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Shalezeh

1420 Third Ave., New York, NY 10028 40.775321 -73.956567
nr. 80th St. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-288-0012 Send to Phone

Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Price Range:
$$$
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Official Website

shalezeh.com

Hours

Daily, noon-11:30pm

Nearby Subway Stops

6 at 77th St.; 4, 5, 6 at 86th St.

Prices

$16-$28

Payment Methods

American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

Delivery
Lunch
Take-Out

Alcohol

Full Bar

Reservations

Recommended

Delivery Area

60th St. to 100th St., FDR Dr. to Fifth Ave.

Profile

You might not expect a former Café Boulud captain from Bangladesh to own a Persian restaurant. Parvez Eliaas actually owns two. His Iranian partner, Kaz Bayati, opened Persepolis on the Upper East Side in 1991, and two debuted Shalezeh seven blocks north. As at Persepolis, the menu features such traditional fare as lamb and beef kebabs, characteristically sweet-and-sour stews, and tasting trios of eggplant appetizers, yogurt spreads, and Persian salads. Besides a few new menu additions like ash-e-reshteh, a Persian green-vegetable soup with noodles, the slightly more upscale Shalezeh also offers thematic cocktails, like pomegranate martinis and mojitos, at an expanded bar area. — Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite