Saffron Persian Restaurant in Nottingham

We had a lovely evening at saffron. My mum who’s normally very hard to please loved every dish ! The family who runs it was super friendly and even shared the top of the rice crust with us. Bring your own possibility just topped the experience. We’ll definitely return.

Service is incredible. The manager is very friendly and caring to me. The manager seems to enjoy serving customers very much and put 100% into it.

Love this place. Straight “simple” food at its best! The ice cream is sublime - light and fluffy The home made ice cream- exceptional The meat- divine The place is nothing fancy at all but do t let this full you, the food is so good! the lady of the house is very friendly Highly recommended it is one of our top restaurants in Nottingham

Really good authentic Persian food. It did help to come with someone who knows the cuisine but I'm sure the owners would be able guide me otherwise.

Great food at good prices. The waiter was friendly and our food came out quick despite us going there when they’ve just opened. Plenty of places to park around also.

The taste of food changed..not same as before

Halal food . I liked the food , it was delicious , fill with flavours. Cash only.

Came here on a quiet evening and it was a brilliant experience. The food was amazing and authentic. The service was brilliant and all staff were incredibly friendly. Fair price for what you get as portions are large, I can’t recommend enough for both students and non-students

I've ordered over the phone to collect it, and I was told the food would be ready in 20 minutes. I said I would be 30 minutes to ensure it's available for me to pick up and go quickly. Nevertheless, I had to wait another 10min upon arrival as there was only 1 person serving people in the restaurant and couldn't deliver my food which apparently was sat in kicthen getting cold. I was then asked to pay in cash which I found the thing of the past, more time wasted on that and after I got the food back ro work I was shocked about the poor quality of kebab which I was embarrassed as a persian to offer to my English friends! Not recommended unless they undergo a full assessment of quality and service.

great food highly recommending customers service the best food

Whether you're a fan of Persian food or trying it for the first time, Saffron is the perfect place to indulge in a culinary journey

For starters we ordered 'kashke badamjan' with naan. For the mains it was 'baghali polo & koobideh kebab'... The food didn't disappoint! It was fresh and portion sizes were decent. I will be returning in the future.. If I might suggest that 'salad olivieh' be added onto the starter menu as it is a standard starter offered in most Persian restaurants. Other than that I absolutely loved everything about Saffron!

Small family run business with authentic-tasting Persian food. We took a variety of kebabs as a take away and thoroughly enjoyed them. Update: dined in a few times and enjoyed the quality of food. The only reason I've deducted a star is because they don't accept card payments

A brilliant cozy nice restaurant. It is really a hidden gem in Nottingham.

Incredible spot, great service, amazing food. Was my first time eating Iranian/Persian cuisine and I cannot recommend highly enough

Best place is Nottingham!!Food is super nice quick and with good quality.

Best traditional Persian food in England!!!

Lovely persian food in a cosy restaurant.

Great food and Service, Thank you.

One of the best persian restaurant in UK

Being a regular weekly patron of Iranian cuisine, I can confidently say this restaurant nails the flavors flawlessly. The warm and welcoming atmosphere, coupled with their friendly service, genuinely makes you feel like part of their family. In simple terms, choosing family-owned restaurants is a surefire way to guarantee a delightful dining experience where the authentic taste of the cuisine meets the heartwarming touch of familial hospitality.

Nice food , friendly staff, highly recommended

God bless you and your team food and service and price absolutely amazing so proud of you my lovely country fellow .lots of love and praise .xx

Very friendly staff, amazing food.great atmosphere I highly recommend it

Such a hidden gem! Everything is perfect; the best Persian food I've ever tried; clearly food are made fresh and new everyday with high quality meat. The restaurant owners are so kind and lovely (bonus point: handsome and gorgeous). It is really cozy and warm inside making it feel like home. Worth trying everything on the menu, especially the special tea. Highly recommend this restaurant and will defo come back...

The Koobideh here is delicious, l and the rice with pomegranates! Also the wings are very juicy. Atmosphere is great, big Persian vibes. Highly recommend. If you’re looking for some more Persian and feeling adventurous definitely try the Gormeh Sabzi.

High quality and delicious food. Thanks

The best Persian restaurant in Nottingham ♥️

Really amazing persian food and would highly recommend WITHOUT A DOUBT. Nice, clean and fresh food that reminded me of home.

The best Iranian Restaurant we have eaten in Nottingham. Must try. Very caring and lovely owners

Excellent food and service. Loved everything we ordered. Mix kebab, grilled chicken and one of traditional lamb dishes that I don't remember its name . Great value for money. Would definitely be going back. They accept cash only

Except the neighbourhood, the food is authentic and delicious. We will definitely go back for more Doogh and chicken kebabs. Fesenjoon was good. We couldn’t find any flaw. Hope they move to somewhere nice 👍

Al hamdu lillah, went here for the first time yesterday and was thoroughly impressed with the food and hospitality. Excellent little family run place.

It was the first time I went to this restaurant and I want to say that the environment was full of energy and a good feeling, and the customer service was very good and the food was wonderful. I felt like I had gone to my mother's house in Iran and my mother had prepared food for me. It was great and I will definitely go to this restaurant again.🍀🙏🏻

The food was good (in both quality and quantity!). After we asked for the bill the host said they accept cash only (we were visitors and didn't have enough cash), so we had to look for an ATM to get cash and we were charged 14% more for the exchange. They should consider other means of payment or at least mention that this is cash only! (which is very weird)

Food could have been a little better

Amazingly delicious, generous helping and warm welcoming. We really enjoyed authentic Persian food and we intend to go back soonest.

Great quality of home cooked meals and great price

Great food. Large quantity. So overall great value for money. The atmosphere is really nice. The owners are very kind too.

Good food and excellent service.. Wont be disappointed.

Very friendly family run restaurant . We drove all the way from leicester and we were not disappointed! It has a really warm and welcoming atmosphere, with a choice of comfortable floor seating area. The food is halal and is 10/10 ! Would definitely come back again 🙏🏼

Went with friends food was excellent very tasteful and plentiful and at very reasonable prices excellent service. Highly recommended

Excellent food and service. Everything was perfect. Will visit again next time I am in Nottingham. Highly reccomend!

the place is small compared to other restaurants but very nice food I really recommend it

Great tasting food for a very reasonable price with super kind owners that go above and beyond.

Very good food and friendly service.

Can't fault the place for our first time experiencing Persian food. Amazing food, very friendly and helpful service, great portion size. We'll be back for sure!

Food very good, will definitely be coming back to try the lamb shank. Cute waiter as well 👀

Friendly staff, good hearty food and a lovely atmosphere! ✨️ My friends and I had a lovely experience and will come again!

The interior, food and service all amazing. Great spot for family dinners or dates. The baghlava and tea are a must to end the meal. Bonus: the waiter is very handsome ;)

We had such lovely experience today - very generous portions, food is very delicious and authentic! I lived in Iran before and can say that food tastes exactly how I remember it! Staff is very friendly and welcoming and it isvery reasonably priced. Thank you - We will be returning back soon!

excellent food you may only find in this restaurant. very cosy place

It is the best Persian restaurant in uk. I have never seen any Iranian keep the taste of their homeland's food Sam as them. Thank you, guys. It has a family atmosphere

Great Iranian cuisine. Nottingham is lucky to have this gem!

We had a great time here. The food quality was excellent and the service was speedy and friendly. Highly recommended

Delicious food, fantastic & kind service. The woman who served us was absolutely lovely. Generous portions. Dad had lamb & aubergine stew and highly recommended. As a vegan could easily have the starters as a main. Cash only.

Very delicious. It become one of our monthly must visit restaurants list.

Visited ast night, lovely restaurant, the owners were very friendly and welcoming. Food was spot on, a true hidden gem. Will be back soon, well done for all your efforts

Authentic food, simple and quite place, clean, nice music. seems like a family business where all people were welcoming and friendly. Could be a bit cheaper.

It is just perfect! The lady who served us went above and beyond expectations, she has a beautiful smile and was extremely kind and helpful. Food is just prefect and the place is fairly nice and absolutely clean. Highly recommended

Very good one; although, zereshk polo north sauce tastes a little bit bitter

Outstanding, unpretentious, Persian cooking. With a lovely homely welcome.

Lovely restaurant with a very friendly waitress who kept entertaining our little one. Food is so delicious

Had a meal this evening Wonderful host Home made food Highly recommended

Highly recommended persian restaurant. Really enjoyed the Jojeh.....

Cozy environment, delicious food, reasonable price.

The food here is spectacular. I lived in Nottingham for 4 years and never knew about this restaurant. We had jooje, koobide, and sultani kebabs, all of which were amazing! The food came quickly, the portion sizes were very generous, and the ingredients were fresh. The sides were also very delicious, we had the zeytoon parvarde and maast-mosir. Fresh bread is baked at the restaurant which came with the sides/mains, and let me tell you, the bread was fantastic. We also had the doogh (yoghurt drink) which was thick and very morish. The service was very very lovely too! Absolutely no complaints, only compliments to the staff & chef 🥰 Favourite restaurant in Nottingham by miles 🏆 (Review written by a fellow Iranian 😉)

Considering the price, you will receive a high quality and quality of delicious food. Highly recommended.

Fantastic meal today at Saffron. Really great tasting Persian food. Good value.

As a Persian, I found the foods the most authentic Persian foods which you can find in Nottingham. Nice environment, very friendly and welcoming owner and staff. Sent my British friends two times there and they also found the food very well-presented and tasty.

Excellent food and lovely service. Will keep coming back to experience the authenticity of iranian food

Always excellent service and the food beautiful

Wonderful atmosphere, ridiculously good food (best lamb I've had in ages), really nice people.

Delicious homemade food, decent portions and friendly helpful service.

Lovely food and friendly service. All of the sides tasted very fresh and authentic. The bread was lovely 😊 Decor was fantastic. Suggested improvements: -accepting card payments (as it seems they are cash only) -being slightly faster with their service -The chicken kebab was nice but could have done with a bit of citrus, but a lemon was provided anyway so I'm just nitpicking at this point. Mixed grill with several sides was enough to fill my fiancé and I up. Reasonably priced for the quality of food you receive 👍

Ordered barg kebab and it wasn’t nowhere like I expected it to be I hope they improve.

Meal was very nice, service was also good

An amazing Iranian restaurant probably now my best in Greater Nottingham. Very good service, and the food was very good and left me very satisfied.

Beautiful looking restaurant, with lovely food and staff.

We drove from Leicester specially to try the Kebab Koobidas. Not completely satisfied. The kebabs were quite dry and chewy. The portion size was simply not enough and unfortunately we were told that salad is only served to seated tables and not takeaways. If salad is not a part of takeaways, then maybe there should be a seperate menu list with a price difference. Sorry but unfortunately this place didn't live upto our usually fairly high standards of other Persian restaurants around the country.

Excellent service and authenticity of the food flavours next to none

Restaurant is clean and cosy. food tastes like homemade ones. Portion sizes are very decent and it is a challenge to finish ;) We have ordered Bakhtiari (20) homous (3) and noon (36). Rice is very delicious and Chicken tastes wonderful. My only criticism is that they brought appetiser with the main. We have enjoyed and will come back.

The food was amazing and we enjoyed everything! Portion sizes are good as well. The only downside is that it is cash only which is quite strange.

First time for Persian food and loved it. It was very quiet but that's Mondays for you. We were recommended some signature dishes, all of which were beautifully cooked with tender moist meat. I'd probably add a saucy dish next time. Staff were so friendly and helpful; the restaurant spotlessly clean. The only downside was very minor - it's cash only, which caught us out!

Very nice and clean restaurant, very cozy and elegant. The staff are welcoming and the food arrives on time. Everything is wows. The food is outstanding from all aspects. It is very nice and tasty. It deserve to be considered among top restaurants in Nottingham so far.

Nice and comfortable place. Good service.

What an amazing restaurant! The food was lovely, made with heart and so flavoursome. The owner was very friendly and she was also the one who cooked which was very impressive. The decor and music also beautiful and it transformed us to Arabic world. Everything was perfect, definitely my favourite restaurant in Nottingham from now on.

This is an undiscovered treat. The home made Persian food was delicious. The slow cooked big portion Lamb Shank fell off the bone. The sauces were tasteful beyond belief.

Food is awesome. Vegetables starter was really nice my daughter loved 😍 it. Lamb was really soft and delicious my son loved and eat alot. Definitely recommend others

Me and my friends travelled from Birmingham to try this place, was delicious! Real family feel to the restaurant mom on the till, daughter as the waitress and dad in the kitchen. It really works well. 5*

Wow fantastic Persian food, it was the best Persian restaurant we have been. We will definitely come back again thank you

The best Persian food I've ever ate

Excellent food, everything was perfect. Smoked aubergine, was out of the world. Quality of Chicken skewers with Saffron rice was something I have never tasted before. Chicken stew made with pomegranate and walnut paste was amazing. Obviously it was slightly sweet. We were told by the chef that it takes 10 hours to cook. It only had walnut oil, which is released from 10 hours of cooking walnuts. Service was excellent and so were the prices. For the quality of food, price should be at least 1.5 times. Must go to place for foodies.

The best authentic food at good prices. Very friendly and comfortable place.

The service was outstanding. We went there as a big group and they made sure we were looked after property.. My friend was Iranian so she knew which dishes to get. I definitely recommend the mixed grill some of the aubergine dishes, nan and doogh

As an Iranian I was surprised by how great the food was. Very authentic home-style cooking and delicious. Very caring and attentive staff as well.

Excellent presentation and brilliant taste. The service is very good too.

Great staff. They helped my husband planning for a birthday dinner. They’ve been so nice and understanding. We did run overtime but they made us feel very welcome. Highly recommend the lamb neck dish

Had a really nice meal, with friendly service. Food came quickly and hot. Had a really good experience.

Have been treating myself here weekly since 2019. Really top quality, authentic and really flavoursome quality food on offer. Portion sizes are perfect. I've dined all over the world but this is by far the best Iranian food I've ever had. Run by a fabulous husband & wife team, please keep going! Michelin rated by my personal standards.