Must-see restaurants in Tabriz

  • Emarat Restaurant

    Tabriz

    Carpeted booths in a wide, airy space, English menus and a plaster waterfall complete with monkeys and goats complement the excellent traditional Iranian…

  • Tabriz Modern Restaurant

    Tabriz

    Go the excellent fried trout (IR270,000) at this friendly, rather ornate basement dining hall. Prices include ‘full service’: salad bar, mast (yogurt),…

  • Talar Bozorg Elgoli

    Tabriz

    Within Elgoli’s mock Qajar palace, this busy, unpretentious family restaurant serves Tabrizi köfte, a local home-cooking speciality that's like a giant…

  • Rahnama Dairy

    Tabriz

    This simple dairy-cafe at the main bazaar entrance serves unbeatable breakfasts of must-asal (yogurt and honey) and khame-asal (cream and honeycomb).

  • Baliq

    Tabriz

    It was once Tabriz' premier fish restaurant, but Baliq's standards no longer quite match its prices (which in turn don't quite match its bills). It's…

  • Revolving Restaurant

    Tabriz

    A plexiglas elevator fires you through the Elgoli hotel atrium as though you're at Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, for predictably great views. The basic…

  • Delestan

    Tabriz

    In Daneshgah, east of the centre near the uni entrance, this is a tale of two restaurants. The scary day-glo fast-food section is popular with students,…

  • Haji Mahid

    Tabriz

    Don't bother looking for a menu – there isn't one; just say chelo murgh or point at anybody else's plate, as the only dish here is chicken and rice. It's…

  • KhoshZaban Kalleh Pacheh

    Tabriz

    Locals rate the kalleh pache ('head and hoof' soup) here as the best in Tabriz. The soup is a traditional winter heart-starter and is made by boiling up…

  • Pizza Fanoos

    Tabriz

    Out in Valiasr, this typically small, fast-food standby has attractive framed glass art and a window upstairs with a good view.

  • Abdi

    Tabriz

    These guys have been churning out pizza forever. Check out the black decor and real flames over the doorway.

  • Koran Restaurant

    Tabriz

    This Tabriz institution opposite the bazaar has the best kababs in town, according to locals.