Mahdi Restaurant (Finchley Road)

• Mahdi is my go to place in the neighbourhood when I want to stuff myself silly with the Persian delights available with them especially served as a delectable
• Its buffet that I speak of with such overwhelming love is something available seven days a week
• S interiors are beautiful &ndash
• The buffet is an unlimited spread with different items every time
• These usually include some sort of barbecued meats mainly CHELOV KEBABS with lamb and/or chicken
• MAST O KHYAR (like a raita with cucumbers)
• KHORESH GORMEH SUBZI (which is a lamb and bean stew with an amazing kick from the whole preserved limes)
• To be eaten with either fresh NAN bread or ZERESKH POLO which is the typical Iranian pilaf dish garnished with the tart zereskh berries etc
• I think it is remarkably competitively priced as well
• This buffet meal i had at Mahdi Restaurant (Finchley Road) is by far the most incredible and authentic i have ever had
• The interiors are not that appealing
• The service is not that good
• The portions of the dishes are enormous and impossible for one person to complete an entire meal
• The bread here is very fresh
• The food here is succulent and the meat is of good quality
• The chicken is marinated to perfection and is served with a side bread which compliments it perfectly
• What a shame that this little beauty is so underrated
• The service is polite and the atmosphere is calm unlike the rush of many more centrally located restaurants in London
• The carrot juice is highly recommended and the Persian tea and sweets are perfect for an after meal relaxation
• 19.80p for just one course of Makhsos kebab and 2 can of coke which was not even cold and served even without glasses
• I don't understand why Zomato shows with the old name

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