Vanak Bakery

Reminds me of the little hole in the wall places on the streets of Tehran… that’s a heart warming feeling! The owner is so super sweet and the kabab is really delicious. Take cash as they don’t accept card. Fresh baked bread in the morning is a plus too!!!

I love the food and the owner who goes out of his way to provide great service.
I was there to dine-​in (long time customer but have always picked up) with my friend. We got the abgoosht and my friend was just as impressed as I have been with the taste and quality. Also the bread he bakes in the back is to die for. You should definitely get the bread (barbariye mashhadi). I highly recommend this joint for traditional Persian Dishes. I have also had his kale pache and it is by far the best in town.

Its owner is the most unfair person i’ve ever seen. I asked for four kebab and four joojeh, that’s it. First he tried to sell me some of their old breads too but i refuse to buy. After that he tried to charge me $ 120! I asked how much did you charge each kebab (two kebab with bread is $ 8.99 on the menu) he told me he charged me 11.99 for two kebab plus bread. I told him the prices in ur menu is sth else he said, kebab with polo is 11.99, i said so my kebabs has polo too, he said no, after some questions answers i saw he just thought he can charge whatever he wants, i didn’t buy that kebab from him and not going to buy again. Plz ask for the detail prices before purchasing anything from him!!!

The bread here is exceptional! Sadly, it is rare to find a place in this area that makes their own fresh bread but this is the exception! I highly recommend getting as many loafs as you can PLUS one more to eat on the way home!

So far i had half of the menu and working on the rest ! the koobideh and zereshk polo are both amazing and best i had here in LA. kotlet sandwich also taste home made and delicious. i highly recommend this place bakery if you want the same taste like Iran and no more or less.

I ordered the chicken koobideh, why does this taste like spam? Very dry too, and prices are different from the store front window. I will NOT be returning

This is my favorite authentic Persian restaurant in LA. This place is not about décor or ambiance. You only get great tasting and authentic Persian food. Abgoosht is a daily favorite, but most everything else is very good. Mohsen is the owner, chef, waiter who really cares about his customers & their experience.
I’m actually surprised that this place only comes up as a bakery while they serve such great food.

Very good Kale pache served daily. Ask for Mashadi bread.

Some how my girlfriend’s father and I began a discussion about the best foods in the world and of course he would say Persian food is the best (they are Persian). So he starts explaining why Persian food is the best and also began sharing a bit of his culture with me from when he lived in Iran. He explained that every morning he would eat Kalleh Pacheh and go play soccer with his friends and wouldn’t be hungry again until 7pm. I asked him what «Kalleh Pacheh» was and he said it is the head and limbs of a sheep and that we would go have some.
Well it didn’t take long for him to find some Kalleh Pacheh, and Vanak was the place I was going to officially eat brain, tongue and limbs for breakfast. Once we walked into the restaurant we could smell the bread being freshly baked while the soccer game was being played on the flat screen. The place was very clean and the guy working the front counter was very welcoming. We ordered 2 bowls of Kalleh Pacheh and some bread with lime and onions.
I’m not going to lie, the trick was to pretend your not eating brain and tongue so you either have to kind of close your eyes or trick yourself into thinking it’s something else. The tongue was actually pretty good. It was nice and tender while the brain on the other hand, had sort of an egg taste or texture to it. The tongue I would eat again but the brain I could probably pass on. He also said they usually have eye balls in the dish but thank goodness there wasn’t any in ours.
For the most part, I’m glad I had an opportunity to experience part of the Persian culture with my girl’s father and finding this awesome restaurant along the way. I definitely want to try the Khoobedeh and chicken kabob as well. It’s right around the corner from my house so we’ll be going back for more!
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4 out of 5 Afros

We’re on our way to It’s All Good Kabob House and we get there at 7:35PM. They closed at 7PM. The next closest thing we find is Vanak. There was nobody inside but it looked clean so we sat. The man came, spoke in Farsi, all was good.
We ordered 2 chicken kabobs and 1 luleh. The chickens came with a salad to start with. Lettuce, cucumber, tomato, and a ranch like dressing. Some of the lettuce was brown but I pushed it aside and ate the rest.
The kabobs all came on a giant piece of bread that was supposed to resemble the restaurant’s version of sangak. It was too thick to pass as sangak and the thinner portions were too dry to roll up my chicken in! The chicken and luleh were a bit flavorless and could have used some salt.
Each plate cost $ 7.99 which was not worth it for some bread, a couple pieces of chicken, a lame salad, and a grilled tomato.
The only good part of the meal was the Abali dough which comes already bottles from an outside vendor if you get where I’m going with that.

We always get the Ab Ghoosht, with a raw onion, or the Gheimeh. It’s a delight to the senses. Mohsen always treats us like a brother. We feel good, not only in our stomachs, but in our hearts, and souls. God bless this place!

Wow.
I can’t believe how delicious is this place. It’s pretty good and the sandwiches are not bad at all.
The one thing that impressed me was how clean everything is in this place. It’s pretty nice, and you feel much better than other restaurants in this area.
Be careful, cash only.

I would highly reccomend their chicken kubideh kabab sandwitch! Very delicious!

Good food and great service !

Been coming here for years and the food is fantastic every time. Family owned joint, authentic Persian food.
Cash only, but they have an ATM inside the restaurant (there’s also a Chase ATM inside the gas station across the street).

They have upped their game significantly in service and speed.
food is and was always great.

Awesome place. A place to find real Abgoosht (Dizi), tea-​house style, for lunch. I cannot believe I lived couple of years in LA w/​o knowing this place. Don’t miss it.
They have various persian kababs besides abgoosht and kale-​pache. They also have persian stews as lunch specials during the weekdays.
Warning 1: Cash Only.
Warning 2: This is not a fancy place. If you like having good persian food specially traditional ones in a traditional tea-​house style place you’ll love this place. Otherwise better try some fancy schmancy restaurants in Westwood.

I’ve come here for a Persian breakfast a few times and it’s awesome! The bread is freshly baked there. We get a Persian omelette-​like thing with tomato paste I think and then it comes with honey, butter, and feta. So you make like little sandwiches to eat. They also have this Persian dish called kale pache which I don’t eat but my friend who loves it, really likes it here. He says it’s very clean and very tasty.
With the omelette bread combo and a couple cups of chai tea, it’s a great breakfast spot.
It’s in this run down strip mall a couple doors down from a balloon party supply store.