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    Farvahar Persian Cafe

    4.1 (162 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Lamb Burger  Chicken Kebab
    Dominic N.

    A hidden shop in Pike's Place. They recommended the Chicken Kebab but it was dryer than the Sahara. Complete 180 on the Lamb Burger, it was juicy and delicious #goodeats would come back for just the lamb burger. Service is quick and they bring you the food. You have to buss your own stuff. All good here. The restaurant is in a hidden alley on pikes place. Surprising amount of space for being on the inside corner. We beat the rush but even if we hadn't, there's plenty of space to sit. Lamb Burger Chicken Kebab

    Kotlet
    Fay Y.

    A hidden shop in the pike place market! It's next to Rachel's ginger beer and pike place chowder. It looks like a food court, have two small tables in the open area and 5-6 bar seatings. I ordered kotlet sandwiches. We waited for 15 minutes and got our food. The food is a lot better than I thought!!! The portion is big, and the bread for the sandwiches was served warm and tasted so good! Definitely give this place a try :)

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    Emily Z.

    Cozy Persian restaurant tucked away inside Pike Place Market. I ordered the lamb kebab plate (about $15) and it was delicious! The salad had a nice citrus twist, the rice was seasoned to perfection, and the lamb was well made. The service is a little slow since it's a small shop, but I definitely would come here again!

    1/2 Beef and 1/2 chicken kabob with grilled tomato and saffron rice
    Megan R.

    Amazing all around. I ordered the chicken (joojeh) kabob and the beef (koobideh) kabob with grilled tomato and it was amazing. So affordable too. Authentic and delicious. And the service was quick for being made to order. I can't wait until the next time i go to the market to get more. Highly recommend to anyone who like persian food or wants to try something new! 10/10

    Ghorme Sabzi Plate
    Thanh N.

    First time trying Persian/Iranian foods, and it was absolutely amazing and blew our minds. Definitely a hidden gem at Pike Place Market (located next to Rachel's Ginger Beer and in very close proximity to Pike Place Chowder) that I highly, highly recommend checking out! They do have tables for dine-in, but food was served in to-go containers and everything was very casual. Quick service as well! My boyfriend and I ordered the ghorme sabzi plate to share. It was unbelievably aromatic due to the parsley, cilantro, spinach, leeks, and dried lime and the beef stew was so soft and savory. Served with saffron basmati rice and YUMMM, it was such a flavorful bite. We gobbled it up very quickly and wanted to order more to bring back to our hotel, but they were already starting to clean up and close. Definitely recommend this place and I am, for sure, coming back when I travel to Seattle again!

    Ghorme Sabzi Plate
    maika k.

    - LAMB KABAB (marinated lamb kabab, served with basmati rice and salad) - GHORMEH SABZI (chopped and sautéed parsley, cilantro, spinach, leeks, flavored with dried lime. mixed with beef stew and red beans. served with saffron basmati rice) - VEGGIE PLATE (chopped and sautéed parsley, cilantro, spinach, leeks, flavored with dried lime. mixed with tofu and red beans. served with saffron basmati rice) - KABAB SANDWICH (ground beef mixed with onion. served with tomato, onions, parsley, pickles, sumac and "farvahar" sauce) * 9/10 * Throughout our Canada trip, we've constantly had Asian food, which meant I was in NEED of Middle Eastern food. As it is my favorite cuisine (middle eastern, Greek, arabic), this Persian restaurant in Pike Place looked good. Ordering was easy peasy since I am bit of an expert of what to get at Middle Eastern restaurants. I always order lamb if it's on the menu, since it's my meat of choice, and these kababs were gooood. This Persian restaurant offered Ghormeh Sabzi. This herby beef stew is one of my favorite Persian dishes as it packs so much flavor from the dried lime. Dads order, the veggie stew, was the exact same as they ghormeh sabzi but the beef was tofu. The kabab sandwich was sour, salty, and just amazing. This was in a little corner, kinda tucked in and away from the main market so we were the only customers in this place. Overall every dish was tasty. ^@kamibites on Instagram

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    Jen L.

    If you want a quick service with rice, something unique / different to eat, and seating, this is a spot! I came by to Pike market on a Saturday lunch time and it was so packed everywhere and I was starving and wanted soenthing quick to eat so I can explore this area. It hit the spot. Fast friendly service, reasonable price, good enough space to sit, and the food hit the spot. It is located further inside the building at the back. It is a bit warm in here at the back.

    Fesenjoon Plate
    Sabrina H.

    This place is such a hidden gem. This casual spot is somewhat hidden near Pile Place chowder but I definitely think it's worth a stop. I got the Fesenjoon Plate for takeout, which consisted of shredded chicken with sweet and sour pomegranate and crushed walnut sauce. It was very unique and unlike anything I have ever tasted. I got takeout from here and it was very quick and the portions are big and filling. My minor qualm is that the rice felt a bit oily to me but that's probably necessary to make it so delicious. I definitely would come back here and try all the other dishes.

    Persian burger
    Jessica B.

    One of my favorite "hidden gems" in the Market. They pack a ton of flavor into every bite with generous seasonings, and the price for the size of the portions really can't be beat around the Market.

    Chicken Kebab Plate and 3 Kotlets
    Roozbeh Z.

    Great food I also appreciate that they customize my food, no rice, no bread and asked me for what else I want to replace with. Delicious great attitude and great service. Keto friendly too

    Kabob sandwich hits the spot
    Arie M.

    Nice hidden gem in Pike Place with friendly owners and good Persian food. They actually have more complicated traditional stews which is surprising for a small take out/ street food style place in Pike place because even some bigger Persian restaurants I've been to are just kabob shops with a "dish of the day" but they have a lot here. They also have adapted some dishes to a more Western pallet or a fusion if you will. I had a Khabob sandwich and it was pretty good. Was it as good as a charcoal grill at a high price fancy estaurant? Well no, but for the price and location, it was pretty good. The other people sitting next to me were pretty happy with the vegetarian dishes they had too so check them out.

    Fesenjoon Plate
    Allen C.

    A taste of home! My first time here and I felt welcomed by the proprietor. I had the kotlet sandwich (like a latke - ground beef mixed with potato & onion into a patty), which was heartily wrapped in a pita and stuffed with salad, yogurt, and dusted with sumac (pronounced "so-makh") for that little bit of tang. My wife enjoyed the fesenjoon plate (pomegranate / walnut stew with shredded chicken), which had the perfect balance of tart, sweet, and fat. What's impressive about the fesenjoon is no added oil, since the walnuts naturally release oil. I've had it from some restaurants where cooks will needlessly add oil, thus making it heavier than it should be. The basmati rice was well cooked too. We topped off our meal with hot tea, and look forward to returning to try other menu items.

    Lamb Kabob plate
    Charles L.

    Incredible! What a find!! The Pike Place area is full of tourist traps so I was amazed to find this little gem nestled away from all the chaos and long lines. I ordered the lamb and it was DIVINE!! Perfectly cooked on a bed of basmati rice. The salad had a burst of flavor from the pleasantly acidic salad dressing. An older Persian man rang up my order and you can really tell he loved feeding people this delicious food. As a visitor to Seattle, I dare say this was my favorite meal of the whole trip. Thank you, Farvahar!

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    the food is so so good and the owners are so nice. i got the kookoo sabzi and kebab sandwich to share, but ended up buying another one!

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    This place was disappointing. The lamb dish was pretty much all rice and the meat was dry and flavorless

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    Delicious flavors and filling portion sizes. I recommend the Zereshk Polo with chicken. Fast and amazing service.

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    Un Bien - Seared Scallops sando

    Un Bien

    4.7(1.6k reviews)
    5.3 miLoyal Heights, Ballard, Phinney Ridge
    $$

    this sandwich was highly impressive as the main part of the…read moresandwich, it was pretty necessary that the pork be cooked to near-perfection, and i have to say it was here it gave off a deep, brown-ish color, which showed the extent of it's cooking and marination. It wasn't quite incredibly tender, but the marinade added an absolute ton of flavor. more importantly, it was present plentifully throughout the sandwich, so practically every bite came filled with pork I also have to mention how packed together the ingredients are between the buns. when you start eating, it's inevitable that a quarter of the ingredients will fall onto the wrap below, leaving a nice secondary meal to finish off after the sandwich is done. the sandwich is packed incredibly tight during the wrapping process, but it unravels a bit while eating. for me, the major highlights of this meal was the onions and the aioli Starting with the onions, these may be the best I've ever had on a sandwich. They're caramelized amazingly, placed onto the sandwich in astoundingly large pieces, are crunchy, and there's just a lot of them. They're just wonderful both texturally and taste-wise. This sandwich is absolutely lathered with aioli - practically dripping with it. This boosted the overall flavor so much, especially because this aioli was addictingly good. In my experience, the amount of sauce has been directly proportional to how much I enjoyed a sandwich, and when the sauce is this good - it's even on the top of the bun! - i absolutely loved it Somehow the lettuce stayed crunchy despite all the otherwise wetness going on in the sandwich. Props for that The jalapenos were great as well for that extra bit of spicy - I would've loved to have more of them while the bread was toasted well, the one downside was i thought it was pretty hard and tough, which made chewing kind of difficult. I found my jaw to be pretty tired at the end after eating this. I would've much preferred a softer roll that's easier to bite into I've had similar sandwiches from Paseo and Bongos, and in my opinion this does edge out both of those Comparing to Paseo, the sandwich there has way more oil, making it more sloppy and I do like the bread there a lot better, but the pork feels richer and better marinated here (although less fatty), and the onions are definitely caramelized better here as well. Bongos has a pretty similar level of pork with more, but onions are definitely a step down What moves this place above those two for me is the amount of aioli used here far exceeds those other places, which just makes the overall eating experience better For the price (about 14 dollars) this is a really filling meal

    Roast park sandwich here was awesome! I had gone to Paseo way back in the day, maybe 2007 or 2008,…read moreand the sandwich tasted very similar to what I remember. The rice and beans are also amazing. I think you could probably go with any sandwich that has your preferred protein source and it would be great. The guy working the register taking the orders was super friendly as well. Lots of street parking in the area. They have one bathroom and a good amount of seating. Definitely worth a visit for a great sandwich.

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    Un Bien - Spicy scallop - so yummy

    Spicy scallop - so yummy

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    Paseo - #1. Caribbean Roast

    Paseo

    4.4(5.7k reviews)
    3.4 miFremont
    $$

    Paseo is ICONIC and if you've never tried them, I'm gonna need you to get in your car and drive to…read morethem immediately so that you can stop missing out. This is THE spot to come before Mariners games or nearby concerts and nobody can convince me otherwise. I've tried them several times in the past and now have my dad hooked as well. Their signature Caribbean Roast sandwich is absolutely phenomenal and I have the hardest time ordering anything else when I'm here. I have tried the nachos version of it before as well, and that's equally delicious. The key is definitely that succulent roasted pork. I will say that the sandwich version is MESSY so don't wear white, and also just be mindful if you have plans after. This year, my dad decided to order a pre-seasoned and smoked turkey from Paseo and my GODDD it was good! We made a gravy from the drippings as well which turned out so good too. We also get their street corn that was said to serve 4-6 but it was generous and we had leftovers. Absolutely a MUST try, 10/10 no notes. There's a reason they have received so much love over the years - no questions, no notes, JUST GO TRY THEM PLEASE.

    I'd give this place 4 stars, but I had an upset stomach after my meal. I was actually craving Un…read moreBien after my boxing class at Nomad, but they were sold out of roast and chicken thighs, so I headed to Paseo to get my fix. The indoor space is really cute, but I was confused as to why everything was blocked off and restricted to takeout only. I ordered the famous Caribbean Roast sandwich and a side of rice and beans, which came to a little less than $30. While it's a good sandwich, it felt a bit heavy; I really found myself looking for more acid to cut through the fat and grease. I'm glad I was sharing with Jenny because it's quite a lot for one person. I also noticed toward the end that the bread was burnt. Overall, it's a solid sandwich, but between the stomach issues and the char, I'm not sure I'd go back.

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    Fortuna Bottega - Fortuna

    Fortuna Bottega

    4.7(60 reviews)
    5.2 miPhinney Ridge, Greenwood

    For the west coast, I think this is close to one of the best sandwiches you are going to find. You…read morecan always tell when a place is doing something special because the people working are happy to be there, that's definitely the case here. I think the best move is the caprese sandwich add prosciutto, but the quality of ingredients are some good that the bambino, which is basically ham and soft cheese, is equally good. You could probably just eat the bread and be happy. Informal open-garage style sitting area adds to the vibe. Not flashy, just great Italian sandwiches made with intention.

    After hearing a lot about Fortuna, I was excited to try them. If there's a line it moves relatively…read morequickly and staff were super friendly. They were even able to give me a sample of the different cheeses as I wasn't sure if the gorgonzola would be super funky. I got the bambino sandwich and it was good. It's a simple sandwich with just a handful of ingredients but it goes well. The bread is pretty crunchy yet fluffy inside. The salty mortadella pairs well with the creamy straciatella (essentially a mozzarella cheese) and the crunchy pistachios. Also, it was a little pricey but the sandwich is relatively large so you get what you pay for. Overall, Fortuna Bottega brings a new sandwich shop to the area and they ingredients are simple however, all together, it works well!

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    Fortuna Bottega - Bambino: Bambino - Mortadella, Stracciatella Cheese, Olive Oil, Pistachio

    Bambino: Bambino - Mortadella, Stracciatella Cheese, Olive Oil, Pistachio

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    HoneyHole Sandwiches - The Corleone - IG: @nelson_eats

    HoneyHole Sandwiches

    4.2(1.7k reviews)
    0.9 miFirst Hill, Capitol Hill
    $$

    Really good sandwiches and awesome staff. Love going there especially when I'm sick to get the…read moregrilled cheese and tomato soup. Reminds me of being home and sick and of family. Very hard for a restaurant to be able to do that. I'm grateful it does. I thank the loving staff for enjoying what they do and not bringing negativity to work as you can tell when you're there that everyone is excited to be there. It shows on how everything is done!

    I've been wanting to go here for a while, but I was living far away for the past 6 years. I heard…read moreit closed down due to poor management and reopened. Finally moved back and got to try it. I've had my eyes on the Fast Eddie ever since I heard about this place because it was one of the most recommended sandwiches. The ambiance was alright. Pretty dark imo but maybe because it was just after Christmas and they had their holiday decor up. Also the bar area was closed. I was a bit confused on where to order until I realized there were kiosks by the front counter. It would've been nice if one of the workers actually had said something to me. Anyway, onto the food. I got the Fast Eddie with fries and it was alright. The meat was bit dry. Yes there was the au jus to dip in and it helped quite a bit, but all the flavors just didn't mesh. It was basically an ordinary french dip. The fries were okay, but the jalapeno aioli was great! That made everything better, but not enough to save the sandwich. Not sure if I would come back, but I would definitely try a different sandwich. One that caters more to my taste buds

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    Big Mike’s Sandwich Company - Italian hot beef with provolone.

    Big Mike’s Sandwich Company

    4.5(44 reviews)
    1.0 miLower Queen Anne

    I am a bit torn on Big Mike's. While they serve up a great sandwich, I don't know that it's a…read moremust-visit. Located in the Seattle Center Armory, along with many other food vendors, Big Mike's Sandwich Company is serving up huge cheesesteaks, chopped cheese, and other East Coast-style subs. For $25, I picked up the cheesesteak and fries combo. Not a terrible price for the portion. Waited about 10-15 minutes for the sandwich to come out. You order on a tablet here, and then they call your name. It's a small storefront, so you really have to stay nearby to hear your name being called in the large space that is the Armory. Not much interaction with staff. Plenty of seating throughout the Armory, though shared with other restaurants. The food came out piping hot. Obviously, they cook everything fresh to order because the inside of the fries was like lava. The fries were thick-cut and seasoned to perfection. The sandwich was good. I thought some pieces of the steak were a bit tough, and the roll seemed a bit over-steamed or possibly stale. A good sandwich and decent portion, nonetheless. I'm still going 5 stars here. I think Big Mike's is a great choice if you want a hearty, meat-filled sandwich and you happen to be in the area. However, I think you could be happy with another dining option in the Armory, too. My kids loved the MOD Pizza nearby. While there isn't anything wildly unique going on at Big Mike's, they are still pushing out great sandwiches at reasonable prices with a no-frills ordering process.

    We needed somewhere quickly and this place fit the bill. The Philly cheesesteak was very tasty and…read moreso were the steak fries. Both were piping hot. The workers looked mean, scary, and looked like they wanted to hurt us. Get someone friendly in there and you'll get higher stars in the review

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    Dingfelder's Delicatessen - Pastrami w/mustard on marbled rye (1/6/25)

    Dingfelder's Delicatessen

    4.2(509 reviews)
    1.3 miCapitol Hill
    $$

    I saw a sign that ended up being a leftover promotion from Covid offering free soup to healthcare…read moreworkers. I came in and asked for the discount and was informed that this was no longer in place. The man behind the register then looked at me and probably saw the exhaustion in my eyes of working 80/hr per week in the hospital for minimum wage and gave me a cup of matzo ball soup for free anyways. He didn't have to do that and it was such a kind and generous offer. What a genuine and caring establishment. Also that matzo ball soup was better than my Jewish grandmother's! Everyone should give this place their business.

    Revisited Dingfelder's and sampled a bunch more items off their menu. They just hit it out of the…read morepark so consistently and I love bringing friends to blow their socks off. Bonus: this spot is kosher! Potato Latkes (5/5): These latkes are thick boys and fried up so they're piping hot when they hit the table. Because of their size, you really get the contrast of the hard crunch on the outside with super fluffy potato inside. So good we immediately turned around and ordered more. Chocolate Babka (2/5): This was truly the only miss I've had here. Unfortunately, the babka just really dries out after it's been sliced, which is a shame because it's just gorgeous with generous swirls of chocolate inside. Reuben (5/5): I really thought their pastrami couldn't be beat, but the brisket is dare I say better? Just as tender and feels a bit less fatty, so it's a little more crushable. Tip: go for the seeded rye over the marbled rye; something about the marbled rye just falls apart a bit more with the juices of the meat, though it's still delicious! Black & White Cookies (4/5): I expected this to be cloyingly sweet, but this was actually scrumptious with some fresh lemon flavor in the cookie itself. Absolutely massive as well.

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    Dingfelder's Delicatessen - Hot Pastrami w/mustard on marble rye, always Ding sized ($24, 4/10/24)

    Hot Pastrami w/mustard on marble rye, always Ding sized ($24, 4/10/24)

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