Naroon Fitzrovia

Incredibly flavourful food with lovely service. I would highly recommend getting the platter. The meat is succulent and combined with the fragrant rice is a delight. I’d highly recommend it

Bit of an issue with our booking, through open table, clearly not connecting to the actual venue properly, led to a young chap on the door just getting a bit grumpy with us. Anyway we were escorted out of the nice bit into the older take away style half of the place. Extremely popular venue, I thought the food was was alright. After the rude man on the door our actual waiter was very pleasant. The pomegranate olives were lovely, one thing I thought was a bit odd was the deeg. £26 lamb shank deeg, the description suggests it’s coming out in a big pot, when actually it’s quite a small portion of lamb in a bit of sauce. The mixed grill for four is £90 and probably isn’t enough for four of you.

While traveling in London, it was a priority to make a trip to Naroon as it had glowing reviews. It did not disappoint. We started with the Olivieh and the Kuku Sabzi as appetizers. The olovieh could have used a bit more spice but was tasty - while the kuku took me back to childhood memories eating with my family around the table. It had pomegranate seeds sprinkled on top which added a nice contrast. The Taftoon bread and Torshi were nice complements to the appetizers and the rest of the meal. The true standouts from our order were the mains. For the table we shared a Vaziri - which is one skewer of Joujeh Kabob (Boneless Chicken) and one skewer of Koobideh Kabob (Ground Lamb). The Koobideh was grilled to perfection while the Joujeh was extremely tender and moist. The Ghormeh Sabzi (Mixed Herb Stew) was one of the best I’ve had in a restaurant. You could immediately taste the dried lime doing its part to blend and mix the flavors. More times than not, when ordering this dish at a Persian restaurant, it is not fresh - however this was very fresh and comforting to eat. At this point we were very full - yet still decided to order the desert “Se-Shir Irani” which translates to “Iranian Tres Leches.” Unfortunately, they had just sold out for the night - which was disappointing but left us something to look forward to next time. The food, staff, space, and ambiance were all very welcoming! It will be a regular stop for me next time I’m in London.