Persepolis

Had 3 waitresses and 1 manager who sat and did nothing. Couldn't even get their attention as they sat and talked to each other as if they had no customers. We were one of three tables and no one got service. All were upset. Some banged on plates to get attention and some yelled across empty restaurant. I thought that was rude, but it appeared the only to get service.

Pros: very good food

Cons: no service at all

Posted 07/17/09

I have been here many times. Both ala Carte and buffet. Never had any issue in the ala carte. I have the chicken kebabs or barg... both are excellent and are much better than the buffet versions (hot and soft).
The buffet has a lot of meat and veggie stuff. Overall a good value.

Their starter bread (lavash I think) is the best.

The service could be a little better. The big TV in the dining room of a classy restaurant is a disaster! I dont know who came up with that idea.

The prices could be a little lower for better value after all they are in a dumpy location. A Saturday buffet would be a good option.

Pros: Great food, excellent bread

Cons: Location hard to find, parking,price-to-value

Posted 07/15/09

The food is actually not that bad, but I have had MUCH better. The rice was dry and the meat was a little too fatty. The service was absolutely awful. The waitress sat there and laughed loudly the entire time. Other staff of the restaurant sat at a table together and talked about people and as we left they continued to laugh and be rude. You are supposed to be a classy restaurant and treat your paying customers with respect. If you must be loud and rude, please go to the back, or wait till your customers are gone. You can laugh at whatever all you want, the joke is ultimately on YOU because you are ruining the reputation of your restaurant. Also, the cups and utensils were very dirty. The guy came out with the bread on a small plate holding it with his bare hands so it did not fall off. It was disgusting!

Basically what I am saying is that if you want true quality Persian food from the respectful classy Iranians that SHOULD be serving it, THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO GO. And the guy in the connected Persian Grocery store is the RUDEST individual I have ever met. I was very disappointed with my experiences.

Pros: Decent food, good portionns

Cons: awful service

Posted 06/01/09

I've eaten here several times and shopped in the attached Middle Eastern grocery store. I've spent a large portion of my adult life in the Middle East and know what good food should taste like.

I have found that the servers are willing to spend time with the customers and explain the food items. On one occasion when the food preparation was slow, they apologized profusely and did not charge.

The portions are large and generous and the food has always been delicious.

Unlike the other reviewers, I never noticed anything unsanitary at all or been unable to communicate with the servers.

Afterwards, since my family loves cooking Middle Eastern food, we enjoy the opportunity to shop for hard to find ingredients in the grocery store.

I highly recommend Perseopolis for an enjoyable evening. In fact, I just made reservations for a dinner party tomorrow night.

Pros: Ample portions of delicious food and attentative service.

Cons: The service can be slow.

Posted 04/23/09

This used to be my favorite Persian restaurant. Then they stopped service fresh bread automatically for buffets And they increased the price. Plus, they were getting to be slow in filling the beef section of the buffet. So I stopped going regularly for a while. But now, the restaurant seems to be back close to its original quality.

This used to be coowned by the guy who ended up starting Rumi's Kitchen. The quality seemed sporadic under the new owners. But now things are better.

I have had their alacarte in the past, but not recently. Solid good quality kabobs of all types. The price is reasonable though a tad on the pricey side.

Let me spend more time on the buffet review. They have a little bit more variety on the buffet. They have good stuffed grape leaves as a regular item now. They have three beds of different rice, one of them being white with a saffron streak. Grilled tomatoes that used to be served during dinner along with the kabobs are now frequently available during buffets.

Other daily lunch buffet items are chicken kabobs, beef filet strips, beef koubideh, lamb shank. Then they also serve two other meat dishes rotating among lamb stew, chicken promegranate sweet stew. They all taste good.

They got fresh fruit from time to time. And for a while, they had this bad habit of putting out cold flat bread stacked in a basket. Now , they have gone back to serving hot flatbread with poppy seeds to you personally upon request. I find this to be the tastiest bread of all the persian places.

And I have noticed the meat trays getting filled regularly in my last few recent trips. Hopefully, this place won't slip up again like they did in the past.
Suggestions: I wish they would add a Saturday afternoon buffet.

Pros: Food(best persian bread when fresh)

Cons: Consistency suffers sometimes. Pricey buffet

Posted 03/19/09

I'm an American woman who has worked in the middle east extensively. I speak decent English, French, and Arabic. I went here with a group (the mandatory 18% gratuity was a source of much derogatory comment, since the service was inattentive and rude). I wished to order from the very limited vegetarian menu and asked (in all 3 languages) whether the food was vegan. I got blank stares, rolled eyes, tossed head...a complete failure to care whether or not the food met my needs. The server then proceeded to recommend (in Arabic) that I just eat from the $12.99 lunch menu, despite their being only 1-2 boring vegetarian dishes and despite my still having gotten no real answer to the question of vegan food. There is plenty of delicious vegan Persian food, most of it easy to prepare with ingredients that were obviously used in preparing the other dishes. Any decent server would have offered to speak to the chef. This one wanted me to pay $16 for rice and a dessicated veggie shish-kabob. And if my cleaner was as neglectful of corners as theirs appears to be, I'd fire her. The place was...not exactly filthy but certainly not clean. Yuck. They reminded me of the sort of place that parks itself by the airport and lures the tourists in before they know any better.

Pros: Can't think of any.

Cons: Stinking service, dirty restaurant, ridiculous tipping policy

Posted 12/25/08

Nasty and bad tempered

Found a hair in the rice, ask the waitress to change it but found another or the same hair in the ?new? rice?I guess it was the same rice. The waitresses are the worst, they are rude and they want you to eat what they tell you.

Posted 11/09/08

it is a best restaurant i've ever been for past 3 years. the servers are very friendly and helpfull(give you really good advice, if you are not familiar with persian food) and very very cute girls!!!!
Food is ALWAYS perfect. (lamb, beef) Also,they make their own bread. it is good plase for party,so much fun friday and sutr.

Posted 10/03/08

This was my first time at Persepolis and my last. Went with a group of people (10) and wanted to order from the menu. Staff was NO help in educating me on what everything was and I felt "bullied" into eating from lunch buffet (NOT WORTH $12.99). After stumbling through the line and asking what everything was, I was reluctantly told what a few things were; but, clearly, they were annoyed that I wasn't knowledgeable about their food. After lunch when the bill came, I was shocked to see they added 18% gratuity (WHAT? TO FILL MY WATER GLASS ONCE AFTER I FLAGGED DOWN THE WAITER!!!). 18% gratuity for a buffet?! What a rip-off! Now, two hours later and almost $20.00 poorer, I'm hungry! Bad and expensive food and even worse service. Don't go!

Posted 07/27/08

This is one of my and my coworkers favorite restaurants. The service is great, fresh food is great, can't say much more but just you to have try it by yourself. Words cannot do justice to a place like this.

Posted 07/26/08

Unfortunately we made the mistake of going to Persepolis for a second time. We thought the terrible service we were given the first time was just the restaurant having a bad night. But the second time, it was the same thing all over again. With all the wonderful restaurants to go to in Atlanta, not worth trying. Two Thumbs DOWN all around from the service and atmosphere to the food.

Cons: service, ambience,

Posted 04/07/08

Love this place. Service is always good. Food is the best. Great place to enjoy with your family.

Posted 02/10/08

I made the horrible mistake of taking all my family to that awful place for lunch buffet... The servers were really busy so we were not taken cared of at all. The worst of all was the ridiculous attitude of the co owner who expected me to give a big tip for something they did not earn!!!!! We did it all!!! He treated me really bad, insulting me...and so on. At least he could be gentleman enough to respect me as a lady. Food was not even great, cooked the night before and meat was not good at all... Awful, awful, awful, It is all I can say. Do NOT go there!! One star is too much for that awful place.....

Pros: none

Cons: all, bad service, awful food, co owner etc all!!!

Posted 01/11/08

This was the first time I had ever had Persian food and it was wonderful. I ordered the Cornish Hen with Basmati and Saffron rice and it was delicious! The hen was a little on the salty and citrus side, but it had a good bite. Even though it was a little tough it was still pretty good. The rice was my favorite part of the dish. It was rich and buttery and one of those things you just can not stop eating! The portion of the meal was also really large and I had plenty to eat there and later at home. The only drawback was that the server was not very approachable or friendly and seemed like he really did not want to be there and the location is not in the best area. I will definitely return to Persepolis and try something else.

Pros: Great food, many items to choose from, portion of food, price

Cons: Location, service could be a little more friendly

Posted 11/27/07

I recommend everyone to try this CUISINE at least once, to see and taste the food.
Best of all dont miss " The Lunch Buffet " which includes " BEEF & CHICKEN Kebobs "
and variety of plane and mix rice dishes .Make sure you definitely try the Vegatable Beef Stew.
and what realy makes it special is ' you get one or two HOT big flat bread, AWESOME ,which
serve as you first seat , with feta cheese, walnuts,herbs(basil,cilantro,mint), kind of like pre appetizer.
till waiteres get your order...!!
And if it happend to be weekend nights , then there is Belly-Dancers Show , LOVELY .

" BEEF & CHICKEN KEBOBS , VARIETY OF DIFFERENT RICE,
AND STEWS."
A NICE FAMILY RESTAURANT, AND ALSO WEEKEND BELLY-DANCERS.

Pros: LUNCH BUFFET & KEBOB DISHES.

Cons: NO BUFFET ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS.

Posted 03/25/07

I frequent this restaurant quite a bit. The food is excellent and is the main reason why we come back. Be weary, service can really be bad sometimes and you might have to wait a long time for waiters to refill your drinks or to come and check on you. Also, watch out on to go orders, I can remember at least 3 times where they overcharged us on phone orders and did not give us all the food we ordered.

Posted 10/18/06

We waited for a long while to be seated and left because the 'hostess' was too busy serving up drinks to one table. One of the waiters even reminded her of us standing at the doorway (including my 2 yer old). She still ignored us. Wonder what her problem was...?

Pros: They didn't give us a chance to discover them

Cons: Was never seated

Posted 10/14/06

I've gone to Persepolis for the lunch buffet with co-workers a number of times, and we always enjoy it. Until today, when they tacked on an 18% gratuity. For a buffet. Our server came to the table twice - the first time was after we'd already gotten our food. After complaining, we were told that they always add 18% gratuity for parties of 5 or more, and they wouldn't remove it, even after being told we would no longer dine there.

Pros: Food

Cons: 18% grat. on buffet!!

Posted 05/18/06

I was introduced to Persian food back when I was in Los Angeles , where they have their biggest comunity and well over 100 Persian Resturants there, but without a doubt I can say that the food at "Persepolis Cuisine" is tastier and much more
authentic than any other resturants I tried there or here, in Atlanta,specially the Ghormeh Sabzi .
Their " BARG "(Fillet of Beef on Skewer) is their
master piece !! try it and compare it, next time that you go to a Steak House and pay $25 or more
for " fillet Menion".
Well if I had to sum it all up, I guess " Authenticity"
is the adjective I would use to describe Persepolis.

David.

Pros: Best Daily Buffet, Fresh Flat Bread, Large Portions

Cons: No Buffet on Weekends, Wine Selection

Posted 06/08/05