Good food. Is is really necessary to BYOB? Can't people wait until after eating here?

Clientele:

The customer demographic here leads me to believe that this is one of the more authentic places in Beijing for Middle Eastern food. There were many Middle Eastern -looking type people eating last time I was here: I noticed a 40-something bearded gentleman with his wife, who was wearing a niqāb; also, there was a long table with a dozen or so gentlemen, passionately toasting and eating – no females allowed at their table, and the bottle of hard liquor they had brought with them was kept out of sight under a chair behind pours.

Staff:

This place is understaffed in the front of the house, as evidenced by the inattentiveness of the waitstaff and difficulty ordering quickly. The ratio of customers to waitstaff is just too high. Management needs to take a serious look into adding more temporary help on weekend evenings, when crowds are high.

Food:

The kebabs were nice, the hummus was authentic, the Persian baklava was good also. I'd recommend you don't make the error that I did and forget to order at least one or two vegetable dishes. I enjoyed their meats and starchy foods so much, I stuffed myself to the gills and didn't digest that meal for 3 days. No joke.

On the bring-you-own-booze policy:

My personal feeling is, if you absolutely need to drink alcohol, do it before or after coming to a restaurant like this. There must be a reason why there's no alcohol on the menu here. Maybe the owner doesn't feel morally right in selling it. Who knows. Just because customers are allowed to bring your own booze, doesn't mean you should. If other people can go about in public wearing a niqāb at all times, it doesn't seem that hard that people can stop drinking alcohol for two hours when they visit this restaurant.