Best Persian Restaurants in NYC | Eater NY

"Led by ex-Sofreh chef Ali Saboor, Eyval, which opened in 2022, has struck the perfect balance between Tehran home-style comfort food and New York fine dining remixed for a younger Brooklyn crowd. Even their Ghormeh Sabzi, a dish notoriously known by the Persian community to be an at-home-only meal, will have you hypnotized. Another menu must is the lamb shank adas polo — the meat is juicy and the rice sweet-yet-savory thanks to layers of lentils, raisins, and onions. From the placemats inscribed with spicy Persian expressions to the neon “Chai” sign (pronounced “cha-iee,” meaning tea in Farsi) the space is elegant in a Tehran-meets-retro-futurism type of way." - Samir Ferdowsi