Abshar

Quirky Iranian restaurant on Jumeirah Beach Road 10 Reviews

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From the outside, it would look no different from the spas, the furniture stores or the professional photography studios nearby, were it not for two outbuildings in the drive; one housing a quaint Iranian sweet shop, the other a sangak oven. Inside, Abshar doesn’t look much like a restaurant; it looks like a private home that has done away with its furniture in favour of tables and chairs and a handful of timid waiters. Dishes include the Abshar special salad (featuring hummus, tabbbouleh and mutabbal, plenty of complimentary latticed sangak, and mixed grill specialities featuring the usual suspects: chicken, minced lamb and whole lamb chunks. However, Abshar’s strength lies in the offerings of the small sweet shop at the gate, which is bursting with baklava, bamia, and qottab. Fans of Persian confectionary would do well ducking in for a closer look.

By Time Out Dubai staff
Time Out Dubai, 22 March 2012

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Posted by: sara on 04 Apr ' 12 at 01:12

• Best for: Business lunch
• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

we were there several times and we ate iranian nice food and talking on our busines 2....i m really proud of having such a nice restaurant in jumeria road..becaz no need to go to deria any more.....so lets go there again and again...

Posted by: Hesam on 23 Jan ' 12 at 13:04

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• Best for: Family friendly
• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

Best Iranian food in town for sure!

You go there and each Persian food! nothing else!

Posted by: Harry A. Yates on 30 Nov ' 11 at 13:58

Excelllent foodm beautifully baked bread and what its called sabzi. The quality of food is good. The decore is well, a bit of a let down and the atmosphere is very average like the service. What is poor is that the waiters and waitresses don't know when to clear the plates. The food is not served at the same time. The bread takes too long to come. The supervision is poor.

I go there again ONLY for the quality and the taste of the food and NOT for the service.

Posted by: meli on 21 Oct ' 11 at 15:53

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• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

great great iranian restaurant.

Posted by: Patsy on 08 Sep ' 11 at 11:00

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• Would you go back to this restaurant? No

I was disappointed the second time I went there. We chose the same dishes :special salad (mutabal, houmous & tabouleh), followed by the mixed grilled platter with the 3 rices. The chicken was dry and over cooked but the llamb was good.The service was quite poor. The drinks ordered at the beginning of the meal took ages to come (there were only 2 other tables dining at the time). We had to ask for bread several times and the staff was rushing to clear up unemptied plates. The aircon was turned on full blast and when we asked to have turned it down, the staff was reluctant to oblige.In the end we had to turn it off ourselves.

Posted by: Iraqi on 06 Aug ' 11 at 09:28

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• Best for: Family friendly
• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

Beautiful seating arrangement, and excellent selection of food. I particularly loved the Dizi, the rice, and the local-made bread!

Posted by: humaira shuaib on 23 Jul ' 11 at 19:23

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• Best for: Family friendly
• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

loved the ambiance and the food also will definitely go back again

Posted by: muna on 28 Jun ' 11 at 07:34

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• Best for: Family friendly
• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

loved the food

Posted by: khalid on 30 May ' 11 at 11:05

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• Best for: Family friendly
• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

great iranian restaurant realy like it the meat is very goood i realy recommend it

Posted by: KIRAN ALPHONSO on 25 Apr ' 11 at 09:37

Is this a branch of the restaurant in Deira? The food there is amazing.........