PERSIA Lounge Grill & Bar Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was absolutely amazing, extremely generous portions, cooked to perfection with lovely flavours!"
• "Absolutely stunning! The perfect venue, decorated beautifully and with an excellent selection of starters, mains and desserts."
• "The quality of the food was good, and dips were tasty."
• "Food was excellent - we went for the traditional Iranian stew with yellow spit peas, aubergine and lamb."
• "The food was soooo delicious, the mint sauce was divine and my friends saffron rice was out of this world."

Cons:

• "The food is expensive for something that tastes pretty basic."
• "Very disappointing, no value for money, the taste is very basic."
• "Food didn’t match the prices at all, the food was quite dry and didn’t have much flavours."
• "The lamb was much chewier than I am used to and the portion size was too small."
• "While the food looked amazing it was lacking in flavour really."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff was amazing and entertained the kids as well."
• "Service speed etc was all good so no troubles paying a service charge."
• "The staff went above and beyond and really took care of us."
• "Friendly and attentive service, the food though... the variety of flavours, colours and aromas is beyond imagination!"
• "Service was laid back and genuine. Very good."

Cons:

• "The staff was mean."
• "The new lady with black hair and the bald guy with glasses were so rude to us."
• "Service was not great- half of the people joining our table for dinner were running late by about 30 minutes- whilst we were sat there waiting for the rest of our table to arrive no servers came over to offer us any drinks."
• "We didn’t want to pay all the tip they had put on our bill because the service was honestly poor and the manager became very aggressive towards us because of it."
• "Never back there, little bottle of Coca Cola £4 😱😱😱."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Beautiful decor, clean and spacious."
• "Luxury decor with a relaxed vibe. Food was excellent."
• "Really good food! Had the mixed grill for 6 and was not disappointed, plenty of meat and great sides and salad. Recently had a refurb and stunning interior, very modern and chic."
• "The environment is very beautiful, staff is very friendly and helpful, food is amazingly presented and freshly made."
• "A lovely little intimate den with great decor, lovely staff and a huge menu of very authentic food."

Cons:

• "If you don’t like big displays for a birthday this might not be the place for you."
• "The toilets were naff too and there were dead bugs on the walls."
• "The menu all sounds incredible but the only really stand out thing was the bread they make fresh in a clay oven by the door."
• "The only negative thing is it's not super vegan friendly."
• "It looks nice restaurant, but actually the money you spend not worth it at all."

Pricing

Pros:

• "Very reasonably priced, would defo recommend and will be returning in the future."
• "The portions are enormous and great value for money."
• "Food is superb, fast well presented and reasonably priced, perhaps one of the best Persian restaurants in the region."
• "The food was very great in taste and ambience was amazing. The portion size was certainly more than usual."
• "Excellent prices. They made me feel very special and comfortable being disabled and restricted mobility."

Cons:

• "Cheapest bottle of wine on the menu - £25."
• "Would be 4 stars, but it’s too expensive for what it is."
• "Very disappointing, no value for money, the price doesn't make sense at all."
• "First time seeing Persian food that charges separate for rice, Persian food is all about rice."
• "Food didn’t match the prices at all, I got charged for fries when they asked if I’d like to replace the complimentary rice with fries and I said yes thinking it’s no charge but they charged me for them for £5."