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    Rumi's Restaurant

    3.9 (551 reviews)
    Closed 11:30 am - 9:00 pm

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    RUMI'S RESTAURANT ATMOSPHERE

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    Quiet
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids

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    Juicy Chicken Kabob, Rumi's Salad, & Lubia Polo

    Delicious Persian food in the Inland Empire! We've been coming here for years and it still is a go-to spot when we get the craving. Food sometimes takes awhile to prepare (20+ mins), but everything is so fresh and tasty when it arrives at the table. Can't wait for my next visit!

    Barg Kabob
    Shereen H.

    I ordered barg. They stated it was "our finest cut of charbroiled filet mignon." This is by no means filet mignon. This is skirt steak or carne asada. You don't get long fibers like these in filet mignon. Don't lie to customers. Just advertise what you're serving or serve what you're advertising. I took two bites and was done.

    Juicy chicken.  Incredible.
    Christina L.

    This place is so incredible I could literally eat there everyday. I cook a lot at home and do pretty well but I couldn't do anything as close to these dishes. The hummus starter was excellent. We also had the eggplant baba ghanoush that I typically never eat. This time it looked so good because it had crispy thin sliced onion rings with roasted garlic on top. Oh my, it was the best. The show stopper, however, was the juicy chicken. That is the name of the dish. So incredibly good. This is what I could eat every single day. I want to try a salad next time. They all looked really delicious and refreshing. Super clean food. Highly recommend! Sorry, this is not the best picture.

    lavash bread service
    Maisune E.

    underrated in my opinion! i love that this cozy spot exists in corona. you can come for a date night or family night or solo dining. hospitable staff who check in with you but let you eat in peace. clean and tidy inside, and appreciate the linens and marble tables. they start with lavash bread service with onions, butter, and sumac. we ordered a soup, salad with lamb koobideh, and i got the chicken and beef koobideh. it was plenty for 3 people and i just happened to be extra hungry otherwise we would have had leftovers. i'm a sucker for juicy koobideh and i knew lamb and beef we're going to hit the spot but do you know how hard it is to make chicken koobideh taste juicier than lamb?! what is this magic! absolutely enjoyed it.

    Chicken fesenjoon
    Zaina H.

    Good Persian food but customer service is a hit and miss. They have an excellent selection of options, including vegetarian. Prices are average and portions satisfy a single person. The lavash and basmati rice needs love. Every time I've had the tahdig, it tastes old. They also need to use better sumac. Khoresht is what Persians are known for so that's what you need to order. The fesenjon is my favorite. It's not too sweet and not too tangy, it's perfect. The gormeh sabzi is good but bland. My family ordered and enjoyed the lamb shank, chicken fesenjoon, and koobideh sandwich. The meat as tender and flavorful.

    Persian Noodle Soup

    Looks like a family run business to me. We just happened to pass by and saw this restaurant and since me and my wife are both hungry so we decided to give it a try. The place is small but very neat and clean. The food looks really good and taste amazing. Their price is not expensive at all and with the quality it's considered very reasonable. The servers are also very friendly. We love the place and will definitely come back again.

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    Really good food. Great customer services. I can say is the best so far for middle eastern food.

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    This place has some of the best and authentic Afghan food in the SoCal area, highly recommended

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    8 months ago

    Exceptional Persian cuisine. This place serves the best Persian food. So fresh and tasty. Highly recommend.

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    9 months ago

    Food is amazing! Authentic and fresh! Service was good with a family ambiance. Will definitely be back!

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    9 months ago

    Food taste good but flies all the time and place doesn't look like it's properly maintained and cleaned. Not going back

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    Theis restaurant is excellent, friendly service , generise amount of food , very resenabl price. It runs by very nice family.

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    We've been here multiple times now. They have great service and the food is very good and authentic!

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    9 months ago

    Delicious food and wonderful customer service. Owners are really nice and welcoming. Chicken barg entree was delicious!

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    10 months ago

    Never disappointed every time we get their food absolutely yummy. Always look forward to our next visit.

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    10 months ago

    They are Afghans running an Iranian food restaurant. Their food is awful. Their tag dig is so hard that it's almost broke my teeth.

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    Ask the Community - Rumi's Restaurant

    Is there hookah?

    No it is only food and no smoke.

    Is this restaurant certified halal?

    Yes, all the meat we serve are certified Halal

    Are they open during this COVID 19 time? I keep calling and no answer.

    I just called twice too and no answer so I'm guessing they're not open.

    Do they have lahmajoun?

    No they dont .

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    "Personally I never open a session of parliament without eating a kebab first."…read more ROBERTA METSOLA One just has to love the Kebab, or Kabob ;-) Was in town checking out potential sites for a new affordable housing project and at the end we all checked yelp and this spot was close by. Reviews were good, local hole in the wall, let's find out... Service is counter, friendly and nice. As befits the current economy, prices are a bit higher for a local lunch. Food was excellent, enjoyed my Kafta very much although I would have preferred a grilled tomato and peppers like other places have. Bread was good, rice was good. Soda refillable :-) I will definitely try again when in the city. Recommended!!

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    Cash resister with business cards and other desserts (sweet dates and sesame cookies, think they were out of mamoul)

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    Always the best best BEST! Got a family-style meal with salad instead of rice, subbed two of the…read morechicken skewers for koobideh (total of four skewers of koobideh and 1 skewer chicken). Added a tofu skewer and a vegetable skewer. The vegetables were packed separately with care for the vegetarians at my house...THANK YOU! The order was NOT ready at the time it was supposed to be, but they hooked us up with hummus as service recovery. The only things off-putting to me was that there's a code for the restroom even though there's more than one stall. A couple of us were standing around waiting for no reason until the lady came out and said "there's more than one stall in there!" The other thing that was off-putting is an employee walked in (uniform on) with her kids and walked into the kitchen with her kids with her. The kids were walking in and out of the kitchen area multiple times with no supervision (where did mom go?!) They eventually walked out with open cups of drinks. Not too sanitary and no one said anything to her or the kids that I could hear.

    After a disappointing experience years ago, I ended up giving this place another shot after coming…read morewith friends. I started coming back every now and again because I love the koobideh. I am so disappointed, as much I have loved their food I will not go back. Today I picked up an $800 catering order that I placed. Huge pans of skewers, rice, salads, etc. I had to pick this order up by myself and had already made two trips to my car. The pans were really hot and the protein pans were heavy, so I politely asked the gentleman working there if he could please help me carry the rest of food to my car. It was obvious I was struggling and I still had more trips to make. He did not seem thrilled, but gave a reluctant sure, next thing I know the woman who was also there working interrupts and hands me two paper bags to use as make shift oven mitts to carry my own items since the pans were hot, I pretty much got an unspoken you can carry it out by yourself because they said nothing to me at all proceeded with what they were doing and ignored me. As I was struggling to get through their door through their patio another guest saw me struggling and opened for the door for me. I carried the rest out and on my last trip in I told the woman working that I was upset with placing such a large order and struggling to carry it, it was disappointing to be completely disregarded after asking for help. She informed me they are not allowed to leave the premises which is fine, however they didn't even explain that to me after I asked just handed me paper bags as make shift oven mitts and basically a "good luck - you're on your own," turned around and went back to what they were doing. They could have at least held the door for me, the restaurant was empty. I unfortunately will never come back here or cater my business lunches here again.

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