{"id":54037,"date":"2025-11-15T04:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T04:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/54037\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T04:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T04:27:12","slug":"berenjak-review-plan-a-date-night-at-this-new-arts-district-persian-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/54037\/","title":{"rendered":"Berenjak Review: Plan a Date Night at This New Arts District Persian Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/venue\/905953\/berenjak\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Berenjak<\/a> is a new London import known for its <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/coming-attractions\/291474\/berenjak-london-iranian-restaurant-opening-los-angeles-soho-warehouse\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">coal-grilled kebabs and family-style dining in a swanky setting<\/a> (in Los Angeles, it\u2019s located in the garden floor of Soho Warehouse). The menu, inspired by founder Kiam Samyani\u2019s childhood spent in Tehran, features shared plates that elicit a feeling of discovery and connection \u2014 think jammy coal-fired eggplant dip simmered with tomato and strained yogurt with cucumber. Persian dishes range from meze to kebabs to stews, all served in a twinkling atmosphere that begs to be <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/maps\/best-date-night-romantic-restaurants-los-angeles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">booked for date night<\/a> or a birthday dinner whose theme is quiet luxury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Berenjak is dark and romantic: Candlesticks burn low inside, while the garden patio \u2014 which has heaters \u2014 evokes the feeling of feasting in an enchanted forest. The only downside is the volume of the music, which doesn\u2019t always match the intimate feeling of the room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">At $90 per person, the Feast menu is the ideal way to try all Berenjak has to offer. It comes with olives to start as well as assorted dips and flatbreads, a selection of kebab, and date-packed white chocolate cookies to finish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Berenjak is a new London import known for its coal-grilled kebabs and family-style dining in a swanky setting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28829,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-54037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-dining-reports","9":"tag-la","10":"tag-la-headlines","11":"tag-la-news","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","14":"tag-los-angeles-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}