Galleria

I went there with my husband last week. very bad quality food. rice was so cold, bread was moist and not fresh, onion was overcooked (burnt), koobideh and Barg were small and had very bad taste (we could not finish them. and finally very expensive compare to other competitors. never recommend.
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1 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 0
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

totally unprofessional cooking, very bad hospitality, dirty WC, very expensive, bad quality food and I never go there and recommend to everybody not to go there
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Shapour
1 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 0
Monday, January 23, 2012

Came here yesterday for a late lunch and we were pretty much the only diners. Restaurant is quite small and has more of a cafe feel, with artwork on the walls which I beleive is done by one of the owners. Being a Persian food novice we let our Persian host do the ordering, and overall was really happy with the meal. One thing I genuinely didnt like was a traditional yoghurt drink. I guess i was expecting something sweet, possibly with vanilla (it was white with little dark couloured bits in)- when I tasted it it was sour and salty which gave me quite a shock! I think its definitely an aquired taste that one, though was interesting to try something that tasted so unusual.

Starter of aubergine dip was really good, better than ones i have had in Turkish and Greek places. Mains were massive- we ordered way too much and lucky me got to take it home in a doggy bag! It was minced lamb, chunks of lamb, chunks of chicken all cooked nicely and extremely tender, served with mounds of well flavoured white and yellow rice. I could probably have done with some sort of chilli sauce or pickled chillis for the side, but that's just me. Dont even know if such a thing was available. Our lovely Persian host paid the bill, but I did notice the prices on the mains were quite high- £16-17 ish each, though having seen the portion size one plate would definitely do 2 people. The only small gripe was the toilets were a bit old and grubby...they could do with refurbishing. Apart from that I would recommend this as a starting point for people curious about Persian food.
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Kedi - View all reviews by this user
7 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 6
Monday, July 25, 2011

I really enjoy the food and the service! Everything was good and fine
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8 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 6
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Fantastic food...melt in the mouth kebabs complimented by shirin pulow...not much can be better than this. Fantastic service as well.

If you are going to this restaurant you can print out a voucher from their website to get a free glass of wine..worth trying!!
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Sherina Petit
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, September 10, 2010

Visited this restaurant for lunch. Menu not authentic, trying hard to do a fusion and failing to do a GOOD basic Persian food.Food was OK, but side salad was very tired lettuce! Waitress could not speak English / Farsi? Main course arrived whilst we were still having our starters. Give this restaurant a miss. Much better Persian restaurant in London. e.g. MASOUD RESTAURANT.
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4 Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 2
Friday, June 25, 2010

Galleria is my favorite restaurant, and i believe its the best persian restaurant in london, their food is the closest to the homemade persian food, always fresh and delicious, the place is very cosy and nice. The service is good, not always fast though,which it is understandable since the restaurant is overcrowded at lunch time every day.

And i would strongly recommend it .
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9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Thursday, April 30, 2009

We went to Galleria with friends for Persian new year and were very disappointed with the food, atmosphere and service I am sad to say. When we arrived the waitress seemed to have no knowledge of our friends booking, luckily we spotted him and took our seats. My husband ordered drinks for us, an orange juice for me and a beer for him . His beer turned up straight away but i had to wait 20 minutes and ask 3 times for my orange juice. I'm due to have a baby any day now so get pretty thirsty but when I reminded our waitress that i was waiting she bit my head off for asking! Our friend ordered a selection of starters which were poor to say the least and nowhere near enough to go around our group and the mains were basic and not as advertised. My husband ordered a lamb dish with yoghurt and got something with rice, chillis, and no yoghurt!! To top it off the place was boiling hot with no air conditioning, the toliets were dirty and there was no soap in the dispenser. Nowhere near value for money and we would not reccommend this place to anyone, there are plenty of better Persian restaurants for the money.
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1 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 0
Monday, March 23, 2009