رستوران صدف یکی از بهترین رستوران‌های ایرانی در کلن است. محیطی تمیز، دل‌انگیز و صمیمی با پرسنل…read moreبسیار خوش‌برخورد و حرفه‌ای دارد. غذاها عالی و با کیفیت بالا هستند، مخصوصاً کباب برگ و کوبیده که بسیار خوشمزه و تازه‌اند. تجربه‌ای لذت‌بخش و کاملاً توصیه‌شده!

First of all: downgraded from 2 to 1 star, because the owner asked Yelp to remove the negative…read morecomment. Here is what I wrote a couple years ago: Doesn't really matter if it is Persian or Iranian, the food is on the edge. Even thought the veggies appear to be fresh the meat tastes, if at all, quite old. Fries are definitely not part of the restaurant's special cuisine. The other extras are of medium quality, some are worse. Even the ketchup is of poor quality. If this is your first encounter with Persian/Iranian cuisine don't be too disappointed. If you find the right place Persian/Iranian food can be quite tasty.

I finally found a wonderful Persian restaurant after only a couple months of living in Europe and…read moreit was in Cologne of all places! Not that I was looking particularly hard or anything but the one place I tried in Paris a while ago was so "meh" and since I have family who is always looking for an excuse to cook kabob for me that I hardly ever look for places. But today after the Bayern game when this restaurant came up on Yelp as in the area, I had to try it. Especially since it bares the same name as one of Iran's most well known kabob restaurants. For appetizers we ordered the most-o-mooseer (sour yogurt with garlic), salad shirazi (tiny diced salad of onions, cucumbers, and tomatoes in lemon juice, oil, and vinegar), and naan-o-sabzijaat (fresh baked Persian flat bread with a plate of fresh herbs, a quartered white onion, small pieces of feta cheese, and sliced radishes. All were very traditional and good although the portions were smaller than I'm used to. There was also no garlic in the yogurt though. Think they forgot and gave me regular yogurt. For the main course we had 3 different Soltani dinners: joojeh, chenjeh, and regular. The regular came with a skewer of lamb barg which is usually a thin cut of the filet. This was good but a little chewier than others and you knew you were having lamb. I didn't try the joojeh (chicken) but the chenjeh (chunks of beef and spelled very weird in German on the menu) was the best meat of all. The koobideh which is always the second skewer on a soltani plate was great. The dinner was wrapped up with Persian tea. No, this wasn't the best kabob or the best ambiance but something about the familiarity of the food, the people, and the culture made this dinner perfect for a cold and wet night. I wish I had tried the desserts...

Delicious Persian food in Cologne. As a Iranian, I've grown up with mommas cooking my whole life…read moreand it is nice to walk in and instantly get the smell of fresh soltani and the different kebabs. The mixed grill, fessenjun, and gorma sebzhi are the most traditional dishes and this is how to judge a Persian restaurant. They absolutely nailed it here and the amount of food you get for paying a few more euros in comparison to the other Persian restaurants in the city is not worth it. This is my go to spot if I'm craving some homemade Persian dishes.

Hands down, an exemplary warm service in Dutch, English and Persian, uncharacteristic of other…read moreplaces we've been to in the Netherlands.  The food was good overall. The Mahicheh (lamb chop) was absolutely tender and very delicious. They serve two types of rice, one with saffron and mulberries, the other with carrots and raisins - both done nicely. We had the mantu and mirzaghasemi as appetizers; both were good. We tried 3 of the kebabs too. Not bad, but strongly outplayed by the other dishes.  They have a lovely house bread that one should not miss! The yoghurt-and-shallot side dish was excellent. I didn't like the house yoghurt soda much though.  We had the walnut ice cream and the saffron ice cream for dessert. Both were prepared well and came in big portions. The cardamom tea and the mint tea were great. So we ended at a high. Overall, delicious meals and a very pleasant experience. I would definitely go back to have more Mahiche and try the stews.

The restaurant was very nice when I came in and got seated within five minutes. I had the lamb and…read morechicken Cuba day pita bread was really good and the actual lamb was my favorite part. It was very juicy along with the boss money rice with butter the service was OK and I paid roughly €25 for my meal. It was decent and I would come back to try the other items.

I live in U.S. and often visit Germany for work related trips. I tried many Persian restaurants all…read moreover Germany. I highly believe "Pinocchio" has the best Persian food (OMG) that you can imagine. The service is exceptional too. For those of you who are interested to discover a Persian restaurant in Cologne, Germany, this is a must visit place. My recommendations are: 1- Gheimeh 2- Ghormeh Sabzi 3- Kobideh 4- Chengeh 5- Barg Don't forget their fresh bread with Mirza-Ghasemi as your appetizer (my favorit). Thank you, Dr. Michael Ahmadi Dr.michaelahmadi@gmail.com

My family had dinner here without the ability to do any recon. I wish I had. The ambiance is meh…read more Not alot of wiggle room as tables are jam packed to fit as much at capacity. Coming from the Mecca of Persian Cusine, I judge hard on the establishments ability to make the most basic dish: koobieh kabab. If you cant make that, you deserve a 1. Its like making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Basic. We all started with family style appetizers that came with Kashkeh Bademjoon, salad shirazi, mausto-moosir, olives and some other staple items. That was good, and earned a star. My food was horrible. The consensus of my family with the exception of my sister who ordered chicken kabab was like mine. The kabab was mixed meat of some sort, lamb, beef some surprise secret that was horrible and gross. Never in my life, and I have had some interesting experiences and traveled alot , have I ever had kabab koobideh like this. One bite, we were all done. The dough was equally bad. Holy crap. The look on all our faces and the fact our entire table was dead silent spoke volumes. If you know Persians you know we are loud. If an entire table is silent while they are eating, somethings up, big-time. My friend ended up crashing our family dinner and when he saw my face , he knew something was up. Later , i found out this place has a reputation of crap food, crap service and over charging. Soo many options, and we chose the worst. I do not recommend this resturant. We grabbed our untouched food put it in "to go" boxes and decided instead of it going to waste gave it away to others who may have gone hungry that night. Lesson learned. My sis said, any where in the world , chicken is chicken. They cant cheat you with chicken. But when you trust them with koobieh and they switch it to some weird mix meat , thats on you. Next time, im ordering chicken. One star for her chicken. The rest, no way.

This place was absolutely amazing. Everything from the service to the food quality and how the food…read moretasted, the ambience and decor. I had a very pleasant experience from start to finish. The staff were very courteous and attentive. I have been to a lot of Persian restaurants around the world, and this one sits at the top of them. Highly recommended if you are looking for Persian cuisine in Düsseldorf! You will not be disappointed!

Offered from one menu but billed from another. Manager said, "sorry I forgot to tell you, we…read moreupdated menu" one menu on English one not. Persian Price Pinch. Don't eat there. We were over charged.