Persepolis is a hipster restaurant and market offering vegetarian eats and sweets inspired by the…read moreflavors of Iran and the Middle East. Their signature offering is the "Persepolis Feasting Menu," which came with multiple courses to share. There's no set menu and the dishes offered change by the day, so there's always an element of surprise! We were started with ramekins of a sweet potato soup with yogurt, but my favorite course was the meze platter, which came with pasta salad, falafels, sweet potato fritters, pickles, a cottage cheese dip, tahini, and hummus with cheese puffs sticking out! The mezes were served with pita bread slices, which were perfect for eating with the dips. The next three dishes were amazing as well: crispy halloumi with sesame and honey; fattet, or pita chips with spinach, chickpeas, and tahini; and a creative dish of chips, melted cheese, cauliflower, mushrooms, tomato, and onion, all seasoned with a yellow spice mixture. Finally, the last two dishes were pakora, or battered mixed vegetables (onion, cauliflower, pickles) served with saffron and dill aiolis on the side; and a final platter of rice, cucumber/onion/tomato salad, a red kidney bean stew, and a potato stew. While decent, the fried vegetables were on the greasy side, and the stews had an overly sweet flavor, and I was more impressed with the earlier courses. Finally came a colorful platter of dessert, which included ice cream topped with rose syrup; two different types of baklava; a cream-filled cake roll; jalebis; Turkish delight; cookie sandwiches; dates; and sliced strawberries/oranges. Everything we had here was flavorful, delicious, creative, and beautifully-presented, and enjoying the Middle Eastern hospitality was a great experience!

Still my fave veg restaurant, for the tasty food, the huge portion sizes and cheap prices. Yes, you…read moreshould make a reservation and you'll likely still have to wait to be seated, for a server to arrive at your table and for your food to arrive. But even this impatient native New Yorker is more then happy to deal. The avo smoothie is incredibly rich and whilst I thought the rose taste was a bit overpowering at this visit (my husband said it tasted like soap haha), I overall still loved it. My husband's date smoothie on the other hand was sadly underwhelming. My spiced broccoli soup was thick and creamy and full of flavour. I was so stuffed I regretted ordering the fried plaintains and eggs on bread as my main so my husband ended up eating it haha. But as I've ordered this before, I know how great it is. And he agreed, as it's slightly spicy and full of flavour. His main dish sadly again was bland: similar to a stir fry of veg and bread. He did enjoy the sahlep for takeaway though.

Doost's offer could be boiled down to three simple components: local, quality reasonably priced…read morefood. I'm not au fait with Persian food, but the majority of the sharing platter we had was flavoursome and good quality - even on a Sunday late afternoon graveyard shift. Interestingly, or strangely, there is a significant vodka menu, which I cannot speak for. Kennington cross is not the busiest area for restaurant visitors so it's hard to know how Doost could still be here if not putting out good food. The interior is dark, but modern, simple and clean. There's a reasonable wine selection (including a good pinot grigio and malbec), but we decided to steer clear of the aforementioned vodka. Not much else to speak about, but worth a visit if you're looking for something 'local' and different, then worth a punt. You get a discount voucher for other businesses in the area (including amici on the other side of Kennington Cross, which appears to be run by the same group). Let me know how the vodka goes down!

Excellent food and service the server was awesome and super friendly. The Chicken Badamjan was…read moreexcellent as was the Sultani and the Barg Kabob. Would highly recommend, good ambience was nice, good music and drinks. Must try if in London.

Great atmosphere and good with a lovely wine selection. Small but good…read more Best to book well in advance

My friends absolutely love Berenjak, so of course I had to see why they rave so much about it…read more Definitely make a reservation, because you will not have much luck if you are trying to walk in. Unfortunately, it seems like all the reservations are for counter seating. It was fine though, since we were able to watch them grill all the kababs in their coal-fired grill! Kept it straightforward and ordered the Feast Menu, which is £55 pp. Comes with two types of bread in Taftoon and Sangak, four starters (Mirza Ghasemi, Mast O Khiar, Hummus, and Black Truffle Olivieh), two kababs (we chose the Koobideh Kebab and Jujeh Kebab), and three sides (Shirazi, Torshi Phel Phel, and House Rice). I've never had Persian cuisine on this level as all the dishes were very unique. Even the hummus tasted like hummus I've never had before. I would say that the Jujeh Kebab took me by surprise because I don't expect white meat chicken to be very good, but this was genuinely great! Service was fine, although nothing to rave about. We were handed our bread and starters pretty quickly, but the kebabs took 25 minutes for us to get. I don't know if that was an intentional decision to space out the starters from the kababs. Since we could see that they were cranking out many kababs, maybe that was an intentional decision. I don't know. Ambience is fine. Hard to feel the ambience when we were sitting at the counter rather than an actual table. Overall, I can see why my friends love Berenjak, because everything was absolutely delicious! Worth the visit.

I fount a finger nail in my food after I ask them to redo my food the refused and the didn't give…read moreme a refund

Ok, let me just say I'm from Los Angeles where it's probably the closest you'll get it the real…read morething when it comes to Persian food--or so I thought until trying this place. It's family owned and operated which comes with the special personal touch with regards to customer service. The food is AMAZING. Ingredients are fresh, the portion size is just right and the meat is so tender! The rice is probably my favorite here and if I lived here, I'd get takeaway at least 3-4 times a week. They are reasonably priced which makes cooking at home a waste--just go here because it's the same as a home cooked meal :) I take 3 trains from South Kensington during my stay in London every time I visit just to eat here. Always worth the trip!!

Apart from the fantastic location, there are no other positives…read more Overpriced. Food - poor. There are way better Persian restaurants in London. We had the lamb and herbs stew, royalty grill and a vegetarian grill. Every dish had the same sides ('exotic' greens, same three different rice). The stew had definitely been prepared beforehand and just heated up prior to serving (and it was a small portion for the price). Unless you're desperate I would not recommend this place.

We were very impressed with this lovely little Persian restaurant on Garrick Street. We started…read morewith their humus with Felafel with an order of Lavash. It was really fabulous. The humus was served with a sprinkling of cinnamon, which really added to its flavor and their Lavash was warm and tasted very fresh. We shared two additional dishes: a chicken stew with apricots and roasted salmon. Both were tasty but I'd highly recommend the chicken dish. The combination of the flavors and the sauce was so tasty that I added it to my salmon too. The service was excellent and their prices were reasonable.

A super solid choice in the Shepherd Market area…read more Food Service Ambiance all good Eating outside a bit better than inside (weather dependent) The menu is what you would expect Value is good Service ok Food quality is good

Great restaurant with amazing service. We ordered: hummus,…read moremast - o khiar and chicken kebab which were all amazing. If you are looking for authentic Persian food, we will highly recommend.

This was much better than I expected. I'd never had persian food before so wasn't expecting much…read more the restaurant appears to be run by a persian family so everything is really authentic. the starters were really good, especially dipped with the home made bread in a special kiln. i was pretty full by the time the main course arrived but i still ploughed my way through all the different meats. the only thing i don't get about middle eastern cuisine is the huge portion of plain white rice they provide, it's pure 'carbocide'. Overall very good.

Amazing Persian food, friendly service, and even better it's BYOB but note that there is a £10…read morecorkage charge which is pretty standard in the U.S. and covers their glassware (which is a very basic wine glass) as well as opportunity cost but if you want to drink wine and this corkage fee will be an issue it may be best to dine elsewhere. I know some other neighborhood restaurants are also BYOB but I'm not aware of their corkage fee. The food is some of the best Persian food I've eaten, and my wife grew up in a Persian household plus we get it every time we visit relatives in Southern California. My wife loves Kashk-e-Bademjan and this was excellent, along with accompanying bread. There were about 5 things on the menu she wanted but ended up with Zereshk Polo which she raved about due to the excellent rice and the barberries along with simply braised chicken (leg & thigh) which was well seasoned and easily pulled off the bone. I opted for a kebab combination plate with Joojeh chicken and Koobideh minced lamb and both were great plus the portions were very large as you typically expect from Persian food - probably the best Joojeh I've ever had with great saffron flavor and extremely tender. You can probably find cheaper Persian restaurants in London, but Pardis is an upscale environment and a great family run establishment where the proprietor appears to be in house most of the time. Great food, and a great business to support. Very well done.

Very friendly family run restaurant. I was pleasantly impressed with the food here. I ordered…read moreSultani Kebab and Joheh Kabab, one of the best I had in London. You can taste the excellent quality of the ingredients. Highly recommended.

Absolutely an AMAZING PLACE! Not a single dish is a wrong choice! Fresh bread, Halloumi, lamb was…read moreoff the chain good. Staff so polite and friendly. The Hummus and Tabouli were incredibly fresh!! Yum Yum Yum! It's only a short walk from Hilton Metropolitan or Marriott!!

The food! The service! The ambience! We were going to go to the KC Indian restaurant, but they…read moreclosed earlier than expected so we made our way over to Saffron, and it was such a delicious surprise. I ordered the koobideh grilled lamb and grilled chicken skewers and they were to die for. All the staff is welcoming. The restaurant is pretty intimate and it gets pretty busy but it's worth the wait. We were pretty late at night so we didn't have to wait at all, if you're looking for some amazing Persian food in London this is a place to go!

Very nice staff and ambiance. The food though is way below average! Not the typical review you…read morewould read about an Indian restaurant in London, where there are plenty of good ones. Tandoori chicken is in no way a Tandoori! Not the species, not the color, and definitely not the presentation. Lamb biryani is bad and not as half as good as below average restaurants I visited worldwide.

Lovely place. Portions are huge but felt the service could have been better as orders were…read moreforgotten or ignored for bigger tables. Maybe was an off day for service but the food was great.