This was my ever first visit to a Persian cousin since I have heard alot about from my Irani friends....luckily I ended up dining at the Ariana Restaurant, it was an forgettable night, you cant call this place only a restaurant to dine, it has everything to make you enjoy your visit, live music belly dance drink sheesha excellent service delicious food perfect interior nice and friendly staff, we were the among the first to enter and almost the last table to leave, still we were very warmly treated by the management.....I am really grateful to the restaurant management and the atmosphere it provides to their customers...STRONGLY RECOMMENDED - GREAT VALUE FOR AMOUNT YOU PAY - LOVE YOU ARIANA.....
Peter_a
I have eaten at Ariana three times over the last 18 months,and every time the service has been superb, and so has the food and entertainment. The dishes are a mix of Persian (Iranian) and Afghan, so some Iranians may well not recognize all of them. Without exception all of the food we have had there has been excellent though, both varied, and consistent across multiple visits, all of the starters seem to be good, with the aubergine dishes and olivio salad recommended, and the main course chello kebabs are superb, with chicken kebabs being a good alternative, or the Afghan meal with raisins and nuts in the rice over a lamb shank is very good too. Last Saturday the belly dancer wasn't the girl who was on Britain's Got Talent semi-finals, as before, but the dancer they had was still excellent. I'm English and married to an Iranian, and both sides of our family have loved it there, both my mother and father got up to dance during the evening last week. They said it was like being on holiday, with the Iranian singing, not that actually going to Iran is a recommended holiday nowadays. Don't be put off by the location or the TVs on the walls, it's well worth a visit. And excellent value also.
A
Terrible service! and they give me iranian coins instead of my change, only realised the next day ! unbelievable.. this has not only happened to me but others too now .
Aziz
the staff is so unorganized.. only 1 or two people work and the rest are useless
Tony
Ariana is a great restaurant it has a great atmosphere the staff is great and the music is lovely i loved the food you should go there.
banafsheh
Nice clean place, good food, good music & entertainment. Friendly service, set menu price is £20, for family would be £18. For that you get starters, as much bread as you can eat, meal and desert with tea. Shisha available.
Farhad
This is an excellent Iranian/Afghan restaurant. It has a nice decor and it has very clean which can't always be said about some other Persian restaurants in London. The service is good and the staff very friendly. The food is delicious and the atmosphere just great on Friday and Saturday night with the live music. You get great value for money in this place. Last week I went to the famous Shehrezade restaurant in Kensington after quite sometime and it reminded me why I haven't been there for such a long time. Ok the decor and location and place is five stars and nothing compared to Ariana but the service, food and prices are just 1 star. We had to wait to get a table, then the service was terrible, the waitress was keep forgetting to bring something or the other, including forgetting the cattery, sometime that anyone with a basic waiting training should get right? There was three of us, we mostly went for the music, didn't eat much a got charged a small fortune, just the service charge was £15 which was a joke compared to the level of service. The food was not up to standard and disappointing. Then the following week I went to Ariana and what a surprise, the location I must admit is a bit run down but when you do make it inside Ariana, then you do enter a little word of good food, good service and good music and atmosphere and you can eat as much as you want too without breaking the bank.
Conclusion:
Shehrezade restaurant of Kensington = 1 Star *
Ariana restaurant of Bourne Terrace = 5 Star *****
