Mehrdad's Place

This restaurant has a horrible service. The food is awful. As a guest, you have to go to kitchen and get anything you need. Make it worst there is a cover charge on Saturdays and Fridays, it is not like mehrdad place is a high class place!!!!!!!!  Music and the hookah are the only good things about this place.

We were looking for an alternative to the higher-priced Persian cabarets, like Cabaret Tehran or even Safir. They jacked up their cover charges on Valentine's day weekend. So I found this online. It was very casual and homey, without the stuffiness of the other clubs. As in most Persian clubs, dress code for women runs full spectrum. Designer jeans with heels, dressy suits on the older ladies, lots of bling and sparkle. You can never be too overdressed or blinged out among Persian ladies! But you can dress down, too, as long as you are chic...No problem making the Sat. night minimum of $15 per person, 2 drinks will get you close to it. Not too much hookah inside to bother a non-smoker. The crowd was older, good for me at 50 years old, fit right in. Singer/owner Mehrdad did a good job entertaining us with older Persian standards as well as newer pop tunes. Great people watching as everyone was dancing like they were at their cousin's wedding. Not everyone gets dinner, mostly drinking their minimums, but we had the kashk-e bademjan, eggplant dip, and it was good. Will definitely come back again.

If you like Persian music and you like to dance, this is the place to be. We usually come here late-- music starts about 10:00.
It's best to eat before coming, because the food isn't that great. But there's a $15 per person minimum, which covers about 2 drinks each. We just order a few drinks, or tea and dessert,  and maybe a hookah. That's enough to sustain us through a few hours of dancing. Compared to the prices at other Middle Eastern live music venues, the $15 minimum is reasonable.
The clientele is almost entirely Persian, and tends to be 30+. Service can be very slow, and no, they aren't ignoring you just because you aren't Persian. They're just a bit understaffed. After midnight, when the fancy Persian cabarets close, the singers and musicians often come here for an impromptu jam session. The owner of this place, Mehrdad, is the primary singer/keyboardist, and his voice is excellent.
By the way, they are cool about customers bringing in birthday cakes. But if you're coming with a large group, be sure to make reservations.