Herby Restaurant - Persian Cuisine

This restaurant offers the best Persian cuisine experience in Toronto. Delicious food, excellent staff and great vibe. If you visit there, don’t forget “Faloodeh Shirazi with Ice cream” for a flavourful dessert!

We celebrated our very last night visiting Toronto at Herby restaurant. I had read and heard about this place and wanted to try it out myself. We entered and were welcomed right away on Sunday evening. Our server was quite knowledgeable and offered his honest opinion. We ordered Sultani (king platter on menu) with Tahdig or Gazmakh (crispy rice and potatoes of the pan bottom) with Joojeh or chicken breast kebab with rice and some Ayran or Dough (fermented yogurt traditional drink). While waiting for the food, the chef/ owner came out to pleasantly welcome us. The ambiance of the restaurant is quite heartwarming with the decorative items from Iran and some abstract paintings on the wall gives it a modern look and feel. Soon, the food arrived and we started to dig in. The first bite, burning my tongue, was of the complimentary Ghormesabzi stew and Tahdig. The bite took me back to the city of Tabriz and homemade meals of my grandmother and aunts. The aroma of the herbs was nothing like I had tasted in Canada before and later on we learned that sure enough the grade A organic herbs get picked and shipped directly from the farmers of Tabriz. The koobideh and Barg (beef filet) were also by far the best I have tried in Canada. Koobideh needs a recipe that is balanced and since the main ingredient is minced beef, many restaurants add things to bring the ratio of beef as low as possible. Herby's Koobideh was tender and the ratio of spices, onion and meat was right on the dot. Unlike many places, it was not greasy, taste like onion, or so hard that you can't cut throufh. The brisket minced beef has brought the koobideh up to a new level. Barg, or the beef filet too was by far the best I have had in Canada. The AAA beef was perfectly sliced, marinated and cooked to perfection. Again, it is very disappointing to see how other restaurants try to obscure the poor quality of beef with onion, butter or imitation saffron. Herby on the other hand brought all the flavors together to build up to the true flavor of the quality beef. We ended the meal with some saffron and pistachio ice cream (also complimentary) and yes, you guessed it right, the best of its kind. It is a must. Herby's chef, as mentioned, has learned the true essence of food and wants to share the joy with the customers. If cooking, as many believe, is an art, then Herby's chef is a true artist. Thank you for our pleasant experience in Toronto.

Very friendly staff, the owner was extremely nice to us. The food is tasty. My top two Persian restaurant in Toronto. I definitely recommend this place. 5/5

Really liked the server, the atmosphere and the music. They had a very cute 7sin table setup. As well, Serhat, the server, was very patient, knowledgeable of the menu and helpful. The marinated olives and the beef filet were great!

Overall the experience was really good, excellent wait staff and food was brought out promptly and was what we ordered. We came as a group of 5 and ordered the family platter. It was sold to us being enough food for 4 so we added an extra stew just in case. The flavours were great especially the fesenjoon and the bademjun. The kababs were well cooked and very flavourful. However the stews albeit being very tasty were not up to par in terms of quantity. Initially I thought the portion sizes were that of sides, however it was confirmed that they were full portions. For the price of each (avg $17) I would expect a considerably larger portion. For this reason I am giving it 3 stars and if the proton sizes were larger this would definitely be a great place to visit again. For now I am wary.

We came to celebrate Nowruz here today and had such a wonderful time at dinner! The service was fast, and just overall very nice. We had the sample tray, which included koobideh and chicken breast skewers, rice, and apps, which we chose: the eggplant dip and the cucumber yoghurt dip! You can tell the food here is really made with love and great ingredients! We’ll definitely be here more often!

One of the best Persian restaurants I’ve experienced. I normally like many of us forget to write reviews. But my partner and I both felt it was necessary to share our experience. My partner & I were both fasting for the month of Ramadan, and during our conversation with the waiter we mentioned it in passing. I don’t exaggerate when I say that the food came on the DOT of when our fast opened! It was wonderful and surprising. The waiter made no big deal About it l, but to us it meant the world. The food was incredible. Every bite was the perfect bite. We ate a whole lot lol. The ambiance was smooth and very very pleasant. At the end the chef even came to our table to say hi! I haven’t experienced this level of personalized experience in Toronto! It’s definitely a night we’ll remember!

Got the meal for 2 but the portion sizes were probably for be for 3 people comfortably. The food was amazing. Would highly recommend coming to eat here if you haven't. Everything we had was good but my personal favorite was the ice cream. We also had the pleasure of the chef/owner to come and greet us this evening. He told us that he unfortunately opened the restaurant right before the start of covid but has been blessed by people coming and supporting his business. We need to keep supporting small business as we continue to have more lock downs.