Soltan Banoo

Amazing Persian food! Reasonably priced and big portions. I had the delicious pomegranate soup and adas polo (rice mixed with fruits and lentils with chicken) and my fiancé had the sambosas and loobia Polo (rice mixed with green beans with lamb shank). Highly recommended!

This place is great – owned by a wonderful family and the customer service is always warm and personable. The food is delicious and well priced. San Diego Gem.

Great atmosphere, friendly staff, and delicious food. Good for a quiet lunch or a romantic dinner.

Oh my god that’s all I have to say best food in San Diego prices are perfect food is bomb it’s good but not like my mom’s lol buts still great food when u don’t live with ur family no more u want that food that tastes like back home

OK– so my husband and I were starving and just happened into this place as there was a wreck going to mission valley and we were not going to sit in traffic. We wandered into this warm, eclectic and cozy restaurant. There was only one waitress so it took a few minutes to get seated but she was friendly and once we sat it was great. The food does take a while but let me tell ya what– it is SOOOO worth it. Wow– it was so flavorful and tender and just good. We ordered the hummus appetizer and even that was good! I ordered the mixed kabobs– one chx and one ground beef and seriously, it was so good. I truly loved every bite. The rice was fantastic as well. My husband ordered the chicken curry and he literally cleaned his plate. He wanted to go back the next night!

Food is above average for Persian cuisine. The kebabs are juicy and flavourful and the rice is perfect. They have a wide range of items on the menu to make even the pickiest person happy. The only complaint is the service is a bit slow.

My old-roommate’s Mom made a lot of Persian food growing up so I wanted to resurrect some of the flavors and experiences, this place delivered a home-​run by taking me down memory lane with their menu. I had the chicken and beef kabob with the long-​grain rice-​tasty! I also had the humus along with the fish, all the dishes were a home-​run! The heaters in this place work very well so you will be warm on the taste of the food, service and the menu. The service was very nice and welcoming. I topped off my dinner with the baklava, homemade not factory produced. You can taste the difference. I had the Turkish coffee it was authentic and poured right from the pot at our table. I highly recommend this place! Kid-​friendly, easy to locate, you will have to be patient with parking but worth the walk.

I love this place. Fantastic Persian food and never disappoints and I love their polos and specially their fig curry sauce. Recommend anyone who wants to try a nice Persian dinner with an excellent ambience

Really amazing beef kabobs. The spicy sauce is DELICIOUS too — make sure you ask for some. Really great service. Sweet and friendly people. Lovely family owned vibe where they treat everyone like family. Loved it :)

After walking by this place many times and reading all the good reviews, I really wanted to love it. Unfortunately we were very disappointed with our first experience here. The restaurant is really quaint and cozy and our waitress (who’s also the owner I think) was so friendly and helpful. However, the food was a major let down.
The Middle Eastern Platter, especially the dolmehs, was the best dish we got. We also had the Ghalieh Mahi, which is a special salmon dish on the weekends, and Loubiah polo with chicken kabob. The rice in Loubiah polo didn’t taste too fresh and felt like it was more of a side dish instead of the star of the show and the chicken was pretty dry. We’ve had better Persian food in San Diego, including Alborz, which is a lot better. Sad to say we won’t be going back to Soltan Banoo.

I have been here twice. Both times i ordered the spicy veggie kabob and loved it!
I stay away from things that are too different in flavor combinations because i know i’m picky and might not like them.
I love how quaint and small this restaurant is. There is a really nice lady that walks around taking orders (not sure if she’s the owner), but she’s lovely. She does sometimes forget things, or is a little late, but that is because she likes to go around and talk to everyone. Be patient!

I come here often and the service and food is always amazing. There was 6 people max, including us, the entire time, and the waitress was very slow, she was nice but she was more focused on staying behind the counter eating rather than serving, I’ve never been charged for the fig sauce and she charged us a $ 1 for it, we ordered the hummus appetizer since our plates take a while but it seemed like she forgot about the appetizer and it came out a little bit before the food.
Only got served water once in the small glasses and never came to check on them. The owner is so nice and the food is DELICIOUS that’s why I am plan to come back, if the waitress was this slow on a slow afternoon I can’t imagine on a busy day.

Iran is a big country, five times the size of France, so there’s a lot of different types of food and spices. This restaurant takes the gist of ingredients from around that country, adds things learned in the States, from other cuisines, lots of vegetarian ideas, and serves it all up in a cozy sweet Middle-​Eastern cottage.
The iamb shank is my mom’s favorite, and she says it met her expectations in a tasty way. She had planned on taking half to go, but failed in her mission when she couldn’t stop eating until there was an empty plate in front of her. I like the wide-​range of vegetarian options and the fact that everything on the menu is an adventure, even if you’ve had it at a million other places. I also have gotten the feeling through sweet chats with the owner, that she is always ready to try new things, to improve recipes, add new items, and take her place to the next level.
The décor is peerless, every accent piece, or colored plank of wood, every light bulb seems artfully and spiritfully placed. The servers, as well, are more relaxed and personable than most places I’ve been. And they don’t do my pet peeve of leaving the bill before the customer asks for it. Perfect evening getaway! And one of these days, I’m going to remember to leave room for dessert!

This is an adorable restaurant, from which I may get decorating inspiration. The patio is super comfortable with huge windows and vibrant decorations.
Service was very attentive and incredibly engaging. We were seated quickly after being rejected from other nearby restaurants. The staff seems to know 50% of the clientele, and I would love to get to know the staff, too. For the first time in my life, I had pomegranate soup and it was delicious! A burst of flavors danced on my taste buds. Lentils, beans, pomegranate, spinach, herbs — what a sweet symphony!

Great little restaurant. We stopped by for lunch for my mother’s birthday. The restaurant is rustic & nicely decorated. Our waiter was Ross and he was super friendly & attentive. He explained the menu items and made some great suggestions.
The mixed appetizer was enough for four people. It was very refreshing. Our food was really good and a large portion. The ground meat was seasoned perfectly with the Persian spices. The rice was delicious & slightly sweet with berries & almonds. My mother really enjoyed her salmon meal. I had a taste of it & it was really flavorful & it was cooked just right. They served her the hot tea on a cute little platter. Ross brought us complimentary Persian baklava for her birthday. Thank you!
The food was delicious & the service was wonderful. Prices are reasonable & large portions. I will definitely stop by again. Street parking.

Very cute little Persian restaurant on Park. I didn’t feel like getting the kabobs there as you can get it at any Turkish, Greek, or Mediterranean places. We opted to get some more Persian dishes. We got the following entrees (I copied from their website)
Baghali Polo — Lamb shanks cooked in gravy, served with dilled Basmati rice & fava beans. $ 14.95
Zereshk Polo — A heavenly mixture of basmati rice, barberries, dried cranberries, tossed with orange rinds, almonds and sweet carrots. Chicken or Tofu $ 11.95 Lamb Shank $ 14.95
I think the Baghali Polo was mediocre, lamb was a little bland. Dilled Basmati rice was pretty standard. The Zereshk Polo was delicious, I don’t know for other Persians but it was good for my taste buds. The berries, almonds, and the sweet carrots almost remind me of my favorite cranberry almond salad!
Unilocal check-​in for a glass of wine, too bad I checked in too late. Next time! I will be back.

This was really tough for me to rate. 3 stars in terms of There really wasn’t anything particularly bad about the place. Décor was fabulous, the restaurant was in a beautiful open air environment. Our server was on point and was helpful. He said the curry special was one of the most popular so that is what I ordered.
If you like indian food or typical Mediterranean food you might enjoy finding this middle eastern /​Persian interesting or refreshing. Or unfortunately for me, you will find the food just mediocre.
My curry came out with rice on the side and a boat dish of curry. It wasn’t bad it just didn’t wow me. The rice had a few balled up chunks of rice. Curry had a bit too much tamirand for my taste. I wouldn’t go here again as there are too many amazing places in San Diego, but I wouldn’t be opposed to going here if friends wanted to go. My companion felt the same about his mahi curry dish. Meh.
It’s like your Mom’s «best stew.» You go there for comfort, the house is decorated nice … You have nothing bad to say. But you just can’t keep thinking about the other stew you had down the street … but you don’t tell Mom Cuz you can’t hurt her feelings … But I’ll tell Unilocal!!!
It’s worth a try, but like others said it didn’t knock my socks off.

Hints for Muslims: lamb and koubideh is halal. I recommend Koubideh. Go on friday to sunday to try Ghalieh mahi, fish stew).
Fortune telling with coffee: they have turkish style coffe and you can try your fortune, if you know how to do it.
I like the friendly environment (with Persian style) and neighborhood (which is a little European and closer to Montréal).

This is a charming place. Interesting atmosphere, good food, and the owner cares about the food.
We went on an LGBTQ «Dine Out» night. They knew they would be busy, but they were still understaffed. Service was a little inconsistent.
We found this place via a Groupon. The food was very interesting and tasty. We had the Sambrosas appetizer. My husband had a scrumptious rice dish with sour cherries and lamb, and I had a lamb stew that the server warned me was mostly loved by Persians. I did like it, but I would try something different next time.
There are many things on the large menu that I’ll be back to try!

Literally everything on this menu is delicious and so fresh! I love the choice of wine on the menu as well! The hummus is the best hummus that I have ever eaten because of how fresh it was and how tasty! The service is wonderful as well. All servers are friendly and nice! The owner helps out a lot in this restaurant and you can tell that she really cares about the quality of food that she serves in her restaurant!
The pomegranates soup is surprisingly so delicious!
The atmosphere of the restaurant is cute and fun! You have multiple options of sitting in different areas of the restaurant that have varying vibes.