Gilaneh Restaurant

Good place for gatherings nice environment, food is really good, some of them are pricey but they do have dishes under $20. Must come back again

The location of this restaurant is beautiful, but when it comes to persian food some of their grill dishes are not so great. Their stuffed eggplant tasted great, however their barg grill not so much.

The decoration is cute and it inspires from the traditional persian culture. The service is good. The food is very normal, koobide kebab was dry and it did not taste very good. And rice was the smelly one. Stuffed eggplant and eggplant borani was very good. Overally, i would rank it as normal persian restaurant.

Second and last time to have a disappointing experience at this place. Arranging reservation for a group of 11 seemed to be a monumental task that even after 3 phone conversations, could not be managed properly.
Once seated, service was mediocre at best, since there was only one server for multiple tables. It was slow to start with insufficient water and bread. Once food started arriving, it took a good 10 minutes for all 11 dishes to be placed at the table.
Food quality was poor, specially for chicken (dry and tasteless) and kebob which was salty. The quality is extremely inconsistent. It is like having a good or bad hair day. Beware.
To top it all, one of the staff was quite rude and claimed: "Oh, regardless how bad we treat customers, people keep coming back". Well, if you are reading this and go there to get bad service/food, then it is on you.
Follow-up conversation with manager who refused to allow to escalate to the owner, could not calm things down. Apologizing profusely with no plan to remediate was quite hollow.

Staff and food is horrible
Very rude poor food microwave heated
I mean none grilled food
Feel sorry gor that great design and interior
Will never ever back

I'm seriously surprised by all of these negative reviews!

The interior of this place is very cute. It has a old village theme and I really like it!

When you walk in, all the waiters greet you. I have never met a rude waiter here. Our waitress was pretty quick with bringing the menus and getting our orders. Our food came right in time and we had no problems there!

I usually get the kabab torsh which is AMAZING! It melts in your mouth and it's marinated just right! My parents usually get shandiz kabab (lamb chops) and it's super delicious. The salads are fresh and the bread they bring for you is also very good! The only thing that I can say that was just OKAY was the rice. Other than that, everything is awesome here!

Amazing Persian cuisine. Our goto restaurant every time we are in Toronto. They features great options from the North of Iran. A neighborhood gem!

This place is used to be good but it changed a lot. I came here the first year they opened and everything was amazing. Last year we were invited for lunch and it was a disaster. Unfortunatly, I had to come here again for another big gathering. I couldn't even touch my food this time. I ordered chicken kebob, the first bite and that's it... It was so salty and the rice was so blend. The quality dropped drastically. I think it's way overpriced based on the quality and service. I asked a few times for water and nothing... They just forgot...The servers are basically not trained at all. You have to ask a few times to get (or not) what you want. They don't have pleasant manners to make you even come back for the second time, so why bother.

You can try amazing Persian food right in downtown; Pomegranate restaurant and Shaherzad, Darbar, Banoo. These are a few awesome restaurants that you can enjoy an amazing cultural experience and delicious food!

Haven't had a bad experience here before, which is rare for Persian restaurants (so inconsistent).
Bad service because they basically forget you.
Kabob is good. Never burnt but never juicy. Not the best Persian food in the city, but certainly better than most.

We were staying at the Westin and since this restaurant is within the building, we decided to visit it given my love for Persian food. The meal and service were excellent!! Impeccable clarity on the menu from the waiters and great friendly service. Our Kebabs were incredible - spiced perfectly and juicy accompanied with delicious dill rice.

Finally, I had been playing with my watch during dinner and as I left the table I forgot it. I came back 10 minutes later and asked someone if they had seen a watch. He went back and brought back my sunglasses and Rolex - I was so impressed with heir integrity.


Thank you!!!! We will be back