Komaaj Mazze Wine Bar
Wine bar · La Lengua
20 29th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Highlights
Northern Iranian dishes, mezze platters, and Caucasus wines.
Northern Iranian dishes, mezze platters, and Caucasus wines.
"Komaaj is billed as a wine bar, but you’d be missing out if you don't try their selection of mazze and pomegranate-kissed entrees. The Bernal Heights spot does fantastic Northern Iranian dishes and snacky platters that are meant to be shared—ideal for an “accidental” finger brush with someone you like. It’s also pretty easy to walk into the bar here or snag a last-minute table, so keep this spot in your back pocket for any spontaneous date needs." - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez, patrick wong
"At this Iranian restaurant in Bernal Heights, you can have your kids count the number of decorative pots or wine bottles behind the bar while you sip on an icy glass of sauvignon blanc. There are big circular tables, ideal for spreading out with multi-person mazze platters for the adults and Tupperwares of dry Cheerios for the littles (or the sweet and sour chicken stew, which is tender enough for even the teething crowd). The mazze, which ranges from eggplant and walnut dip to pomegranate-heavy olives, are excellent to snack on as you recount the day’s playground drama." - julia chen 1, patrick wong
"Komaaj is all about Iranian food, and here it comes in all forms. Komaaj Pila Bazaar focuses more on lunch and Iranian grocery products, but the wine bar space is more for lingering over a mezze platter with a glass of wine from the Caucasus region, which encompasses Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and northern Iran. For something different, try the sweet and sour chicken stew folds in walnuts with pomegranate, apricot, and raisins, and don’t skip the nonalcoholic beverages which feature drinks like sharbat sekanjbin, a mint and vinegar drink sweetened with honey." - Dianne de Guzman
"Komaaj Mazze Wine Bar is a Northern Iranian spot in Bernal Heights that feels like a rug-filled living room. There’s tons of seating in the dining area and at the bar where you can admire the pots and ceramics hanging on the wall while sipping on an icy sauvignon blanc. Their mazze platters are large enough to land a helicopter on, loaded with dips that go heavy on fresh herbs and pomegranate, and always nail the sour-sweet-salty trifecta. For something on the more filling side, order the chicken stew—the meat falls off the bone with a single poke of a fork." - ricky rodriguez, patrick wong, julia chen 1
"A compact, regionally focused spot celebrating northern Iranian gastronomy, with an emphasis on smoked fish (saffron-smoked sturgeon and sumac-smoked salmon belly) and dishes that highlight tart, umami-forward flavors—examples include anar polo (pomegranate rice with chicken), sharbat sekanjabin (mint-and-vinegar drink), zeytoon parvadeh (olive-and-walnut in pomegranate molasses), and a baked-dill baghali polo tahchin that transforms tahchin into a visually aromatic ode to Caspian-region herbs." - Sara Akhavan
