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Middle Eastern Delights in Tokyo
SereneSerene
30
An excellent Persian restaurant serving surprisingly authentic food. Even more impressive is the decor and atmosphere of the restaurant. It hardly feels like Tokyo, which is a really good thing. The owner is really friendly but not necessarily in a customer service kind of way. Still, he's really cool and I enjoyed interacting with him. He speaks some (not much) English, decent Japanese, and of course fluent Farsi. The food was amazing. But to be honest, I would have preferred longer grains of rice, more butter and saffron in the rice, and maybe more flavor on the chicken, but those are just minor complaints from someone who is used to the Persian food outside of Japan. We got a mountain of food enough to stuff two men for about $50 (¥5508). More importantly, after living in Tokyo for over a year now it was good medicine for the soul.
Shawn AfsharShawn Afshar
50
Pretty much a so so experience. Decoration and ambiance: 5/5 Service: 2/5: the owner was very friendly, but 45 minutes after ordering when I asked about our food, he said that he forgot it. Then the food came but he forgot to get us cutleries so we had to ask for that twice. We didn't get butter with the rice and never were we asked "if everything is okay?" which is normal. Also, the owner could have given us some freebies for making us wait over an hour for two simple plates but nothing was offered. Food: 3/5: the kebab was nice, the rice was very dry. The Ghorme sabzi was average and the soup with it lacked taste. The homemade saffron ice-cream was delicious though and highly recommended. Overall: I won't be coming back as the food was just okay in my opinion (compared to other Iranian restaurants) and the service was really not good. To add to that, had to pay cash as their card machine was broken.
Amin JAmin J
10
Authentic food and intricate atmosphere. One curry was amazing the other not so. Sets come with soup and rice/Nan. Best to get one set between two people and then order curries or kebabs individually. Chai tea is amazing. Service a bit slow and sometimes staff forgot cutlery or cups. Had to pay for belly dance even though only there for food... I guess it did say on menu but perhaps they should have told us before being forced to watch 20mins+ of it...
Casey GCasey G
30
Great Persian restaurant in Koenji! The food taste great, and the portions are quite big. We had the sultan kebab and the hamechi stew. Both were great. The nan is not heavy at all, and quite good when fresh and still hot. Initially wanted a dessert, but we were not hungry anymore after our set meal (maybe I should not have ordered the extra hummus...).
Gaspard ChouraquiGaspard Chouraqui
00
Taste like home. The owner is very friendly and warmhearted, the environment is great and the food is just delicious.
Chris WilliamChris William
30
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