Mirage Persian Cuisine

Wonderful taste. Service was not the best honestly! Service would be terrible at busy days and food will take forever. Compared to Fanoos and Sufi’s i will rank them as below:
1. Fanoos
2. Mirage
3. Sufi’s
Overall Food Experience: Excellent.
Overall Restaurant Experience: Good.
I will rate it 8 out of 10.

Wonderful. The place has a unique, unprecedented charm compared to any Persians restaurant I’ve been to (I travel frequently for work and decided to come here with a coworker). Everyone I met was amazing and proud of their culture. Ask questions (if time allows) and get a full, rich experience. I loved the fesenjoon and tadig (per ounces ta-​deeg). Persian classics that I love.

4 stars?! How is that? Did I eat at the wrong restaurant? Is that how they got their name? Was their another, much better, similarly named restaurant that I should’ve been looking for? Was there a wall I was supposed to push on that led to the real Mirage? DAMN YOU, WAZE!!!
One half star for following through on the theme and building a completely separate restaurant for their more in-​the-​know patrons, generously rounded up to one full star.

One of the worst restaurant experiences I have had in years. Subpar food, terrible service. There were 4 parties there on a weeknight, and they sat us all in one corner of the restaurant. Wedged in one of my colleagues against a person from another party, and he couldn’t even leave his seat. Took 20 minutes to get beverages, and our server never offered to refill our drinks and never offered coffee our dessert. I knew the service was bad as I had been here before, and I am kicking myself for bringing two colleagues to this mess of a business. So embarrassing. I can’t even believe I tipped her 10%. Will never go back. Ever.

Waiting since 50 mins for my to go order of goat and chicken dum biryani. But I know it’s worth waiting. Chicken biryani I tried here was delicious. Quantity in family pack is more than enough for 4 people.

The complimentary pita bread is recycle from other guest. really disappointed. I will file a report with food safety.

Mmmm: Food –Homer simpson
I was greeted with kind smile and asked if i wished to be seated indoors or out. i love persian food and decided to come here today. The décor is very classy and music brings such ambiance. i had kobedeh (beef skewer) served with aromatic rice and grilled tomatoe. Simply amazing. The waiter was very attentive to refill my water. YAY. Will be back.

Brilliant! Best chicken and lamb kabob I’ve ever eaten yet. Both are so juicy and we’ll marinated, yet so perfectly cooked.

Fantastic persian cuisine. We went here for dinner with the whole family. Having kids I was a bit afraid they would not find somethign to eat but they both love the kabobs and the basmati rice.
I had the Sultani, I think and it was fantastic. Great ambience, very welcoming family restaurant and I like trying different cuisines so this is a great departure from the usual. Highly recommended.

Mirage Persian Cuisine had a Scoutmob coupon available and we wanted to try something different from the typical American or Asian meals we were used to eating. Mirage Persian Cuisine popped up on our radar so we decided to give them a shot.
Parking is plentiful in the large shared parking lot. So park away!
The restaurant interior reminded me of a dark and exotic but still a family oriented restaurant. As the Unilocal description promised, it was quiet and intimate inside. We were seated immediately after approaching the hostess in a small corner. Even more intimate than we expected. Unfortunately, we didn’t realize that meant we would be occasionally overlooked…
We asked our server what was good and what was popular, and his response was to point to everything on the menu, with no preference to any one dish. So that was not helpful at all… We ended up counting on Unilocal reviews and pictures to help us decide. We ended up ordering the Spicy Pistachio Meatballs with pomegranate glaze as an appetizer, and the lamb shish kabob and Barg (beef kabob) to share among the three of us.
The server didn’t seem happy to be working that night so he seemed a little miffed at our order, for whatever reason, as he left to put our order in. Another server brought us our complimentary starter, a hodgepodge of delights with a large pre-​cut pita. There were three cubes of butter, a small cut of feta cheese, a few nuts, sliced radish, and a whole bunch of mint leaves and some unidentifiable grass. We had no idea how to eat this, as no one was around for us to ask, so we made up our own method of eating. It was definitely an interesting concept.
Our server brought out all our food at once… The meatballs, which we had assumed would be our appetizer came out after the Barg and the Lamb Shish Kabob.
Lamb Meatballs — not a fan. It was pretty dry so we had to drench them in the sauce. Unfortunately, I was also not a huge fan of the sauce. The sickly sweet tartness of the pomegranate with the nuttiness of the pistachio didn’t seem to do the lamb justice.
Barg — the beef kabobs were pretty tasty. My friend kept commenting that the meat needed a little green sauce on it. Chimichurri definitely would have set that meat apart. Too bad that’s the wrong cuisine…
Lamb Shish Kabob — the lamb was beautifully cooked. Flavors were on point! Came with the lentil and basmati rice, which was pretty bland but had an interesting and different consistency.
I’m not sure I’ll be back, unfortunately. Every time I give Persian food a try, I get let down. My palate just can’t handle the unique flavors! But it was definitely a different meal, while service could use a tune-​up.

Food is great but they either let you earn Open Table points OR use their Scout Mob offer of $ 20 off. Ridiculous. Been on OT since ’06 and never heard of this.

RUDE servers and will NEVER return. I used Scoutmob but did not honor discount of $ 20 max for dinner instead we received $ 10 the lunch discount but we were there for dinner. They pretty much made a bogus rule out of thin air and said I didn’t get $ 20 off because I didn’t spend $ 40 or more. I then said that its not in the fine print or written anywhere for us to see on Scoutmob. The waitress had no real explanation and pretty much said «because it’s our rule» well Scoutmob doesn’t work that way. On top of that our waitress was horrible! She never came by to fill our drinks or check on us. We had to ask another waitress for a to-​go box. Although the waitress was horrible she didn’t forget to add her tip to our bill.
The purpose of Scoutmob for business owners is advertising their business and hoping the customer will return to their restaurant and continue to be returning customers! They obviously don’t understand that concept.
FOOD– I find it very bland for my palette or maybe its just not that good. We both had the lamb stew one was tomato based and one wasn’t. Whatever it is, DO NOT EAT HERE! We were there on a SATURDAY night and the place was EMPTY for a reason!

Now I’m no Persian-​food connoisseur. Restaurant-​wise, I’ve only had food from Sufi’s and Rumi’s Kitchen to compare. I found the others to be so much more flavorful. Although this food did have some seasoning, it didn’t «wow» my palate. The curry eggplant barely had a hint of curry flavor or aroma. I was given the lamb kabob (even though I ordered the lamb rack) which was tender and a bit pink inside. The rice was soft and the pita bread was fluffy so I did enjoy those. Food warranted a 3 star at most.
So why the harsh 1 star?
Being told obviously false information… twice.
I read about the lamb and saw the rack pictures on Unilocal.I am pretty sure I ordered the lamb rack but they told me I ordered the lamb kabob. Ok, I will give them the benefit of the doubt.
What brings the star rating down is the customer service. Granted, food came very quickly. The big issue was when the bills came. There were 4 of us. We asked for separate checks based on what we ordered. Our waitress was so confused as to how to split the check that she called for the manager. We thought we sorted it out by telling her exactly what to put on each person’s bill.
We waited… and waited. It felt like 20 minutes. I finally went in to ask for a take out box. Our checks were sitting at the counter. I flagged down the waitress who let me look at the tickets. I looked at my ticket and found an error in that an extra item I did not order was added. The manager insisted that I ordered more than I actually did! She however believed me and voided it out and gave me the correct and updated bill. The waitress brought out the other bills. There were errors with my friends’ bills too, particularly being charged $ 5 for substituting lettuce for bread. We called for the manager again who admitted there was miscommunication in that WE didn’t understand that extra would be charged since we got lettuce instead of bread.
I can go on and on but it wasn’t worth clarifying with them or describing in detail now. It took longer to resolve the bill than for the food to come out and for us to finish it. When the manager came back AGAIN with my swiped card and bill, it was clearly a mistake. The manager said that I gave her my card when I went in to get my box. I know for a fact that I didn’t because I did not bring my purse in when I asked for a take out box!
Being told misinformation angers me. To be fair, if you do go, I would suggest bringing cash and definitely checking your bill. What should have been $ 10 + taxes for me ended up being $ 31 and 1 wasted hour.

This is THE BEST Persian restaurant in Atlanta – hands down.
FOOD
Every dish that my family & I ordered was fresh and literally bursting with complex flavor. We started with a curried eggplant appetizer, which we ate on top of the best pita I’ve ever tasted (it was crispy on the outside, soft on the inside and tasted fantastic.) I got the Shirin mixed rice plate with beef kabob. The kabob was tasty (not really anything special, but still moist and soul-​satisfying) and the rice was insanely good. If you’ve never had Persian rice, you are missing out: saffron, candied orange peel, pistachios, slivered almonds — it’s fragrant, sweet and delicious.
My Mom had the Fesenjoon, a chicken stew spiced with ground walnuts, pomegranate juice and saffron. It was a little sweet and a little tangy — amazing. My dad had the Qormeh Sabzi, a savory stew with lime, leeks, corriander and fenugreek; it had a pungent taste that I can’t imagine everyone would like, but we were really into it. The meat in both stews was so tender that it literally fell apart.
ATMOSPHERE
The dining room is casual and comfortable, with soft lighting and warm, inviting earth tones. You definitely don’t need to be dressed up to eat at Mirage, but you feel like you’re eating in someone’s elegant dining room.
SERVICE
Our waiter was extremely attentive and accommodating. When my Mom’s food arrived, it came with steamed rice. But when she saw that I got the «mixed» rice, she thought she might prefer it. So she asked the waiter to exchange her plain steamed rice for the mixed version, and he kindly exchanged it for no extra charge.
The owner checked on us a few times as well. What lovely people and a lovely restaurant.

Wow. Take a look at my french fries which were listed on the menu as «crisped potatoes.» Bland food i could have made at home easily. My husband had the kabob and didn’t finish it. We left half our food on the table. Now the bread and the tea? FABULOUS! We had way too high of expectations of this place. The servers were so incredibly nice as well. I live down the street but will never return here. We are working up our nerve to try Persian food again.

There’s a plethora of Persian restaurants up and down a decent stretch of Roswell Rd but I wasn’t impressed with Mirage after all the rave reviews. Maybe this restaurant was great at one time.
We started with Tahdig which was ok to me. I’m not a fan of hardened, chewy rice which I know some people love (especially in Korean food when rice hardens against a clay pot). I did like the vegetarian lentil curry that was on it though. This might have been the only thing I liked or the Baqali rice with my entrée.
I had the lamb shank with Baqali Polo. The meat fell off the bone and I liked the fava bean and dill flavored rice. My problem with the lamb shank and stew was that it lacked flavor and salt. Maybe I ordered the wrong thing. Generous portion of rice was large enough for me to bring home.
Complimentary bread with radishes/​mint was just ok.
Frankly, I think I’ve been spoiled by Rumi’s Kitchen up the road. Granted Rumi’s is more expensive, but at least the portions are bigger and the food is more seasoned. Mirage made me sad because I anticipated something delicious but it was underwhelming. Service is great, but the food was ok.

This place has been horrible. I’ve had the lamp chop on two different occasions and I have gotten sick each time. First time it tasted a little funny followed by me throwing up later.
The second time I had the lamb chop the same thing happened. I seriously believe there is something wrong with their food. I was just as sick as the first time if not worse.
The service is mediocre at best. Our waitress barely spoke English and was very blunt. I do not wish to say she was rude but I can easily say that she barely had a pulse. She brought our food fast but completely failed to ask if we wanted a refill on drinks on more than one occasion. Her service was just plain without ever really trying to interact with us in respect to what we might need.
The bathroom was clean but smelled like an out-​house. The smell in there really triggered back flashes from one of my visits in the old country where there was not an existing sewer. The smell tended to be out in the restaurant also.
If you want to eat some bad food and smell some dubious aromas, this is where you should come at least once.

I live like literary couple minutes from this restaurant yet I have never try it. So today, I decided to give it a try.
As soon as I walked in, I like the atmosphere. You can either sit out in the patio or inside. We chose inside. I didn’t like it that the tables are covered with white paper as table cloths. I don’t like the feeling of the paper.
I ordered the chicken with balsamic rice. It was ok. Bit blend for my taste but the rice was really good. Most of their appetizers are vegetarians. Lot of egg plant dishes. I am not a hummus eater but their hummus was delicious. Must try with the complimentary bread that they give out.
Food I give a 3 star but service I give a 5 stars. I think it’s a family owned business. They were helpful, attentive and nice.
Overall, I give a 4 stars.

We scouted and found this place offering 50% off.
Restaurant location is convenient and sitting is nice. But the dish we ordered wasn’t good.
We both ordered the shrimp kobab, which was over cooked and burned. Shrimp is old too and not very fresh. Flavor is not impressive.
The idea of mixing berries into the rice is very cool and added some sour twist to the rice. I might do the same thing to my own cooking.
Maybe we didn’t order this right one that everyone recommended — chicken or lamb kabob.
The complimentary pita bread is good.

Lamb rack: of all the lamb rack in the city, this rack is the fairest of them all. It’s tender, juicy, flavorful, aromatic, fresh from the grill. All that you could ask for. Nice, cheesy rice to balance with lamb. If you want to lose weight don’t pick this dish. You will lick until it’s empty.
Lamb + eggplant stew: citric, well seasoned, and so tendered. You can’t smell that lamb smell that can ruin most lamb dishes. It’s a nice hearty meal, I enjoyed it down to the last bite.
Oh and the Hummus is good. We prefer the lambs here to that of Rumi’s down the street.