A cute Persian-influenced cafe located right across from Kings Place. Great for full meals as well as coffee/tea/sweets! The interior design is really cute and the cafe feels like a restaurant due to the more formal table setup. You can do pick up here, but if you choose to dine in it's sit-down-order-from-a-menu style unlike other cafes in town like Chess Piece. So, I wouldn't recommend here to do work since it feels too formal. However, it is exceptionally quiet here and the tables are large, so if you don't give a damn about disturbing the ambiance you could definitely bring your laptop, books, etc.
The menu features many vegan and vegetarian options, yay! It is Middle Eastern cuisine, so options like tabbouleh salad, lentil soups, hummus, baklava (dessert), etc can be found on the menu. Besides a lengthy savory menu (apps, entrees, salads and soups), they also have a short dessert menu and cakes at the front.
We ordered 3 appetizers today -- grape leaves (4 for $4, they are quite small but great quality) from their specials menu, hummus with pita bread (which looked and tasted like garlic bread), and falafels with tzatziki dip (4 for $5, not overly oily at all and great texture balance between soft vs crispy). We also tried their hot ginger tea and traditional Persian tea (black tea with cardamon and cinnamon, in-house leaves - not from a bag!). The Persian tea smelled lovely and had a pleasant hint of cinnamon taste. They have many coffee options as well, including Turkish coffee.
They take debit and credit.
Food 4/5 - Well made, fresh ingredients, can't argue with the taste. Main complaint = lackluster presentation of the food
Value 3.5/5 - Many options are under $10, but small portion sizes
Service 4/5 - Our first server (a younger guy) was kinda disengaged and a bit unprofessional, but the older female server was very kind and attentive
Venue 4.5/5 - pretty and quiet, lots of seating read more