Restaurants in Esfahan
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Bastani Restaurant
In the shadow of the Imam Mosque, the Bastani is the best-located restaurant in Esfahan. That, however, is where the compliments end. In recent years the quality of the food has been less consistent. Which is a pity, as the menu is full of interesting-sounding dishes. If you do eat here, the billing can be confusing so check it carefully. It’s a pity, as the menu is full of interesting-sounding dishes and it used to be good. Hopefully it will pick up.
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Khangostar Restaurant
Located in Julfa Hotel, Khangostar Restaurant offers probably the best food in Esfahan – locals, our own experience and overwhelmingly positive reader feedback can attest to this. Servings are enormous here, (even by Iranian standards!) and the menu large and varied, but mainly Iranian. It’s busy rather than romantic, and the salad and dessert bars might seem a bit Sizzler, but hey, you won’t complain when you get there.
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Sadaf Hotel
The Sadaf Hotel’s restaurant is especially recommended between June and October when you can eat on the rooftop. The food, including steak with mushroom sauce (IR30,000), and the usual range of tasty kababs, is consistently good and complements the rooftop views (when you stand up) across the Old City. It opens indoors during the rest of the year.
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Restaurant Shahrzad
The opulent Qajar-style wall-paintings, stained-glass windows and mirror work contribute to the Shahrzad’s reputation as the best restaurant in Esfahan. And on a good night, it’s excellent – strip lights notwithstanding. Too often, however, it’s packed with tour groups and the service (and food) feels factory produced.
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Sofreh Khaneh Sonnati
Just off Imam Sq, this restaurant uses stained glass, colourful tiles and takhts (day beds) to create a Qajar-era (if slightly touristy) ambience. The food makes it memorable, with Esfahani biryani and khoresht-e bademjan (aubergine or eggplant stew) some of the well-prepared and reasonably priced recommendations.
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Fast Food
The lower end of Chahar Bagh Abbasi St has the greatest concentration of Iranian fast food joints, selling pizza, sandwiches, burgers, ice cream and, occasionally, real kababs. The roads leading into Imam Sq also have a few options, but not the square itself.
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Nobahar Restaurant
Nobahar Restaurant has been around forever because it serves reliably good, reasonably priced staples like kababs and zereshk polo ba morgh. It’s not stylish and service isn’t great, but that’s not what you’re here for.
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Confectionery Shops
Esfahan's famous speciality is gaz, a delicious nougat usually mixed with chopped pistachios or other nuts. It's available pretty much everywhere, but especially in confectionery shops along Chahar Bagh Abbasi St and around Imam Sq.
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Fereni Hafez
For an Iranian breakfast experience (at any time of day) head for where you can enjoy a delicious bowl (or two) of fereni (made of rice flour, milk, sugar and rose-water) for IR2000.
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Mikhak Restaurant
Just off the northeast end of the bazaar, the Mikhak serves quality Iranian comfort food that seems to comfort half of the bazaris every day. Vegetarians should look elsewhere.
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Arabo
This popular underground pizza joint–cum-café offers heavily made-up, crimson-clad waitresses and pizza that’s tasty despite the usual Iranian-pizza limitations.
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Restoran-e Sa’di
This place is a classic lower middle-class Esfahani restaurant, with a cheapish, not that stylish, small menu with only half the dishes available.
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Kalleh Pache
If you take the ‘when in Rome’ philosophy seriously, or just like the taste of sheep brains, then this tiny shop is for you.
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Khorshid
This modern Iranian place appeals to upwardly mobile young Esfahanis with its relaxed atmosphere and reasonably priced Iranian food.
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Aboozar Restaurant
The rest of the bazaris seem to come here for fast, cheap and tasty meals. Arrive early or the best food will be gone.
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Azam Beryani
Biryani is an Esfahani speciality and this modest little place is a favourite of Esfahanis. Join the queue.
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Restoran-e Khayyam
Cheap, popular, very local and justifiably busy little kabab, rice and bread place.
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