Hafez Restaurant is a Persian dining room at 5 Hereford Road in Bayswater. Its menu brings together charcoal cooking, aromatic slow cooked dishes, rice and freshly baked lavash bread, presenting the generous and communal character of Iranian food in a relaxed neighbourhood setting.
Starters include olives with walnuts and pomegranate, kashk with aubergine, smoky Mirza Ghasemi, yoghurt with cucumber or shallots, stuffed vine leaves and thick herb soup. Bread is made on the premises and provides the traditional way to enjoy dips, herbs, radishes, feta and walnuts around the table.
Charcoal grills range from saffron marinated chicken and ground lamb kubideh to lamb fillet, chops and mixed selections. Slow cooked khoresht explores herbs, dried lime, saffron, aubergine, okra and split peas, while the signature fesenjan combines chicken with a rich sweet and sour sauce of pomegranate and walnuts.
Grilled salmon and Persian spiced sea bass add lighter main courses, with saffron rice, crisp tahdig and barberries available alongside. Homemade saffron ice cream, pomegranate ice cream, rosewater sorbet and chilled rice pudding provide fragrant finishes, joined by mint, rose petal and saffron sharbat.
Address: 5 Hereford Road, Bayswater, London W2 4AB, United Kingdom
Hafez Restaurant Bayswater Menu
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Starters
Salad-e Olivieh
Finely diced chicken blended with eggs, potato, gherkins, olive oil and mayonnaise
Salad-e Shirazi
Finely chopped cucumber, tomato and red onion served with optional olive oil and lemon
Mast-o Mousir
Homemade yogurt and finely chopped wild shallots
Zeytun Hafez
Persian-style marinated olives with walnuts, pomegranate, herbs
Kashk-e Bademjan (served warm)
Baked, crushed aubergine slow-cooked with yogurt, mint and kashk (Persian yogurt whey)
Baba Ghanoush
Baked, crushed aubergine with tahini, cumin, fresh coriander
Mirza Ghasemi (served warm)
Baked, crushed aubergine cooked with tomatoes and garlic
Sabzi-Khordan
Mixed seasonal herbs, spring onion, radishes, walnuts and feta
Torshi (Persian mixed pickle)
Mixed vegetable pickle, preserved in herb vinegar
Hafez Salad
Mixed leaves, beetroot, feta, cucumber, tomato, walnuts
Mast-o Khiar
Yogurt mixed with finely chopped cucumber and mint
Hummus
Crushed chickpeas with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic
Freshly Baked Persian Bread
Warm and soft, this aromatic bread is perfect for dipping and sharing.
Mains
Jujeh (poussin)
Tender pieces of poussin, marinated in olive oil, lime juice, saffron and sliced onion
Barreh (‘best end’ lamb chops)
One skewer of tender, succulent ‘best end’ lamb chops marinated in olive oil and onion
Hafez Selection of Kababs (an introduction for two people to enjoy)
Selection of tender lamb chops, boneless breast of chicken and hand-ground lamb
Boneless Chicken
Boneless breast of chicken in garlic, lemon juice and saffron
Kubideh (ground lamb)
Two skewers of finely seasoned ground shoulder of lamb
Barg (loin fillet)
One skewer of thinly sliced, tender lamb loin fillet
Bamieh
Okra with tomatoes, saffron, green pepper and onion
Fesenjan
Rich sweet and sour purée sauce of pomegranate and ground walnuts with aubergine
Gheimeh
Finely diced lamb with yellow split peas, tomatoes, sun dried lime and saffron
Grilled Salmon
Grilled Sea Bass
Two fillets of sea bass delicately seasoned with saffron and Persian spices
Vegetarian Ghorme Sabzi
Vegetarian Bademjan
Vegetarian Bamieh
Desserts
Pomegranate Ice Cream
Homemade with pomegranate juice and double cream
Rosewater Sorbet
Traditional Persian iced dessert, homemade with rosewater and rice vermicelli
Sholeh Zard
Our version of the traditional Persian set rice dessert – fragrant and delicious, homemade with saffron, slivered almonds, rosewater and cardamom. Served chilled.
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