Persepolis Restaurant

If you don't know Persepolis already, you should. Persepolis is a Peckham institution, and Sally Butcher is the chef extraordinare. What started as a fabulous shop for Iranian and middle Eastern delicacies has expanded into an amazing café, restaurant, & now rooftop bar! While the café is cosy and intimate, there's the basement for a quieter dinner or the heated rooftop now for drinks, food and party. Also it's BYO, which I'll never complain about... I've been coming here for nearly a decade and honestly don't plan on stopping. A must for foodies.

Had a lovely evening here with a group of friends. If the weather is good, ask to sit upstairs in the terrace which has a really nice atmosphere! The food was delicious, we had a 8-plate mezze and and kuftah - all vegetarian which was super yummy. We needed to order more bread but only because the dips were so good. They also have a good selection of non alcoholic drinks. Dessert wasn’t my favourite, but still good, would be great if they served the baklavas and pastries sold at the shop in the restaurant. Everything was very affordable too.

went about 3 weeks ago, food was absolutely delicious and very reasonably priced, the shop and cafe were very clean and tidy and peaceful, all of the staff that we interacted with were super kind and helpful. we got a selection of starters as we wanted to try different things and the waiter helped recommend some :) the food came very quickly which was great. will definitely be back, this is probably my new favourite food spot :) (also i had a cucumber granita and it was incredible i think about it every day)

I had a really enjoyable evening, we was recommended the £30 sharing plates which included a drink and dessert and we thought why not! So we experience a lot of different dishes! It was really fun and tasty. The waiters were really knowledgeable on the dishes and made it clear to me which was vegan. Even gave me my own vegan dessert at the end. I would definitely go again. Thanks for everyone who made it great!

Fabulous new outdoor rooftop dining area but we only discovered that at the end of our meal duh 🙄 Shared the taster menu with my husband. I think there were 4 courses starting with a small bowl of soup - tasty with dill hints (live dill) Another course was homemade falafel and homemade rice cake plus aubergine dip. Again very tasty. Then it was honey sesame haloumi and then a course of vegan cheesy chips with olive in saucez. finally the famous Iranian stew with kidney beans and I think fenugreek. It was even better for being totally veggie. And could be converted to vegan if you wanted. We’ll be back

I love this shop. Good flavours, prices and a bit different than the rest of the shops. You can also shop or have take aways.(not sure about the cooked food). Great and friendly staff! As someone not born in London, you kind of miss something places that they have a more authentic feel. A defo recommendation!

If you are vegetarian, vegan or just like excellent food, this is the place for you. I would recommend reserving a table if you go after 7pm. Luckily, we got there around 6 pm, so we had a pick of the tables. The staff were super friendly and welcoming. They offered to walk us through the menu depending on what we wanted. We decided to go for the tasting menu with dessert and drinks, which was £30 per head or no dessert and drinks for £25. The food was amazing and they explained each dish and it came out in good time. We loved it. Also, BYOB is without corkage cost. I would happily be going back. Thank you guys!