Miniature in Epsom and Ewell

Authentic Persian restaurant at the heart of Epsom. delicious food, reasonable price and generous portions. Would definitely recommend.

Delicious food, friendly service and great atmosphere... I'll be coming back, thank you!!

The best Iranian restaurant I have ever been to, thanks for everything ❤️

Tasty food, good value, huge portions, clean setting, polite, friendly staff

A bit quiet early on a Sunday evening, but that suited us well. We had a nice meal.

Please please don’t buy from here. Even with their new name! Absolutely awful. I paid £60, they didn’t send the right food. The food they did send is old rice, old meat and truly disgusting. As an Iranian - I’m slightly ashamed that this restaurant is open in Epsom and non- Iranians may think this is what we serve and how we cook.

I can’t stress how much you shouldn’t go to or order from this restaurant - even with their new name! Honestly - ordered last year and got half an order…then didn’t order again till this year, when I saw they had changed name and management (apparently). We ordered take away. It was cold, it was old rice and old meat (if any meat) … my makhsoos was just barg and half of a normal barg at that. The mirza ghasemi didn’t taste of anything … but looked awful. Being an Iranian - I’m ashamed that non-Iranians in Epsom will try this place and think this is what Iranian food is! Please don’t order from here.

I just love their special potato salad -

Food is not Halal. Not certificate on display showing if it is halal. Food seemed bland and rough. Also food is overpriced. Better if going to Southall more better options.

Tasteless over priced shisha. Just a really crap experience overall. Uncomfortable seating too. This was the worst shisha i have ever had at £25.00. Unbeliveable.

Thank You to Miniature, Epsom. I celebrated my birthday with 36 family and friends. Food was delicious - spot on tasty, tender and juicy. Everyone enjoyed the mazze platter, naan, mixed grill, rice & salad. The staff were helpful, accommodating and generous in allowing us from noon till 5pm to chat, eat, drink and celebrate.

We had to lay our own table (taking cutlery and side plates from a nearby table) and I struggled to find any lamb in my lamb based meal. It's clear to see why the place was empty. Only three tables were in use for the whole time we were there. 8pm - 9.30pm Such a shame

When I first came was a bit nervous as most bars where full apart from this place but the service was good nice beer and excellent food would come again

Really good food! We ordered Aya manu for 2 persons and we had to take containers home as it was so much! We loved it :) bad thing is that they don't sell alcohol

We just visited this lovely restaurant. It has a wonderful ambienc , the staff are so warm and welcoming and the food is delectable.A real delight to visit and enjoy a sumptuous and delicious meal.

Great service and food ,lovely staff ,Excellent management 👍

Great service, fantastic food - the kebabs are exceptional, truly Persian. We visit whenever we visit Epsom and never had anything but a delicious meal.

Very nice little Persian / Iranian place with authentic food (or so I am told by my Iranian wife). Service good & etc. prices very reasonable too for good quality food. I had the Koobideh which was great - it’s my go-to in an Iranian restaurant. My wife had the Feseenjoon which is a chicken in pomegranate and walnut sauce, it’s her favourite dish and she liked it her but far too sweet for me!

My wife and I decided to book a table at Miniature for our Mother's Day lunch with our son (as we've walked past so many times and been curious to eat there), and we invited my wife's mother, and her best friend and her son. The staff were all really friendly and helpful, and went out of their way to make our visit pleasant. The meals were delicious, and all of us were very satisfied with the portions too. It was a lovely lunch and we all had a fantastic time, and we look forward to coming back soon - maybe to book the outdoor room or the "Cave" function room for an event, as they looked very nice!

I made the mistake of booking this restaurant for my 40th birthday and had to say i was disappointed was an understatement! The manger was not happy as a set menu was agreed and on arrival she tried to change what was agreed and i told her to check the reservation book as it was actually written down (she still charged us what she wanted and had to pay in a large sum) She was rude and kept walking around grunting disapprovingly even though our guests were spending alot of money. The cherry on the cake was when i walked out the loo with my two small kids and she came pushing past shoving my 4 year old! The problem with this place is obviously management. The starters were great but the main was terrible and the mixed grill was served wit just a big plate of plain rice. Alot of much nicer restaurants in the area serving much better food! Also gave them a week to respond to emails that were all ignored

AVOID!!! I made the mistake of booking this restaurant for my 40th birthday and had to say i was disappointed was an understatement! The manger was not happy as a set menu was agreed and on arrival she tried to change what was agreed and i told her to check the reservation book as it was actually written down (she still charged us what she wanted and had to pay in a large sum) She was rude and kept walking around grunting disapprovingly even though our guests were spending alot of money. The cherry on the cake was when i walked out the loo with my two small kids and she came pushing past shoving my 4 year old! The problem with this place is obviously management. The starters were great but the main was terrible and the mixed grill was served wit just a big plate of plain rice. Alot of much nicer restaurants in the area serving much better food! Also gave them a week to respond to emails that were all ignored

We have just been in Miniature restaurant last Sunday. I found it very cosy. They have very welcoming and friendly staff. We ordered different dishes and shared together. They provide us very succulent and delicious mixed kebab dishes which we enjoyed a lot as well we tried different traditional Persian stews and found them very delicious and freshly made. In total we found everything good and perfect. We will definitely come back there soon. Shahin

I usually don’t write the reviews..but i should say ,i had amazing experience with the food ,serving ,atmospher of this place .I absolutely love this place ..the food was so delicious and i never forget the taste of kabob ,stew …and rice was breathtaking…I highly recommend this restaurant to every one .

Great food and friendly staff. We tried several dishes from the mains and starter menus and all were delicious.

The lamb is delicious and tasty. Naan is nice too. The music can enhance appetite. I will come again.

Fantastic service, wonderful menu and venue.

Delicious and very honest food, served by people that are warm and friendly. We will be back. Amazing 🤩

Well, I’m very shocked to read some of the comments on here. My experience was the polar opposite of the few negative comments. The welcome was warm, the service was very attentive and the food was deliciously honest and fresh. I’ve been meaning to go here for eight years but never found the time. Now I have found this place I will be coming back, we really enjoyed our meal and the venue is far from Miniature!

Yesterday I wanted to try something new in Epsom and my partner and I hadn't been to the Miniature before, so we decided to give it a go. Admittedly we were the only diners in the restaurant, but the service and food was very good. We met the owner who showed us to the shisha bar and the downstairs bar, so we knew it wasn't just a restaurant. We will visit again.

Just ordered a chicken shish bowl on Deliveroo. I received a big bowl in the delivery but what was inside was a catastrophe. Firstly, the bowl was filled almost to the top with plain rice. Instead of chicken shish, there was a sprinkling, yes sprinkling, of chicken doner. I finished the chicken in two bites. There was a clump of cheap cheese on the side and some chopped cucumber. If that was an attempt at a burrito, it was a really bad one. As I said, I finished the chicken in two bites and then had two more bites but the rest has gone in the bin. Also, I was charged £2 for cucumber and tomato salad and it was in the pots you get sauces in in takeaways. Incredible. Good luck to them operating on this model, I am certainly not wasting my money there again.

Zero star First of all the place looks like it’s only halfway ready to receive customers! The best thing is their decorations! We ordered lamb shank and kebeb and one falafel as starter, The falafel did not come with Hommus, the kebab was very oily with no flavour! And the lamb shank was over cooked, the rice was dry and wasn’t fresh! I do not understand why they are open and how people spend money there! Wasting money We told our bad experience to the waitress,she just brought us the bill with service charge ( it was a joke) and she make me to pay all! Never had this awful experience

Great food and quick service, and was able to be left alone to enjoy my drink after the meal. Good price .

Really great service. Staff were super attentive. Food was delicious. Great a little dance floor downstairs.

Went on Wowcher deal. Tremendous value for money, tasty plentiful food and charming attentive service. Choice of background music cost one star as it was club music and not really a suitable accompaniment to such a lovely meal, something that can easily be fixed.

Very good service and the Chenjeh was really delicious.

Perfect venue to dine, dance & smoke on shisha! Lovely environment and friendly staff. Defo a place to visit

The owner is friendly and the atmosphere is good to chill with friends in the area.Can’t recommend it enough

Fantastic food, friendly service nice ambience, great place to stop after the cinema

Excellent food and a very courteous service. Will come back .

Amazing food, wonderful vegetarian options and lovely service. I’ll definitely be back. It was delicious! Thank you

The food here is so delicious, we come back as often as possible :) The Fesenjoon and Momtaz are highly recommended 👍🏼

The food is delicious! I had the duck with pomegranate and walnut sauce. The restaurant is spacious and the A/C was cool on this warm summer day. Highly recommended.

Very welcoming Security team, all round great team of people working well together, nice environment and great food.

nice atmosphere.....the food was very delicious....had a nice time there.....will definitely come back😍

I want here for birthday party love the shisha area the food great and lovely place l will go again

Delicious food as always Best Mediterranean grills by far Accommodating staff and brilliant atmosphere Definitely recommend it.

We arranged to meet with friends at the restaurant on a Friday night. The waiter was inattentive but we disregarded this as having a bad day. The food was not below par compared to every other middle Eastern restaurants we visit. We brought to the owners attention the dolmas was soggy and not really good. My mistake, it was about 20 minutes later felt dizzy and I had to leave feeling very ill. On the way home my wife had to stop to let me he sick out of the car. I was violently ill that night and next day. I informed the food safety department in Epsom dwell council a few days later but it went nowhere. Don't Eat There!

Lovely restaurant out of the way from the main hustle and bustle. Very friendly and helpful staff and wonderful food

We've eaten here on several occasions and the food is consistently good. Service is quick friendly and polite. I love Persian food it is different and has unique and delicious flavours. Highly recommended.

A ‘hidden gem’ in Epsom! Ran by such lovely and welcoming people, food is always delicious and service has always been A*. You can enjoy a fabulous meal at the Miniature Restaurant or enjoy a drink or shisha at Mono Lounge in the back, or have a dance at The Cave on the weekends. It’s such a great spot, highly recommend!

Beautiful restaurant! Incredible flavoursome food and a menu which looks delicious. The portion size was perfect. I had their mezze plater which is a brilliant selection of some of their starter dishes. This was my first time trying Persian food and I am very satisfied. The staff was welcoming and helpful, especially when asking questions about the food. The restaurant was very clean, that is a big thing for me. After my meal we were shown around the shisha bar at the back and their club downstairs. It was such a shock to the eye to see both of these were in the same place. I am looking forward to coming here again!

Iv been there a few times now love the chicken wrap and fresh breads, its a nice place to spend time having some shisha and drinks, I find the staff the be very friendly .

This restaurant has amazing food, a lovely shisha bar where I always chill with my friends and a private club that’s perfect to have fun!

Visited this week, found food not value for money. Bruschetta was just 4 pieces of french bread, cut in rounds and too hard to cut with tomatoes on top. I had sea bass fillets, with a pile of rice, a large chilli pepper and 1 tomato, this cost £16.50. No atmosphere. I will not be going again.

Very good quality food. Nice anf friendly atmosphere

Stay away! Food is very poor quality and not authentic Persian food!

I rarely write reviews, but unfortunately this was one of the worst take aways I've had. I was looking for a good Middle Eastern restaurant in the area and I was really hopeful given other peoples' experiences that the prices would be justified by an amazing meal. Sadly this was not the case. Maybe it was because it was a Tuesday night and their main chef wasn't on or something, but the meal I had was on par with a bad kebab shop and the price was 3x as much. The lamb was tough and over cooked, the chicken was passable but not great, and the falafel was good but not £7 kind of good. Sorry, but I won't be going back.

Thank you for being so accommodating for a private event :)

First time been here with my wife food was good saw the negative review however what some people fail to understand is that generally food since brexit and ongoing pandemic issues has gone up a lot!! So how do you expect restaurant owners to charge more or slightly reduce the portion sizes in order for them to make a living . Overall hospitality by staff was excellent food was good. Asif Faryad

(Posting on behalf of my Brother in Law). I left my details a moment ago. We spent £82 for what we thought would be enough for at least 6-7 people, however, the portions were extremely small. I have come to Miniature for 6 years now and always come from Manchester to treat my family for some Arabic food, however, I will be honest and advise that the portion sizes and quality of food has really gone down hill. I rang one of your colleagues and advised that they apologise and that next time “you will look after me”. Surely this is what you should do to all customers, long standing or new. As such, I may not come back as the experience was not a great one for the amount we paid - unless I receive a part discount for the lack of food we received, we won’t be coming back again, and there won’t be a next time unfortunately. I hope you look into this request seriously. Amar P.S - I spoke to your colleague and they advised that the mixed grill for 4 would be MORE than enough for at least 4 people. We then ordered an additional dish just to make sure there was enough food - I am merely advising that £82 for 4-5 people is a lot. Doesn’t sound like you’re going to look after us at all. I would also look at your last 3 reviews as your customer service and quality is not what it once was. Please remember, I am a long standing customer and I am passing on an honest review.

Excellent service, quality food, friendly staff and great atmosphere, be advised to book in advance, we were lucky to manage to get a seat.

Easily the worst restaurant I have ever been to and I am not fussy. The food was horrendous. Extremely dry and flavourless and the ‘vegetarian’ option was just a bowl of brown mushy sauce without anything in it. To add to this, the service was awful and an unbelievably rude manager. Our night was completely ruined, we were all so disappointed. Terrible terrible place. Pleas avoid at all costs!!!!

The worse restaurant i ever been. Waited for 45 mints for my order then I asked they told they have forgotten. Instead of serving the hot food they told us they will heat up our food how ridiculous is it. Manager was so rude and irrespective. I never go to this restaurant again no manners at all.

Worst restaurant and service booked for a group of 8 received the worst service and food was terrible ruined our Christmas. DO NOT VISIT THIS RESTAURANT. Food is worse than kebab shop. Manager shouted at us despite the food being inedible he demanded we pay. Disgusting service and food

Hadn't been before so didn't know what to order but the waitress was extremely helpful explaining about the food to us,we will definitely be back ,and we will try something else.

Just received my food, usually good food. But let down by them as one item was from a completely different restaurant. The chicken strips were from maxy express. Not very professional to do that. I'd have preferred if I was told they don't have any instead of this.

Visited for lunch on Saturday 23rd October 2021 with my family, the staff were excellent specially the lady who served us. The food was so freshly made and the variety was plenty and very delicious. I am particularly very fussy but the whole experience was...

Achei super caro , para um prato totalmente sem sabor , simplesmente não gostei , esperava mais do restaurante.

A very friendly environment with lovely choices for meals for all. Mouth watering

Epsom has a surprising range of gastronomic adventures, which I discovered on a week spent here. Persian cuisine was a particular treat to discover. Nice atmosphere, knowledgeable service and great food.

Great food and service, so lively and staff are friendly.there is an amazing back garden remind me of my trip to greece.would definitely come back.

The food is outstanding (highly recommend the lamb shank and lamb fillet) and the shisha lounge is just so lovely, it was like being on holiday. Service was great too! Only downfall is I think they should make the shisha lounge and basement night club...

The food quality has changed, compared to what it was around 3 years ago to now it is very different. It is still nice and edible, but the rice seemed very dry and quite hard, usually Persian rice is supposed to be light and fluffy in texture WHEN it is fresh. Customer service is great, no complaints there at all, however never seen a waitress in sports wear at a restaurant either, leggings with her belly showing, very unusual. However, it was strange that modern rap music was playing at a restaurant. It would have been nice if it was old Iranian music for the real authentic experience, for someone who lets say is trying Persian food for the first time. Not sure if this is the influence of the Shisha in the back or what, the theme is very different.

Highly recommended Best Shisha lounge, nice Shisha and delicious food.

best food spot in Epsom.nice and cosy garden enjoyed every bits of it.

Really nice place and the food was out of this world the staff are so friendly and polite would recommend this place

Went here with my partner for a meal and the food was really nice and the service was out of this world, will be going back here would recommend to anyone

I ordered humus, and stuffed vineleaves for starters. Dearly dissapointed, as they were from the tin. Actually the humus I buy from sainsburys and the stuffed vineleaves from lidl taste much better. Mains: the salmon arrived half burned and soaked in oil, we had to...

Cant believe a Persian restaurant heats and prepares Kubideh in microwaves. No wonder its so quite here.

Best Persian food I have ever had, delicious and tasty Persian style food that anyone can experience, you will love it. Once you start tasting the real Persian food, you will never ever stop ordering it or eating in, it will always make you go...

The food used to be good here, but unfortunately we had a bad experience in our recent visit. The kobideh and kashk bademjan tasted like they were microwaved. Sad to see how easy they are losing customers.

The food was cold and tasted like it had been (barely) heated in the microwave. Service was terrible and staff didn't wear masks properly.

This place is possible the worse place I have ever been too. They let people in without checking their ID who were 17 because their friend lied to them which was illegal and they will not give my money back which is £50 as they...

Dear Sir/Madam I ordered for the first time from your menu via the Deliveroo App. I have moved to this area recently and have been eating Persian style food for many years. The food I ordered was supposed to be quite special as it was...

Visited on the last day of lockdown after looking at the reviews and the look of the restraunt which was promising. Sat down and wasnt greeted for a drink, until we called the waitress over. This was 25 mintutes after we sat down. The starters...

CHEWING GUM IN MY BEER!!! Visited on the last day of lockdown after looking at the reviews and the look of the restaurant which was promising. Sat down and wasnt greeted for a drink, until we called the waitress over. This was 25 minutes after we sat down. The starters came shortly after and were okay. However, when I ordered my peroni there was a white object floating in it. This turned out to be dry chewing gum that clearly came from another customer. I asked for the manager who then started arguing with me and said "well you didnt book a table and showed up last minute" I did book a table and they didnt even realise. The photo proves this. The manager was argumentative and said "well what do you want me to do about it" With Covid about this is disgusting, another customers chewing gum ended up in my drink. Totally unacceptable and the rude manager topped this off. Ive had bad experiences with finding hair in my food before, however these were dealt with professionally so we go back. However I will never go back here!!

Food was ok. Not the best persian food compared to other persian restaurants in the area. Saffron rice was pretty much boiled rice hardly any saffron.

Popped in for an impromptu lunch as we were nearby. We were the only people in there which was sad as the food was excellent. (The quiet certainly made it feel quite Covid-safe too!). Had lamb chops, calamari, an aubergine dip with flatbreads and chicken...

Loverly grub but would have liked more spice

Tonight we decided to eat out. The food was nice and the service good too. I will return in the future. I enjoyed my meal.

Every mouthful was an adventure, a party on your tongue. Excellent service, good prices and amazing food.

Too expensive for such a small portion!

Service was very slow and poor and wasn't that busy. Food was good, but service let the whole thing down

Hands down the worst meal out I've ever had. Absolute chaos in here last night. Staff were clueless and useless. We sat down and ordered our drinks. The drinks were wrong. We then ordered a calamari starter. We waited 45 minutes for this to come out. However it didn’t take 45 minutes because they gave it to the wrong table! They realised after it was there for 5 minutes as we watched the bloke tell them it wasn’t their food. They then picked it up and plonked it down on our table! We sat and waited for another hour waiting for our main courses to arrive. In this time we watched a couple get up and leave and a family of five not receive a single bit of food. They had young children with them and it was now approaching 9:30. They cleared our empty drink glasses away but didn’t ask if we wanted another drink. The mains finally came but had to ask where it was numerous times. We quickly ate the meal so we could get out of here as quickly as possible. The bill came and they had the cheek to add service charge. I never question service charge and am always happy to pay it. However tonight took the piss. Would not recommend this place to anyone. The best advice I would give you is to stay away! Oh yeah and the waiter was wearing flip flops! What a joke of a restaurant.

Great food, but very slow and poor table service. Might order take away next time.

We’re in Covid-19 and we’re happy to find this place open. They have a wide variety, we tried the koobideh and we liked it. We also tried the mixed grill for 2 and it was very good. We’re still to try the appetizers so will update. Thank you Miniature for opening during this time!

Great food & delivery st such times of social distancing . Had starter , kebab grills, rice & flat bread delicious food and great price. Pleased to be able to have good food and support my local business 👏👏👏

Fab food excellent decor and not Pricey what els u are after My Local and we been there several times , as i am persian my self and love persian food xx I suggest lamb shank with ( Deal herbs and broad beans rice ) it is not in the veb site also all the kebabs are good too

amazing food and the service is amazing! 😊

Restaurant looked good via the atmosphere and online menu. However, the menu did not match online and when I ordered the chicken and lamb skewers, the chicken was pink/raw! I told the staff this and they still charged me full price with service charge, ridiculous! Ordered nan bread and the tray was very dirty, looked like it had never been cleaned with mould.