Sabzi

Once I visited this restaurant, and was not happy with meat. Kebab was overcooked and looked like a coal. I asked to change, for the second time they made better. But I will not go there anymore. Sorry.

Excellent kebab and super tender juicy delicious meat, great service, nice staff and tasty tea with Baklava. Cozy lights and nice music. Found a new favorite place to dine.

Persian menu is limited to different kabobs. The food is good & the place is cozy, with nice ambience. Rather small, but good service. Note that they automatically charge 20% for service for party of 5.

Fantastic food, reasonable prices, and a great cozy date atmosphere.

Great spot for a date. It’s cozy and friendly. Try their homemade garlic yogurt that comes with the vegetable kabob, and have the wine too! xo

Been here a few times. Cute little place Lots of atmosphere. Brought Middle Eastern friends who like kabob and they said it was great. For vegans, there are a few options. A really yummy vegan kabob. and some sides and salads. For vegetarians there are many more options. Will definitely be back for the veggie kabob and the atmosphere.

Tried this place for the first time tonight and I really enjoyed it. The atmosphere was great and we had a great service. The food was tasty and the portion size was good. Give this place a try and you won’t be disappointed

Incredible date restaurant and a discovery in any cooking genre in the Boston area. Arlington should be proud. This place is intimate, considered and delicious. We loved Kevin our waiter and came in after discovering it during a drive through of Arlington. «Sabzi… that’s a Persian restaurant, isn’t it? … Whoa, look at those ratings!!» This is truly loved-​up food with no shortcuts. Recommend calling ahead and making a trip of this place and planning to stay for several courses. We came in at 5:00 for appetizers and by the time we left, the restaurant was full.

One of the best Persian cuisine in the area… I have been there 3 times and everything I have tried on the menu (mainly the Kebobs) are excellent. Small, intimate dining area… Excellent for a quiet lunch and or a dinner with a small group

Sirloin steak kabob and Cornish hen plus salad sharazi so stinking good! Fun atmosphere and cozy for couples. $ 5 glasses of wine. Excellent if you’re looking for something new and tasty.

Super cozy atmosphere, friendly staff, and delicious food. Rice so good it could stand up as the main course, and the kabobs will blow your mind.

Been here a few times with family and also ordered take out. I am persian myself so I can be pretty picky with middle eastern cuisine, but overall food is great. It’s a little bit pricey compared to take out kabob restaurants, but if you are dining in it’s worth it. To be safe ALWAYS CALL AHEAD just because the restaurant is very small and it sucks showing up and finding out every table is reserved. Waitstaff is very nice but they end up taking a while to serve you so definitely don’t come here if you’re in a rush.
Great spot for a date or a quaint dinner out with a few friends or family!

Been many times and the food is always consistent and delicious.

Good service but everything else was just bland… Casual ambiance with casual food. The vegetarian option was not impressive. Overall I felt that whatever we ordered (2 dips as appetizers, 1 chicken kabob and 1 veggie kabob) could have been just as easily prepared at home for ½ the price.

I came here on a Tuesday night and found the food to be a bit bland. We ordered the cornish hen and beef sirloin and neither were exceptionally juicy. We usually have this type of food in New York so maybe my judgement is biased based off of eating there. Also the eggplant dish that everyone seems to rave about has a weird minty flavor to it. I think that throws me off a bit. The pita seemed store bought and not fresh either. I really wanted to like this place but I guess not.

This place is amazing.
The food is indeed perfect and the space is like a room in someone’s home, warm and inviting just like the staff. Like many reviewers have pointed out it is a super small space (only 6 or 7 tables and a small bar) so always call ahead.

These folks know how Persian way of grilling works and they master it… at least in comparison with other Iranian eateries me and my wife have tried in Boston area they sit on the top.
We’ve dined at Sabzi for more than a handful of times ever since they opened their business a few years ago… and one of the good-​review-​makers of this place is their consistency, quality-​wise and portion-​wise.
The last time we ate at Sabzi, we had barg-​kabob and Cornish-​jujeh… both juicy and just melted … turning our Sunday evening dining experience indeed a copacetic one… and our serveur, Khosrow, was in one word, AWESOME!
That said and to the downsides of this place, if you are looking for non-​grilled stew-​type options, you’d definitely need to look elsewhere as their menu is pretty much limited to kabobs only… which is not necessarily a bad thing… they just do what they are good at.
As for side orders, we tried their shirazi-​salad and mast-​o-​khiar… both mediocre IMO… and Sabzi… sorry … but right there you lose a star out of 5! Other than that, thanks for all the rest and keep on rocking! :-)

I brought a friend here for her birthday on a mid-​week evening. I’ve always wanted to try this place out but couldn’t find an excuse to. Arlington’s got another nice restaurant and you can easily miss this location in a more sleepier part of Mass Ave.
The décor of the restaurant has a homey feel to it, but it’s a little dark. I must admit: this spot would make for a pretty nice date. The place is small, intimate, and warm. The restaurant feels somewhat inviting when you enter.
I went for the marinated sirloin steak kabob and the steak was cooked perfectly. The steak was about medium rare to close to medium with it being well-​seasoned. But it wasn’t to the point to where the seasoning overpowered the meat.
My friend’s Kubideh (ground beef) kabob, I guess kinda like kafka, was nicely seasoned. I could tell spices like cumin were present. However, the kabob had a bit of an over-​mixed/​rubbery texture to it. If I visit again, I’d either stick to the steak or try the Cornish hen.
The sides for both dishes were respectable. The rice was fluffy and delicious, along with the grilled tomato and picked cabbage. Nothing really intruded on the meat and provided good accompaniment. I also ordered the salad shirazi to bulwark the vegetable content and definitely enjoyed that as well. I love good fresh cucumbers and tomatoes to begin with, so having a salad of that with a nice tangy marinade was a natural for me.
The Persian tea, a red tea with cardamom, at the end of the meal provided a wonderful conclusion. You felt really comfortable after drinking that tea and made for excellent conversation. It went down smoothly and gave a warm feel on a cold evening.
Service was thoughtful, though the only waiter at the restaurant was a bit shy. Price point is bearable, if you can mentally separate this from a take-​out kabob place.

I have had the food from here several times but only as takeout with a large group. Since we often have the food late, it is usually cold but always yummy. So when I found myself in the area and needing of an early dinner, I decided to finally eat in.
We started with Mast-​o Khiar which is a yogurt and cucumber dip with FRESH mint. I loved it! They also were very nice and were very generous with the fresh pita.
We moved on to the Kabab-​e Barg, which is thin cuts of marinated steak. My daughter and I love this too and the flavoring in the marinade was spot on and very subtle. The rice and pickled cabbage worked really well too especially when I mixed the yogurt dip with the steak and in the pita … drooling just thinking about it. The spot is small and intimate and comfortable.

Really cute little hidden gem in Arlington. This restaurant can be conveniently reached with bus 77 from Harvard sq.
The ash-​reshte was delicious. The rice was really well prepared basmati and both the kubideh and lamb kebap were prepared absolute Persian style.
Would recommend this place as one of the better Persian restaurants … Probably the best in Boston.
Thumbs up.