Sadaf Restaurant (Garden) in Kensington and Chelsea

I ordered from Sadaf Restaurant in London and unfortunately had a disappointing experience. I asked twice for cutlery to be included with my takeaway, and both times the staff assured me it was in the bag. However, when I got to the office, I found no cutlery, which meant I couldn't eat my food. I ended up having to order again from Deliveroo just because of this careless mistake. It's truly frustrating. Also, there’s a difference between “Khoresh Bademjan” and “Khoresh Ghooreh Bademjan.” When the menu says eggplant stew, I expect to receive that specific dish—not a variation with sour grapes. The menu should be clearer or the staff should clarify it with customers. On top of that, the stew was extremely oily, lacked any distinct flavor, and tasted like it wasn’t freshly made. It just didn’t feel like a dish prepared with care or attention to quality. Lastly, it would be nice if you included a small piece of butter with the kebabs, as most Persian restaurants do. It really adds to the experience. Thank you for your time, but unfortunately, due to these issues, my experience was far from pleasant.

A fantastic restaurant with high quality, fresh, and delicious food, along with a friendly and professional team. All their appetizers, main courses, and desserts are amazing. I highly recommend visiting! And don’t forget to enjoy Iranian tea and dessert after your meal.

Delicious and large portions of food. The staffs are very friendly. Highly recommended. I visited the restaurant again. Tried different foods. They are fabulous. Fresh and very delicious foods. Well managed.

Honestly there are much better place that offers biryani. We ordered chicken and veg biryani which tastes like fried rice. Sadaf platter and roti was pretty okay and dry.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the exceptional service and delicious food during my recent visit. The attention to detail, warm hospitality, and professionalism of your staff—especially the waiters and Mr. Mohammad—made the experience truly memorable. Thank you for going above and beyond to ensure a delightful dining experience. I look forward to visiting again soon!

It was an amazing restaurant! The food was delicious and of high quality. The atmosphere was warm and welcoming, and the staff were very polite and friendly. Especially Mohammad, who served us with a big smile and such kindness—it truly made our experience even more enjoyable. I will definitely come back and highly recommend this place to everyone.

Food could have been a bit better. The environment and service were superb though. We tried no. 22 and no.34 on the list. No. 22 was a beef dish with rice and had more taste to it than no. 34 which was a chicken dish. Like a chicken tikkah with rice but it tasted too bland and the chicken tasted like it had been cooked the day before - it was all dried up and hard. Would I go there again? Probably not.

Not really a negative but portion size is huge. But the food is tasty

I expected more from this restaurant, especially in service, but sadly it was not so good.

Very disappointing food. Skewers were unbeatable and I’m not super picky. The staff is not very friendly and welcoming either.

Excellent food. Don't forget Bastani (persian ice )

I made a reservation for 10:30 PM a week in advance and I wanted to introduce my foreign friend to Iranian culture! And at the same time, I was coming from Ireland and had planned to have dinner at this restaurant at 10:30 PM. But right when my flight landed in London, I got an email saying that my reservation had been moved to 9:30! Well, I had planned my entire trip based on that 10:30 PM. I called to see why they changed my reservation, they said very simply that we close at 11 PM and you won't finish by then! I said, well, if you couldn't give me a table at 10:30, why did you let me make a reservation at all? Their only answer was: That's it!!!

Delicious food, it was a bit expensive And get extra fee for service

Good food, slightly chaotic service and atmosphere but would definitely return

good customer service, very welcoming!

Nice Atmosphere and kind staff. I had Ghormeh Sabzi here. It's very delicious.

My favourite restaurant in Kensington. Delicious food, generous portions

A really good find. The food was really tasty

Have never had a bad meal or service here..ever. EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT

Super attentive service with a smile. Excellent food, appetisers and value for London.

SADAF in High Street Kensington, London, is simply outstanding. Travelled over 75 countries. This Persian cuisine and delicacy is out of this world. If you haven’t tried it, you are missing something wonderful

Very average, food was not tasteful

Very rude customer service. Unedible, cold food and overpriced. Would not order again. It’s not Persian food.

Every things was great and I recommend it to everyone to try it .it’s fantastic place to eat and relax.

Hi Just I can say Everything IS Okay Thanks GOD SANAZ

Friendly, courteous staff. Tasty food in a relaxed atmosphere, enjoyed our visit. Thank you

To be avoided, horrible food, starters with no idea what you were eating and the restaurant smelling of sewage and dirty water every time they opened the kitchen door (I leave it to the imagination of whoever reads what was going on in the kitchen) so I didn't eat anything except the bread, I got up and left. Just one positive thing, besides, it's not worth going out at night.

Great food and amazing service. The owner Hamid is awesome. Definitely recommend it

always excellent food and service, sadaf is our families go to spot for a dinner!

The food is good, but the staff is very bad at dealing with it, and there is a bad smell in the restaurant. I also read before coming that they let you pay how much, and they say you are rejected, and they make you feel uncomfortable, and in fact, it became in front of me, and I had to calculate the cash and rest my head.

Amazing quality and the tastiest kobideh in the world . And 1St class service .

We had a surprised birthday party here for my husband. The staff got along with everything in a easy and nice way. The food also had a excellent quality 👌

Amazing. Simply amazing. Come, eat, marvel.

Never disappointed with Persian food!! Service, ambience and staff are excellent.

Great Persian atmosphere and authentic delicious food, perfect!

Nice place with decent food. Large menu, but hard to pick what you want Large portions and okay to take away the rest of you haven’t finished. Food comes out quickly.

My wife, son, and I travel all the way from Surrey to dine at Sadaf Restaurant in High Street Kensington, and it’s always worth the journey. The food is absolutely amazing—truly out of this world! It’s by far our favorite place to eat as a family. The service is exceptional, with the staff being incredibly welcoming and attentive. I can’t recommend this restaurant enough.

it was awful dry meat and dry rice salad was horrible I didn’t even eat my food also manager was trying ti avoid me ans my family as he found we weren’t happy with food i don’t recommend this restaurant

Everything was amazing. I do recommend this restaurant to everyone.

The food here is amazing, no doubt about it. But the service? Let's just say it could use some work. If you're not too picky about how you're treated, you'll definitely love the food. It's both tasty and filling.

5 people and self-tipping included, a shame, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. The food is terrible. If you are a tourist they laugh in your face.

Service was shockingly bad, we were basically rushed out of the door after some fair to lacklustre food. Two of our party had been here before a few years ago and were incredibly disappointed by the decline in standards.

It's very delicious food and amazing

The Food was very good, the service was quick and efficient.

We ordered Chenjeh(lamb diced) and Kashko bademjan , but between the meat , there were some pieces of liver!!! It was obvious from the taste and texture! I didn’t like both at all!

I was so disappointed with the service at this spot. We had guests and we went there, staff they wasn’t be bad but the owner of restaurant he was very rude and he had very bad attitude. The food and service not exactly same as what they describes on Instagram or website I never go back there.

I have visited the restaurant today 06/08/2022 ordered seabus fish asking to replace the rice by bread the guy who talking the order was very rude trying to insult me making joke about my order … itelling me that he was working 15 years didn’t receive like this order!!! And I have been waiting for 18 minutes for someone to take my order. It’s absolutely disgraceful ! Far from happy don’t recommend specialty for Arabic people!!!

Visited this restaurant today and would 100% recommend it to everyone. The food was delicious and quickly served, staff is friendly, fresh bread added an extra layer of comfort. Also, the portions are big and you might have to take the rest home with you 😊

I was really satisfied cause the atmosphere was pretty good .the food was tasty and mouth-watering,it’s clear the restaurant has skilled chef.

Had to wait ages for a table but the food was amazing. Ordered the Spicy koobideh and meze platter. Everything was fresh and so delicious!

Excellent tastey food at a good location. The service was great as well.

Spectacular. Fresh food, fantastic service. The chicken and lamb were the best I ever ate. Super tender and very tasty. I recommend it!

Great Food Lovely staffs Amazing environment Affordable prices

I was deceived by the 4.2 score of Google. Before entering and from behind the window, it looks like a good restaurant, which was also busy. Upon arrival, I was met with a cold attitude from the staff. It seems that the friends were working for free and were not very cheerful (of course, they did not have any bad or insulting behavior). Before ordering the food, I asked some questions so that I could finish the proof from the beginning and not leave room for words and hadith. For example, I asked about chicken meat, do you use fillet, the answer is yes, I asked twice, are you sure? Saying one hundred percent. After the food arrived, I came to the conclusion that either I don't know what fillet is. Or our cook friend has a strange skill in destroying the fillet and turning it into meat junk. Or that the story of Fille was nothing more than a lie. (Conclude by yourself). For appetizers, I also ordered soup and pot with vegetables. The soup was good, but the bottom of the pot and the vegetables looked like cattle diarrhea and had no special taste. They wanted to force me to eat three buckets of vegetable soup at the bottom of the pot. Of course, after eating a spoonful, I returned the food. Of course, they included this returned food in the bill, which they removed with my protest. The grilled chicken wasn't bad, the batter wasn't bad either, although in my opinion, the smell of sheep was too much, like the chicken, both of which smelled strongly of sheep and stable, which is a sign of the poor quality of the chicken. I don't want to tell you about the service, only charging service, although there are many employees there, but when you need help or have a question, it takes time to find someone.

Best for family and friends food area delicious

Bear with it, guys. When you pay, he tells you that the amount has not been deducted. Pay again and we will return the amount to you. You do not pay as long as the deduction from the bank arrives. He confirms the transaction. Bear with this game.

Excellent food, reasonable prices fir big portions

Manipulation and fraud in the bill. Please pay attention and be careful. You are asked to pay again. I heard it with the Arabs in exploitation.

Great food! Amazing portion size. Lovely and handsome staff.

Poor quality food. We ordered chicken kebabs, I am not sure if it was chicken, may it was a crow or dead chicken. With this quality I don't even know if it's halal or not. I'm sure that the 5 star reviews are all from the owner's friends and family.

Amazing food. Lamb shank was divine and the lamb kebabs were delicious. The rice given along with lamb shank was exceptional.

The food is delicious. No doubt one of the best Persian restaurant in london. The staff are amazing. Mainly Javad and the person who makes the bread. Hands down one of the best staff ever, very welcoming. This is why we recommend this place to all my friends.

The space is small but cozy, the food is a bit greasy but delicious, the noise of the colleagues arranging the spoons was a bit annoying, but their treatment was good. I will definitely go to this restaurant again and recommend it

Placed a Oder online was meant to arrive at 20.30 and now the time is 21.37 still not arrived poor service don’t offer delivery service if you can’t complete a service

Amazing!! Just the words have for it !

Good is ok for the most part. Meats are sub par compared to other Iranian restaurants in London. The bread is really nice. Service is not too friendly. Staff are rough around the edges and need plenty of coaching how to welcome clients and handle client requests.

Came here to have dinner and walked in and saw that it was busy. Which is always a good sign however no acknowledgement or greeting from any of the staff. After 10 minutes of waiting we were asked to “move there”. So we moved and carried on waiting. 15 minutes and still no acknowledgment. 2 other groups had joined the while we were waiting without reservation but somehow managed to get seated and acknowledged before we did. We then approached the manager as we are still being ignored and were told in a firm tone to go back and wait. This is honestly shocking. Very rude staff and no respect. Left the restaurant and will definitely not be back.

Great food and tasty all the stuff friendly great service I had a good experience thanks Sadaf garden restaurant 🙌🙏🏻

One of the best restaurants in London .. friendly customer service great food nice area everything fantastic thank you 🙏

Wonderful service, excellent affordable and authentic Persian food. Make sure you get jojeh kebab.

Delicious, authentic, and big portions. I got the “momtaz” for reference. Their lamb shank, grilled fish, biryani and bread are all excellent too.

The food is excellent and delicious and the staff are very friendly and hospitable, I do not know the names of all the staff , but I can mention Mr. Mohamed, Mr. Ali and Mr Divan who is excellent on making the Iranian bread and I encourage who ever read this message to try to dine in this excellent Iranian restaurant .

Terrible food, i don’t recommend this branch at all, i tried the koobideh and it had so much fat on it and made it taste and smell disgusting.

There is an amount for the service in the invoice🤨

Ordered takeaway from this restaurant. The rice, meat and even salad were smelling slightly ‘off’. Consequently, myself and my entire family got a severe case of food poisoning within hours of eating. We barely had four bites before we decided to give the whole meal a miss. Response to restaurant as I can’t respond any other way: my order number was #4511 placed on 29 November and the order was on my first name. You should be able locate this order quite easily, there is therefore no basis to request for Google to remove this review.

Delicious food, and the middle aged waiter around 40 years old was very nice and helpful. Thanks

Starters excellent. Main course was chicken kebab. Chicken was tender and rice perfectly cooked but for English taste rather dry. I suggest you ask for something with a sauce.

My first time trying Iranian/Persian quisine, and it was amazing. Exceptional service from our waiter as well - Jawad!

Unfriendly staff, wouldn't recommend it to anybody and won't come again

Just got back to UK and after having some of the best foods in Qatar I have to say 8 was amazed by the whole experience, attentive staff, great food, starters are spot on and the best of the best their هیمه made bread is to die for, get there when you can I will be here regularly

The best Persian Restaurant in London

This restaurant is one of the worst ones in london or any other place that serves persian food. the food stunk and it was just horrible. i will give you guys a save on your money dont go here just dont

I went there today and I will say it was one of the worst Persian restaurants I’ve been in the food was a absolute 0 out of 5 starts the only reason there getting 1 star is because I have to give it 1 start to let me post it. I definitely don’t recommend this restaurant. I will never ever go here again. Horrible

The restaurant is amazing… i really like the food lamb neck is amazing… good service good quality good price and very big portions thank you so much sadaf garden we will back soon well done guys 👍👍

The kitchen is very unhygienic, the toilet is next to the kitchen in the basement, the another toilet is in front of the dining tables on the ground floor, the quality of the food is low but expensive. They are generally very weak and dirty.

Seyed and Javad were amazing. Please give them a raise! Food was great as usual. We are permanent suckers for that Ash they serve (its a must have!!) and of course the meat always have been tasting fresh and perfectly made. They were also kind enough to give us sweets and tea as compliments. Thanks!

friendly sataff and good service

Very Poor service. Sat down for 20 minutes . Wasn’t even asked anything . Kept looking around for someone to serve me no one carried much. I Do not recommend this restaurant. Staff Very Rude and No Manners.

The restaurant is literally amazing Food and no mistakes 10/10 The price is very very reasonable We ordered a mixed grill and it came with rice, and the quantity at once was enough for two people Appetizers and Iranian bread are extremely delicious 👌🏼

The food was cooked absolutely amazingly with generous portions sizes and friendly staff that answered any questions we have. My only qualm is that the price for the "cup of tea" we had was quite small for what it was... But it was tasty.

A helpful and organized team. The food is excellent and the quantity is large. In the name of God, God willing.

Very big portion of dish, delicious chicken skewers

The restaurant provided an amazing experience with delicious, flavorful food and beautiful presentation. The service was outstanding, with attentive and friendly staff who made guests feel welcome. Highly recommended for a great dining experience, and there is eager anticipation to return.

Fantastic food with a great balance between price and portion size!

An Iranian restaurant with excellent food that is worth a try. The staff are elegant and helpful

Lovely traditional food and fresh squeezed juices.

This place is my go to . I tried few different Restaurants in London but most definitely my number one . If you’re seeking the true flavor of a Persian dishes do yourself a favor and give it a try.

Delicious food, portions are satisfying. It's an Iranian dish, but it's not much different from our kebabs. Sultan kebab was good. The tea that came in a thin glass at the end was also nice.

There is no better place to eat Persian foods in the whole Uk than Sadaf. So tasty, staff are so polite, generous portions, and very hygienic

Most probably the best Persian restaurant in London! Apart from the Food, Service and the Atmosphere I've given 5 star for the very location it is situated at would also get a 5 star from me as being literally 5 mins walk to the High Street Kensington. Highly recommended.