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Popular Restaurants | Other Restaurants Tips | All Tips (49) You go downstairs, below the street and enter a warm and inviting space and you know you are in for a treat. There are western style tables and chairs but the place to sit is in one of the traditional booths, with cushions and carpets to sit on and a cloth in the middle for the food to come. And what delicious food it is. Make sure you bring your appetite.
Kufteh Tabrizi - delicious meatballs made from rice and lamb with a filling of prunes and almonds, cooked in and served with a fragrant broth
Fesenjan - an aromatic stew of chicken and walnuts flavoured with pomegranate and cardomom
Great salads and as always in Iran, perfect rice, yummy (torshi) pickles and the best bread.
leyle Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: US$11-20 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: Shahid Beheshti Ave, just off ValiasrPhone: 872 3015
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This is a quiet, elegant restaurant, a favourite with Tehranis (who call it the "Swiss" restaurant) when they want to splash out. The menu of classic European dishes, good steaks and seafood makes a change from kebabs and rice. Service is efficient and discreet.
If you are looking for somewhere to take your Iranian friends, this is an option worth considering
Whilst there are some expensive dishes on the menu -mostly seafood, a good steak and salad here will cost about $4-5.
Very good fruit juices and desserts are a feature. Leave a Comment
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Just a simple place, no menu, shashlik is all they serve at this restaurant - lamb, beef or chicken. You'll be served a salad, rice, lots of wonderful, freshly made bread, yoghurt and a drink along with your meal. Bring you appetite - the shashlik is huge.
Five lamb chops on a sword - now that's what I call a shashlik! Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: 31 Saba BoulevadePhone: 204 3775Directions: North Tehran, off Africa Street
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If your taste for Iranian food is beginning to pall and you're looking for something spicy, the Tandoor Restaurant at the Hotel Safir could be just what you are looking for. Good Indian cooking, fresh and full of wonderful flavours, is the order of the day here. There's a nice little patio for summer evenings.
Four delicious courses of meat and vegetable curries (the chicken jalfrezi is excellent), rice, dahl, chutnies and a big jug of freshly-squeezed lemon juice for 3 cost just $27. Leave a Comment
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When I was there in March, 2001, this was the happening place to eat in Tehran: the only restaurant with live bands playing every night.
Performances by tradtional folk musicians from various regions of the country.
Crowded with couples, families and tourists, this place rocks at night.
Good chelo and fesenjan. Leave a Comment Theme: LocalComparison: more expensive than averageAddress: Sout Gandi AvenuePhone: 8777803Directions: Near Jahan.
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Before we’d managed to find our bearings on the first day, we were looking for something to eat at lunchtime, when we came across this chelo kebab place. Unfortunately, I cannot tell you the name of the place, as it was only written in Farsi script (which I don’t understand), and the young chap who ran it did not speak a single word of English.
We pointed to the food we wanted (a chicken kebab and a chelo (minced lamb) kebab. They were cooked in front of us and served on bread with chillies (very hot!), onion and lemon. We enjoyed them very much. The establishment also offered a take-away service. It cost us IR 30,000 (approx $3) for two kebabs and two soft drinks. I was amused to watch the young chap threading some unidentifiable meat on to skewers in-between serving customers – I don’t think I have ever seen anyone wash their hands as much as he did! Before and after every customer as well as sometimes in-between too just for good measure. Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: On Sepahbod Qarani Street between Dojan Dead End a
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When we came out of Golestan Palace, we were looking for something to eat, but there was nowhere obvious. I was so sure that somewhere as tourist-orientated as Golestan Palace is, that it would be surrounded by souvenir shops and eateries. But, no.
The problem of course, is that most restaurants and shops have signs only in Farsi script, so you really need to check each store close up to see what they sell.
We bought a couple of freshly squeezed fruit juices from a street vendor, and as we were drinking those, I looked down a side street, and noticed a doorway with a plant outside. Putting two and two together, I assumed this to be a restaurant and sent David to investigate. It was indeed a small eatery and we went inside.
The menus were all in Farsi script and no-one spoke any English. With the help of my phrase book, sign language and a lot of laughter, including the waitress bringing out plates of various ingredients to show us what she meant, we finally placed an order. I hoped I’d ordered one chicken and one lamb, and was very pleased when that was exactly what arrived!
The chicken came served with a sour sauce and a side dish of rice with barberries and the crispy crust I like so much. David’s lamb shank was delicious too and we had a yogurt each, the obligatory bread plus two local colas. The whole bill came to 70,000 IRR (just over $7). The food was tasty, the meat was lean, the portions were large, the place was clean, the waitress was friendly and we had a lot of fun trying to communicate. What more could you want from a meal, especially at those prices! Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: less expensive than averageDirections: I’m afraid I can’t tell you what the place is called as the signs were all in Farsi - if you head straight out of the main entrance of Golestan Palace and turn right as soon as you hit the shops, it is the first doorway down the first street on your left.
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This place is located about a few hundred metres south of the Khayyam metro station and this incredibly decorated restaurant is an oasis surrounded by the chaos of Tehran. This is a 300 yr old mosque and it was restored within the past few years. The food is not cheap but worth every rial and you can try any Persian dish ranging from dizi to eggplant. It was my favorite restaurant in Iran. Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than average
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The Atlas Hotel Restaurant was quite pleasant, although nothing more than that. The first night we were there, they’d run out of rice – unheard of in Iran! The menu was quite extensive, but many of the items were ‘finished’. We ate here a few times, and had Barley soup (picture 1) for starter the first night. The soup was thick, but a little bland and tasted faintly of lemon. For main course I had the Bakhtiari Kebab (picture 2) which was a mixed lamb and chicken kebab, and David had the Kareshi kebab (picture 3) which was lamb fillet. Both dishes were IR 60,000 each and the meat was very, very tender and tasty. They were both served with thick wedges of potato, pickles, chutneys, carrots and lemon.
On our second visit, we both had the Soltani kebab (picture 4) which came with one skewer with lamb fillets and one skewer with minced lamb. Again it was very enjoyable. This time it was served with rice which is cooked in such a way that it gets a crusty bottom (picture 5). Yummy! Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: Part of the Atlas Hotel, 323 Talaqani Avenue
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The Armenian Club has to be one of the best restaurants in Iran and in the Middle East. After backpacking Tehran in the summer (40 deg) I decided that I wanted to treat myself so I tried out this restaurant near the embassies. It is a Christian establishment so women can eat without a hijab. The restaurant doesnt advertise its existence but look for the yellow light and tiny buzzer. Muslims cant enter making this a paradise for travellers. There were no backpackers there when I was there but the local Armenian staff (in particular the manager that looks like Albert Einstein) are the sweetest people in the world. They even invited me downstairs into the basement for a traditional Armenian wedding!! My favorite restaurant in the Middle East. Fantastic.
BBq sturgeon or anything chicken! Leave a Comment Theme: OtherPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than averageAddress: France Avenue (Khark St)Phone: 670 05212Directions: Near French and Italian Embassies
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