Bandar Restaurant

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Voted Best Persian restaurant in San Diego for 10 years

Good for groups
Gaslamp Quarter
Lunch and dinner

In San Diego, Farahani used his architectural skills to remodel Historic Building #16 in the downtown Gaslamp District to create a restaurant with a cool, contemporary look. Because the site was historical, many restrictions were imposed. For example, he could not tear down an original brick wall. Instead, he and his wife, Shokooh, washed every brick by hand. They plastered the other walls, painted them white, and added flattering indirect lighting from olumnar lamps. But ambiance alone does not make diners return. Bandar prepares the finest Persian food in the city (36 dishes). Bold flavors such as garlic, onion, dill, and mint predominate, adding up to impressions of complexity and intrique rather than spicy heat. Service is fast and attentive and prices are reasonable.

Bandar Restaurant 3 reviews – Review Bandar Restaurant (619) 238-0101 825 4th Ave San Diego, CA 92101 Edit Business \| Upload Photo \| E-mail to Friend	Editorial Description by Citysearch Succulent beef and poultry offerings seasoned with Middle-Eastern flavors of garlic, onion and saffron draw kabob enthusiasts to this quiet, downtown dining room. Rated 6.4 out of 10 by Citysearch.

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3 Reviews of Bandar Restaurant in San Diego ...Write yours here! Great Persian Food! By ZULIYA K. If you want to try Persian food, go to Bandar. It offers a wide variety of authentic Persian specialties. My favorite chicken kobideh with zereshk palav (ground chicken kabob with barbaries rice). It's to die for! To finish off, try their Persian Ice-Cream with pistachios and rose water! Posted 09/22/08 \| Printable Version Was this review helpful to you? Yes / No (you must log in or sign up to vote) Not my favorite By Rachel S. I really did not like eat here at all. There was not a large selection of food to choose from, and it was all expensive. I ended up getting the chicken, and it was too dry to eat, I ate all of the rice which was pretty tasty. I also got one of the soups, and it was awful. I couldn't eat it, I did not enjoy eating here. It was a cool atmosphere though, but the food was not a good persian food experience. Posted 02/24/08 \| Printable Version Was this review helpful to you? Yes / No (you must log in or sign up to vote) Awesome! By Lauren D. This is an amazing place for a first date! Great food and beautiful decor! Any woman or man would be completely smitten over it! Plus the food is sinful! First Review! Posted 01/23/08 \| Printable Version Was this review helpful to you? Yes / No (you must log in or sign up to vote) 5 Reviews by Citysearch: (read all 17 reviews on Citysearch) Best Persian Restaurant in San Diego I looooove Bandar's chicken kabab and green salad. My husband can't get enough of the lamb shank mixed with the hummus avocado...we could eat it everyday! The staff service is also always very friendly and dressed nicely. Posted 08/20/08 at 2:08pm Reply to sandiegosun Thank you for your review, but we do not believe your judgement is fair. Bandar has been awarded Best Ethnic & Persian Cuisine 1996-2008. We have a classic historical design & in regards to the article in the back of our menu, for us it is very valuable because it is our story and it never gets old. Posted 07/29/08 at 12:41pm Times Have Changed But Not At Bandar Extremely disappointing experience dining at Bandar. The service staff have ghost like attitude and never write anything down adding insult to injury. The food lacks care and has steam table qualities shouting from it. It is apparent from the pricing of both dinner and wine list menus that rent is very high at their location. Some how the restaurant feels its customers have to pay its high rent and get none in return. The place looks tired and on its last limb. An old article in the menu is a perfect example that Bandar remains in the past. This was restaurant week in San Diego. When are you going to step it up? Pros: Location. In the GasLamp Quarters Cons: Sub Standard Food and Service, Pooe attitude Posted 06/22/08 at 6:17pm Worst customer service The waiters, hostess and busboys are all very rude. There are no apologies for poor service, long waits for food. For example, drink refills are allowed but higly frowned upon and take about 45 minutes to arrive to your table after you ask 3 times.. After your second drink refill they will impolitely notify you that the next one will have to be paid for. No smiles, lots of attitude. Pros: easy to walk in and get a table Cons: service, service, service Posted 12/30/07 at 5:55am It will ruin your night! I went to Bandar for the first time on my birthday. It was a horrible experience and I would never recommend it to anyone. The food was dry and tasteless. And the service was the worst I have ever seen. And it is extremely overpriced for some nasty food and horrible service. Pros: nothing Cons: tasteless food, horrible service Posted 10/25/07 at 3:02pm