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Authentic persian restaurant with great ambience and interesting food with big serving sizes. The decor and ambience is very immersive, with live music (a pianist was performing right next to our table) and I went as a group of 8, with good service given it was not that busy. The starter bread and dips were excellent, my favourite was the cucumber dip. The eggplant dip is actually warm so that is an unique take on bread and dips. The mains were very sizable with generous portions of protein. I found the kebabs to be juicy tender and flavourful (especially when you add some additional spices from the shakers on the table). The stew was interesting with fries on top. And believe it or not, according to my Iranian friend, the food is exactly what you'd see from a Persian meal so I'm very happy to say the mains were delicious across the board. The dessert I didn't personally like as much, however everyone else (that's 7/8 people) all agreed it was good since it was not too sweet, and the rose flavour of the frozen noodle at the bottom was delightful and refreshing. Overall it receives a 4 star review because I personally didn't enjoy the dessert as much but I cannot fault it for authenticity and serving size. Highly recommended.
Kevin ChenKevin Chen
40
Tonight’s evening at Aliqapu was great from the start when we were welcomed upon arrival by friendly staff to the finish when we had finished our amazing meal. The restaurant is beautifully authentic inside with lots of space for groups of all sizes. We ordered the banquet and it was all incredibly delicious, fresh, beautifully presented & unique flavours. When the huge banquet arrived to our table we were impressed by the amount of food & couldn’t fault one thing! The meat was all perfectly cooked & so tender & the fluffy rice & crisp mixed salad with a lovely dressing was so tasty. We had some left over which we were able to take home in containers the restaurant provided. The desserts & tea to finish were gorgeous too. We ordered an extra dessert to try called faloodeh which was INCREDIBLE in presentation & taste. It’s flavours & textures were superb with delicious ice cream on the side, which was equally delicious! Our waitress was THE BEST! She was so friendly, helpful & attentive, ensuring everything was ok etc. It is a restaurant you must try for so many reasons & you won’t be disappointed! Thank you to all the staff for a happy & delicious evening. 🥰🥰
Joanna DaffyJoanna Daffy
20
- The place looks nice but seemed a little bit under staffed. There is no complimentary dishes or even bread which is pretty unusual for a Persian restaurant. We asked if they can give a little bit of our rice straight away for our kid so we can keep him busy until the meal is ready. It was provided to us after around 10 mins and we were charged for extra rice which none is common in any other Persian restaurants we have been. So, all in all service will stay at 3 stars. - We ordered Koobideh and Lamb Cutlet (Shishlik). Koobideh was very average and not even close to the other Persian restaurants I have been back in Brisbane and Sydney. The Shishlik wasn’t really what it should be and not even close to the photos provided on the menu and not close to any other shishlik I have had before. However, it was cooked medium which is my preference for red meat. Rice was cooked very well with good amount of butter in it. All in all, food can go something around 3 and a half stars. - The prices are high for the quality and portion of food. - I recommend adding some complimentary dishes/bread/soup as a starter. Also, recommend adding the common Persian fresh juices to the menu such as watermelon or pomegranate juice or banana shake. Having these items could make my experience a 4 stars one not 3.
Kaveh DanaiKaveh Danai
00
Very disappointing, had dine in experinece before it was ok but this time I ordered through uber eats and it was horrible. I am not complaining about delivery and i know take away foods usually has lower quality than dine in. The Zereshkpolo with chicken, it is more like hospital style chicken than authentic Persian chicken with Saffron aroma. No color on the chicken, it's like just bolied it with no seasoning. Where is sauce brother, a dry chicken under the rice? It was very gamey and couldn't even eat the chicken. The Gheyme stew..... it wasn't as bad as the zereshk polo, but, for a fancy persian resturant with this price tags, it was giving me more cheap catering vibe than a fine dining high end. The kashke badmjoon, bro didn't even try. What is this? Fried eggplant with some kashk and walnut on the top? What is that suppose to be? I am not saying the eggplant should always be mashed, but this one that I received, it was just fried eggplant and some kask and walnut recreated just at the time we ordered. This isn't even close what kashk badmjoon is, i mean same ingerediant, but wrong way to make it....
siavash ghorbanisiavash ghorbani
00
Really enjoyed the food. But we kept getting delivered food that was for the other side of our table and had to spend a considerable amount of time working out where the dish was supposed to go, on two occasions. It felt like they were understaffed. Had the mixed dips + Mirza (eggplant). If you order the dips the extra money is worth it! Kubideh, Barg, baktiari and soltabi kababs. Barg was my fave, tender thin strip of beef. And the dizi sangi. And the safron and pistachio icecream. Loved the depth of flavour, especially in the dizi sangi. Pretty cool with the mortar and pestle like things. The bread was delicious and warm. Loved the amazing ice-cream. Just realised the bill was higher than the menu price. And just realised the menu price is incorrect, must add 3% on top. Making it a pricier feed. For the pain of incorrectly delivered dishes and price point, I'm not sure if I would return. But enjoyed the food.
JenJen
40
Delicious Persian food, for those unaware it has a similar range to Greek restaurants but just different. Lots of excellent meat dishes and dips for starters left us very full. Probably the main difference I noticed would be far more rice than you'd get going for Greek. The herbs are also different in intriguing ways and overall it was very enjoyable. In the dips there was a potato and pea dip that was really nice and went well with their tzatziki and hummus dips. We had a few different meat skewers and they were very tender and it was nice having butter to melt into the rice. We also had a stew which came with rice as well. The desserts were very good, quite the highlight. While the noodle dessert was a bit chewier than I wanted I still loved it, the citrus and rose mix with the pistachio ice cream was a lovely way to end a meal.
Marcel BennettMarcel Bennett
00
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