Aria Food & Bakery — Restaurant in Kirkland

This is my kind of place-- a taste of another country without a passport, long flight, or concerns about, ahem, bombs. The young man at the counter was shy, sweet, the older willing to offer suggestions on the best nuts, breads, or pastries. Favorites: I love the raisin cookies. I could eat them all day every day. My mom didn't care for the hint of saffron. The breakfast cookies-- same. Great flatbreads-- tender, chewy, grain-filled. My mom loved that. The marble halva brings me back to Tarver's Delicacies, a favorite childhood find. Jams, teas, kulfi ice cream ( cream, cardamom, pistachio, saffron?) We decided to try their flatbread pizza. We got the Persian and will get it again soon. Yum! Flavorful meats and veg. Familiar, yet exotic. My mom loved it, raved about it, my son, less so. Maybe because the olives? Helpful hint: get a fresh, on the back counter, flatbread and eat it with the eggplant spread from the Euro store across the parking lot. Love it and It was very popular at the last event we attended. Enjoy! Or in Farsi :...

Lovely Persian bakery here in Kirkland. You can see a giant oven in the middle of the shop, with the aroma of fresh baked bread wafting through the air. Meters of long, flat bread were hung out to dry like clothes on a line.

Got Sangak (thin, chewy, sesame flavoured flatbread) and Sheermal (relatively thicker and sweet, bready) and a box of assorted cookies. Customer service was warm and welcoming. The gentleman behind the counter was friendly and helped answer any questions I had. Noticed some excitement over boxes of sour cherries amongst the Iranian clientele. After a friendly banter, I was provided a sample to try.

I read a few negative reviews about customer service and was a bit hesitant to go. Glad I decided to go and will definitely visit again. I am originally from Madras, India - but love trying various ethnic foods...

Pizza. A global phenomenon. Loved by many. Absolutely perfected at Aria Food & Bakery in Kirkland, WA? Seems possible.

We only ordered a small, plain cheese pizza- it’s the most basic thing and yet… I was shook.

We went in casually as we were already right there and thought grabbing some bread would be nice. A divine message reached my brain and had me switch to pizza last minute. Life. Changing.

What’s the secret? The bread? The cheese? The sauce I didn’t really detect? It doesn’t matter. All I know is this: I have had pizza in all its variations on every continent except Antarctica and somehow stumbled on THE BEST in my own backyard.

The price is steep, yes. I believe $15 for a small. Worth it. Clearly you’re paying for quality.

Overall the strip mall is unremarkable, the shop is tiny and basic, the person who helped...