Controversies
Recent events
- 2015
Star Kabab named best Bangladeshi restaurant in The Daily Star Foodiez Choice Awards[1]
Other
Star Kabab received the best Bangladeshi restaurant award at The Daily Star Foodiez Choice Awards.
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