Shekarchi

A Taste of Westwood, in Downtown. Excellent service!

by Kevin310

As far as Persian food goes, this place is up there. Great koobideh and barg (filet). Excellent service. Every time I've been the owner or manager has been there and has promptly greeted us and seated us. Compares if not exceeds some of the best places in Westwood.

If you're in downtown, and you want persian food, this is the place for you. It's casual, but during lunch time it's filled with professionals and the like. Parking isn't usually an issue, and great service all around.

Highly recommend by Kevin, who has been to every persian restaurant in LA county.

• Pros: Excellent service, especially for repeat customers, great food
• Cons: Downtown parking sometimes an issue, though you can validate

Without Comparison

by daringdesign

Rarely do you find something that really exceeds your expectations - Shekarchi is just such a place - in a city filled with restaurants, this one stands above 99% of them. The service is excellent, the food is just the greatest, and the Shekarchi's make you feel welcome and at home. They are quick to give tastes of things you may not be familiar with and expand your knowledge of Persian delicacies. The entire experience is unbeatable. You feel like you are having dinner with old friends. I like trying new things and normally don't find anything too exceptional - this is just what it is cracked up to be and MORE. iT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER!

• Pros: They do catering for events as well and are as excellent with that as they are everything else.
• Cons: Parking could be better

Excellent Persian food with excellent customer service

by escargot1

This is an excellent restaurant - my favorite Persian restaurant (and this is coming from a Persian man). Their meat is always fresh and seasoned deliciously - the rice is cooked just right and even the side salad exceeds what you expect from a side salad. The service is always attentive, professional and courteous - and the ambience is clean, relaxed and welcoming.

I go here on a regular basis (I work downtown) and have gotten my company to cater from Shekarchi on a regular basis - because I know people of all stripes will like their food. I am very impressed.

• Pros: Great quality food, excellent service, very tasty.
• Cons: Open up another chain on the westside!

The best Kabob's.

by rackitup

This place is out of this World.

The food is Amazing.

Alex takes care of every customer like they are his own Family (sometimes when Alex is not there things seem a little more rushed to me)

The portions are Large.

I have heard good things about the flavored Rice, I will have to try that soon.

I have had other Persian food and the quality and flavor is not consistant.

EVERY time I have been to Shekarchi the food has been AMAZING.

I wish there was a Shekarchi in every city I traveled to.

• Pros: When Alex is there
• Cons: When Alex is not there

Great Kabobs Delivered to Bunker Hill!

by xantippi

Great Ground Beef Koobideh, Boneless Dark Meat Chicken Kabobs and Grilled White Fish Fillets with basmati rice and grilled tomato. Go for the two skewers with half rice & half salad and you have two meals! Be sure to add an order of yogurt, either the chopped shallot or chopped cucumber to go on the pita bread. Upgrade the Rice for $2 to Flavored Rice: orange peel (my favorite) or cherry or berry. Never been disappointed in the food or the delivery (our group gives that delivery man a good tip for biking up the killer hill to 1st Street from 9th Street - you couldn't pay us to walk it)!