Berenjak Mayfair London

Always in the mood for Persian food @berenjaklondon 🇮🇷
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This has got to be their best one yet. A beautiful dining room across the ground floor, with a few tables outside and a cosy PDR + open kitchen downstairs.

The menu here feels bigger and well rounded with lots of lunch time specials + plenty of new dishes nestled in between the classics.

The silkiest black chickpea hummus, chicken Olivieh, and the non-negotiable chicken wings all still deliver. The Olivieh is still my favourite starter with all those pickles. From the newer dishes, the tahdig with a rich, slow-cooked ox cheek curry was killer. Super crispy and moreish with the most tender, well seasoned meat. Chicken dumplings with saffron were excellent too, as were the lamb sambusek.

The grills are always solid too, but the new double lamb chops stole it this time. Huge, well-charred and nicely pink inside. Similar to those at Gymkhana, but completely different flavour profile with the charred Iranian spices.

Chocolate sorbet to finish was ridiculous. Intense, smooth, and properly dairy-free. Sadly I think this was a rotating special - but hopefully they make it a permanent fixture.

Very easy place to over-order. Go hungry. Less