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    Zaffron Restaurant

    3.0 (101 reviews)
    Open 11:30 am - 10:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Classy
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Happy hour specials

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    Sunny C.

    This was the best meal I had in Toronto during my entire trip. What a great restaurant! Every single dish was excellent. There was a live music performance around 8:30. That really added to the great atmosphere. I was here with my family, 7 of us. The music being sang had quite a few oldie throwbacks, so of course, my aunts and uncles were really into it and began singing along. It was great! The arrival time of everyone had about a 30 minute gap and the waitress was respectful, seated us, and did not pressure us to order. We waited until the last person arrived before beginning our order. We began with some dips. There was a spinach dip, two eggplant dips, a walnut dip, and a yogurt dip. The eggplant dip was so delicious. I ate so much of the bread. I added the eggplant to the rice once the rice came out. Then came the salad. I did not try much of that because it was just regular salad and had olives. No thanks! Then came the soup. Mmmmmmm! It had little bits of carrot, celery, and was a thick barley soup. I love the food here because everything is SO delicious and SO healthy! Wish I could've grown another stomach for this meal. We got a sample platter of meats so that we could try a little bit of everything. There was very soft steak, then kebab beef (soft like what you find in gyros?) and chicken. Not a huge fan of chicken here, but ya got me. This is the place to eat chicken for sure. The grilled flavor is so rich. There are many spices working together, flavors my taste buds have never experienced before. We enjoyed this meat platter with the gloriously large plate of rice. Basmati rice with some butter spread over it. The yellow from the saffron along with another dark red/brown spice that was on the table. I am not sure what it is called, but it was zesty and my uncle said it lowers cholesterol. Delicious and great for your health. Why isn't there more of this food back home? As I was struggling to fit all this food, the most amazing piece of lamb arrived at the table. It was so nicely prepared. The meat fell right off the bones as we shared it. It came in a little heat-proof plate, the kind fancy restaurants use to serve tiny portions of pasta. This piece was not grilled nor elaborately spiced. This was simple. I have never had such a soft piece of lamb meat until this point in time. As the night went on, service became a lot slower. It took a long time to get napkins and tea. Tea took 15-20 minutes to make. There was only 2 other tables in the entire restaurant...and it took so long to make little tea bags. I cant take a star off for that though, the food was really phenomenal. And for those of you who like healthy things, the sodas there are served in glass bottles which means there is no high fructose corn syrup in them. I definitely will save this location to come back to whenever I have the opportunity to visit Toronto again. There is some parking out front, but it is very limited.

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    Miss Lady ..

    Ridiculously overpriced kabobs. We ordered two single skewers of Kabob and they had the nerve to charge us $27 for it. We can go to Kandahar Kabab and pay $5 per skewer and get the same quality (size might be 25% smaller) Other than that, we had the fesenjan and dizi and pickled garlic. Dizi was kinda bland and tasteless and the fesenjan was typical. On both of these meals, you get a good amount of food for what you're paying. The pickled garlic is exactly like you would expect, very vinegary and sour, not a strong garlic taste. Remember to take the skin off before eating it. The table was unstable which was annoying because it kept rocking while you're eating. It had a reasonable selection of Persian food but I would recommend that they have more traditional rice dishes like Javaher Palow. I would recommend this place for their other Persian dishes, but I would not pay their prices for their kabobs. There is free parking in the back.

    Vaziri (chicken breast & ground beef skewers with garden salad)
    Jasmine L.

    Came here to celebrate Persian New Year after hearing great things about their entertainment, food quality and portions from my Persian friends! It was my first time trying Persian food...and I'm addicted! //THE FOOD// My favourite dishes were... KASHKEH BADEMJAN - eggplant garlic yogurt sauce appetizer. Such a rich combination and it's AMAZING when paired with their in-house naan bread which is topped with sesame seeds. FESENJOON - sweet & sour stew made with pomegranate juices and chicken. My taste buds were immersed with the unique flavours, and the stew was comfortingly warm and thick. KOOBIDEH - It's known to smell like 'eggs' (amongst a similarly off-putting smell...haha), but it tastes WAYYY better than it smells. Koobideh is essentially juicy ground beef patty skewers. Seasoned well and I highly suggest getting the included side dish option of garden salad to go with the skewers (they can also do half basmati rice too). AKBAR MASHTI - Persian dessert ice cream that tastes of saffron and mainly rosewater with chunks of pistachio. Hands down, this has become my new favourite ice cream flavour. I also tried their chicken breast skewer (which was surprisingly juicy!), rice stuffed grape leaves with yogurt, and their Faloodeh Persian sorbet dessert (rose water ice with vermicelli, it's sweeter than I'd prefer but it is neat that you can top it with the lemon juice or the cherry syrup provided). All their dishes were so filling, I definitely took a ton of leftovers home! //THE ATMOSPHERE// I felt like I got a full cultural experience with the live instrument performance, DJ playing Persian party music, and lots of dancing! My friends and I had so much fun! //OVERALL// I'm so glad my first encounter with Persian food was at Zaffron. I am obsessed with their bold flavours and I can't wait to come back for more!

    Shirazi salad, barley soup and complimentary pickles.
    Dorna R.

    Amazing kebob options here! The food was absolutely delicious and the service was great. We ordered the barley soup and shirazi salad as appetizers, and Sultani kebab as the main. The soup was full of flavour and perfect for the cold day, the salad was refreshing and I really liked the dressing on it. They also gave us complimentary bread and pickles. The bread tasted like it was baked in a wood-burning oven, so good! Then the main came: sultani is one skewer of ground beef kebob and one skewer filet mignon (comes with rice and a smokey tomato). Both kebabs were juicy and smokey and flavourful. Their Persian tea comes with sugar cubes and is a perfect way to end your meal on a cold winter (or spring) day. The portion sizes are huge here: one main, one soup and one salad was just enough to fill up two people. Will definitely be back when I am in the area!

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    Ali A.

    Their soltani was delicious. The restaurant offers a variety of Persian food. The price was reasonable. Looks a nice venue for gathering and throwing parties. I think they have live music but since it was our first visit, I cannot tell you when and how it would be:)

    E S.

    We had a pleasure to meet Mr. Eskandari the owner and his friendly and professional staff. We enjoyed the food very very much as they were very tasty and delicious. The service and environment were just great. I do appreciate Mr. Eskandari's support as we were traveling from US to Canada and when we landed at the airport and started to search on yelp for restaurants and found Zaffron. I remember I called him three times and asked for the direction, reservation, and menu .. and he answered them all patiently and when we walked in I realized I was talking to the owner all three times. This nice attitude comes from his confidence and work ethic he has and the great service he offers. We will come back soon in our next trip to Canada in July and enjoy the restaurant, food and meet him again.

    Shirazi Salad. Love this stuff!
    Lana D.

    3.5/5 - this place is usually friend and my go to place for Persian food. We used to go quite often but lately it just hasn't been the same. When we arrived I thought there was a private party going on but apparently every Friday and Saturday night they have live entertainment. As per the other reviews below, yes the entertainment is super annoying. I couldn't concentrate ordering with my server because yes the singing was bad. Note to self - don't come on Fridays and Saturdays. It seemed pretty packed when we arrived and people end up clearing out by the end of our meal. The food is decent. Usually I go for koobideh which is their ground beef with basmati rice. Today I felt like having half salad and their garden salad is typical iceberg with thousand island dressing (don't recommend it). Today it was good. I usually add butter to the rice because I find it slightly dry. We also had shirazi salad (cucumber, tomato and spices) which was nice. I enjoy their bread as well. Our server was super nice, my friend often sees her and she is very sweet and courteous. We finished our meals with tea and by the time we were done the restaurant was closed and they didn't rush us out which is nice. I wouldn't go out of my way to come here. But when I'm craving Persian and in the area I might stop in.

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