Naardoun | Restaurant — Restaurant in Berlin

I had dinner there with my friend, they accepted us without any reservation and informed us about a delay because of being too crowded. since they had selected some of their dishes for nights it was all in one page. The environment and the design of the restaurant was nice decorated with pictures of notable Iranians, including old kings and old celebrities. There was also a partially finished carpet, being hanged up from the wall. As our food, we chose a lamb kebab (Barrel or Chenje in Farsi) and Gheyme Nesar as main course and also a tray of different Iranian side dishes as starter. as Starter came, it had only 6 very small bowls of different Iranian side dishes with some bread that was definitely not from Iran. The tray was supposed to be big as it was written in the Menu and it had a hefty price(for 6 bowls of Iranian side dishes that wouldn't cost like 5 euros together), came with cooked sausages (south Iranian style called Bandari), Persian Frittata or Kuku Sabzi, Kashkeh Bademjoon, Yogurt, Dolmeh and Zeytoon Parvarde. they all did not taste as Original as you get, not well spiced and they were all warmed up, like in a microwave warmed up, it was not worth the 23 euros and it was definitely not fresh. each bowl missed a thing or two and my favorite was the most simple, the yogurt. (how can they ruin the yogurt?) it's also worth to mention that they did not change our utensils after the starter. after the main course came, inside a really beautiful designed copper tray, each with a side of yogurt (mixed with garlic and either peppermint or mint or Pooneh? (different iranian Herbs) I started with Gheyme Nesar at first, the meat was definitely Lamb and it had enough for one person, it came with a specially designed rice, which Gheyme Nesar is famous for and no sauce inside, sauce was in a cup on the side and it was also not simmered down until the right amount of thickness at all. It was runny and not so pleasant. The rice and the Nesar on top( the Nesar is usually referred to the different blend of chopped pistachio, almonds and Barberries which is usually fried in butter, with a touch of saffron in the end) this restaurant was particularly on the sweet side for some reason, even though Barberries are supposed to be completely Sour, which mean they have definitely added Sugar to the dish, yes it has sugar inside but it's not usually served this sweet and that's not something u expect a restaurant do, since it's usually based on preference and most people go for the middle, not so sweet and not so sour to accommodate every taste. The meat or the Gheyme part definitely lacked some spices like cardamom and Nutmeg, it also lacked the smell of rosewater which makes Gheyme Nesar different from the regular Gheyme in Iran. They did not chose to make it as original as possible but it tasted ok and could be still awaked the sense of nostalgia for Iranian people in Berlin. The second dish Lamb kebab had also rice and some grilled tomatoes on the side, with a small charred sweet chilly on top. The first thing I noticed after biting the meat was that it was not made on top of charcoal, which makes a huge part of Iranian grill taste, it was a bit dry for my taste but it was well marinated and I couldn't taste any gaminess. The rice also lacked a price of butter which is usually served with Iranian Grilled meat dishes to make the rice a bit easier to eat and give it more flavor sine it doesn't have anything else to be served with. both dishes came with a bit of Iranian style salad, which was fresh and nicely spiced. Overall it was a nice small restaurant with good main course options, definitely won't recommend their starter, it is not worth it neither taste good nor is fresh. Definitely at this price point it was disappointing to see such quality. Their main dishes tasted much better and made up for the night we had, maybe not exactly like the original and toned down a bit but still worth a try and...

Super nice little restaurant with delicious food! I am going to start with the little thing that bothered me, so I can finish with the stuff that was good. Which was pretty much everything BUT the spacial concept. I had to sit tucked into a corner with absolutely no space to move. If you ever enjoyed Persian food than you know that you will need a bit of room after a kilo of rice and all the other delicious stuff. 🤤🫃🏻😅 Also, if you don’t speak German at all this might not be the place for you… Having said that, let’s start talking good stuff because I absolutely loved everything else. 🤩 The ambience of the restaurant is really neat and the plates and the menu look authentic and put you even more in the mood to eat Persian food. The menu itself is quality as well as you can find about three appetizers and 6-ish mains that regularly change. From chicken to lamb you find mainly meat courses but today there was also 1 vegetarian dish available. My favourite was #Fessenjoun, a chicken dish in a pomegranate and walnut sauce. 👌🏼 But the meat on all our dishes was super tender and yummy! The last thing that’s important to me is that I read on Google that it would be expensive here but I have to disagree completely! The portion size, the quality and the taste absolutely justify the prices. To stress my point: the main dishes cost €20 +/- €4. I definitely recommend to stop by and try what they have to...

The space, design, music, food art all were inviting & welcoming. The person who served us sadly wasn't. We went without a reservation, but I mentioned to them more 4 people are coming. The guy didn't really care till the group arrived, he made a fuzz out of it, almost frowned, acted so stressed to serve, and the smile was as if we disgusted him.

He had to move me 3 times from one table to the other before I was finally seated. Then when we just started to forget the incident and started having a beautiful laugh, he came again and warned us that we nedd to soon leave! Why didn't you say that from the beginning? No idea. I wish the place a good luck, but with this behavior I do not think many people would come back. Sad that all that cultural beauty of the place to be wasted. A restaurant experiece is 70% made out of the attitude of the servant leader in it; either a pleasant evening or a...