Today was my second time eating here and it was even better than the first time. I brought two well traveled friends who also appreciate good food and they both were impressed with the food. The staff has always been very friendly and professional. The portions are plenty for a single plate meal for people who like to eat. The lamb is perfect and falls off the bone. Try the turkish coffee with desert if you have never had any.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ehsan Kamalinejad
Alborz at Berkeley has been one of my favorite restaurant till recently. I used to get their Koobide at least once a week. But since several weeks ago the quality of their food has deteriorated very badly. I'm not sure if they have changed their chef or their meet source or something else. Last time I ordered, it was so bad that I had to throw it away. But I loved the old food so much that I thought I should try another time. No, it was the same terrible Koobide. I called the restaurant to talk with the owner but couldn't reach him/her. So I leave this review here, hopefully it gets his/her attention. I will update if things change. For me this was the last time I order from this restaurant unless things change.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
Jake Byman
We had a craving for Persian food, so we tried out Alborz. Overall quite solid! The fesenjoon was particularly good, and the mirza ghasemi was quite solid too.
The bread that was initially served to us was a stale pita bread, which wasn't great, but then they gave us the lavash bread, which was outstanding.
It scratched the itch for us!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Jon Doe
My elderly mother in law and I stood at the door for ten minutes without being greeted. The two servers were obviously busy, but no hello hi one moment, nothing. They walked by several times didn't acknowledge us at all. My mother in law cant stand for too long so I noticed the seats in front empty and we have sat there before. I asked the guy if we can just sit there. He said rudely "one moment" and proceeded to go about his business ignoring us. Took another six minutes until the lady came and sat us down. I have never ever complained a day in my life. And food is always great I come here alot the other young guy that helps us is always on point. However the lady that was serving us was VERY RUDE. I asked her if we could order after we were waiting for over 20 minutes. It was a long 20 minutes being that we already knew what we wanted when we arrived. After about 20 minutes of her being busy,I asked her nicely if she could take our order. She was VERY RUDE and replied snarkly with attitude um in a minute. I have worked retail and all she could have said was yes ill be right back to take your order. No she was very disguisted with me asking her that question after I could see she was busy but walked by many times to do things like replace bread or bring a lid. I don't know why the owner would only have two servers at such a busy time, but there is a way to manage customers who are waiting and not be rude like you could care less if costumers walk out. After awhile I noticed she was rude to everyone. I understand you are busy and you boss understaffed you, but now I'm not sure if I ever want to return. The food is not cheap to be treated like we were at mc donnalds and with no accountability.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 1
Mansour Azizi
I have been going Alborz last 8 years Clean atmospheric and delicious Iranian foods and kabobs awesome
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sharareh Shahrokhi
The best Persian Kebabs in the area. It's a little bit pricey but it's worth it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad, Tah Dige Gheymeh
yadegar Ss
The worst Tah dig. It was completely buried and black with a lot of oil.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Paula Gradu
I find alborz to have the tastiest kabobs in the area!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Gabby
We asked for tax exempt, but we couldn’t get the right response.
Also there was unpleasant smell in the rice.
I found the staff very unfriendly.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Baghali Polo with Lamb Shank
Alfred Erfanian
It is nice place, great service . However the appetizer, (kashkeh bademjan) was 100% frozen and defrosted and brought to our table. It tasted watery instead of thick and hearty. Chicken kabob was okay, some cubes were under cook and chewed.
A great place for Persian food. It has good halal and vegetarian options.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Gheymeh Bodemjan & with Tah Dig, Baklava
Ellen Robertson
There are a lot of negative reviews, but honestly I've eaten here several times and always had a good experience. In my experience, the food is delicious and varied, the service is perfectly fine, the atmosphere is nice, and the restaurant is clean. The only thing I can find fault with is the desserts, and that's not even a big enough problem to drop my rating.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Felipe Caballero
Authentic Persian food in the heart of Berkeley. In addition to the dishes that are very authentic (and the diners of Iranian origin confirm this) and very abundant, they have toasted rice at the bottom of the pot with a little sauce on top, which is served only in the homes of people of Iranian origin. Persian, ask the waiter. Also, excellent service!
Today was my second time eating here and it was even better than the first time. I brought two well traveled friends who also appreciate good food and they both were impressed with the food.
The staff has always been very friendly and professional.
The portions are plenty for a single plate meal for people who like to eat.
The lamb is perfect and falls off the bone.
Try the turkish coffee with desert if you have never had any.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Alborz at Berkeley has been one of my favorite restaurant till recently. I used to get their Koobide at least once a week. But since several weeks ago the quality of their food has deteriorated very badly. I'm not sure if they have changed their chef or their meet source or something else. Last time I ordered, it was so bad that I had to throw it away. But I loved the old food so much that I thought I should try another time. No, it was the same terrible Koobide. I called the restaurant to talk with the owner but couldn't reach him/her. So I leave this review here, hopefully it gets his/her attention. I will update if things change. For me this was the last time I order from this restaurant unless things change.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
We had a craving for Persian food, so we tried out Alborz. Overall quite solid! The fesenjoon was particularly good, and the mirza ghasemi was quite solid too.
The bread that was initially served to us was a stale pita bread, which wasn't great, but then they gave us the lavash bread, which was outstanding.
It scratched the itch for us!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
My elderly mother in law and I stood at the door for ten minutes without being greeted. The two servers were obviously busy, but no hello hi one moment, nothing. They walked by several times didn't acknowledge us at all. My mother in law cant stand for too long so I noticed the seats in front empty and we have sat there before. I asked the guy if we can just sit there. He said rudely "one moment" and proceeded to go about his business ignoring us. Took another six minutes until the lady came and sat us down. I have never ever complained a day in my life. And food is always great I come here alot the other young guy that helps us is always on point. However the lady that was serving us was VERY RUDE. I asked her if we could order after we were waiting for over 20 minutes. It was a long 20 minutes being that we already knew what we wanted when we arrived. After about 20 minutes of her being busy,I asked her nicely if she could take our order. She was VERY RUDE and replied snarkly with attitude um in a minute. I have worked retail and all she could have said was yes ill be right back to take your order. No she was very disguisted with me asking her that question after I could see she was busy but walked by many times to do things like replace bread or bring a lid. I don't know why the owner would only have two servers at such a busy time, but there is a way to manage customers who are waiting and not be rude like you could care less if costumers walk out. After awhile I noticed she was rude to everyone. I understand you are busy and you boss understaffed you, but now I'm not sure if I ever want to return. The food is not cheap to be treated like we were at mc donnalds and with no accountability.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 1
I have been going Alborz last 8 years
Clean atmospheric and delicious Iranian foods and kabobs awesome
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The best Persian Kebabs in the area. It's a little bit pricey but it's worth it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad, Tah Dige Gheymeh
The worst Tah dig. It was completely buried and black with a lot of oil.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
I find alborz to have the tastiest kabobs in the area!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We asked for tax exempt, but we couldn’t get the right response.
Also there was unpleasant smell in the rice.
I found the staff very unfriendly.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Baghali Polo with Lamb Shank
It is nice place, great service . However the appetizer, (kashkeh bademjan) was 100% frozen and defrosted and brought to our table. It tasted watery instead of thick and hearty. Chicken kabob was okay, some cubes were under cook and chewed.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
A great place for Persian food. It has good halal and vegetarian options.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Gheymeh Bodemjan & with Tah Dig, Baklava
There are a lot of negative reviews, but honestly I've eaten here several times and always had a good experience. In my experience, the food is delicious and varied, the service is perfectly fine, the atmosphere is nice, and the restaurant is clean. The only thing I can find fault with is the desserts, and that's not even a big enough problem to drop my rating.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Authentic Persian food in the heart of Berkeley. In addition to the dishes that are very authentic (and the diners of Iranian origin confirm this) and very abundant, they have toasted rice at the bottom of the pot with a little sauce on top, which is served only in the homes of people of Iranian origin. Persian, ask the waiter. Also, excellent service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best persian in Berkeley
Delicious and great service
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