Pretty good persian food! Kashk bademjan is a tasty appetizer with the fresh homemade bread they serve. I usually get the ghormeh sabzi which I don't like to share. lol read more

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Tasty food and reasonably priced Servings are decent sized Starters and main dishes all are very good read more

Our complete order with comment: Tatig with Gheimeh : It was way above average. This item is not on the menu and it's by request only! This was so good we ended up ordering the second round. Bakhtiari: One skew of chicken and tender beef. Chicken was cooked way beyond our expectation. Beef was good but I would go with chicken next time. Baghali polo with lamb shank: I would way best I had so far. Rice and beens were cooked just right, and lamb shank was amazing. Garlic yogurt: Pretty tasty. Salad Shirazi: I prefer my salad with lime, but they served it with lemon, but was good overall. Cucumbers and tomatoes were fresh. Eggplant dish: eeeh this one wasn't that great. It was a bit bitter and wasn't cook right. When we brought it up to server's attention, manager showed up at the table, asked what was wrong with it and they gladly sent it back with lots of apologies. ** Overall service was great, we were visited multiple times after the main dish showed up to make sure everything was great. At the end, server server apologized once more about the Eggplant dish before bringing our check. If you are in North Vancouver this is the must visit place!!! read more

Great food, friendly staff, it was so good that we went there twice in two days! Cazba's Soltani, Bakhtiari, Tahdig, Zeytoon parvardeh, dough and fish kabab are simply fantastic! read more

Cazba - Middle Eastern Near Me - North Vancouver, British Columbia

The worst service in Vancouver ever. The smell of the washroom can be smelled right in the middle of the place. Thinking of wasting your money? This is the place to go read more

Last time100% I have order 3 Bakhtiary all was over cooked and black burned. I am sure if I ofer to owner will not eat either . Service is good, but food read more

My first restaurant I went to in Vancouver! I didn't expect such tasty food at all, but it was. Waitresses were really nice and helpful. Unfortunately mojito was not on the high level. In any way five stares, I spend amazing time with my husband there. I will defiantly come back. read more

Cazba - Middle Eastern Near Me - North Vancouver, British Columbia

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The quality of their food had changed! 0 from 10 !! We ordered koobideh and beef kabob smells disgusting that we could not eat even a bite! Never go back there! read more

These people do not care about their customers. Came with my family today and on one dish my brother asked for one extra skewer. The server acknowledged what we wanted but didn't tell us the cost of this additional skewer. Note: at all restaurants ive ever been to, they either let us know the extra cost OR they charge you extra but for that item only on the bill When we got our bill we noticed the price was much higher than expected. It turns out because we ordered 1 extra chicken skewer that they were charging us the entire dish. We took this up with the, what I assume to be is the manager who offered to give us the extra food (rice or salad) for the price we paid. Why would we want extra food as we're leaving?! And told us we should have asked what we would be paying extra to the waitress. I explained we should not be paying the cost of a full dish for a piece of chicken and that I never had a restaurant do this. He proceeded to say I should not assume that they are the same as other places, that we should have asked. Nowhere have we been treated like this as customers. This place needs to learn customer service before serving anyone! read more

After reading reviews on YELP, I was looking forward to Cazba; and feeling some trepidation about the service. So, last Wednesday, we dropped in for Lunch: The Kashk-e Bademjan (eggpant dish) was a nice starter. Then we had Jujeh Kabob 8.95 (chicken) and Vaziri 11.95 (chicken and ground beef). You can have an all-rice side or half/half with salad and each dish comes with a roasted tomato. The meats are delicious, roasted perfectly and tender and flavorful....contrary to other reviews; the service was patient and attentive (and the waiter very handsome!). He recommended that we season our dishes at the table with shaker of something mysterious and slightly citrus/spicy which was perfectly suited to both the meat and the rice. Generous portions, perfectly done rice...and although the restaurant is liquor-free, most beverages are only $1!!! This would be a great place to take out for a different but delicious dinner during a cozy night in at home! Meal for two (with leftovers to take home: 30.07 with taxes before tip) read more

Love their Barg Kebab, also their Tah Digs! The service could be a little slow depending on the time and the day of the week. But their staff are always friendly and helpful. If you want to try real Persian food, this is a must go place! read more

I love fesenjoon there, the walnut, pomegranate and chicken stew. The new decor of the view of the downtown vancouver is amazing. The lamb was also tender and tasty. This is my favourite Persian restaurant so far. read more

Cazba - lamb - Middle Eastern Near Me - North Vancouver, British Columbia

VEGETARIANS BEWARE!! "We can make these dishes vegetarian" means... "we'll have somebody pick out the meat as best they can". Had to spit out a chunk of beef (or something) of the "vegetarian stew". The rice is great, but if you want veggie options you really need to stick to the eggplant in the appetizer menu. Restaurant's response? "Oh we thought you meant non-meat, we didn't know you were a vegetarian". Hmm. read more

Gone way down hill, poor quality, it's like they're turning into a soup kitchen. Making cheap, bland meals for the masses. Guy at the front running the till has no personality, all the staff are miserable. Go to Zeitoon or down to Gilaneh, both really good. read more

Excellent food, portions are very large and the prices are very reasonable. Order the Cazba platter , for under $25 it will feed 2 to 3 people. read more

We were visiting Vancouver for the first time and looked for a good Persian restaurant. We had Persian food in 3 restaurants during our stay in Vancouver. The food in Cazba in North Vancouver was the best. Totally comparable to Persian restaurants in Southern California. Service was okay, a little slow for us but overall we definitely recommend this restaurant. read more

Food is warm and hearty. If you're new, try the beef kabab and rice, really can't go wrong. If you're adventurous go to the lamb shank in warm sauce over rice or salad. This location just got rend'd much more spacious and modern. The price and serving size keeps me coming back. read more

This is the best Persian restaurant I've been to in Vancouver so far. The food was great and plenty full. The place was clean and very well organized. I would recommend this place for someone who wants to taste Persian food. read more

We were disappointed with our take out meal. While the chicken and beef kebabs were tasty, the other dishes we tried were much too greasy. The portions and services. Sadly we won't eat here again read more

Loved the food, service and ambience there. We ordered the fried eggplant as appetizer , lamb shank and chicken in main course , all food was awesome tasting and less oily as we asked for. Farham, who served us , was very patient and made sure we get what we want , he also explained how the dish is cooked . Really appreciated his service . read more

At 7pm Friday evening they claimed they were out of a popular Persian dish. This was an obvious lie cause they were clearly holding back for a big group that was walking in. Asked for yogurt drink which was tasteless and watered down, and we could not touch it. Then they brought dried piece of bread and piece of raw onion. Who eats raw onion with dried bread for appetizer? We decide to walk out at this time and they had the nerves to charge us for the untouched tasteless drinks. Bad service, bad management. Will never go there again and will never recommend it to others. We walked around the corner to another Persian restaurant. Pleasant servers, nice and fast service, great food. read more

The reason why I'm giving this place 2 stars is only for the food, which is actually quite delicious. But other then that, the service and a few of the staff members are absolutely horrible!! I've been going to cazba for quite some time now, so service & staff is usually a hit or miss. This time it was terrible. First of all, the waiter just seemed extremely annoyed and in a terrible mood from the beginning. We ordered our food, and even though it wasn't that busy, we waited at least 40 mins to get it. The waiter wouldn't even clean our table and take the extra glasses, basket of bread, dirty napkins etc away.. So by the time the food got there we rarely had space to fit our plate. Like I said the food itself was great. After that we ordered some dessert called "bamieh" which are little round looking balls dipped in syrup, about the size of a quarter. You can buy a whole pack of that for less then $4. They brought us 6 little pieces (no joke) that was around $3.50 or $3.99.. when we asked if that's all we get the waiter very rudely said he's actually doing us a favor by adding 2 more pieces cuz usually they give you 4 lol. There was 6 of us by the way. I dunno how that makes any sense. ANYWAY. Since we ordered a "dessert" we were just sitting and having our tea and chatting. The restaurant was dead, but it seemed as though they want us to leave. The waiter comes to us and rudely asks us if there's anything else we want to order (with our bill and the interac machine in his hand) .. and at that point we just had enough and just grabbed our stuff and wanted to get the hell out of there!! My friends were nice enough to STILL tip the guy, which he truly did not deserve.. but I made sure I let him know I was blown away with the lack of respect and appreciation he showed to his customers. They also screwed us over by throwing our food out when we asked them to wrap it, and blamed it on us for not asking for a box cuz it's our job to wrap it up and not theirs. Over all the service SUCKED. Being a regular customer I will never ever go back, which is a shame as their food is really delicious. read more

Very mediocre Persian food and typical of many other Persian restaurants I have visited, service was below average.

I will never go there again nor will I ever recommend anyone going there. service is horrible, food isn't the greatest because it's burnt half the times. And if you complain to them they will give you a plate filled with attitude and disrespect. The waiters are unhappy to serve you pretty much with the snotty attitudes. Be Careful eating their salads as they have bugs crawling inside because they don't wash the veggies properly or at all. Also, take a good look at your food because you'll find hair! Don't bother going and complaining to them because they'll blame it on you and won't replace it or apologize for it. Tables are gross and sticky.. And washrooms leak water.. The manager thinks he's all that.. Snotty staff in general. If you don't have to go there DONT go there.. It'll be a complete waste of money. read more

6 staff and all avoid making eye contact when we want to order more food. 2 vegetarian appys on the menu, out of both. Also out of fesenjoon. No liquor license. Soup comes out barely microwaved, with cold pockets. Dry old pita bread with nothing to dip it in. Not returning. read more

Delicious kebabs and much more: We had made a trip all the way to North Vancouver to try out this place. The restaurant was quite big, the tables were well spaced out and we felt comfortable immediately as we got ourselves seated. From the starters menu we tried Kashkeh Bademjoon ( fried eggplant, delicious! ). From the mains we ordered Joojeh Kebab Waziri ( lovely lovely chicken and beef kebabs) and Fesenjoon Stew ( made from pomegranate, walnuts and chicken). Both the kebab and the stew came with sides of rice, and for a small price they replaced the rice with salad. The Fesenjoon stew simply made my day. I never knew walnuts and pomegranate could make such a yummilicious combo! A big thanks to our Iranian friends who recommended us the dish! The portions were quite large, and we packed in the leftovers for lunch next day. :) The decor was nice and the service was prompt and courteous. I would love to go back again. Judging from our experience, this place gets quite busy on the weekends, might be a good idea to reserve a table before showing up for those heavenly kebabs. :) read more

My persian friend took me there for dinner once,the service was super slow andwe waited for almost an hour ,then my friend called one of the waiter and asked where are our food...apparently,the3y totally forgot our food,so after another 10 minutes,the food arrives. The food was stunning,and the price was good,it is pretty cheap and the portion is huge which I love it !!! It makes me feel like the Steppho on davie street!!! the first experience I can remember is bad service,but good food. so i went back for second time and third time,and fourth time...everytime i got in the restaurant ... the waiters or waitress always just stand there and stare at me ,the looks are like why are u here ?? DuhI come here for ur food... then I have to aproach to them by myself or they won't even try to ask me what I want,that's a hard part for me to love this restaurant entirely, So I have the take out most of the time,and after that I had couple more times experience of dining there and the service was still cold and slow,till the very last time I took my good friends and mother in law for some late lunch,there is this new waiter,he is really tall and has some facial hair on and wears glasses,he is super friendly and would social with customers,and come check the tables to make sure our food is good and if we need water or anything else!!! but besides him,everyone else still giving us cold faces and no service! Yay for the happy,good waiter,boo for those who are not' into their job' waiters and waitress. I would give u a five stars but because of ur service ,I only can give u 3 stars!!! read more

WORSE CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER EXPERIENCED!!!!! I am Persian and I was highly disappointed with the extremely poor service in this place, the food it's ok (considering the choices giving in north van) however every time we had visited, the waiting time it's at least 20 mins.... Last week when me and my family visited we were seated on the patio, waited 10 mins to take our order and after 35 mins of waiting our table was still empty (No even our drinks or bread) when finally our food arrive was was not even half well done as we requested...no body seemed to care. We'll never going back there.... read more

Not very expensive, the food was good but I think there must be better Iranian restaurants out there

Now that I have been here 10s of times, it's time to write an update to my original review. Food excellent, I'll give 5 stars any day for that, they have never let me down. The prices are good and the portions are pretty generous. So why still 4 stars you ask? Service. Since my first visit the place has expanded considerably, and they have now added the shops next door to the restaurant. It's always full, and I believe their kitchen isn't big to cater to everyone now. Add the that, the leisurely attitude by the servers, they don't even appear trying to tackle the problem. If you can bare with the service, you in for seriously good food. read more

Service at place is SLOW!! OMG The person who serves the water ONLY does that, he cannot provide ANY other information... and bring your snack because there is not snack while you wait. My boyfriend likes the food, but the service does not help specially when you are VERY hungry... read more

I used to order from Cazba for pick up for several years. The rice is better than the other so many Persian restaurants in the area. The food is tasty and juicy. I used to order mostly Bone in Jujeh Kebob and Zeresk Polo, they are great and cheap. Vaziry is also a good plate. read more

We used to go there a lot but recently there have been many disappointments. Some health concerns in handling food, quality of the food is no longer good. Many side dishes are canned food and taste really bad. read more

Food is good, but they could brush up their customer service skills. We asked the server to add butter to our rice and he refused, said the kitchen won't do it. Not very customer friendly. read more

My family had the most HORRENDOUS experience here. It is truly a mystery how much business and how many good reviews this restaurant gets. The service is SHOCKING AND APPALLING and the food is INEDIBLE. We had been here a few times in the past and always had a questionable experience. But the last time we went really threw us off the edge. Service is RUDE and AWFUL. When my parents arrive, my mom stepped into a piece of meat that was lying on the floor beneath the table but chose to let it go and not say anything. When the food arrived, my dad's koobideh (ground beef) was and my mother's joojeh (chicken) was completely raw and pink on the inside. My parents called the server over to inform them, especially about the raw chicken which could be very hazardous to young children and seniors. The server's first reaction was to ask my mom why she ate so much of her food if she didn't like (I should note that my mother had only one piece and put it aside as soon as she saw its state). After a back and forth with the server (and after the server continued to deny that the manager was available that night) the manager finally came over and made an incredibly insulting comment to my father about his grey hair. Frustrated and absolutely shocked by the absurdity of the service, my dad began to raise his voice after which the manager threatened to call the police. Eventually, the issue was somewhat resolved and my parents, who were eager to leave, just paid the bill and left. The manager had actually called the police, which leads to a whole other chapter to this story but is beyond the scope of this review. read more

I really enjoy the food every time I go. And thanks to competition (I'm guessing) the prices are awesome! The service was good and fast-enough for my average standards, the parking available along the street is reasonable for such a central location, and the decor was nice, especially given the price-range. read more

Unfortunately the quality and service keeps going down. Was there w a group of friends last week. Asked for bakhtiari n the 1st waiter said they are out of barg kobob. The next person attended service said they had. So we went ahead n order. Food arrived and barg kobob was cut in half. It was cold and no flavor. Zereshk polo, rice had no zeresk and chicken was not cooked. (Raw in between) It's very unfortunate to see Cazba going down. It was my favourite restaurant but unfortunately every time i go there i get more disappointed. read more

I've been going to Cazba since it first opened, and at the beginning I thought it had great food, for reasonable prices. However, the last year i've been eating here the quality of food has decreased a lot. I ordered the jujeh kabob today, and it was very flavourless and dry. As for the service, it has been terrible from the beginning and it seems it has only gotten worse. I have been served by many waiters who are downright rude, and the service is really slow. We waited for about 30 minutes after our meal, and no one came with our bill. If they were understaffed I might understand the delay, but there was at least 3 waiters behind the cash register, just standing there doing nothing! I eventually walked up and paid for the bill at the cash myself, because if i didn't they probably would have kept me waiting longer. Overall, the quality of food isn't nearly as good as it used to be, and the service has always been bad, but it seems to be getting worse. read more

After a long day of shopping, it was time to pick a place to eat for dinner. I didn't really know what to eat since I'm pretty indecisive... My older sister is a big fan of middle eastern/Cazba's food and has been itching to bring me to Cazba for a while now. We went to the North Vancouver location for dinner. Food was very good but I must say some of the servers there do not know what good customer service is! Ordering our food was very hard even though the restaurant was half full and there was about 8 waiting Staff present on the floor.. After waiting about 15 minutes, we finally got our ordered taken. Since it was my first time here, I let my sister order for us. She orders the Fried eggplant dip, (which I must say was amazing)and we shared the large platter (beef, chicken and dill rice) Meat was good and tender. We also order some hommus which came after our meal. The hommus was very good as well. I will come back for food but not for service! read more

Extremely busy, service was decent, chicken is super moist. Definitely worth a second try.