Shamshiry Menu – Vienna, VA

Type : Persian restaurant

Location : Vienna, VA

Eatery hidden in an office park with Persian cuisine such as kebabs & rice dishes in a modest room. Based on 3 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.2 stars. Price $$

✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ Delivery

Shamshiry 22182

Address:
8607 Westwood Center Dr, Vienna, VA 22182

Phone: (703) 448-8883

Website: http://www.shamshiry.com/

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Hours

Thursday 11:30 AM–11 PM
Friday 11:30 AM–11 PM
Saturday 11:30 AM–11 PM
Sunday 11:30 AM–11 PM
Monday 11:30 AM–11 PM
Tuesday 11:30 AM–11 PM
Wednesday 11:30 AM–11 PM

Menu

Appetizers
Panir Sabzi
Panir or goat’s cheese is an extremely delicious cheese, which the Persians habitually eat. If you walk down the avenue in Tehran during lunch hour, you will find the mason, and cobbler, the shopkeeper – everybody – eating bread and cheese. Very often Persians eat Panir with raw vegetables and herbs (radishes, basil, scallions, tarragon, or fresh mint). It pleases the palate		 $7.50
Mast-O Khiar
Mast, known as yogurt in America, is used extensively in Persia. It is the food of the rich as well as the poor. It is said that Genghis Khan lived on it during his long marches through Mongolia and the Persian Empire when he couldn’t obtain other food. This yogurt appetizer is served with diced cucumbers, chopped fresh dill and other herbs		 $6.50
Mast-O Musir
The Middle Easterners have known mast, now very popular in the western world as yogurt, for centuries. It is widely believed to contribute to long life and good health. The unique tart flavors of the yogurt and shallots make for a delicious dish		 $6.50
Salad Shirazi
There is an Old Persian saying that it takes four people to prepare a salad: A generous man to add the oil, a stingy man to add the vinegar, a wise man to give the right touch of salt and pepper, and a fool to mix it well. Diced cucumbers, tomatoes, and onions mixed with olive oil, lemon juice, and seasoning provides a pleasant combination to prepare you for your dining experience		 $6.50
Torshi Bademjan
The Persian homemaker takes pride in the quality and variety of the pickles kept in the pantry. This appetizer of eggplant, parsley, garlic, mint, cilantro, vinegar, salt, spices, and black caraway in uniquely Persian and extremely palatable		 $7.50
Persian Salad Bowl
Persians, likes most people, are fond of green salads and they try to eat them with every meal. Each homemaker has their own special touch and salad dressing. Shamshiry’s has lettuce, cucumber, tomato, sliced black olives, kidney beans, and goat cheese		 $7.50
Rice Dishes
Albalou Polo
The preparation of polo is indeed an art and the Persians are considered the connoisseurs of this art. Persians consider polo as the essence of an exquisite dinner. This colorful and exotic dish is topped with syrupy sour cherries. It’s particularly good when chicken is included		 $6.99
Shirin Polo
This is one of the most excitingly different, unusual, and demanding of the Persian rice dishes. But it is also one of the most rewarding. The sweet rice is seasoned with spices, perfumed with sugared orange peel, and made crunchy with pistachios and almonds. It tastes as if imaginative honeybees created it		 $6.99
Baghali Polo
This fragrant and devastatingly delicious dish is made with dill, a most delicate herb. Persians have favored dill for many years and use it in many dishes. One of the more famous and extremely tasteful dishes is Baghali Polo, where dill is used in combination with rice and soft good tasting fava beans. It’s a treat you will want to share		 $6.99
Zereshk Polo
This exquisite dish will provide an exciting experience. The rice is studded with tart, dried red currants, giving it a wonderful sour taste explosion. The delightful and delectable taste will enchant and surprise you		 $6.99
Vegetarian Rice Dishes With Any Entree $4.50
Half Rice, Half Salad $2.95
Gormeh Sabzi
Ghormeh sabzi is deliciously savory and loaded with the flavors of several different green herbs. It’s traditionally served atop white rice (polo)		 $15.95
Geymeh Or Khoreshte Gheymeh
Khoresh Gheymeh (gheimeh), also called Gheymeh Polo (polo means rice) is a Beef and Split Pea Stew which is a very traditional and popular Iranian stew with saffron potatoes that is served over either white rice.		 $15.95
Meat
Chelo Kabob Kubideh
Kabob is the Persian word for meat or fowl cooked over a charcoal fire. There delicious strips of charcoal broiled ground meat are served with a snowy mound of rice topped with saffron. All the beef dishes achieve greatness when you add a raw egg yolk on the side, which you rapidly pour into the hot rice, continuing to toss it so that the egg coats all the grains as the heat cooks it. Stir in as much butter as you dare, and sprinkle in the brown powdered sumac that’s in a shaker on the table. It’s tart spiciness is irresistible		 $16.95
Chelo Kabob Barg
The finest of all Kabobs is Kabob Barg. The secret of good Chelo Kabob is in the marinating of the meat. There is an Old Persian tradition as to how one should eat Chelo Kabob. The proper way of serving it is to put plenty of Chelo on a plate, make a small hole in the center of it, put the egg yolk in it, then plenty of butter, and sprinkle sumac over it. Mix well and start treating your self to the elegant taste of Filet Mignon. Fine food at its best		 $22.99
Chelo Kabob Shamshiry
Chelo Kabob is derived from two words: Chelo meaning cooked rice, and Kabob meaning open-flame broiled meat. The best Chelo Kabob was served at the Shamshiry restaurant in the Tehran bazaar. Whether it was the secret of the owner, nobody knows. But anybody who has tried this dish at the bazaar has never forgotten it. Now it’s your chance to enjoy a combination of Chelo Kabob Kubideh and Chelo Kabob Barg. As it was prepared in Tehran, where Shamshiry was the hallmark for quality Kabob – The Best		 $25.99
Chicken Soltani
A combination of Chicken Kabob and Kubideh		 $20.99
Lamb Sultani $24.99
Lamb Shank
Served with Baghali Polo		 $18.99
Rack Of Lamb $25.99
Lamb Kabob $21.99
Poultry and Fish
Jujeh Kabob
Cornish hen marinated in an original recipe, crisp edged and juicy is served in big chunks, on the bone, with rice. “Wonderful” is the way it has been described. Since rice is the daily food of the people of Persia, the Persian homemaker, through years of practice, has developed a special method of cooking the rice in order to preserve its entire natural flavor and produce a light and fluffy delicacy. Relish the experience		 $17.99
Chicken Kabob
Chicken kabob is made with breast meat that has been marinated in a special recipe. Persians serve chicken for the same occasions that Americans serve turkey. If the Persian homemaker has a guest, she will almost always serve some form of chicken. This is special. The chicken, served with rice in a snowy mound, will give your meal a whole new meaning		 $16.99
Chicken Tandoori
Big chunks of skewered breast meat that is moist, tender, and flavored with a fiery green herb paste. This method of cooking may have been developed from a civilization that thrived nearly four thousands years ago and Chicken Tandoori has become an international favorite over the years. The delectable and flavored rice that comes with the Chicken Tandoori will only add to your pleasure		 $16.99
Mahi Kabob
Fresh salmon bursting with juices, the grill having seared the surface so that the inside virtually steams. A mild fish that is pleasant in flavor and enjoyable to savor. The rice, which comes with the salmon, is tinted an intriguing greenish beige and seductively flavored by dill, and soft delicious fava beans. You’ll fancy, love, and delight in this meal. Some say it’s spectacular		 $21.99
Gratuity
20% Gratuity will be added to parties of 6 or more (Dine in Only)
Desserts
Baklava
Baklava is considered the grandest of all pastries. It is light, crisp and delicate. This pastry is present at every party and is served on every occasion. The small diamond shapes of buttery, crumbly dough filled with walnuts or pistachios and topped with rose water or honey is a delightful way to end a meal. The taste of baklava will please you		 $6.99
Zolbia-Bamieh
Zolbia is a sweet pretzel shaped fritter flavored with rose water syrup. It is firm, not quite crispy, but rather delicate. Bamieh is a saffron flavored pastry. Grooves are the distinctive design of this sweet		 $6.99
Rollet
A whipped cream roll. Very light		 $6.99
Persian Ice Cream
Persian saffron ice cream, tinted a golden pink will remind you of midsummer. It is fragrant with rose water and as richly chewy as the most eggy creamy ice cream aspires to be. You can order it alone, or with Paludeh		 $7.99
Cinnamon Ice Cream
A rich, smooth, creamy, cinnamon flavored ice cream, one of our more popular desserts		 $7.99
Beverages
Pot Of Persian Tea (One Person)
Tea is the national drink of Persia and as soon as visitors step over the threshold, a small glass of tea with three lumps of sugar and a teaspoon are handed to them. Persians serve tea in a glass in order to be able to appreciate its color. The color and fragrance of the tea is very important to Persians since they believe the pleasures of sight and smell come before that of taste. It is always served very hot		 $3.99
Iced Tea
Complimentary refills		 $3.99
Coffee
Complimentary refills		 $3.99
Soft Drinks
Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Lemonade		 $3.99
Doogh
This delightfully refreshing yogurt drink is very popular in Persia. It is always on hand at home to serve to family and guests. Vendors who sell Doogh on street corners are familiar sights. Very often they advertise their products with a poem or two from Omar Khayyam and replace Omar’s “jug of wine” with a “jug of Doogh		 $3.99
Pitcher Of Doogh
This delightfully refreshing yogurt drink is very popular in Persia. It is always on hand at home to serve to family and guests. Vendors who sell Doogh on street corners are familiar sights. Very often they advertise their products with a poem or two from Omar Khayyam and replace Omar’s “jug of wine” with a “jug of Doogh		 $9.99
Orange Juice
Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice		 $6.99

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Reviews

paws on the go
I usually don’t write reviews, but I wanted to take a moment to express my gratitude for AR, the manager at the Vienna location. He went above and beyond to assist me in selecting the perfect menu for our special celebration at my dad’s birthday party. Despite us celebrating in the comfort of his home, AR ensured that the food was catered and prepared to perfection. His exceptional service truly made the occasion memorable.

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Jane Jing
I love the starter bread. The lamb kabobs were super. Tender and flavorful. It was a busy Saturday dinner time. We sit down at outdoor seatings. The food came really fast. However, we asked extra napkins, extra veggie sauce and they never came. Better sit indoor and it might be better service.

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The Dr (Dr. Baraa)
The food is very good, I really liked it, but I have had better Iranian food in other restaurants. But it’s still good.

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sadi jafrey
Me, my mom, and my little brother were the last-minute customers there two days ago because we were hungry and desperately looking for something good late at night, and boy did we end up with a feast. “Scrumptious” would be an understatement for the food. Since we went there not too long before closing time, we weren’t expecting too much, but they exceeded our expectations by miles. The bread was fresh and topped off with green chili and butter; it already got our dinner started off with a bang. Then came their chicken kabab, chicken tandoori, and chicken soltani, and the meat was so tender it would just melt in your mouth like butter. Well-seasoned, delicately served, and the spice was in harmony with the chicken itself. Complement that with their Persian ice cream, and there you have the perfect Persian dinner. I even liked how they took their time to keep the spoons in a glass of ice. The service was prompt but not rushed by any means. The atmosphere is spot-on, which adds to the character of the restaurant. You guys should consider staying up a bit later. I’m pretty sure anyone would enjoy this place, especially late at night. I noticed that the employees were trying to close because, obviously, it was closing time. But they were efficient enough to dish out fresh food in a timeframe when most food places might slip. Overall, 100/10 for the effort they put in. I’ll definitely come back for more.

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Laura Fries
They have expanded so there is more room and tables. I love the food. Our server was a little distracted and left us without refills but the food is always great. The Shirin Pollo is my favorite rice with orange peels and pistachios. I get the tandori chicken with it. The Zhoug is delicious and have not been able to crack the recipe!

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Peter Niknejad
Delicious Persian dishes (particularly kababs) served in a nice and environment by friendly staff. Very clean and family friendly atmosphere. We tried Koobideh and barg and they were both very delicious and flavorful. The portions were very generous and you get a freshly made bread as starter. I strongly recommend.

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Asad Sheikh
The flavor of Irani food outside Iran is what this place has nailed. Excellent choice … simple and good food. Service can be improved .. overall a good experience.

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Reza Senejani
To be honest, one of the best Persian restaurants in US. Foods are amazing, and management is wonderful! The only thing/issue is the space/room! Very very tight and compact! In some cases, you feel like you can’t breathe enough 🙂 all kinds of Kabobs are recommended, especially the SHAMSHIRY one, and don’t forget to order DOUGH with it 😉

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Philippa Pham Hughes
I’m not super familiar with Persian food so I don’t know how to rate this place. But I liked it and there seemed to be many Persian people eating there so that was a good sign. Note: when you order baklava, it comes with five pieces!

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Naz Stobe-Kirst
Bustling crowded place but they won’t turn you away. We still got seated immediately. The food came quickly and the portions were huge as well as not expensive at all. The service was fast, nice and explained when necessary. Tried several dishes and things to go. Extra sauces, condiments, drinks, no problem.

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