Persian/Iranian
Colbeh Persian Kitchen
123 East Court Square, Decatur, Atlanta, GA, 30030
404-373-1226
Superb home-baked bread comes with feta, butter, walnuts, and fresh herbs before you even place your order for plump kebabs, complex sweet-and-sour stews, and creamy eggplant dishes. The full bar pours signature cocktails.
Website: http://www.colbehkitchen.com
Neighborhood: Decatur
Category: Persian/Iranian, Restaurants
Mirage Persian Cuisine
6631 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs, GA, 30328
404-843-8300
An underdog in the Sandy Springs Persian restaurant scene that deserves attention. Creamy yogurt and eggplant dips, kebabs, and herbaceous stews star on the menu.
Website: http://www.miragepersiancuisine.com
Category: Persian/Iranian, Restaurants
Persepolis
6435 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs, GA, 30328
404-257-9090
The Persian restaurants along the Roswell Road corridor tend to have nearly identical menus, but we’re partial to the cooking at Persepolis. Come with a group and share.
Website: http://persepoliscuisine.com
Category: Persian/Iranian, Restaurants
Rumi’s Kitchen
6112 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs, GA, 30328
404-477-2100
The place is slammed nightly, due to a kitchen that delivers finely calibrated renditions of classic Persian dishes: hot, crisp-squashy flatbreads; creamy yogurt spreads; and kebabs in a spectrum of proteins.
Website: http://www.rumiskitchen.com/
Category: Best of Atlanta 2013, Persian/Iranian, Restaurants
Sufi’s
1814 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-888-9699
Sandy Springs has long been the local destination for restaurants that specialize in the sensuous pleasures of Persian cuisine. Now, Sufi’s brings dishes like Ghormeh sabzi and shrimp kebabs to intowners.
Website: http://sufisatlanta.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Persian/Iranian, Restaurants