We are absolutely delighted to have discovered ARIS FOOD & BAKERY! The owner is delightfully welcoming and friendly. He is most pleased to share the information about anything you wish to purchase. The BAKERY items are fabulous and fresh! The Feta cheese and house made yoghurt will KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF! Prices are quite affordable and the inclusion of the house bread for their yogurt is a delight! Please take a moment to drop in and explore the ARIA FOOD & BAKERY your palate will thank you! HIGHLY RECOMMEND read more

Fabulous food! The yoghurt dip, the feta, and the breads are stellar! And the owner is so kind, giving such service it felt like good family. Our go-to for picnics! read more

Bad people or bad service. He was friendly to others when they spoke their own language, but when I tried to take the order, he spoke to me as if I were nothing. He can't even give me the menu as a human.And food is expensive for such a place read more

This bakery used to be a regular stop for us whenever we were in the area. We always looked forward to picking up fresh Persian Sangak and Barbari bread, which in the past had been consistently good. However, during our most recent visit this past Sunday, we bought a large quantity of Sangak without inspecting it beforehand -- and unfortunately, it was a major disappointment. The bread was poorly made, and completely lacking the quality and texture we had come to expect. It was clear that something had changed -- either in the baking process, the ingredients, or most likely, in the oversight of the baking staff. This review is a call to the owners: please take immediate steps to supervise your baking team more closely. Whoever is currently responsible for production is not maintaining the standards that built your reputation. Failing to act will only drive loyal customers away and damage your business long-term. Sadly, after this experience, I will not be returning. I'm not willing to waste my time and money again on what used to be a dependable source of quality bread. read more

I absolutely love this place. Their bread is freshly made and I can hardly make it home without eating the entire piece. anyone that complains about the bakery has nothing else to do. Really!! read more

Since we can't travel to Canada at the moment, Aria has stepped in as our go-to place for fresh sangak. While prices are higher compared to Vancouver, we don't really have other options around here. The bakery is located in a Totem Lake strip mall and is pretty nondescript. It always smells lovely in there, especially when the ovens are going and they're cranking out piles of bread. On our most recent visit, we finally tried something other than sangak, and it was terrible. The wait time for a chicken kabob sandwich was almost 20mins, which is ridiculous. When they finally produced it, it wasn't even hot, the chicken was like dry rubber (you could tell it was previously frozen to death) and absolutely flavorless. I would avoid at all costs and just take your freshly baked bread home to eat with cheese and herbs. Maybe one day we'll try some of the bakery items or the interesting looking ghormeh sabzi pizza.... read more

Im judging solely based on the desserts and the service. I didn't read any other reviews until after we got home and im really disappointed by the one star reviews. I had a good experience though and would definitely like to come back and try more food and their bread. I loved the big ovens and watching the guys stretch out the bread and putting it in the oven. That was a fun experience. It's a little bit of a grocery store with international foods. Reminds me of many Russian or European stores I go to. It's never fully clean or beautifully designed. It's just functional. Im pretty used to that so that's not a deal breaker for me. There is a large assortment of cookies. We took a sampler box, I can't say im impressed. Nothing was blowing my mind. But the baklava.....YUM!! Worth it. We tried one of each and I loved them. Some are sweeter than others and all very nicely flavored and crispy. I would come back for the baklava for sure. Don't think I would get any cookies again though. Whoever was helping us was really friendly and patient with our indecisiveness. read more

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I would not give this place one star if I could! Way overpriced and overrated. I would rather drive to Vancouver and get my Persian bakery! Very expensive and the quality does not live up to the value at all! read more

I got the Aria Special Pizza, Beef Jambon Cold Sandwich, Chicken Jambon Cold Sandwich, and Veal Tongue Sandwich. Also got the Cookie assortment. Enjoyed everything except for the veal tongue sandwich, which was quite dry in my opinion. It didn't have have or any dressing on it, the tongue was a bit tough. The pizza had good flavoring, but was extremely greasy and didn't hold its shape. The Beef and Chicken Jambons were quite nice. I didn't know what to expect, but they were some Persian cured meat. I would liken it to bologna texture and has a slight pickled taste. I liked that it was combined with picked vegetables, white sauce, and lettuce. I assume the flat bread wrap that it came on is a traditional Persian bread, which is quite interesting. The cookies were a mixed bag. I thought they were far too dry, and not quite worth the $14 price tag for 1 lbs. They were like something I could find for cheaper pre-packaged. Nothing I haven't tried before surprisingly. Been wanting to try this place for a while, so I'm glad I finally did. Would've rated higher if the tongue and pizza were better, and if the cookies were more interesting. read more

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Wonderful bread at $4.50 and right out of the oven. I ate with hummus and chicken from Jasmine kitchen for days! First visit and I'll be back! read more

I've lived in Seattle for 5 years and have complained about my options for Persian needs for all 5 years. I'll say that like most Seattleites I dread the thought of crossing to the east side, but I have found my new reason to venture there! Aria foods has many great things, but the best is their enormous bread oven and option for warm sangak I've been searching for fresh bread to no avail and I'm over the moon with not only an option, but a GREAT option. They also have spices, pastries, teas, dairy variety, etc. Great, your thinking, can't get any better? Right. No! They also serve food. And not just any food, but pizza straight from their amazing oven. I saw ghormesabzi pizza on the menu and couldn't turn it down. Combining pizza with ghormesabzi - skeptical are you? - don't be... two of the best foods combined is fantastic. Can't wait to go back! I'll have to wait a bit as the two packages of bread were devoured too quickly read more

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Picked up a huge sangak, baklava, creme puffs, roll cake, and a semi-chocolate mousse cake here for Persian New Year. The owner was kind, funny and treated us very well. Their oven is enormous! We were running late, arrived near closing time and I was concerned that the food wouldn't be fresh, but everything was perfect--such great flavors, many smiles all-around. They also have grocery items inside, along with drinks, and probably the biggest doogh I've ever seen--was it 2 liters? 2 gallons? Who knows. We will definitely be back to try the barbari and taftun! read more

Ours was a quick visit, but we want to return. This is a Persian (Iranian) bakery, cafe, pizza joint, and small grocery store. They have two ovens made by the owner, one for bread and one for pizza. These ovens are modernist works of art. We got some bread and various cookies this trip. They were all good. The pizzas and sandwiches look fascinating, and we'll return to try them another day. read more

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I ordered the Mediterranean pizza. Looked nothing like the picture, I asked for crispier crust he said ok. Wasn't crispy. Ok whatever doesn't have to be... taste?? Meh. I'm from the Middle East so I love these flavors but the pizza wasn't that good. Also the "I really don't care, customers are annoying, please order and go away you're wasting my time" kid with the AirPods needs to find a job he likes. Seriously zero interest in talking or customers or orders etc .... Disappointing. read more

I would give this -5 if I can. The owner decided to give us a political chat why MY PEOPLE are not peaceful. They religiously rights my land belongs to someone else. Even though we do not practice the same religion. No t tolerant of what others faiths. The bread is awesome- however- I will not eat or support someone who is NOT TOLERANT of who I am. In the end I recited a verse from my holy book, "Nor will I be a worshipper of what you worship. Nor will you be worshippers of what I worship. For you is your religion, and for me is my religion." Not worth a penny to support. read more

RUDEST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER! He is absolutely very rude to his customers... PAYING customers. Be a little nice man, he doesn't even wear his mask while working. Did he forget about COVID? He makes the food with no mask. Wow -5 star review read more

The owner is rude and condescending. My family's latest experience with him was so awful that we may never go back. We drove about one hour to Kirkland to pick up bread from Aria, among other errands. We waited in line, ordered sangak, and were told to come back in 5-10 minutes when it came out of the oven. When we came back, the owner shouted at us to go back to the end of the line. The owner's son reasoned with him, but the owner still gave sangak to multiple other customers before us. Worst part? The owner sighed and said to us, "It was so peaceful when we were closed." As if he is doing his customers a favor by being open?! If you can get Persian bread from somewhere else, go there instead of giving your business to this man. read more

They have the best baklava-different flavors and options. I tried the almond and pistachio, pistachio only and cardamom - all three flavors were amazing. Looking forward to ordering more to share with family and friends. read more

This is the bread I got there today. I asked two times if they were fresh, but the grumpy owner wouldn't answer me. Be careful or else you will get stale bread. read more

Aria Food & Bakery - Old Barbari Whole Wheat Bread - Bakeries Near Me - Kirkland, Washington

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It's the place to go for some Iranian bread. They bake it over there, last time I happen to be there when they were baking and I got some very fresh and warm bread. Delicious. Note that it gets hot in there during baking time. read more

Have been a longtime customer of this place since it opened. I would buy bread at least every other week if not weekly from them. Father/Son shop. Son has always been nice and fair. Father has repeatedly over charged and at times inserted old bread into my orders thinking I wouldn't notice. Well this last time was the worst experience I have ever had at any establishment. I called and asked if they had fresh bread. The father said yes and I asked for an order of 12 breads and he said he would put them aside for me to come pick up. I went to pick them up and the bread was already packed into bags and the father hastily charged me $65 and sent me off. I did not check the bread at the store. When I got home I wanted to cut the bread and put it into the freezer to stay fresh longer. As I took the bread out of the bags there was an immediate bad odor. Infact some were crumbling. As I cut the bread you could see mold. I tasted a piece and it was sour and bitter I had to spit it out. All of the 12 breads were molded and may have been several days to a week old or more. I called the store three times before their closing hour that day and no one answered. The next day I took the receipt and bread back to the store. Other customers and his workers witnessed the interaction. The other customers agree that the bread was very old. I asked the father would fresh bread crumble like this or smell like this and he admitted that only old bread would crumble or smell like that. The father denied he sold me the bread and refused to give me a refund or give me fresh bread. When he saw the other customers watching him he said he would refund $10 but as soon as the customers left he said he wouldn't refund or give me fresh bread. He did this again saying he would give me $20 but again when the other customers left he said he wouldn't refund or give me fresh bread. I told him I wasn't here to argue with him. I just wanted my refund $65 or fresh bread. He declined and said to never come back to his store. This was the worst customer experience ever. How could you sell molded, smelly bread that could make your customer really sick? Is this how you value and treat a long time customer? Very appalled by all of this. read more

This is the second time that my friends have paid in advance for bread, gone there to pick it up and come back empty handed because they have sold what they had pre-sold! The organization and customer service is at a low level even though they have decent Persian dishes. They don't care much about the customers and that can be pretty frustrating! I wish they would improve that a little, maybe by starting to put a roster for items they sell so they don't sell one thing to several people. read more

Aria bakery has repeatedly shown that they don't care about their customers. In two occasions they left my friends totally frustrated by not giving them what they had asked for and even paid for. The first time, they said they're out of Sangak bread and they were not! because just a few minutes later, while my friends still at the store, they gave the bread to another customer. Second time, same friend had asked them to reserve two breads for him when it's baked in the afternoon and he told them that he's gonna pick it up in the evening and paid the full price. Guess what? When he later showed up they had sold his bread. I don't know what else could make a more terrible customer care experience. read more

How did we not know that Aria Food & Bakery has been at it's hidden location for 5 years. What an amazing place.. Moji gave us a very warm greeting and let us sample the different Babari and Sangak (Persian Breads). Although we heard about their famous pizzas, we ordered the Veal Tongue and the Kuku Zabzi sandwiches. While we were waiting for our lunch, Moji told us about their beautiful oven where they bake their amazing breads. The sandwiches were worth the wait... Fresh, flavorful and authentic Iranian cuisine. Of course when we were finished, we couldn't leave without some samples for the delectable bakery. Some cookies and Baklava (an assortment of flavors) to go please!! A big bonus that they open at 9:00a. If you want an early lunch, you don't have to wait til 11:00 (when most of the restaurants in the area open up). We are thrilled we discovered Aria Food & Bakery. We will definitely be back!! read more

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I'd give it a 3.5 stars really. I'm glad there's a Persian bakery in the area but they definitely can improve on some things! It was my first time there and I was really excited about the prospect of nostalgic Persian flavors. The man at the register -who I think was the owner - was borderline rude and sarcastic. I didn't appreciate that at all. Anyway, my review of the items I purchased are as follows: The Sangak Bread was really good! Fresh and delicious. I ordered a Persian Pizza which was alright.. pretty good. Halim was so so. What was really awful was the Oloviyeh Salad (the Persian potato/egg/chicken salad). I don't even think it had any potatoes in it! It was watery and too acidic with no peas, barely any carrots or eggs! And he sold it to me as "salad oloviyeh" and I was charged $5.99 for a small container. I would have happily paid if it were actually what it was supposed to be. Needless to say, it didn't curb my cravings and left a bad impression of my experience there. read more

This is a cafe and bakery that sells sweet and savoury options. I have only been to this bakery once but I really enjoyed my initial experience. We read over the menu and their Mediterranean pizzas sounded delicious especially the Aria Special and the Persian. We opted for sandwiches instead. I chose the Olivieh, a cold sandwich on fresh sangak with a mixture of mashed potato, egg, chicken breast, peas, carrots, lemon juice, mayonnaise, salt, and pepper. It was excellent and a LOT of food for the price! My husband ordered the warm roast beef with lettuce, garlic pickle, cheddar cheese, tomato, and onion. He enjoyed it a great deal. If you prefer, they sell coffee drinks, Persian teas, yoghurt sodas, and other imported sodas. We enjoyed Rani floats with our delicious sandwiches, orange for him and pineapple for me! All of their meat items are halal and they make all their breads in house. After we finished our lunch, we struck up a conversation with the man at the register. He showed us all the freshly baked flatbreads and gave us a takeaway menu with their names. They bake homemade sangak, barbari (whole wheat and white), Afghani, taftoon, sheermal, and barley bread. The takeaway menu shows only two breakfast items. You can order sholezard (traditional saffron rice pudding dessert) or haleem (mashed wheat with turkey breast, salt, and butter). I don't know if those are offered all day. Save room for something sweet because you won't be disappointed. There are a variety of Persian pastries and cookies, baklavas, and cakes. They also sell traditional ice cream called Bastani (saffron pistachio) and if you've never had it before, give it a whirl. We didn't indulge this time around, we were too full from our sandwiches. The next time I visit though, I will definitely buy some sweets for later! Parking was easy and the two tables inside were clean. There was a steady stream of customers picking up their takeaway orders while we ate. They offer catering services for meetings and parties so if there are specific treats that you fall in love with, you can introduce them to your friends and family! read more

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This place is so sweet. I couldn't decide so I went with the bread and something g called hemma? The bread is as big as a blanket and it is full of nutrition. It's chalked with spices and seeds and love. They make it right in front of you....handling the dough with such precision and care. The he,ma has just the right amount of cinnamon and I feel like if I ever got stranded I would be able to fully sustain on this little bit of goodness. In fact, after walking for miles, this meal is what gave me the energy to keep going. Thank you aria baking. I very much enjoyed my stay and look forward to trying everything on the menu. The pizza looks amaze balls peeps. read more

Unique bakery in Kirkland producing Persian bread, desserts and yes, pizza. This strip mall near Kirkland's car dealerships is becoming something of a little Persia, with Aria, Rumi restaurant and Sahand Persian market all clustered in the same area. I like the flatbreads to go with dips like hummus or baba ghanoush. They have a round flatbread that's perfect for homemade pizza too. The breads are delicious and the staff is friendly enough to explain all their products. Sweet baked goods are a nice treat, including a version of baklava. Try some of the unique beverages like a pulpy fruit soda or salty yogurt drink. It's a fun place to explore and try some new things. read more

Delicious pizza. The ghormeh sabzi pizza is super unique and delicious. I would have it every day :) Thin crust and just yummy. We also tried the Aria pizza and Mediterranean pizza. Both great. Loved the Mediterranean one specially because it has eggplant and tomato with feta cheese. The sandwiches are great too in sangak bread. A must try if you are in the area. read more

Aria Food & Bakery - Ghormeh sabzi pizza! Delicious - Bakeries Near Me - Kirkland, Washington

Sangak flat bread $3.50 is a nice flavor and kind of soft and sticky bread. Very fresh, Big flat bread and Hot....they wrapped big hot flat bread and gave to me. I carried it. So don't be surprise. You can make a great sandwiches or with hamas. I just ate a half of it...cannot stop eat it!!! read more

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Ordered the Manosha Pizza: zaatar and salty cheese and green olives on their classic flat bread: it was delicious. The staff were friendly and helpful: problem is they don't open until 9am and that's also when all the staff show up. AKA no fresh bread before 10am. read more

The bread here is fantastic. Shaped into big sheets, freshly baked, and hung to cool all before your eyes. A fascinating process. I can't pretend to understand all the differences between all of the breads on the menu. I just picked up one that had been freshly baked and placed into a bag from the counter. It looked like it had been made with whole wheat and that was good enough for me. I also ordered pizza to go. My first plan was to get a large or medium and split it into pepperoni and manoshi (zaatar, feta, and olives), but apparently that was too difficult to do. I had a hard time communicating at all so just opted for the simpler but more expensive option of ordering separate small pizzas. The pizzas themselves were only ok. Not the best pizza crust and they were oily. I did really like the flavor combination of the manoshi, but I had forgotten to ask them to leave off the cheese (I can't even imagine how hard that would have been to communicate) and it then sat in my stomach like a stone. Too heavy and because it was a whole pizza I now had several slices to finish.... They also have some nice looking Iranian cookies/pastries here and spreads/dips like baba ghanouj and hummus. I bought something that sounded very unique Haleem, which is a porridge made out of wheat and turkey breast. Weird but you can't tell that there is meat in there at all (except for a bit of a savoriness). This makes an excellent start to your morning once you warm it up. Don't be afraid to add sugar to make it sweet. It already has cinnamon in it. Or you can make it into a savory breakfast porridge by adding an egg/avocado/herbs. I'll give this a 3 star for now. Not only was the pizza not as good as I was hoping for (considering that amazing oven), but the service was also extremely slow and awkward. I'll definitely be back though for that amazing bread. read more

I love the pastries and bread here. They're stuff is the freshest in Seattle. I've been going here for a few years now and am satisfied every time read more

The very helpful and friendly people working here answered my questions both times I've gone. This week I got a different Persian flatbread fresh-out-of-the-oven. As always, it was fantastic. I plan on returning often for their delicious breads. read more

We ordered the chicken and beef jambon sanwiches, and had to wait 20 minutes for them to come out. When we got them they were soggy and the meat looked gray. We had been expecting fresh meat, but it looked more like lunch meat. read more

Aria Food & Bakery - Chicken Jambon Cold Sandwich - Bakeries Near Me - Kirkland, Washington

A little gem in Kirkland. The bakery items are very authentic and the bread in particular is so fresh out of the oven and melts in your mouth good. I have tried two pizzas from there and can vouch for the freshness of the toppings. The bakery items are best sampled from the wide selection offered at per weight basis. Great staff that is friendly and very helpful. read more

Highest quality bread you can find in Seattle area. Their Sangak bread is better than what I had in Iran recently

We got the Persian pizza, a napolian and two zoolbias. The pizza had a really nice flavor and you could really taste the vegetables. This isn't a pizza you want to travel very far with though. I'm guessing liquids from the vegetables just accumulated in the center so it made it a bit soggy. The napolian wasn't very sweet, which is good because I don't have much of a sweet tooth. The zoolbia on the other hand, oh man, you'll get a cavity just looking at them. It's basically a small personal sized (but isn't any size personal size?) funnel cake that's been soaked in syrup. If you love sweets this is probably for you. read more

Aria Food & Bakery - Persian pizza - Bakeries Near Me - Kirkland, Washington

Sangkak is very authentic. Rare to find a place this good in the US. Not too much of a selection for sweets, but the ones I tried were good. Also, there's a Persian market right across the bakery! read more

Good Persian style bread when it is fresh from the oven otherwise the bread gets tough. They have also good selection of Persian desserts. I wish that they serve kabobs to go with that fresh bread read more