Iranian Club

Iranian brunch with a difference 1 Reviews

From Time Out Dubai Eating Out 2009

With the dramatic, piped-in sounds of the Persian kamancheh (a stringed instrument), refreshing black mint tea and the requirement for all women to don a provided veil, you can’t get more Tehran than this place. Aside from these quirks of authenticity, the food is exceptional and its popularity among Iranians is testament to this.

The salad buffet opener is a must, with some of the best, earthy houmous ever to grace a Dubai tablecloth, and be sure to grab plenty of mast, Iran’s signature yoghurt (though you can’t miss its many variations across the three tables). The club’s homemade batch is incredibly fresh and light, flavoured with flecks of sweet cucumber.

Distinctively Persian spiced kebabs dominate the mains. All come with freshly baked bread from the clay oven and a plate of saffron rice that, while the helpings of saffron aren’t too eager, is perfect with plenty of creamy mast.

Round things off with an eye-twitchingly sweet faloodeh shirazi sorbet. An odd place maybe, but it is darn Iran.

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  • 07 June,2007- reviewed by Time Out Dubai Staff

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