Mahdi Restaurant

This wonderful place is a regular fixture in my diary, for simple cuisine in a friendly clean restaurant this place is hard to beat. The food is good and the portions are always generous. The menu is quite limited but what they do serve is always excellently prepared. Staff are friendly and the restaurant itself always busy which is the sign of a good place. Just like many regulars we made the mistake on our first trip of ordering a main dish each after having had bread and several starters, we simply couldn't finish it all. Unless you haven't eaten all week its easily possible to be satisfied with a selection of starters and one main course between two people. Its easy to have a good meal and come away stuffed for just over £20 all in. This place also has bread freshly on the premises, a lovely little man bakes authentic bread to order by the front door, Its like having your meal in a bakery.

Yes they could do with air con but its not a major problem. The recycling food claim is rubbish, how long would your reputation last if that was true, this place is busy 7 days a week. No alcohol can be a problem but if you simply can't eat food without it perhaps you should be asking yourself some questions!
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andy B
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Food 10 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Such a lovely place to have your dinner , i regularly go to mahdi restaurant with people from different counties and all of them loved it , i recommend it to every one , the service has problem some times but in overall i dont mind it as the food is so nice and the average charge per person is about 15 pounds,
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kasra
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Food 10 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 5
Thursday, October 04, 2007

This review goes to all the people who are thinking of visiting this restaurant and it goes specially to Samad..

the whole point of these reviews are for you to give your honest opinion and a guide for peole who want to go there,,the reason i went to this restaurant three times was because of all these good reviews i read online so the first time it turned out bad i thought maybe it was me,so i thought of giving them another try however when i heard their left over foods policy i found myself responsible to make everyone else aware of this.

I only suggested there are nicer persian restaurants around and i wasn't advertising any in particular... i'm actually suspecious of your identity and some of these exagerated reviews.

Abbas London
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Abbas
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Food 2 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 4
Monday, October 01, 2007

I think people should disregard this particular review by Abbas. If he is so dissatisfied, why has he been there 3 times? Why is he advertising other Iranian venues? Very dubious.

We go to Mahdi as a family very regularly and I know many friends who do the same. It is a lovely place and very friendly. The mince Kabab isn't up to scratch but the rest of the food is fantastic. Our kids, and their friends, use Mahdi too for birthdays and get-togethers. It has a good atmosphere both for young and old. What you may not like is that they do not serve alcohol - but if you are after a genuine Iranian experience you wouldn’t be after that in an Iranian restaurant anyway.

I think they should move to larger premises because they would fill the place very easily.
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Samad - View all reviews by this user
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, August 24, 2007

We go to Mahdi as a family very regularly and I know many friends who do the same. It is a lovely place and very friendly. The mince Kabab isn't up to scratch but the rest of the food is fantastic. Our kids, and their friends, use Mahdi too for birthdays and get-togethers. It has a good atmosphere both for young and old. What you may not like is that they do not serve alcohol - but if you are after a genuine Iranian experience you wouldn’t be after that in an Iranian restaurant anyway.

I think they should move to larger premises because they would fill the place very easily.
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Samad - View all reviews by this user
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, August 24, 2007

My Husband and I went to the Mahdi Restaurant last night 18th August 2007. After visiting Iran a few years ago I was longing to taste Iranian food again, not actually living in London ourselves we'd travelled from Lowestoft in Suffolk to spend the weekend there, I was determined to find an Iranian Restaurant on our visit. It was wonderful, the food was gorgeous and the atmosphere was lovely. I enjoyed my every minute there. The food was excellent value for money and brought back many happy Iranian memories. The staff were very welcoming and I can't wait to return there again. I think the Restaurant needed to be doubled in size and I'm sure they would fill it to capacity, air con wouldn't go a miss either as I was so hot in there, but loved it anyway. I would certainly recommend. Thank's Mahdi Restaurant for a lovely meal and evening.
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Outgoingsarni - View all reviews by this user
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Sunday, August 19, 2007

I have been there three times and i find the staff and especially the manager (one the owners) is extremly rude, agressive and very impolite. They do not know a word about customer service. They usually use left over foods for take aways, according to one of their staff so no wonder why the food is not very expensive. never going back there again. If you want to go a persian cusine around that area try Masoud, Mohsen or Alborz. also Behesht is so recommended in north london.
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abbas - View all reviews by this user
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Food 3 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 4
Saturday, August 11, 2007

A thoroughly enjoyable meal with friends and family there on Saturday evening.

I must complement the friendly staff and generous meal portions.

Authentic decor thrown in this must make this the resturant of choice for anyone seeking real Persian hospitality.
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Mukhtar
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Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Wednesday, August 08, 2007

I went to Mahdi Restuarant last sunday to take away 6 portions of food,after 1 hour and 15 minutes waiting there one of the waiters tells me that my order had to be changed as they no longer have that kind of lamb (Kebab).

I found this extremely annoying as this is supposed to be one fo their main foods,after talking to the manager he was very very rude and aggressive and asked me to cancel my order if i'm not happy.imagine how that feels after waiting that long..

anyway i had to go with their chosen order and I have to tell you the food was absolutely terrible..seemed to me like a left over food .

NOT GOING THERE EVER AGAIN !!!
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Maryam
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Food 3 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 4
Thursday, July 26, 2007

I normally go to Mahdi restaurant once a month (at least) it has always been good, and i would certainly go there again and again and again.

I really do recommand this restaurant, the food is great and at the same time quite cheap, what more do i want as a student!
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Shayan
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Food 10 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Monday, June 18, 2007