Back then Lahore Kebab House actually felt like a poorly decorated restaurant in Pakistan, complete with heinous bathrooms, Shalimar wasn't much different, Tayyab's appealed to people who didn't want to feel like they were going to a squat to have "authentic" dinner, but they also didn't want overpriced, over-hyped, try hard food in a restaurant with delusions of grandeur.
Back then Lahore Kebab House actually felt like a poorly decorated restaurant in Pakistan, complete with heinous bathrooms, Shalimar wasn't much different, Tayyab's appealed to people who didn't want to feel like they were going to a squat to have "authentic" dinner, but they also didn't want overpriced, over-hyped, try hard food in a restaurant with delusions of grandeur.