So underwhelming and the food was flavourless. There was plenty of white rice, the juices of the chicken and pomegranate dish was watery. Wait staff and nice, they must of been caught short of staff as the staff on the floor worked hard. Recommend -...sadly no Return customer - unfortunately not.More
My wife and I came here for the first time tonight to celebrate our anniversary. As my wife is Persian we had not been to this restaurant before in Melbourne. The decor is beautiful with lovely paintings of traditional iran . We had kabob with...lamb , chicken and beef which came with rice and the second dish we had was the amazing Persian dish korma sabzi . We have to say this is one of the best Persian restaurants we have been to . The pastry deserts with the traditional Persian tea was the perfect way to finish . The owner was amazing to talk with and was a fantastic guy who loved to chat about iran and the food . The service was 5 star and the prices were very reasonably priced . Do yourself a favour and try this amazing restaurantMore
I have seen this restaurant many times and always wondered what Persian food was like? Well my experience was terrific. We made a booking on Saturday night and found Hafez authentic and staff attentive. The restaurant was 3/4 booked and it was surprising that our...table were the only non-persian booking. A very good sign! The food was really good; started with a round of dips and flat bread which was tasty and then had a selection of skewers, Iranian rice and some small plate side, which were excellent. It was interesting that were were the only table drinking alcohol. The wine list was very limited but not an issue and you could get a cold beer. Will go back soon for some really good persian food.More
The restaurant is beautiful decorated, the service is quick and the food is nice. We ordered lamb shank. It's so tender that the meat easily fell off the bone.
This restaurant had the blandest food and worst service I have ever experienced. We had to ask for wine glasses, entre plates not cleared with main dishes squeezed in, and wrong dishes brought to our table.
Sadly we were very disappointed in the food and the drinks. Firstly we asked the waitress for recommendations and it was like she didn’t know what to recommend. Then what she did recommend was sadly not good at all. Then lamb dish had 4 piece...of lamb in it not good enough. The Chicken was boiled with a sauce again not tasty at all. Then we order cocktails and Margarita didn’t even taste like a Margarita and the Persian Cocktail was like beetroot juice ??More
Not a good service from staff and owners very rude and not willing to accept their mistakes. I have been there before but wouldn’t recommend it for a group to go there.
Walk-in diner on a Wednesday night, had the Momtaz which is a chicken breast skewer and minced lamb skewer. Chicken was moist and tender. Only wished they had better sides; all I got on mine was some chopped onions, a green pepper and grilled tomato....Other Persian restaurants I’ve been to generally come with side of salad or some fries. Loved the decor of the restaurant; excellent traditional paintings, lovely little decorations on display (love the old school telephone) and the Persian music in the background gave it the right mood.More
Very ordinary food best time to go is weekends much more atmosphere then mid week staff professional they just need a good chef
There were 10 of us celebrating an anniversary and we were very disappointed with the lack of variety in the dishes themselves and the huge mound of rice that appeared on almost every single dish that came to the table. The rice was also identical...on each plate. In our opinion this added to our annoyance at being served a $35 dish with mostly rice and a couple of slim skewers of meat to the side with a baked tomato plonked to one side. Looking around this appeared to be the theme of almost every dish served here. Oh yes the butter in a plastic slab on the dish was also very appealing!!!! Staff were helpful and atmosphere was great but food will need to step up if we are ever to return.More
Excellent Persian kebab. I brought my nephew here for his first Persian experience, and he loved the food, highly recommended 👏👏👏
Fascinating decoration, friendly atmosphere ,quick in service and excellent quality which was easily comparable with resturant in Tehran A real feeling of home for iranian guys and nice for other nationality
Persia if you can't go to Persia Great Menu Wonderful Trompe L'oeil paintings of Old School Persia. Caring service Good mix of all nationalities enjoying heartwarming tasty well priced Persian Food in lovely surroundings We have returned time and time again Never been disappointed. Owner...has that inimitable Persian Charm!More
As a persian, I found the persian food in this restaurant the best in Melbourne. The kebab was very nice and my husband had Fesenjan which was very yummy. Definitely recommend Tahchin as well which was chef’s special that night. The staff are so nice...and friendly and loved the decorations inside. The music was a bit too loud but other than that everything else was perfect. We will definitely go back.More
We found the food to be of excellent quality & authentic Persian. Service was efficient & friendly. It has BYO, which we prefer. Thoroughly recommend this restaurant.