Pars International Market

Best. Gyros. Ever.
And super warm & friendly.
Our new favorite.

Wow! awesome chicken kabob and beef kabob too. Quality and flavor. Going back for sure and recommend to anyone. The portion seems small at first but fills you up for $ 5.95!

Cute store but the food is awful.
I am only rating the food they serve and not the market itself
The gyros come from frozen/​refrigerated microwaved ingredients and are not fresh even thought they state that. It is misleading. I could taste the freezer burn in my mouth as I bit into it. I was very disappointed because I have to drive all the way downtown or Hillsboro to grab a decent gyro.

Delicious every time! Always friendly and helpful, especially when I find something exotic and new in the freezer or shelf. I love to eat, really I do, and the husband & wife that own and work this store have encouraged me to create new dishes with helpful instructions and traditional & modern techniques. I always leave this store happy and full (with a bag of basmati rice and hard to find breads). I highly recommend the Gyro & homemade hummus & Tabouli. Definitely grab the vegetarian Gormeh Sabzi or any other Persian dishes that super easy to make!

Local middle eastern grocery shop that also has limited hot menu including falafel sandwich, gyro sandwich and chicken kabob made fresh off the grill kept outside the store. They also have small seating arrangement inside the store. I ordered the chicken kabob for a late lunch and perused the store. I found some new items such as ready made hummus powder with which you mix hot water to make instant hummus. I also see that they sell frozen food and oils. I was in a hurry so didn’t get any grocery. The food was grilled fresh but lacked in flavor. I had to add lot of salt and pepper to get some flavor. The kabob dish included plain white rice and one grilled tomato. I would have like to see some flavoring either on the meat or the rice. A nice middle eastern grocery store which I will visit again to check out pretty soon.

Awesome little family-​run middle eastern market that serves very good gyros at a good price. I wish they sold the tzatiki sauce that they use.

The best Gyros around! The attached little market is awesome too. Lot’s of interesting grocery items, great prices and super friendly owners too. A true gem!

O-​M-​G!!! This place deserves about 10,000 times more hype than it has. I just had the veggie plate and chicken kabob plate and both were phenomenal. The tabouli was the best I’ve ever had… seriously. The hummus is perfect. The chicken was fresh, you can watch them cook the meat on the grill outside. And the rice was literally the perfect texture. The lady working there was so sweet as well.
Additionally, if you’re looking for any grocery items they have a varied, yummy, and interesting looking stock.

Hot and fresh Gyros were amazing! Highly recommend this place if you are in the area!

Very good Gyros! Made while you wait so they are nice and hot.

They were super friendly and very helpful. They even had the verjuice (verjus) I was looking for!

I LOVE this place. They are the most clean, well-​stocked, and friendly Mediterranean store in town!
Awesome selection of frozen items such as traditional Persian breads (Barbari and Lavash) and hard to find items like ghooreh (sour grapes). They also have convenience items such as fully cooked, frozen eggplant slices and chopped, frozen packs of mixed herbs for Ghormeh Sabzi.
The torshee (Persian pickled veg relish) from their deli, made onsite, is just as good as your mom’s, if not better.

Wonderful owners… great selection of spices, food, oils etc… and prepared food
(on the BBQ) have been here many times, super addition to Cedar Mill locals.
Ray & Ana (Sugary Too)

This place is great to grab a quick bite to eat. I’ve had the gyro and falafal, both delicious. The owners are also very nice and helpful!

Pars International Market is a small store on NW Cornell Road. From the main sign it’s a little hard to discern exactly what kind of market we have here. However, out front are some sandwich signs advertising gyros, falafel, espresso, and kabobs. This would lead one to believe that Pars is a Middle Eastern Market, right?
Right! If you’re putting together a Middle Eastern meal then by golly Pars International Market would be a great place to start. Among the product lines here are grains, spices, teas, nuts, pickles, Bulgarian feta cheese, Lebanese kefir cheese, lavash bread, and pita bread. The prices are very fair for these types of specialty products. The service is personalized and friendly.
Despite its small size Pars International Market offers quite a few tables and chairs. They also have some outdoor dining. On my visit I sampled a gyros sandwich. My gyros was about $ 6 and consisted of quality feta cheese and tasty tzatziki sauce. Pars has an outdoor gas grill for doing kabobs. Have always felt that Persians make the best kabobs. Would imagine that Pars International Market’s kabobs are to die for.
Middle Eastern food is wildly popular in the Portland area. The success of Portland’s Lebanese restaurants can attest to that. Pars International Market is not only a place to shop for Middle Eastern Foods but it’s also a great place to experience Middle Eastern cuisine. Perhaps I’m naïve but I think we can solve our relationship problems with the Middle East through good food and warm fellowship. Pars International Market is a great place to start that quest.

You absolutely cannot review Pars with any sense of credibility and compare it to this market or that market in LA or anywhere else.
Memo to you: This is not Southern California, its Oregon. And although the west side of Portland Metro is as multicultural as it gets in Oregon, it is a failure to draw comparisons about this store to places that are 1,000 miles away.
Compare it Rose’s on Allen, if you must.
Having said all that,. I’m not Persian, never have been, but only wish I was :). But I love Persian products and Pars carries what this guero needs.
Pars is run by a delightfully friendly couple. They have a small cold counter, espresso machine, and a grill to warm up koobideh kabobs, gyros, and the like.
They are passionate about the products they carry.
I’m am so thankful that after spending a year in the rear of this building, they made the bold move up front to anchor the building. It doesn’t take much, but they are definitely one of the more exciting businesses in Cedar Mill.

The very nice lady who owns Pars Mediterranean Market and Gyro joint on NW Cornell in Cedar Mill make the BEST Hummus I’ve ever eaten… and a very nice big Gyro too. Everything is so fresh. I’ve had some of the tastiest stuffed grape leaves from here. tangy and tasty but today was a Gyro day and I splurged on a LARGE which will cover my lunch and dinner.
Whenever I get the urge-​like today-​for a gyro, I love knowing I can zip by this convenient little market for fresh food. Today I ended up bringing home some super Baclava (very yummy), a big Gyro and container of Hummus she had just made. Hers doesn’t come out of a box like mine does-​she cooks up the garbanzo beans and mixes in her secret spices and Yum it’s great.
If you’re in the area and hungry one of these days-​do yourself a big favor and drop in the little gem of a store. It’s about a mile from Sunset High. do come in for a Gyro or Kabob or Falafel. plus you can pick up Middle Eastern spices and groceries that you won’t find at most markets. Especially nice if it’s a warm day and they have the tables outside-​unlike today when we were all wearing heavy coats. It’s not a restaurant as such-​there are only a couple of tables, but great for take out.
Some parking in front plus a small lot on the side of the place.
Highly recommended

My husband and I have stopped here a few tImes to grab lunch. They have a little market where you can buy several speciality items, and then an even smaller deli case where you can get made to order gyros or to-​go containers of hummus and tabouleh and the like.
In general, we have been pleased with the food, the portions are man-​sized so my falafel sandwiches always ends up being leftovers. Their hummus is awesome although we weren’t impressed with the pita that seemed to just come out of a plastic bag??? And you get to peruse the market and convince yourself you need the exotic items while they make your food.
On one hand, i feel like its a little on the pricey side, but then again the portions warrant that so i cant really complain. On sunny days, they have a few tables on the sidewalk for outdoor seating but keep in mind this is more a market and less a restaurant.

So, this is just a super odd little place.
I dragged myself in there one night when I didn’t have a dinner plan. They have a sign on the road, or they used to, that says «falafel» among other things.
Way to get Janet’s attention, right?
I love falafel.
But, alas, they were not making it right now. The young girl working alone there looked stumped when I asked what else they had, and we figured out I could order a chicken gyro (of sorts) for everyone and she ran upstairs to get someone to cook the chicken on the grill. i got to hang out and look at the unusual foods in the market (there are some interesting things in there, for real) while a man cooked my chicken for me.
In the end, we got pretty expensive, small, grilled chicken sandwiches, with some tomato, in a pita. I think there were onions. These were not impressive, and we won’t get them again, I don’t think. yes, the chicken was nicely cooked, but there wasn’t any tzatziki or anything added to them to make them fabulous, they were just meh.
But the hummus and the tabouleh out of the deli case, they rocked. SO good. I bought extra pita, and everyone LOVED that. We will do that, again. Please.
And if the falafel shows up, even better.

WOW! Best Gyro I had in my life! Certainly one to beat, this kind gentleman and his wife (i think) served up the best hand crafted, personally seasoned lamb gyro I have ever eaten.
You could tell a lot of care and thought went into this, AND it was their own personal recipe. From the seasoning and spice on the meat to the actual ground and pressed lamb strips that filled the pita.
Sooo good. I’m never in this area except when I go to the dentist. And now every time I can get a little revenge for dental torture by walking in with some spicy lamb Gyro dragon breath. :)
Pars is inside a grocery store that is an exclusive Mediterranean market. Golden raisins, dried sour cherries, all manner of teas and kettles, spices for persian cooking, and all very high grade ingredients.
The gyro was a hit though and in the land of chain restaurants it’s salvation. I’ll definitely be returning.