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This was my first time having Persian food and I anticipated something tasty, because the door had so many Willamette Weekly and Oregonian awards. However, what I got was the biggest let down ever.\r
The service was INCREDIBLY slow, as in my friend and I received water refills once ever 20 minutes and had to wait an hour for microwaved saffron rice and some chicken with sauce. I would have been more understanding, had the food been fantastic, but it was very dry, bland and stale. Even the pita, which was supposed to tide us over for that godforsaken hour was thin, hard and tasted like it'd been bought from Safeway several weeks earlier. \r
I ordered a simple side of saffron rice because I wasn't particularly hungry [my friend was, and I offered to go along in the hope of discovering a decent restaurant to go to] and my friend ordered the same, but with some kind of pomegranate/walnut sauce. Simple, and what should have been delicious. However, it was the most unappealing dish I've had in a long time. The rice itself tasted like nothing, was dry and had no enjoyable qualities. I could tell they'd microwaved it, because had it been made fresh, it would have been steaming and at least sort of soft. Instead, it was coarse, hard and not worth the six dollars it costed.\r
If you're looking for good Persian food, or good food at all, don't go to Persian House. Between the service, shoddy food and constant rumbling of the passing MAX, it's not worth it.
Pros: nothing
Cons: service may as well not exist, food tastes like nothing, boring
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