Restaurant Alborz in Köln

A very interesting culinary experience. Pleasant place.

Very good Iranian food in a nice atmosphere. Centrally located on Rathenauplatz

One of my favourite places. Delicious food, super service, authentic atmosphere. Will be back.

The food is delicious Service was ok Prices okay

I would like to say that the quality of the food is the best and has never changed.

A fantastic experience with excellent hospitality and delicious food. Highly recommended! Tasty stews: Ghorme Sabzi, Gheyme Bademjan as well as Fesenjan. The tray of grills for 2 people is amazing.

This restaurant is a must for Persian cuisine lovers. Everything is just right here – from the quality of the food to the warmth of the team and the authentic atmosphere. I will definitely come back and highly recommend it to everyone!😊

In this restaurant, you can always eat healthy, quality and delicious food, and most importantly, the employees will treat you very respectfully and politely.

There were 5 of us there last week, the food was impossible to describe as it was tasteless. we don't recommend anyone to go there!!!!!!

Happy and polite staff, great service, excellent food. A must-try in Köln. Will be there again, definitely.

Enjoyed a very nice evening in a great restaurant with great service and delicious food. Gladly again 👌🏻

Authentic flavors, warm welcome, a culinary experience that transports you directly to Iran. I recommend and look forward to coming back!! 👌

The staff was friendly, and the food quality and taste were excellent. The atmosphere was also very enjoyable

Such a beautiful restaurant with such warm service ✨

The cozy restaurant is located right next to the cathedral. We would have to park on the street with a parking permit. 4€/hour. The entrance has a small staircase. There are baby chairs for younger guests and various areas with tables and chairs. We didn't make a reservation but were allowed to choose the table freely. The food was prepared quickly, tasted good and the prices were ok too. The best thing from our point of view was the tandoori bread, which is freshly baked to the highest quality. The toilets are clean and the background music is appropriate. *The highlight of the whole thing was the staff. They were all young, super friendly women who lovingly looked after the guests and were super polite. They work quickly but calmly! All in a very pleasant visit. We will definitely do it again and recommend others to do so too! P.S. I would like to have such staff too ;)

Koubide was delicious but Fesenjoon (both vegetarian and with chicken) were nor tasty. At least they were not tasting original. Serving Fesenjoon was also very weird because they served the stew in a very large bowl which contains unreasonably large portion for one person (one plate of rice). Kashje Bademjoon was also tasty but the portion was too small. I guess it was not more than 5 spoons. More than half of the plate was salad. Serving salad with kashke bademjoon felt a little weird because I'm used to having that with vegetables (Sabzi). Koubide plus Doogh costed 21€ (16.5 + 3.5=20 and I don't why it costed 21€). We went there on a Friday which was a public holiday and it was too crowded. Do, on public holidays and weekends reserve your table as early as possible..

The best Persian restaurant in Cologne. Persian cuisine is incredibly delicious and must be tried by everyone!

We would like to tell you about our last visit with you. We've been to you twice so far and both times we were completely satisfied - we liked the service and the food, which is why we decided to take new friends with us this time to show them your restaurant. Unfortunately, our last visit was very disappointing. Yesterday we were with a group of seven people and when we asked a simple question about the parking situation, one of your employees spoke to us very unfriendly and in an inappropriate tone. This tone bothered the entire group so much that we ultimately decided to leave the restaurant. Especially in the catering industry, good and respectful treatment of guests is important. We expected more friendliness and professionalism and hope that this was just an isolated case.

I highly recommend trying the kebab Chenje and Kashke Bademjan!

I recently stayed at Alborz and it was a great experience! The atmosphere is welcoming and pleasant, perfect for a relaxed dinner. The staff was very friendly and attentive, which made the evening even better. The food was simply outstanding! Every dish was fresh and full of flavor. The [dish] I ordered in particular was an absolute highlight – perfectly prepared and lovingly presented. I can only warmly recommend Alborz Restaurant and am already looking forward to my next visit!

Excellent quality of food and reasonable price.

Our expectations would be exceeded. Very friendly service. The food is great because you can immediately notice the quality of the products. Cleanliness is very important. We can wholeheartedly recommend this restaurant. Thank you very much for that

Awful, really regretting this ugly behavior of the employees who are asked questions about the parking space or extra seats, they answer all the questions with rudeness and insolence.

Really tasteful and authentic. Polite staff and great service.

To put it simply: really catastrophic when dealing with customers.

Unfortunately I have to say that I had a very disappointing experience at this restaurant. The staff were extremely rude and disrespectful. From the start they had a dismissive attitude and seemed uninterested in welcoming us as guests. Questions were answered irritably and snidely, and the entire behavior was downright shameful. It's really sad to have to experience such treatment as a paying guest. I will definitely not recommend this restaurant and will never visit it again.

10 of the 10 Thanks alot for great service and food. Good job guys 🫡

"A real highlight! The food was fresh and of the best quality, with a great selection of dishes that really delight. The staff is incredibly friendly and accommodating, you immediately feel welcome. The design of the restaurant is also beautiful and creates a pleasant atmosphere Atmosphere. Absolutely recommended!"

“An absolute insider tip! The food here is not only fresh, but of the highest quality and incredibly delicious. Every dish tastes like it was prepared with love. The staff is extremely friendly and attentive, so you immediately feel welcome. Added to this is the tasteful design of the restaurant, which creates a cozy and stylish atmosphere. An all-round fantastic experience – I’ll definitely be back!”

An acceptable meal and setting. I don't regret going to this restaurant

Have been visiting the restaurant for over 5 years. VAT has not yet risen to 19%, prices here have risen significantly. All is well if it doesn't rise again in January 2024! But at the same time in “Ghormesabzi” only offering two small pieces of meat with rice as a main course for around 17-18 euros, I have no understanding of that. It's a shame as a regular you'll just be disappointed. By the way, the menus in Google are from older years. Should be updated. As a regular guest, I'll give it another chance at some point! because this time everything went wrong!

Iran is a country full of varied and delicious dishes. If you want to experience the genuine and fascinating taste of Iranian cuisine in an environment reminiscent of the country's historical atmosphere, you should definitely visit this restaurant. In addition to the food, I also recommend trying the special traditional Iranian ice cream here.

delicious food, service is great, especially at Farid, excellent waiter, very polite, personable and competent!

Suuuuppperr delicious, absolutely professional service. We like to eat there. My recommendation 5 stars definitely. Please keep it up

Tasty and lots! Go back again and again!

We were there without a reservation. We were kindly offered a table. The employee was very nice and friendly. The food was great. We tried kubideh, jujeh and tschenjeh. Tschenjeh was in other ligers…. Super juicy and delicious. Great respect for the kitchen… 🙏🏻

My friend invited me to this restaurant on the weekend and we were absolutely thrilled. From the moment we were greeted until we left the restaurant, we were looked after in an extremely friendly and attentive manner by the waitresses. The food was excellent, especially the meat - delicious and juicy. They also offer Ghorme Sabzi.😍 I can heartily recommend this restaurant for its authentic Persian cuisine with many delicious dishes.

Best Iranian restaurant in Germany. Very friendly staff, very delicious dishes especially Kebab Koubideh & Kebab Soltani, which were completely juicy and well cooked simultaneously. Also side dishes were tasty, like Oliven with walnuts and pomegranate paste and Yogurt with Shallot. Absolutely recommended.

best Persian in all of Cologne! I've been going here several times a year for 13 years

The specialties prepared on a charcoal grill are particularly recommended!

1. pleasant and friendly atmosphere 2.The most delicious Iranian dishes and kebabs 3.The best Iranian restaurant in Cologne

A really great and very cozy restaurant. Very tasty and nice staff!

Hello team Alborz, We came here spontaneously and for the first time. I haven't received such a hospitable welcome in a long time! All dishes were consistently delicious. The appetizers came quickly. So do the main courses! Delicious. Very friendly and I would like to highlight very attentive staff. Thank you very much, see you next time.

We have been there for 2 times in 2 differwnt days. Everything was great. The service, food, atmosphere, ptice.... are awsem. We ordered Koobide, it was even better than the original ones in Tehran. You can pay by card there easyly without any problem. I highly recommended this place for Iranian and even others.

Highly recommended! Everything was perfect. I liked the food, the vibe, service, atmosphere, staff and everything. :) One of the best Iranian restaurants in Europe for sure.

The most famous Persian restaurant in the city. I got a delicious kebab. The prices are very fair. Highly recommended

The experience of eating persian food here in general is good, but there are some concerns. we waited so long for it to be served, which could be also because there was a big Iranian concert in the city. The quality of food in general was good, specially the kebab was delicious but the rice was not good quality basmati rice and it didn’t taste and smell like a persian rice.

One of the best persian food in Germany.

We ordered Falode and Bastani. Both had good portions and tasted good.

Highly recommended. Delicious food, very friendly staff. Air-conditioned inside, quiet seating outside despite the city.

Very nice and friendly stuff Good quality food Highly recommend

Very friendly and helpful. Super delicious food. We sat outside in pleasant temperatures. If you want to try something different like German/European cuisine at fair prices, this is the place for you.

Ate there again, as always, good keep it up

The rest of the food was good, but the pounded kebab didn't taste like meat at all. I don't know why they are stingy in using pounded meat in Iranian style. You can go to the lowest quality Turkish restaurants, the meat you eat tastes like meat, but I don't know what they use instead of meat.

Absolute recommendation, the service was also very nice and the food was of course excellent.

Everything was awesome. the foods were tasty and delicious 😋, respectful and helpful staff. I definitely recommend it

We are a family of 4 who traveled all over Germany and tried all kinds of food and we love Iranian food. When we went to Alborz restaurant, we were really shocked by the environment and the food. It was really awful, the seats were dirty, the environment was so noisy. The food that we had ordered Chanje Soltani smelled terrible, battered, leaves and chicken were also awful. Worst of all, the soup tasted very bad. Hot drink with a glass of ice and the ice melts after half an hour when the food comes. We do not recommend this restaurant at all.

I have known Alborz restaurant for several years, even though I am not a resident of Germany! I have always experienced good and delicious food in this place! But this last series, when I went, one of the staff brings food to the tables! He was very uneducated and without character, even though we discussed his rudeness a lot and I asked him the reason, he said he had a migraine and was nervous! But this rude waiter left and came back and threw a piece at me and my sister! And we didn't like the food at all! Alborz restaurant should be more careful in hiring staff there.

There were 5 of us. We ordered kormabezi, pounded, and chanje and leaves. The rice smelled very bad and unpleasant. The batter was not tasty at all and was hard. Fresh meat was not used. The leaves and stems have no taste at all, not even salt. The price is not too bad, but considering its quality, it is expensive. In general, I do not recommend anyone to go to this restaurant

Super delicious food and the service was so (hospitable). We ate very well and felt welcome as guests. Looking forward to future visits.

Great Persian restaurant. We were warmly welcomed and had a great meal. The food was very tasty and everything was perfect.

We were about 12 people from Holland with friends. The atmosphere of the restaurant was nice and cool, the attitude of the staff was very friendly and excellent But the food was not quality at all! The rice smelled horrible. When the food arrived on the table, the first thing that attracted attention was the smell of rice. We had ordered all kinds of kebabs and unfortunately none of them were of good quality. Kobideh was made of very poor quality meat and full of cartilage, the chicken was extremely hard and dry, the leaf kebab was too thin, short, hard and dry, the meat of the chicken was also strangely hard, it had to be chewed like gum. . It was clear that it was not in the material at all. All the kebabs, apart from being hard and of poor quality, had no taste, for example, the chicken breast meat was only yellow and hard, it didn't taste like lemon juice, nor salt, nor any other taste, the same goes for chickpeas and leaves. The main flower of the basket was the bad smell of rice, which completely blinded the appetite. Considering the very low quality, the price was high! In short, we were not at all satisfied with the quality of the food, so I do not recommend it to you at all.

hello Unfortunately, today, Tuesday, we came to Cologne and went to Alborz restaurant for lunch. Last time we came, the food was great. But unfortunately the food was very poor today. We ordered pounded kebab and chicken. It was pounded and could only be cut with a knife, it was so hard. And the chicken and rice were dry and unfortunately the rice smelled and had no butter or oil at all. Of course, we ate the food, but I told the staff and they decided to tell the kitchen and management about the problem. I don't know, maybe there was a problem with our food, but the food was really poor today. At least it was like this for us. I hope that the management of Alborz Group will pay more attention to the customer and to serve the customer's food in line with the customer orientation as before.

Really nice spot and nice staff

Hello, dear Iranian friends The behavior of the staff was excellent, but the food was not good. We ordered two plates of meat with rice, the rice smelled so bad, I couldn't eat it. It is Indian rice.

The food in the restaurant was excellent and the treatment was very respectful and everything was really perfect, thank you

We wanted to eat at this restaurant, but due to the abusive behavior of the waitress we had to leave without eating. We didn't want to sit next to the toilets, even though the main hall was completely empty and not reserved, but we were denied this wish. When we asked for the boss, the operator said that she was the boss herself. I can definitely not recommend this place.

Best Iranian in all of Cologne, very tasty, very friendly and cheaper than everyone else. Top

Kebab, yogurt, and fresh hot bread were delicious, but the rice tasted like dirt.

دومین بار بود می‌آمدم به رستوران البرز متاسفانه پذیرایی تون واقعا افتضاح بود روی یه بشقاب دو عدد زیتون با کمی جعفری و دو حبه قند این به جای خودش در تمام دنیا بختیاری یعنی یه سیغ جوجه با یه سیخ گوشت که متاسفانه شما یه سیخ مخلوط گذاشته بودید و اینکه برنج هم ایرانی نبود و روی برنج از رنگ زعفران استفاده کرده بودید نه خوده زعفران

Great Persian cuisine, fresh dishes and traditional dishes, the staff are fantastic and helpful, I'm always happy to go there. Very very tasty 😋 😋 😋 😋 😋 😋

The food was excellent, high quality and tasty. The staff was also very friendly and accommodating. We will definitely go there again. ^^

Today I came to Cologne and this restaurant for the first time. As an Iranian, I am very happy to see such a high-quality Iranian restaurant in the city of Cologne, and for my Spanish friend it was also a nice experience and an unforgettable memory. The quality of the food was excellent and the behavior of the staff was very respectful and friendly. Thank you Restaurant Alborz!

I had the pleasure and all I can say is that it was an absolutely unforgettable experience. The service was impeccable – the staff were friendly, attentive. The ambience in the restaurant is cozy and stylish, ideal for a relaxing evening. You can tell that a lot of attention is paid to details here, and that really contributes to an all-round successful experience. I would recommend to anyone looking for great food and excellent service. I'm already looking forward to my next visit!

Hello - I don't think the behavior of the staff was good at all because we wanted to order faster for our friends who were on the way so that the food would be ready when they arrived and we wouldn't be delayed. They told us that it is the rule of the restaurant that we cannot take the order earlier. Must be everyone. So, we ordered a soup until our friends arrived, but they told us with a pleading attitude that the rule of our restaurant is that we order drinks first, and now because you are waiting and... there is no problem. At least in 13 years of visiting restaurants, I had never heard anything like this and it was new and disrespectful to me. After lunch - we ordered batter, which unfortunately was full of onions and it was almost hard to find meat inside - the barley soup we ordered had flour (or something similar) used to glaze it, which tasted very bad. The chicken we ordered was very dry. Personally, I will not recommend this restaurant to my friends. Because you can't get a good experience from here, nor good food - they have a cozy atmosphere and I hope they think about the quality of the food and the treatment.

Gutes Restaurant. Aber was massiv störend ist, sind die Kameraüberwachungssysteme. Die Überwachungskamera im Essbereich ist ein absolutes No-Go. Direkt über deinem Kopf sind Kameras installiert. Während des Essens und der Unterhaltung wirst du gefilmt und belauscht. Ich finde dies unverschämt. Oft habe ich mit dem Personal darüber gesprochen und Feedback gegeben. Es wird immer mit verschiedenen, unlogischen und unrealistischen Fakten ausgeredet, und es passiert nichts. Anscheinend ist die Restaurantleitung nicht an der Privatsphäre der Gäste interessiert und ignoriert einfach den Datenschutz in diesem Land. Ich werde allen meinen Freunden und Bekannten davon abraten, in diesem Restaurant zu essen. Die Qualität des Essens ist gut und lecker. Der Service ist sehr nett und freundlich."

Camera surveillance system in the lobby area. What is massively annoying are the surveillance cameras. Absolute no-go. There are cameras installed directly above your head. You are being filmed and eavesdropped on. I find it disgraceful. Feedback given several times. People always excuse it with various, illogical and unrealistic facts and nothing happens. Apparently the management doesn't care about the privacy of the guests and simply ignores data protection in this country.

Delicious skewers, excellent bread and nice service! Price/performance is fair in my opinion! The portions (main courses) are generous and the atmosphere is nice! Clear recommendation!

There is no comparable restaurant far and wide.

The quality is getting worse and worse, the meat smells unpleasant and is very carelessly prepared and the portions are very small. I was really ashamed that I brought my guests there. I think the city should check this.

Food and service were great. The ambience leaves something to be desired. Old furniture, floor not clean, cutlery outdated.

Nice waiters and nice atmosphere. Neda is a dream 💐

Not recommended! Bad food. Very incompetent service. Dirty chairs. The menu is only in German!!

I was there again yesterday with my family. As always, delicious, fast service and very hospitable. As a vegetarian, there is also a delicious selection and I recommend the restaurant.

Great food. Extremely delicious. The service was also great. The restaurant is recommended again after the change of ownership.

Delicious iranian food🥰 friendly service.

A great Persian restaurant, nice and attentive staff and the food is fantastic.

Koubideh was very nice but the kduje was a little bit dried. I love the dough there! All in all worth to try, 7/10.

The best Persian restaurant in Cologne. Delicious dishes and friendly service. The fresh bread is very tasty. Card payments are also possible.

Everything was up to par - the food was extremely tasty, very large portions, fast and friendly service. A very large selection of vegetarian dishes. I recommend!

It has deteriorated extremely, the food we ordered to pick up sometimes smelled strange. We don't like it at all anymore. Child-friendliness is zero, there aren't even children's portions. And I don't want to talk about the exorbitant prices. It's a shame

It's so tasty, especially the kebab and the rice and somach And they are friendly

Great food, very friendly staff.

I can say that in my opinion the service was excellent and the hospitality was great and the meat was also very fresh and well prepared.

Great restaurant! Cozy, warm...too warm. But the food was great. Attentive conditions top.

the restaurant is very good and shone clean and the food is very tasty

Last night I wanted to get something to eat there, it was so late by now, they apologized to me. So friendly and respectful staff. Thanks.

Professional staff Very welcoming High quality food Top notch bread

Nice staffs, good fresh naan and tasty kashke bademjan. But our main course was nothing but oily, bad and awfully bland food. It didn’t live it my expectations up and I feel it didn’t get my money worth.

The quality of the food is good, but unfriendly personeel.