Mahdi in Hammersmith and Fulham

What a fantastic discovery! A first-class Persian restaurant that is not where you expect it! This isn't Ealing, and it isn't Finchley (where Persian places have sprung up these last 10 or 15 years). This is the far end of King Street, and the place clearly has a lot of devoted customers! The staff is welcoming and polite, happy to help you find what you want, with no pressure to order too much food (as some restaurants do). The bread is fresh, the Mirza Ghassemi is the best I've ever tasted, and we had two superb mains: Baghali Polo (delicious rice, and melting lamb) and a beautiful Tah-Chin garnished with zereshk. Four of us had only 3 starters and 2 mains..... yet we couldn't finish it! Customers were from all different ethnicities: everyone loves Persian cuisine. We weren't sure about pudding, but our waiter brought us a complementary dish of faloodeh (albaloo) which was perfect to follow all the savouries. Thanks to all the staff for a superb evening.

The food is excellent and the staff are friendly and knowledgeable. The chicken skewer we had was perfect as were the bread and the hummus. Plenty of sumac to sprinkle too!

Best place ever for Persian food. The staff are so friendly and the food is the best we have ever eaten. Would always recommend to eat here. Thank you to all at Mahdi 💐

Great place to dine. Food was amazing. If there would be some music it would get 5 star in atmosphere as well.

The food was amazing, very tasty, and delicious, the service is always perfect the staff are very welcoming. The restaurant is very clean and the atmosphere is cosy and comfortable.

Delicious food, amazing meditarranean vibes and great service. Portions are good size and the tea is great. Will visit again

Please improve your customer service !!!!! A joke In reply to the owners comment : Your point being? Yeah because I don’t write reviews as you seen by taking the time to look at my account :) How about apologising to the customers and trying to solve the issue, yet this is your reply as manager. Your a joke the same as your staff 😂

It had very good food and a very good environment. The service was good. After the meal, all the tables were cleaned and dessert was served. I was completely satisfied and I recommend it to you. And having a friendly manager

Brilliant meal at Mahdi. Very generous portions and we even got given complimentary tea and baklava. The food was excellent and so was the service. Would highly recommend if you’re in the Hammersmith area.

Excellent flavours with impeccable service. The meat is always cooked to perfection and served with flavoursome buttery saffron rice. We were given some excellent suggestions by our very knowledgeable waitress Feria. We will be returning again very soon!

Served by Zohre. She was so lovely and helpful. Food was great and you enjoy the Persian atmosphere too

On Monday, with my friend who came from Italy, we reserved a table for two people for dinner, the food was delicious, the waiters were kind and polite, all the food we ordered was recommended by the young waiter named Feri there, and I was very happy. I miss meeting her , we will be back again hoping to see her there again.

First time coming to this restaurant with my family tonight as this place was recommended to us. The service of the young waitress with the curly hair was disgusting. She spoke in a very rude, unprofessional tone while taking our order and her facial expression made us feel like we wasn’t welcome there. Her face was like ‘stone’. She also was staring at us making my wife feel uncomfortable. We spent £120 in your restaurant to be treated this way by your staff. I think you need to show her what good customer service is and how to act as a waitress as she will loose your business a lot of customers. Teach her to SMILE at customers and speak in a NICE POLITE tone… Because of her I will not be returning again to this restaurant as I’m very disappointed in the service, the restaurant was not busy at the time we visited so there wasn’t any excuse for her rubbish attitude 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼 this is the first time I’ve ever left a bad review. EDIT - How professional the manager of the place can’t be arsed to reply to the review and at least apologise for their staff. Says it all about this place 😂avoid

The restaurant is very excellent, the service is excellent, the staff are treated with respect, and tea was served to us as a hospitality.

Really lovely place. Great vibes. Food was delicious.

We went to this Iranian restaurant tonight for a visit and dinner at the suggestion of one of our Iranian friends. They treated us very well and the young girl who served us there gave us saffron sugar as a gift. It will remain in our memories and we will come back and see her and fall in love with that place👍🏻👍🏻😍😍

I came with my sister and we really enjoyed the food. Staff were wonderful and very attentive. The tea to end the meal was just perfect.

We have been visiting Mahdi since 2014. The service is amazing, the food delicious and the atmosphere is very welcoming. We make sure we will come here whenever we are nearby. It's a good place for family and friends.

I am a regular here and it’s my fav restaurant. I always recommend and it’s a place I bring my friends as the food is always amazing and the service is great

Food was amazing and good customer service

We unexpectedly came across this restaurant which looks very inviting from the outside. We came in, we were sat and we were very pleasantly surprised with the quality of the service, food and atmosphere. Very much recommend!

Delicious food, very tender and juicy. We also had the Persian tea, which was a treat!

It was first time here, will definitely be back again and again! The food is amazing!!! We ordered chicken and lamb kebab, so wonderful!

I’ve tried this place mixed grill before and it was really nice and the rice was also nice BUT I came again and it was a disappointment tbh. The meat wasn’t that great as it normally was and the rice was kinda dry. The restaurant was empty besides a few people but the food still arrived just a bit warm. The waiter wasn’t rude but she just seemed fed up with her job.

Best persian restaurant in London

The food is expensive and disgusting

One of the Best Persian Restaurant in West London. Loved the Food and Service. Chalo Kebab and Lamb Chops are Yummy. Must try Persian Tea at the end.

Authentic & delicious Iranian food. This is the kind of restaurants where families & friends meet for a meal in the weekend. I’ve been there several times & the food was consistently good. The portions are HUGE though, so we always ordered one mixed grill for 2 people (see photo). The Persian ice cream is a must try if you’re a saffron lover. The prices are compatible with the big portions & high meat quality.

Excellent food Beautiful interior Very good service

By far the best Persian restaurant I’ve been to! Great and quick service, friendly staff and a calm atmosphere. Food is delicious and fairly priced too. Definitely recommend this restaurant!

Food is amazing but service is terrible. We had a wheelchair user in our group. We told the restaurant in advance. They gave us a table but wanted the wheelchair user to sit on the end where she was removed from the conversation. The restaurant then suggested moving us to a corner which was colder. They ignored the female members of our group and spoke over the wheelchair user. Only when a man was there did they listen and gave us a decent table. When we were finished a member of the group was scratched by a splinter in the seat causing her finger to bleed. Overall service really bad. But the food is awesome so from now on I'll be doing takeaway.

Wonderful and delicious Persian food served by friendly staff! We had an amazing dinner, and highly recommend the mixed grill options if coming with a large group.

Very yummy mixed grill, the 2 people portion was good enough for 3 of us! The Mint Mojito is very good too.

Everything was just perfect service food seating. Thank you very much

Best restaurant in Hammersmith! The food is delicious and authentic! The aesthetics of the restaurant are really nice and transport you straight to Persia! The portions are really generous as well! The staff are lovely and attentive.

Delicious food, excellent service and great ambiance!!!

Lovely Iranian restaurant in Hammersmith. Very good food, dessert and service from everyone and Faramarz the manager in particular was very friendly and helpful with everything we needed. Very enjoybable evening with the family. Recommended.

Great atmosphere and the food was delicious.

We had a large party of 11 people and we had only booked at 15 minutes before through an app and they were completely ready for us. While we had a small selection of food, everything was perfect. We had the hummus and bread, and then the mixed grill with some barberries rice. Meat was season perfectly and the rice was so good that I would go back just for that. We had a great time and I would come back in a heartbeat.

Omg I live this restaurant, we always visit. They always serve us fresh delicious food. This is a must visit with family and friends.

Faramraz was very food. Better than harry magawra . I also met Ronaldo today 👌

As always, very good food. Had eaten here many times and recommend all to give it a try at least once. 👍

Their Meat is not fresh koobideh smells

Dont wasting your money. Food quality and service is awful. Never recommend. Zero star 👎

One of the hardest kobide in the world , welldone guys 👎🏻👎🏻

The food here was okay - not the best, but that’s subjective, it might be more to your taste. The atmosphere is a bit cramped, with small tables that can make things tricky depending on your expectations. We also encountered an issue where we ordered something from the menu, but it wasn’t as described. They didn’t even have the dish available, and we had to ask for a refund. Overall, it’s not great, but it’s not bad either. I’d say it’s worth giving it a try to see if it suits your preferences.

Amazing authentic place to eat Iranian food. We have been coming here for years and the food never disappoints.

I just called to check and they have the audacity to have service charge as mandatory? What is this? the US? Owner trying to not pay his staff well so he makes us pay them. Didnt even bother to come because of this! Greedy

Beautiful place with good food and my favorite restaurant for Mediterranean food 😋 😍 ☺️ 👌.

We recently visited Mahdi restaurant and ordered a mix of grilled for 3. First of all, it came really late even people came after us they had their dinner but we still were waiting. Secondly, when it came it was not exactly what it was written on their menus. The grill was not freshly made. The grilled chicken was dry. I did not take a photo from the start because I was not expecting like this but I did take a photo of the receipt

Great food. Great quality. Service can sometimes be solo but 100% not the staff fault as they often have a full house of up to about 20 tables at a time. Very consistent and always above great tasting food well made, prepared and presented.

Disgusting food plus I have been charged hidden fee I ordered on Uber eats the bill was £37 then £45 has been taken out of my bank

A very nice authentic persian restaurant. We had the beef stew and the lamb kobideh with a lot of saffron coated basmati rice with mixed grilled sauce accompanied with their infamous potatoe salad, the flavours were great as everything was cooked fresh, Just makesure you have a booking unless you went early as we did

We were in Mahdi restaurant with family and the service was exceptional, the lamb neck with any rice is highly recommended, kashk bademjoon, and ghormeh sabzi was great. Very large portions. It was very warm they should put a mobile aircon or something to bring cool air. They also gave us complimentary tea and baghlava. Overall very good experience.

Haven't been for quite a few years and was late lunch but good service food still ok,if not as good as remembered but will go back soon to see if evening is better!

I recommend this restaurant. We really enjoyed it, and the quality of the food and ice cream was perfect.

The food is so good , original taste of Persian cuisine . Faramarz is the best !!

Great food and generous helping.

Excellent restaurant serving delicious traditional Iranian food with Persian decor and relaxed vibe. The quality of the meat and ingredients is superb, fresh and full of flavour. Kind and attentive staff, Ferial looked after and was great. A recommended restaurant!

As we entered our group of 6 was placed on a table for 4. After notifying the waiter that the table was too cramped he started pulling the table which of course made no difference. Eventually he attached another table to the end of the row. The food took about 40 mins to arrive which was of course very slow and when it came it was very disappointing. My vegetarian friends were disappointed by their meals which they said lacked flavour and I had the same issue with my lamb and chicken dish (#23 on the menu) as it was very plain and dry. My friend who ordered a different chicken dish was however quite happy with his meal and said it was well flavoured. The atmosphere inside the restaurant was great however it was also very hot and stuffy inside. They do however have great tea and baclava which was very tasty.

The restaurant was nice but the service was sort of slow, the food was quite expensive (£16.5 for a veggie dish >£20 for meat) and not that remarkable in my opinion. Some of the food was good according to my friends (the chicken platter) and some of it was not particularly special. There were 4 veggie options for mains which is decent and between us we ordered three of them but they were not that great. I wouldn’t go back again.

Best food and Atmosphere.. been coming for many years and never get disappointed…

Amazing customer service. The food is delicious to say the least.

Amazing restaurant. Love the food here. Really authentic. Come here so often and it's always brilliant. Totally my favourite restaurant.

Delicious !!! Amazing food and huge portions

Lovely food, lively atmosphere and huge portions!

It was a great experience of food and delicious taste. It was an excellent service.

Excellent food, with nice people working there.

Have been going to here since 2018. Trusted quality of persian food (specially Soltani Kebab) as close as the one you could find the Tehran or Tabriz bazaars. I hope they’ll keep their quality of food on top as always.

Very delicious, clean, fast, and the portion are considered big. I will come again. You must try it.

Very good service , good portion , friendly nice ,

The food is delicious, delicious, and very excellent. It is worth visiting as a first-class restaurant

Quiet place with such a beautiful vibes, food is honestly 10/10 it did not disappoint me at all!! ❤️

It used to be a nice place with nice food and clean environment but now the food is old, staffs are angry and on the phone all the time. The chairs and plates are dirty. Will not recommend this place at all.

Great service, fantastic food, not expensive Very clean.

Went on weekday.Reservation was by phone. Food is brilliant, service is decent; we were seated at the end of the room, near the glass door and did not feel cramp. Huge, huge portions, everything with rice or breads. Love the food, but a vegetable dish with no carbs will be a good addition to the starter menu.

Succulent juicy kebabs . Highly recommend them and have the freshly baked bread with hummus .

Amazing food.We opt for the grilled mixed meat for two.Humus top.Baklava and ice cream with flower flavour top.I like the decoration too.Fairly priced for the quality of food they offer and it’s London

Kebabs were precooked & dry. Not freshly cooked👎🏻 Khoresht fesenjoon was not made with walnust but mostly with almond which is “NO NO” 👎🏻 Bakhlava was so artificially green & had no taste of pistachio 🙈 For every customer the bill was in Farci which was not understandable only the total was written in English numbers the rest was all in Farci No a very pleasant experience for £160.00

Just been for the first time Amazing food- huge portions No rush from the staff . Will def visit again Adele

The service and treatment are bad, and the food in the restaurant is very ordinary and old

Visited with friends, excellent service, and amazing food. Parking can be found on side streets.

Delicious food. I loved the bread goes really well with the meats and the sauces that came with it. The rice was soft and the meats were tender, packed full of flavour! We got the mixed grill to share, certainly didn’t disappoint. Service was good and the food came out fairly quick. Look forward to my next trip! Thank you 🙏🏽 👏🏽

The Food deserves more than 5 stars.

The food was great and the price as well! The service was very good too. Recommend this place !

Our family favourite restaurant. We have been visiting mahdis for over 15 years and it’s always consistent. The mirza ghosemi and kashke bademjan are the best in the country.

Went to this place on the 4th of May 2024 for my daughter’s 9th Birthday. There was about 5 adults and 2 children. This was our first time at this establishment and our last. Food was very bland and when asked to change rice for bread we were told that they cannot do that as rice is part of the dish which cannot be changed. The service was really bad no one asked us about our food, they did not even wish my daughter any happy birthday even though she was wearing a birthday badge and crown. And the cost for all of us was £147 and that was only food and they even added 10% service charge. Will not recommend this place at all.

Food was good however its way overpriced.

Great food, weird decor though.

I can tell that this is the best of best The food tastes delicious!

Can’t beat Mahdi for an authentic Persian restaurant experience. Have been coming here for many years and whilst the prices have increased recently, the decor and ambience keeps me coming back. Definitely worth a visit

I've been to this restaurant several times. The food is v good. However, the service is not impressive. Some looked tired and some very lazy. I asked them politely pack the remaining food. I was shocked when they brought me empty plastic box. And the the surprise when I saw them do it for other customers. They need to work hard to improve the service.

Very delicious food and pleasant atmosphere.

It 3 stars restaurant not more. I took a Tahchin ته چیم and it was a joke compared with other Iranian restaurants in London, also they sell green salad under the name of Cesar salad. Sorry but I don't recommend at all. They have a reputation but I think it goes back to many years ago,

No complaints about the food, it was really tasty - we ordered a mixed grill spread. Service could be better though, we ate in the late evening and it was clear that the staff didn’t want us to order any tea or coffee as they all put their coats on and were waiting for us to finish without approaching us to enquire about drinks or dessert. Part of me can appreciate that but if you accept customers and we are still within the opening hours then we deserve the full service.

Use to one of the best persian restaurant but not any more .

This place is so beautiful, the food is great everything from the appetizers to the main course. Absolutely divine with great service and a beautiful view!

Absolute scam of a restaurant with extortionate prices compared to other better tasting restaurants of the same cuisine. Crammed our pre booked table in a corner and then had the audacity to write mandatory 10% service charge on the menu which they try and force you to pay when all they are doing is their job i.e bringing food to the table and nothing special. Greedy restaurant owner trying to justify with government websites when I know for a fact he’s not declaring the money which he would then have to pay NI contributions on especially when he’s offering to remove service on a couple hundred spend if you pay cash or bank transfer so he can cook the books. DO NOT VISIT OR RECOMMEND!! Response to owners comment: Pay your staff adequately, service has always been optional until greedy owners like you have started to state it’s mandatory on menus. Service is exactly what it means, the service provided, I don’t go to work, do the bare minimum and ask for more money for turning up. You say honest living but fail to comment on bank transfers or cash payments. Take a drive down Chiswick high street and you’ll find plenty of cheaper and tastier alternatives. As to inflation, this is affecting everyone so keep your sob story to yourself.

My family and I revisited this restaurants after many years . To say we were disappointed at the dramatic decline in the quality and portions of the food is an understatement. The food was simply terrible besides being far too salty . The rice was old . The koobideh smelt bad and was not tender . The barg was yellow and oh so salty . I don’t know what the kashk bademjan was to be honest but it definitely was one of the worst foods we have tasted . It didn’t have the garnishings on it . I wanted hot water to add to the teapot we had already ordered and was told it was not possible . It was indeed very sad to see such a huge dip in practically every single thing in a restaurant we favourited and frequented often 5 or so years ago . Servers were unfriendly with no manners whatsoever . They didn’t remove our plates and cutlery from the starters before bringing the main course . One waiter attempted to remove my starter plate whilst holding my main course in the other hand as I was still eating. Being an Iranian myself , I do not write this review lightly . We will not be returning there again . Finally, I don’t know why it is that in these Iranian restaurants you are put on the spot to pay in cash ! Ps. The bathrooms were beyond filthy and in need of a complete overhaul , a deep cleanse and fumigation . To whomever who wrote the below I suggest you perhaps try sth else besides copying and pasting an irrelevant response . Everything I have written above is FACT and the truth . I suggest you speak to the Manager who actually refunded one of the meals as it was so salty . Furthermore maybe try and be a bit more professional in your responses and try not to disrespect your customers . And the only FAKE thing here is you and your lies. Let me add some more just to reassure you of how fake this is lol . Both orders of The jujeh kabab in the chicken makhsoos were awful . Both barg makhsoos were terrible . The chelo kabab was tough . Oh sorry , the only thing that may have been okay was the sabzi khordan which I don’t believe required any cooking .

Food wasn’t up to standard and was overpriced. Service was low quality, and we got treated with disrespect. Meat was undercooked and we felt sick after I DO NOT RECOMMEND