Persian

• Review
• Preston

Maryam

Our Critics’ Pick of the Year is a generous feast you’ll want to share.

• Review
• Templestowe

Kitchen 55

Where flavour and tradition are handled with equal regard.

• Review
• Kew

AliQapu

Time warp of old-school hospitality in a palatial dining room.

• Review
• Ryde

Nikan Persian Restaurant

Flame-kissed charcoal skewers and fragrant stews in regal surrounds.

• Review
• North Willoughby

Tida Persian Food

Come for the tahdig sandwiches full of flavour and crunch.

• Review
• Carlingford

Surena Persian Restaurant

Don’t miss the kebabs and crunchy rice at this Persian crowd-pleaser.

• Review
• Preston

Persian in Preston: This is a feast you’ll want to share with friends

It’s all about Persian classics at Maryam, with an emphasis on rice dishes and kebabs.

• Dani Valent

• Review
• Carlingford

Don’t miss the kebabs and all things ‘tangy, savoury-sour’ at this Persian restaurant

Marinated lamb and chicken skewers are grilled on sword-like sticks and fanned furiously over charcoal.

• Helen Yee

• Recommended
• Sunshine

Kababi

Where Melbourne and Persian influences meet.

• Emma Breheny

• Review
• North Willoughby

This prized dish is often fought over, but here the crispy rice is twice as nice, and all yours

Saffron-hued Tida Persian Food serves the crisp-bottomed tahdig in sandwich form, no sharing required.

• Lee Tran Lam