Cafeh Tehran — Restaurant in Lisbon

The restaurant is nicely decorated with a small terrace outside, which was unfortunately full so we headed downstairs. The menus came quickly, not so the drinks but in all fairness the waiter did seem to be on his own.

Some traditional bread was immediately ordered as we'd had a couple of drinks previously but was a great disappointment being a sort of dried focaccia, pretty much as untraditional as you can get really! The mains then turned up and were just alright. The meatballs were a little dry and the accompaniment fine and the marinated chicken was tasty but sat on top of more of that very untraditional bread. It seemed like more effort has gone into the presentation rather than producing some genuine Iranian soul food and my impression was that there was an attempt to give the food an elegant twist to match the cheaply done but attempted elegance of the decor but before you do that you have to get the basics very right.

I would have let them get away with the food quality if the prices were a bit cheaper but at almost €40 for 2 for a couple of mains, a couple of drinks and some bread this is at the higher end of the Portuguese food price range and you can do a lot better for cheaper in Lisbon.

On the plus side the waiter was very friendly and the music was great in a very untraditional pan African sort of way. Unfortunately it was a Spotify playlist in a public space where Spotify is only licensed for private use, not public. Note to the owner - if you are using music to create a nice atmosphere in your restaurant please make sure the artists get paid appropriate rates for use in a...

I had an unpleasant experience, and am very angry at the lack of service mentality at this restaurant. While eating their food - I had the carrots, the beetroot humus and aubergine - my stomach became unwell. After I left, I felt more and more sick, and when I came home I had to throw up thrice. When I called the restaurant to tell them that I became unwell because of their food, their reaction was just incredibly rude, not showing me in any way they cared and actually felt bad about what happened. I didn't feel at all that I was being taken seriously as a customer.

The restaurant seemed to think it's because I am lactose-intolerant, because of a misunderstanding with the waiter - but the fact is I'm not lactose intolerant at all. I eat all diary products and never have any problems with them. It proved impossible to make the staff understand this, they just kept to their version. Very frustrating, and it added to the feeling they didn't take...

We came here two days in a row. First day they said it was too busy and they won’t take more reservations. Was Easter. The day after Easter it was empty and we arrived at 9:30. They said the kitchen is closed and sent us away. Then I talked to the bartender and he said they close at 11:30 but the kitchen closes at 10. I think the owner should know that the employees close at least 30 minutes before the time and you should change on Google that it closes at 11:30. We were treated very rudely and we are Iranian. And have lived here for 45 years. Wasn’t expecting that. Mr Sajjad was much more friendly in the other Iranian restaurant. I’m sure if the owners were here, we would have been treated differently . After saying that the kitchen is closed, I tried to convince him to give us a table and then he asked how many people we are. When I said only two then he said no we’re closed. I honestly think that the owners are not...