Nice ambiance, good service, but food is inconsistent. The first time I went it was great and the second time, not so much. It felt like they've had a new chef. I'm not sure if I'll be returning. read more

This restaurant used to be my favorite, but food quality has really gone downhill. I gave it another chance 3 weeks ago, but kabobs were unevenly cooked & disappointing. I thought maybe it was an off day, so I tried again today & it was even worse. The kabobs were served cold & still unevenly cooked, and the khoresht tasted like it had been sitting around for days; honestly, it seemed like it had gone bad. Really sad to see the decline. I won't be going back, not recommended, please don't waste your money . read more

Been here a few times. Had some so so takeout experiences. The last takeout experience was poor. Taking my business elsewhere.

A coworker recommended this place. I went for lunch and was seated pretty quickly on the outside patio which was my preference. I was delighted to find lunch options at $15 and below. My server was extremely professional and courteous and extended a taste of one of the wines. I decided to order a Chardonnay and the beef lunch special. It was great. Comes in a large size and I had to box leftovers. Overall I was very pleased. Thank you for your hospitality. read more

Irvine Grill - Mediterranean Near Me - Irvine, California

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There was nothing that fancy about the restaurant. It was recently modernized and turned into a Persian restaurant a couple of years back but what is fancy is the food is top notch Persian cuisine all the classics were there I went. They're doing tea time and saw Rose and rose of skewers cooking on the grill And I had some chicken koobideh and beef Cuba day and my favorite dish is gehmeh bademjon The portions were big. The bread was very fresh and warm and the place was very busy.There's plenty of room inside and there is outside seating and while I waited for my order there was a line of people waiting for their takeout order as well. Though I never heard of the restaurant is apparently very well known and very popular. read more

9.13.24...I had lunch here for the first time. Went with friends. Nice restaurant. Busy on this Friday. A little warm inside with the amount of people dining for lunch. Service was a little slow. Server forgot about the Appetizer (K.O.Bademjan) ordered so it came after our food was served. It was delicious anyways. Good sized portion for the chicken koobideh lunch special. We took our time since we had slow service and we are retired, so a 2 hour lunch excuse me was necessary. We asked for desserts. No chocolate cake and no fruit tart. A little disappointed with that. Food is good. But will remember certain things about my first visit. read more

Irvine Grill - Chicken koobideh lunch special - Mediterranean Near Me - Irvine, California

We go here at least once a week. Great food for the whole family and delicious. Service can be better sometimes.

This is by far the worst discrimination I have ever had in my 50 plus years of existence as an Asian and on top of that in the city of Irvine. We were seated immediately, but then it went downhill very quickly. It was not too busy at 1:45 on a Saturday and I counted at least 5 servers plus managers/owners there. Not a single one of them acknowledged us in our time there and forget about offering us water. I even made eye contact with a few of them. I felt like unless you were Persian or spoke Farsi, you weren't going to get service. It was so blatant. One of the server had to squeeze behind my wife to get to another table to take their order. That server didn't say anything. Needless to say, we left after 20 minutes. Regardless of what other reviewers say about the food, I guess we will never know since we couldn't even be acknowledged. They should shut down and turn it into a private club if they don't want to serve the public. read more

Tried to give this place another chance after a previous poor experience. Still horrible service and rude manager. The rice smelled and was cold. Wait tim was ridiculous and food quality was terrible. Stay away from this "restaurant". read more

I really enjoyed their Kebab and Doug and also Ash Reshte. Highly recommend this place for anyone looking for decent Persian dishes. read more

Irvine Grill - Good food - Mediterranean Near Me - Irvine, California

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I have been to many Persian restaurants in LA. Irvine Grill definitely ranks among the top 2. The quality of food is unmatched. If you want to see perfection in Persian food in a restaurant context, this is the place to be. 100% recommended. read more

Irvine Grill - Mediterranean Near Me - Irvine, California

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I've been by this place multiple times and stopped in finally. Every time I pass, I always see people in there, so it was nice to see what the buzz was about. This is a nice Persian/Middle Eastern restaurant with a bar, beautiful decor, and friendly service. The only knock on the stars is for the pricing, as it is a little on the expensive side, but so is everything now. We got the Aria platter, which is a lot of food, and a nice sample of all of their meat kabobs. They did do some things that are different/unique versus say Panini Kabob which was awesome. read more

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There isn't a Persian restaurant in Southern California that's better than this; everything is always fresh, delicious, and the portions you get for the price is amazing. read more

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On April 17, 2026, I called Irvine Grill and made a reservation for dinner. I specifically requested a table indoors, and not on the patio. When I got there, I told the person at the desk that I had a reservation and I gave him my information. He never bothered to look for the reservation in their records. After a few minutes, though, he escorted us to the patio. When I told him that I'd specifically reserved an indoors table, he actually raised his voice to us and chastised us for making him "do more work" to seat us indoors. It was rude and unprofessional. We immediately left. Shortly after, I called the restaurant and spoke with one of the "partners" who apologized profusely, but did nothing to remedy the situation. The best she could offer me was to have me seated at a nice table. "Big deal," I thought, "all they had to do was sit us at a regular table in the first place." She was doing nothing special to make up for the server bitching me out. We'll never go back. read more

I have been here a couple of times and the customer service has been excellent and the food was delicious. I ordered the Beef Barg, which was flavorful and tender. I also love how they include both salad and rice with their food. read more

Irvine Grill - Beef Barg - Mediterranean Near Me - Irvine, California

Review for Mally (Catering) I've ordered from Irvine Grill Catering several times now - sandwiches, appetizers, main dishes, finger foods, and more - and everything has been absolutely delicious! Mally, who manages the catering side, is simply amazing. Her customer service is top-notch, and she's super easy to work with. The food always arrives warm and on time, and the presentation is beautiful. Every single time I've worked with her, it's been such a great experience. Honestly, she's the best! read more

Irvine Grill is located in the Quail Hill Shopping Center with plenty of parking. It's in the corner with indoor and outdoor seating. Their restrooms are towards the back and are nice and clean. There's lots of things that I love about Irvine Grill, including their aesthetics. I love that they chose blue, super unique! And I love the wall decors they have all around the restaurant. The bar at the back is also pleasant to look at. It's such a fun and welcoming place! I can tell that this is a popular place, there were tons of people already eating comfortably inside and outside. And I feel like it's a place where people get together to catch up. Customer service was friendly and attentive; I appreciated the to go containers without having to ask for it. My chicken barg was delicious - I felt the portion was plenty! I love the complimentary naan and the saffron ice cream was beautiful and tasty, love the pistachios inside! Hope to come back again and try other items on their menu! read more

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I was compelled to write a review after I saw this place was sub 4 stars! Been coming here a few times now and each time not only is the service amazing but so is the food. I'm a massive fan of the tachin and there is no other Persian restaurant in the area that offers that. They also have delicious pastries to go with it. The ghormeh Sabzi and gheymeh (stews) might not be the best compared to some of the other Persian restaurants but everything else is beyond delicious and with the good service. It's no brainer. read more

Had no idea there was another Persian restaurant near by and was glad to see there is. Came here to meet a buddy of mine for lunch and was impressed with the food, service, and ambiance. Can't wait to be back with family and friends. Couple of pics of our tahdig appetizer. We shared a Soltani dish and had some salad Shirazi. All were done perfectly. Kashkeh mooseer (yogurt) side appetizer was delicious as well. Marvelous! read more

Irvine Grill - Tahdig - Mediterranean Near Me - Irvine, California

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I called Irvine Grill to ask them to cater my parent's 45th wedding anniversary. They exceeded my expectations. We ordered beef koobidah, chicken kabob, and salmon. We also ordered three rice dishes and falafel. Everything was superior quality. Their chafing dishes were beautiful. The delivery was on time and they handled pickup on my schedule. I worked with Mali, their catering coordinator, who was communicative and efficient. It was wonderful having someone who could coordinate everything. I only have good things to say. We love their lunch specials too. Irvine Grill is great. read more

Horrible Food. DRY Rice, old meat (Kabob) very poor quality. Slow service. Never going back !!!

I heard about this spot from a family friend in my Persian community and knew I had to check it out. As someone who's spent years learning my grandmother's recipes, I have pretty high standards for Persian food. I loved the fact that two sisters opened the restaurant together, and wanted to support a local business run by and for our Iranian community. Last week I had a serious craving for Tahchin-- for the uninitiated, picture a crunchy, rich rice cake, with a golden crust speckled with little barberry jewels. Typically, tahchin has pieces of chicken hidden within each slice. This is one of my ultimate comfort meals: tangy, filling, and crisp. This particular tahchin was unique in that the chicken was served on the side in the form of a juicy kabob, rather than included inside of the cake itself. Motivated by equal parts intrigue and hunger, I ordered online, and decided to add on a pomegranate rose drink. I was pleasantly surprised by the quick estimated pickup time, especially considering that Persian food is very much a labor of love....emphasis on labor. By the time I drove over, the food was packaged. The lady at the register was extremely prompt, and showed me my food to make sure I was ok with what I ordered. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the portion was large, and that it included a very generously sized side of salad shirazi (a delicious chopped tomato and cucumber salad with a lemon and olive oil dressing that is a standard at every Iranian meal) as well as several slices of fresh, warm bread (again, are you really eating Persian food if you don't have plenty of bread with onions and butter to pinch your meal into little mini sandwiches?). She also told me that my drink wasn't offered in-house, and that the website was a little outdated. She then offered to substitute my drink with another. She quickly called over a young man who took me to the bar and showed me the different options. He showed me a couple of options, including some beautiful orange spritzes. He offered two, but I politely declined in favor of just one. When I got home, I searched for the spritz out of curiosity....the value of two of those drinks far exceeded what I had initially paid for the pomegranate drink. I was stunned by the generosity and impeccable customer service I had the fortune of experiencing. Even with a full house on a Friday night, the entire transaction had taken maybe 3 minutes total. I will definitely be returning to Irvine Grill. I had enough food to carry over into the next day's lunch, and it was authentic and absolutely delicious! read more

Irvine Grill - The chicken tahchin - Mediterranean Near Me - Irvine, California

Great great food and service Choice of inside or outside seating Delicious authentic cooking at reasonable price read more

This review is based on two visits; I've eaten here for lunch both times. I'm not much of a fan of the menu because I don't care much for rice and salad so I'm interested in the entree, bread (extra) and hummus (extra). I was surprised how tender the chicken dishes are. I've had two different chicken dishes (forgot to take a photo of the first one) and both were good. The hummus doesn't taste as good as other places. The ambience is nice, the restaurant is nice and the service was very good both times. 3.5 stars! read more

Irvine Grill - Mediterranean Near Me - Irvine, California

It's a gorgeous restaurant. We had attentive and friendly service. The food is delicious! The lunch specials Are kind of unbelievable Where can you get a lunch sized portion of kebab, Or Persian stew, with rice, and complimentary bread for under $15!!??this is a lovely full service restaurant with great food! The patio was also wonderful. It was sunny, a bit chilly, but it's covered and has glass wall and heaters. It was so nice to be outside after a few really chilly days. I HIGHLY recommend the place, Especially for lunch specials read more

best Persian food in Orange County. Not sure why the rating is not over 4.0. Maybe new management but overall there is no Persian restaurant that comes even close to the quality and service of this place. read more

I was not impressed at all with the quality, preparation or flavor of the food. I ordered the chicken kabob and it was pretty burnt to the point where I had to continuously remove charred pieces from it before taking a bite. The rice also tasted low quality and had a really odd flavor almost like algae. The salad is also boring composed mainly of lettuce and had a weird mayo-balsamic dressing. Also the layout and decor of the store is cheap and not well thought out. Do yourself a favor and go to Panini Kabob grill where the quality is high, consistent, flavorful , honest and to the point. read more

Definitely one of the better Persian restaurants that won't break the bank! Great food good ambiance and Farsi being spoken all around! Personally I enjoyed every moment of the experience... from the food to the other patrons speaking in Farsi! The dish I ordered reminded me of my father's mother! Chicken salad sandwich it was so tasty. Reminds me of when she used to bring me a sandwich years ago. For that I give this spot five stars! Not only is it because of the fond memory it brings up for me but it also has amazing chicken kabobs and koobideh-(lamb/beef&onion mix) read more

Went to have a lunch date with my husband and we both enjoyed the beef koubideh platters. The lunch platter consisted of 1 skewer of beef, half basmati rice, half salad, and 1 charred tomato. It's so satisfying and delicious. The service was great-- our server was attentive. Highly recommend this place when you're in the area. read more

Irvine Grill - Beef koubideh lunch platter - Mediterranean Near Me - Irvine, California

Food and Portions were great except the restaurant smelled like Lysol and is in dire need of a deep cleaning. Food is 3 stars for sure, cleanliness is 1 star. Next time i can probably just order take-out except I'm not sure how clean the kitchen is. read more

Tried Irvine grill midweek during lunch time and it wasn't busy at all. Had a reservation in Resy but even without reservation got seated immediately. Service was fast and they were attentive. They have both indoor and outdoor seating area and it's very clean. Tried the chicken kebab lunch special and it was very good. Kebab was juicy and soft. They served good amount of rice and salad! Definitely enough for one person. I also tried their house made dough and it was very good. My friend tried the new Zealand lamb kebab and he liked it. Would definitely come back. read more

We placed a large order for pick up at 4:45p on Mother's Day and Irvine Grill did a great job getting it all together. The Aria platter was delicious and plentiful and we also enjoyed the 3 Stew Combo. The meat, lubia polo and poli was moist and very flavorful. The Mast O Moussir was excellent and the Khask Bademjan was well made with fried onion and well seasoned. What sets this restaurant apart is that they do not go light on spices or seasoning. We had a great mother's day. read more

Garbage... The guy who answered the phone was rude. They had reservations on resy and didnt update the time slots. We made reservations for 8:45, they close at 9... We call to confirm our reservation and the guy basically tells us were out of luck because they stop seating people. We ask why they allowed us to schedule a reservation for that time then. The guy basically tells us its out fault. read more

I'm giving 2 starts purely for the lack of service my friend and I received here. The food in my opinion is very delicious(that's coming from a Persian person who is pretty picky). We went around 8pm on a Friday night and it wasn't crazy busy but it was still busy. I work in the hospitality industry so I understand how busy places can get but this was a purely poor service as I saw our server be more attentive to every other table. We were there for over an hour (almost 2) and our server stopped at our table 4 times maximum (and I had to flag him down sometimes). He stopped once to get our drinks and food order then to drop off our drinks then to drop off some water and one more time to check how our dinner was. He never stopped by after that even though we had been sitting there for well over 25 minutes. I had to flag down another server for Togo boxes and then once we sat there for another 10 minutes of being ignored I finally went up to the counter and just paid with the lady at the counter. She had another server check me out which was fine but once my friend and I were grabbing our to go containers I saw my server (I believe it was alireza) talking to the other server. Poor experience here but I will still continue to get take out since it is close and convenient but I will reconsider dining in. read more

Irvine Grill - Beef Koobideh - Mediterranean Near Me - Irvine, California

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I was a little nervous about coming here after reading the reviews. However with that being said, we had dinner here with friends and I was pleasantly surprised. The ambiance was cozy and inviting. Our server was nice and very efficient. The food was amazing. The menu was great, such a huge variety of items. I would recommend giving Irvine Grill a try and create your own opinion like I did. I really enjoyed this experience, the food and restaurant. read more

I went there to place a to-go order twice, and both times, this happened: while I was speaking with the lady who usually takes orders, their phone rang, and she answered it without completing my order! You rarely encounter such poor customer service in America. I left without ordering today. Thankfully, there are plenty of other restaurants nearby with much better customer service, higher quality food, and more reasonable prices. read more

This place was recommended to us since we wanted some Persian food in the OC. We came on Christmas Day and it was packed. We had reservations and it took about 15min to get seated. It seemed like they were short staff since for a busy day like this! Our server was trying her best to serve all the tables and keeping up with all the tables. We ate there for 2 hours because the food service was slow. Our party of 10 were starving and good thing they had fresh naan bread for us because the kids were hungry! Once we got the food, it was delicious! The meat was tender and flavorful! The salad it came with was over drenched with dressing but it was freshly made. I think if we didn't come on Christmas Day then the dining experience would've been better. We still all enjoyed the food so would come Back on a non holiday to give it another try. read more

Irvine Grill - Aria Platter - Mediterranean Near Me - Irvine, California

I don't usually review, but I have been coming here for years and it has been dead on PERFECTION every time. The beef koobideh and barg today was one of the best I have had. read more

Went here a couple of weeks ago with a friend. I was really surprised by how good the food was. The rice was cooked to perfection and tasted great. Not too salty like a lot of other places. The service was friendly and the ambiance is nice. I had read in some other reviews that the place smelled bad but I didn't notice anything and neither did my friend. read more

We have been going to this restaurant for many years however, the vibe is not the same. First, right when we checked in the hostess yelled from far away asking me the number of people and if I had a reservation. No greeting, no hello to welcome us in just who are you and how many. Then we place our orders, waited a lengthy time, and when the food finally came, the kabob was not cooked to our liking. It was like only half their grill was working. Half the meat was cooked well while the other barely. The rice was smelly and smelled like it was either unwashed or like the rice bag it came in. Not good! The tomatoes that come with the kabob were also not cooked and raw inside. Overall we paid $500 and really poor service. They have about 16 employees, and not a big space, but the waiters and waitresses do a lot of standing around. Unfortunately, a few bad experiences like this and we have decided as a family not to come back here. Maybe new ownership? Or lack of management? read more