Bibi Kirkland — Restaurant in Kirkland

I placed an order for a belated Mother’s Day. We order ghormeh sabzi, khoreshte bademjoon and Persian rice with potatoe tahdig. The lady who took my order was incredibly sweet and she even made an exception to make our order on a Monday which is when they’re normally closed. Unfortunately, the quality of the was below that of exceptional.

Ghormeh Sabzi – While lamb shank was cooked perfectly, the herbs were chopped in credibly large and hadn’t stewed long enough making it bland and undesirable

Khoresh Bademjoon – The eggplants weren’t cooked properly and the khoresh was incredibly bland

Persian Rice with Potatoe Tahdig – The rice was hard and undercooked and there wasn’t any tahdig at the bottom rather there was just lumps of potatoes.

She loaned us the pots and pans she cooked the food in for us and asked us to return them. When we returned them and brought up our concerns it wasn’t taken well. She told us that this was the first time she received any complaints, she was disappointed at us for returning the pots late because she’s been looking for them, she claimed that she told us that the rice needed further cook which I don’t recall her telling me that.

I was really looking forward to spending Mother’s Day with two amazing mothers that have worked very hard. On this day, I really wanted to support local Iranian businesses and enjoy their creations around our family. There are countless reasons why some dishes come out undesirable and our goal were not to get a discount or our money back but rather raising these concerns to the owners so they can take this constructive criticism, use it to their advantage and grow as a business so we can continue to support them in the near future. Unfortunately, it wasn’t well received. There is always room for improvement and constructive criticism shouldn’t be taken personally. I truly hope the best for this business, and I hope they improve...

I reached out to Bibi to get a quote for an office lunch catering and she was kind enough to provide me with a custom menu for our catering event of 70 people. Based on the budget that I had given her, she was able to put together a wonderful menu with a variety of options (great for groups with vegetarians, pescatarians, and omnivores). She was extremely quick and fast with communicating to me regarding her meal plans and what's even better was that her team went above and beyond!

The food was not only delicious with fantastic presentation, but it was extremely well packaged as well! Bibi's had a team member help me with preparing the food in the trays, serving the food, and even helped with the cleanup. I had several people come up to me asking where the catering was from and many people went back for a second plate. We had a mix of beef, chicken, 2 whole salmon, kebabs, 2 types of rice, pita bread, 3 types of hummus, 2 types of salad, grilled vegetables, grilled peppers, and olives. I might have missed an item or two - but we definitely did not run out of food - many of our employees were happy to take some leftovers home!

I highly recommend Bibi's for any future catering opportunities you may have because the food is delicious, the service and communication is remarkable, and the staff are all very pleasant to work with. This was by far one of the best catering experiences I have had and I would definitely order catering from them again!

Tip - text Bibi your cell phone number and she will text you her custom meal plan for you based on...

It got a homey feeling, we were greeted right away and seated. The chairs were NOT comfortable at all. We got our menus, water and tableware about 5 min in and ordered a beer and tea. The menu is simple. We ordered the roasted califlower, the lamb chops and falafel. We waited and waited for our drinks, they never came, when the appetizer [which I liked alot, very lemony] came we reminder the wait person that were were still waiting for our drinks, he looked at us like, what drinks? We reminded him, the drinks came once the entrees arrived. The falafel was fabulous, the beets were good, it came with tahini, I was looking for hummus. Usually the falafel comes with hummus. The salad was ok. The lamb chops were cooked unevenly, charred on the outside and rare , in one spot and medium in others, I guess that makes it medium rare? Lol. Is what he ordered. The rice was ok. Salad ok. There are no condiments. No salt, pepper or sugar for the tea. I ordered hummus half way through dinner., after I hailed one of the staff, no one came back to check on us, after we were done, I again hailed the help to get some to go containers , as they were getting them, a staff member comes with the hummus. I told him too late, he apologized and said it was on the house. $55.00 . We drove from Renton. We are a bit...