Tandis

73 Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm, London, NW3 4SL - View on a map
Telephone: 020 7586 8079

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Tandis Restaurant In London
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Overall 7.3
Food 7.7
Service 5.3
Atmosphere 8.0
Value 8.3
Based on 3 reviews

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TimeOut

TimeOut - 4/5

Thursday, June 04, 2009 - This Iranian restaurant has a strikingly modern interior, largely inherited from the bar that occupied the site before it. So you can sink into a huge black leather banquette for your feast of subtly marinated chicken or lamb kebabs, slow-cooked khoresh stews, and faloodeh shaved-ice desserts. We loved the flavours of the dried Persian plum in a sweet and sour vegetble stew (khoresh e aloo esfenaaj), and also the sour tang of sundried lemons in the diced lamb and split peas stew (khoresh e gheymeh). The latter had a rösti-like mesh of tiny potato chips on it to vary the texture a bit.

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My wife and I went for a nice romantic dinner at Tandis.

The food was very good and had a home-cooked feel. The decor was surprisingly upmarket for a Persian/Iranian restaurant and made a difference to some of the low-key ones on Harrow Road etc. We felt the only thing that let down the place was the service.

Both waiters that served us clearly didn't pass charm school and must have been the son and daughter of very dour and depressing parents. If they could up the ante on their personnel then Tandis would definitely become one of our local haunts.
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Raffuel
Overall rating 7 stars
Food 8 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Friday, December 23, 2011

Food was great! As ever the Iranian rice was fantastic! The mosst kheeyar was really tasty. The boys also loved the ice-cream. The service wasn't as warm as I would expect from an Iranian restaurant though.
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Nic
Overall rating 9 stars
Food 9 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Sunday, March 20, 2011

Never eaten Persian before so not entirely sure what to expect . It wasn't bad. The soup ( spinich beans and noodles ) was quite nice and the persian flat bread with it was lovely, Had a double kebab ( chicken and lamb with plain rice ) to follow , the kebabs were pretty good ( lamb one really nice, chicken ok ) but didn't really go with the plian rice , not enough contrast in taste . Had a glass of wine and thought the value was ok , just could have been a little bit more interesting but glad I went.
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Overall rating 7 stars
Food 6 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 8
Tuesday, March 01, 2011

good tasty food, decent portions. decent service.

koobideh with rice around £7. saffron chicken (on the bone or boneless) £8. starters around £4 each. tasty food, kababs and traditional khoreshts (ghormeh sabzi, fesenjoon, gheymeh, bademjoon).

recommended :D
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anon - View all reviews by this user
Overall rating 8 stars
Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Saturday, January 16, 2010

As a Iranian, I have to say that Tandis is one of the best Iranian cousin in London. Last night I was there with my friends for first time and we really enjoyed the delicious food and also nice and modern atmosphere .

I recommend to everyone It's worthy to go there and try it.
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Maz
Overall rating 9 stars
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Friday, October 09, 2009

The food was overall a very good experience. The main dishes could have been more inventive though in the sense, that they only contained meat rice and one tomato. The service was very friendly and the place itself stylish and clean. The price was quite cheap for the good quality of the food! Not to mention the tasty cocktails. It's definitely worth visiting.
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Gustaf & Simona
Overall rating 9 stars
Food 8 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have been to every single persian restaurant in London and Tandis is just something else.

The decor is fantastic and the bar itself sells the place.

Unlike most persian restaurant, Tandis has obviously had designers involved and they have created a cosy but at the same time classy place with 4 different rooms each with different ecor.

For starters we had a Sini Mazzeh for £10 to include Mast moosir, Sabzi khordan, kashke badenjaan and mirzaghasemi and 1 bread which was home made and tasted and smelled nicely. The youghurt is apparently home made as well and it was lovely.

For main course I had a chenjeh soltani and the wife had joojeh ba ostokhoon(poussin on the bone) and the kebabs would just melt in your mouth.

The Doogh(youghurt drink) was so nice it would remind you of dooghe abali.

The staff are very polite and the prices are very reasonable.

Thank you guys for the good job and hope you keep it this way.
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Mo - View all reviews by this user
Overall rating 10 stars
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Monday, February 09, 2009

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Dos Hermanos

Dos Hermanos

Friday, July 03, 2009 - Baghali Polo Ba Maahicheh was a sizable chunk of lamb shank with a large pile of rice mixed with lots of butter, fresh dill and broad beans. Zereshk Polo Ba Morgh was another sizable mound of rice, this time flecked with saffron and covered in sour barberries. Both dishes were delicious. The lamb fell off the bone at the first touch of a fork and the second pile of rice gave way to reveal large amounts of chicken which had been cooked slowly in more saffron.

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