Pars Grill House

This was my first time eating Persian food and I loved it. My coworker who is from Iran took a few of us here for lunch and ordered for us. I can’t remember the names of the two appetizers, but for my meal I had the #48… Fesenjan– Chunks of chicken stewed in pomegranate and walnut sauce. He ordered it for me with «tahdig», which is the Persian word for the crunchy rice at the bottom of the pan. The dish was so flavorful and I love the crunch from the tahdig. I will definitely be going back! I’d love to go for dinner and drinks.

Don’t take the 3 star as a bad sign, this place is actually the best Persian food i’ve had while living in New York. I’m giving it a 3 based on being Armenian and growing up in Persian families and living in Los Angeles for 25+ years. If i was rating best persian food in NY i would give it 5 stars but like i said if Pars was in LA it would shut down within a year because it would’nt compete with Persian food in LA. I’ve already spent a lot at Pars in 6 months and 1 thing that dissapoints me is that on their menu they have a dish named «Borani» and in Los Angeles persian restaurants «Borani» is a soup dish, while Pars sells it as yogurt.

I went to Pars on a Wednesday evening and I was planning to first check out the atmosphere to make sure it wasn’t too dead. I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was actually pretty full. I unlocked the Unilocal deal for the free glass of wine with the check-​in, and our server offered us 2 glasses. The service was wonderful throughout the entire meal.
I came with someone who had never tried Persian food before, so we ordered 7 things. Needless to say, we ordered too much. The first 3 came as part of the appetizer combination option. We got the Maasto Moosir, the Kuku Sabzi, and the Kashk-​e Bademjan. The portions were so large that we had to order another side of bread (they charge $ 2 for extra bread, but whatever). I can’t speak for the kuku since I hate the dish in general, but the other 2 were great. My favorite of those 3 was the Kashk-​e Bademjan though.
We then got Tadig with gheime and the Fesenjan with chicken. This was seriously the biggest portion of Tadig I’ve ever received at a restaurant. I could have eaten just this and I’d be fine. I’ve definitely had better Fesenjan. It tasted like the took leftover chicken from abgoosht and put it in the fesenjan.
For dessert, we got tea and the saffron-​rosewater-​pistachio ice cream. Usually, this flavor of ice cream is heavy on the pistachios and I’m not a fan. The proportion of pistachio to ice cream in this was perfect.
I’m definitely going back. I recommend the Tadig, the Kashk-​e Bademjan, and the ice cream. I have Maasto Moosir in my fridge so it wasn’t really a novelty to have it here.
Tips for anyone who wants to go: The sides menu offers smaller portions of the gourmet rice dishes if you don’t want rice as your main dish.

I really like this place! They have very great food there. Totally recommended.

You say you were there and you allowed this to happen? Even more pathetic.
I was eating my first course by then at another restaurant and both the other patrons made positive comments to me about their disbelief of your staffs actions. But, I do absolutely understand you defending huge mistakes on your part here, that’s natural. I hope you will learn a lesson from this experience and make sure no one has this experience again.
No worries about me, I have too many amazing and more than equal choices in this area as do the rest of us. And after telling others in our neighborhood about this they have all said this is typical for your place. Sad that they don’t also use Unilocal but sadder to know you treat people badly often.
Hope that gets better for you…

I live near the area and thoroughly enjoy my Iranian food. My mother’s friend was an Iranian woman and whenever her mother (mothers friends mother) would come in from Iran she would make lovely lovely Iranian food so Im a big fan of the cuisine. I highly recommend the fessenjan atmosphere. n if you wish to try something new, its a stew made of pomegranate and walnuts and has such a unique taste its hard to describe.
I previously said this was amazing but having gone recently the quality of food has fallen drastically. I mean its not bad but it went from being delicious and soft to tasteless and bland. The fessenjen has a great taste as a stew but the chicken inisde was so hard, I mean its meat in stew guys the whole point is for it to be soft and juicy. The kebabs also were suddenly tasteless. They must have changed chefs or somethnig because the difference it too stark.
I would recommend Ravagh instead if you have the choice.

Excellent food, sweet and friendly service, and a warm, unassuming atmosphere. The kashke– bademjan, saffron/​pistachio ice cream, and warm baklava were especially memorable. Looking forward to returning.

First and foremost I’m Persian and know good Persian food. I’ve ordered from here twice. The joojeh is good but the barg is a tiny piece of meat I wouldn’t even consider for lunch. It was pathetic. They barely give any rice. The worst part is is that it’s incredibly overpriced.
Ravagh which isn’t too far away has much larger portions, Cheaper and tastier food.
I figured I’d give them a try but now I’m just extremely disappointed.

I absolutely loved everything here! Authentic Iranian good. Came here with my Iranian friend and had a feast of aromatic exotic flavor. I really recommend the crispy rice with beef and beans stew. Also the rice with dried barberries and chicken (jujeh kebab) and the lamb Kebab. The ice cream with rose water and pistachio was a-​ma-​zing! Service excellent and for a bonus free smooth Shiraz wine if you check in on Unilocal.Highly recommended!!!

Service took too long time. probably was busy.

The foot is amazing here. I’m a Persian and I know what a a good Persian meal should taste like.
The service is also great.

We go here a fair amount after jiu jitsu and it’s always delicious. The wait can be a bit long but the food is always hot and delicious. Also they bring you flatbread while waiting, and who doesn’t love that? Staff are very friendly and kind about us trudging in with our backpacks of gear after class.
Recommended: stuffed grape leaves and either #25 (chicken and steak with rice) or #27 (steak with rice). Also served with grilled vegetables.

You really should think about how you treat your customers if you hope to make it in this business.
Although I myself had an okay time at your restaurant (the zereshk polow was so-​so), you were incredibly rude and disrespectful to my friend.
If my friend asks for a dish to be «no meat, vegetarian» and you give them a dish with meat in it – that is wrong. If you argue with them and say that they ordered incorrectly — that is wrong. If you refuse to take it off the bill after we send it back — that is wrong.
Don’t mess up your business with crappy customer service. Although you eventually took the dish off our bill you were incredibly difficult and disrespectful about it.
You lack of integrity in your business shows both in not only how you treat your customers but how you cook your food (which as I said before, was so-​so).

I have never ever had such a bad dining experience in my life. If I could give zero stars, I would.
I am a vegetarian. I asked for fesenjoon (usually with chicken) but «with no meat, vegetarian.» The waitress told me they could do that. When they brought the food, I discovered after several bites that there was a large piece of chicken in my food. When I brought this to the attention of our waitress, she said «oh you said no meat, you didn’t say vegetarian. They just picked the meat out of the dish. There is no vegetarian fesenjoon.» When I responded saying that I had asked for it to be vegetarian, she started to argue with me saying I didn’t. Even if she hadn’t heard the vegetarian part, she clearly heard the «no meat» part, and there was still meat in the dish! After a lot of arguing, she finally took the dish back and I didn’t eat anything because I had lost my appetite.
I figured that because they took back my dish, they wouldn’t charge me for it. When the bill came, I discovered that they had charged me for the fesenjoon and the rice, which I did not eat. I asked the waitress to remove it and she said she couldn’t. When I asked to speak to the manager, she left and came back with a new receipt, and told me in farsi, «We took it off for you, but the manager said to tell you that we are ONLY doing this because it’s the New Year. Otherwise we would never do such a thing.» And then she proceeded to argue with me again over the fact that I said «no meat,» saying I should still be charged. Also they still charged me for the rice I didn’t eat.
Seriously, what??? Since when is it okay to charge someone for a dish they sent back? Especially if they requested it with no meat and it came with a big chunk of meat! I have never been so disrespected in my life. It’s just unheard of that you would argue with a customer like this, especially when you just gave a vegetarian person meat. And the level of attitude I received with the «only because it’s the new year» comment… Just ridiculous.
Avoid this place if you are a vegetarian, or if you are a person who wishes to receive good customer service or to be treated with any respect.
Also the food that I did have wasn’t even good. At all.

My experience here was excellent. I had the chicken kabob and dolman… Everything was so tasty.

I wasn’t super impressed by Pars. I went for Valentine’s night dinner and the restaurant was half-​empty.
Service wasn’t great. Food was fine but nothing stood out. I would not recommend the baklava. Normally baklava is one of my favorite desserts but this one was off — it had an overpowering spiciness and wasn’t moist.
When we asked for hot sauce, we were told «Sorry, but saffron is expensive so you wouldn’t want to cover up the food’s flavor with hot sauce.» Then someone brought over their hot sauce options — Cholula and Tabasco. C’mon guys. You can do better. How about a homemade hot sauce or some other alternative that you can offer? I didn’t find that response to be appropriate.
As we were leaving there was a belly dancer coming out to start a routine. We had easily been there for 2 hours without entertainment, unacceptable for Valentine’s night but I suppose that’s why they weren’t full.

Worst Persian food. Let’s the Persian tells you. Meat wasn’t fresh. Rice was old. Yukie oily and when I ask to speak to owner Persian guys answered me very rudely ignored my commons. Go to ravagh or kolbeb much more authentic and fresh.

Excellent! As an Iranian I can vouch for the authenticity of their kabob! Definitely the best in the city.
The tea was spot on and their baklava is made fresh there and to die for!!! I think it’s made with honey instead of syrup because it’s on another level… I wish I could order their baklava in bulk.

This used to be my favourite Persian restaurant in new york, however the past two times that I have ordered food from them its been a major disappointment.
The food arrives almost half the normal portion that it should be (example: picture of the gheimeh stew that I ordered tonight) and when I complain they say «these are our normal portions». Really? I paid 12 bucks for approximately three tables spoons of stew?
They have started becoming a bit of a rip off.
Save your money and order from Ravagh– another persian restaurant in manhattan. At least they wont charge you an arm and a leg for their leftovers the way Pars seems to be doing these days.

My mother LOVED this place because she once worked in the area and used to order from here all the time, so she brought me here on a Sunday for dinner. We walked in and we were seated and all was well except I noticed that there was a couple of flies lingering in the dining area. It wasn’t a big deal because their windows were open.
I ordered the Barg (fillet mignon), because I noticed that it was a fan favorite based on a sign I saw displayed at the front door, and I found it to be sub par. There was literally no flavor to the steak, and that was disappointing.
What really prompted me to write this review was not because the food wasn’t outstanding. It was because of what I found in my mother’s drink. There was a bug in her drink that was still ¾s full, holding on for dear life swimming around. I understand that it can, and will happen during this time of year, but it was the way the waitress handled (or didn’t handle) the situation. Here it goes:
Me: Excuse me, there’s a bug in this beer.
Waitress: uhmmm… uhhh… (there’s an uncomfortable pause and she looks confused) We– We serve the beers straight from the bottle.
Me: (at this point I look a bit annoyed for obvious reasons) Okay, but there’s a bug in this beer. If you’d like, you can see for yourself.
Waitress: (still looking clueless and is clearly at a loss for words) Is there anything you want me to do? What do you want me to do?
Me: What can you do for me?
So, here’s the thing; What I expected was for the waitress to apologize, and she hadn’t. I also expected her to either ask me if my mother wanted a drink to replace this one free of charge, or to remove it from our check altogether. She did neither. My mother even overheard her talking about the situation with another coworker, and STILL, there was nothing done about the bug. I felt like the whole exchange between her and I should’ve been recorded and presented at a job orientation for the SAME position because she clearly had no idea how important customer service is or what it even is.