Tandis

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<strong>Rating: </strong>4/5

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<strong>Rating: </strong>4/5
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  • Address:

    Tandis 73 Haverstock Hill
    London
    NW3 4SL

  • Venue phone:

    020 7586 8079

  • Opening hours:

    Meals served noon-11.30pm Mon-Thur, Sun; noon-midnight Fri, Sat

  • Transport:

    Tube: Chalk Farm tube

  • Price:

    Main courses £8.90-£14.90

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    1. Tandis
      • 73 Haverstock Hill
        London
        NW3 4SL
      • 020 7586 8079
      • 51.546300,-0.157796
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Rated as: 4/5 (7 ratings)
  • I love and recommend this place to everyone around me! The best Iranian restaurant in London so far: it's clean, food/price perfect. I would just say one thing if it can help: would be nice to see some Iranian art in the restaurant: 1-2 paintings or photography. Without changing the style or anything. I hope this place would always stay the same in quality, Thank you!!

    Sam Mon Jan 28
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • I love and recommend this place to everyone around me! The best Iranian restaurant in London so far: it's clean, food/price perfect. I would just say one thing if it can help: would be nice to see some Iranian art in the restaurant: 1-2 paintings or photography. Without changing the style or anything. I hope this place would always stay the same in quality, Thank you!!

    Samin Mon Jan 28
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  • I love and recommend this place to everyone around me! The best Iranian restaurant in London so far: it's clean, food/price perfect. I would just say one thing if it can help: would be nice to see some Iranian art in the restaurant: 1-2 paintings or photography. Without changing the style or anything. I hope this place would always stay the same in quality, Thank you!!

    Samin Mon Jan 28
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  • Terrible food, indifferent service, aggressive front of house. Went here for diner on a Sunday evening. The restaurant itself, whilst nicely furnished was empty and lacking in ambience. The front of house was indifferent to our arrival and no welcome offered. We started by explaining that we would like to order a few bits and pieces from the hot and cold starter menu and informed the waiter that we’re vegetarian and asked if any dishes could be recommended. The first starter, recommended in Persian, once looked up in the menu, correlated to a chicken starter. Again we reminded him that we don’t eat meat so could he recommend another meat-free starter in its place. Sure. He recommends Tah Dig and confirms its meat free and describes it to us as a crispy rice dish. Interesting. Burnt rice in a savoury brown sauce arrives. Before tucking into it, we once again ask the waiter to confirm that it doesn’t contain meat (Don’t normally do this but at this stage we had little faith in the waiter). Confirmed. After a couple of bites we find small chunks of beef in the sauce. Call the waiter over. No apology, he couldn’t care less. He argues that the dish contains only very small chunks of beef and therefore it is essentially meat free. We send it back, and request it be removed from bill. Another starter of Loobiya arrives. Advertised as borlotti, kidney and butter beans cooked in a homemade sauce, served with olive olive oil and lemon juice this dish is nothing more than lukewarm baked beans. No kidney or butter beans in sight. Our order of Tandis Special Salad arrives. A very mediocre feta salad. Halfway though eating our meal, another almost identical salad arrives. We explain that we only ordered the one. It comes in two parts our waiter explains. Strange. Bill arrives, the salad is listed twice. After asking the waiter to remove the additional salad he grew very agitated and aggressive, started shouting and swearing and grew increasingly threatening. He argued he had already reluctantly removed the Tah Dig from the bill and wouldn’t remove anything else. Even though we didn’t order the salad twice, and it was clearly his mistake he still would not remove the additional salad from the bill. I’ve never in my life been to such an unfriendly and indifferent restaurant. Will never return. Absolutely awful experience. I don’t normally write restaurant reviews but feel compelled to warn others.

    Vision99 Mon Jan 14
    Rated as: 1/5
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  • Been here 5 times already and it never disappoints. Every time I have a guest over I bring them here. Not your little canteen/dingy place, but a proper restaurant, with authentic food (gasp) and good value for money (gasp again). Portions are really good for what you pay, I always leave full. Try any of the Polos, Zereshk polo is amazing, their chicken and lamb is so tender it falls off the fork as you cut it, rice is always aromatic and perfectly cooked. And their starters- the ash soup is lovely, (just add salt) and the Tah Dig Ghormeh Shabzi is to die for, really crispy rice from the bottom of the pan served with a lovely lamb, red beans, and spinach stew on top. Service has always been friendly. It's a pleasurable eating out experience.

    ashq Mon Oct 8 2012
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • went there once. was diisopointing. given the prices the food given was rubbish. love persian food but most persian restaurant are really poor with food and service. but most people here wont notice i guess not being used to what good persian food would be like i guess....

    mb Sat Sep 8 2012
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  • Ordered take away. Waited 1 hour and 20 minutes on a Wednesday night. Finally the order arrived with a starter missing. Food was disappointing, 12£ for a Kebab? Never again!

    Tony Wed Jul 18 2012
    Rated as: 1/5
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  • Been to this restaurant twice & had one takeaway (in the last 6months). Every time the food is consistently gorgeous: generous portions, good variety of veggie options, perfectly cooked meat, tasty flavours, not greasy. Food fit for kings, excellent value for money!

    Sarah Sun Jan 22 2012
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • Amazing! I have cravings for Tandis constantly!

    Leah Sat Nov 12 2011
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • best persian food, great value for money too! We live near by! so good!

    Carmen Wed Nov 2 2011
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