"Pretty on plate but bland on taste. Plus rude Manager to add to a poor experience. Let’s talk service first. Called at 6pm to make reservations for 7.30 and was told that no reservations today it’s all walk in. Reached at 7.20 (drove from Queens to Manhattan) and the manager who was bartender or bartender who doubled as manager asked for reservation even though 9 out of 12 tables were empty. I told him we tried to make reservation on phone and were told it’s walk in today and he completely denied it and insisted we should have made reservation. But how when the lady who picked call said none was needed today. We asked if we should leave then he said wait 5 mins and I will check. Made us wait 10-12 mins by bar side while my kids were hungry, as he had to hand over Uber orders first, punch in order for a take away and handle make a few drinks then he made time for us and got us one of the 9 empty tables. No regrets or making you welcome. Already a poor start.About food- we ordered 5 entrees, two appetizers and a side. To my utter dismay and my family’s (we are regular Persian eaters and we try and look for the best Everytime we travel) the food though looked pretty on the plate was terribly lacking flavor, aroma or any Persian taste. The rice was ok-ish with baghali pulav having not enough Lima beans and zereshk pulao appeared to be watered down version. The lamb koobideh was meh and chicken koobideh was ok but uncooked in some parts of it. The Cornish chicken (jooheh kebab) lacked any flavor and appeared chicken roasted with a dash of color with no marination. The only partly saving grace was mast moosir and the Qaimeh. White rice was just steamed basmati and not done persian style that fluffs up. In all the food was a major disappointment as we started our NYC trip with this meal. It’s the least best $200 spent on persian food for a family of 4 adults and two kids. I would definitely give this a pass and not recommend to anyone at all.PS: bartender/manager you may want to learn the art of management and know even good food cannot save bad service."
