Kolbeh Deli & Restaurant

I recently went back and the falafel sandwich was mediocre w poor service. Don’t be coming back

Falafel wrap review.
PROS:
— Crispy Falafel
— Reasonably priced
— Plenty of street parking
— Independently-​owned
CONS:
— Veggies that goes on the Falafel wrap could be fresher
— Falafels aren’t made-​to-​order, they are made in advance, tanning under the heating lamp
— The wrap is just OK
If you like falafel wraps, you should give Babylon Café a try, their falafels aren’t as crispy as Kolbeh Deli; however, their falafels are made-​to-​order, and the veggies are fresher than Kolbeh, leaving a more desirable, better tasting Falafel wrap than at Kolbeh.

HAIR in my wrap. Not just one hair! Like they dropped the entire thing on the floor, wrapped it back up and sold it to me. Never have seen so much hair in my food in my life. Will never return.

Best falafel, ever. Crispy perfection and full of flavour.

The best falafel in Metro Vancouver, so far.
I have tried it in many places, and the closest to this is obe place in Coquitlam.

I can’t wait to get my breakfast every weekend from this location. Excellent wraps for lunch and perfect aash (Persian noodle soup)

DIRTY place specially the bathroom, food is OK !!!
Tables were dirty, floor was dirty !
Defiantly not going back

The Falafel are Fabulous! Not a fancy place but the Falafel are delicious… we ordered them last week and have convinced our office to have a «Falafel Friday» this week… hidden gem!

Donair lovers must try the double donair here. It’s a meal on its own and so addictive. I try to get one at least once a week.

Kolbeh is a fast food restaurant that with a little nudge could be a great café. I have visited a number of times, always dining in. The owner is friendly and proud of her food (as she should be). So far I can only vouch for the sandwiches. The gyros were good and fresh, but, the real winner is the falafel. It is made in-​house with spices sent from home (Persia). They are fresh, crisp with just enough spice to leave your mouth tingling. Both sandwiches were topped with a tonne of tabouleh and a very nutty not too dill tahini sauce.
There is a hand-​written chalkboard that holds mysteries yet uneaten. Lamb tongue soup? The owner is very friendly and loves talking about the food.
Best falafel in town. Thanks Kolbeh.

I’m swaying towards giving this place a 4 stars, but that would be harsh on some other places, that only got 3. I would describe this place as a Persian fast food joint. I ordered the beef kebob. The lady explained me that these are not all beef, they have onions and potatoes mixed with beef, but decided to stick to my choice, and I’m glad that I did. The kebob were excellent. They made me nostalgic, and reminded me of food back home, where it is a common practice for small joints, to mixed onion and potatoes in meat as a filler. And for 8 bucks the portion was also very good.

Found the beef donair Really good. The lady who served us was very nice and paid attention to detail, asking if we wanted extra napkins and giving extra tzasiki (sp?) too.

To previous pretentious comments of which no referral or insight to their food was taken, i must drastically disagree with Marc D and his displeasing input towards one of my most favourite dishes from this sandwich shop. The food that this person tried was NOT a kabob, it is a traditional beef patty called a «kotlet». It’s like comparing flank to Kobe beef, the only thing similar about them is the cow that it comes from, not the dish. I have tried almost ever food on Kolbeh’s menu and ever dish tastes just as good as the last. Not only do they have a rustic and cultural atmosphere, the food it’s self is a reflection of the home cooked persona that Persian cooking contains. I have never had a problem with their salad, and for $ 8.99, i wouldn’t expect a 5 star quality salad and a classic meat dish to be sold for so little. In fact, at any other Persian restaurant that actually sells kabob and not kotlet; $ 8.99 buys you a tomato, half a plate of rice and a single strip of kabob, which can also be bought from any supermarket. The kotlet it’s self is designed to match the texture of the ingredients that are put into the rap. No one wants a tough crispy strip of meat served in soft bread with sides like tomatoes and pickles. Food when eaten is broken up into taste and texture. While the taste to my mind is rustic, the texture it’s self is quite the opposite of what you speak up. Kotlet is grilled and then deep fried to create a crispy flakey exterior with a tender interior. Microwaving a food such as this would actually make the meat tougher and not «mush». Sigh… I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy Kolbeh’s food like i do but i hope you have better luck with your Safeway salad.

One of the very cool things about living near Lonsdale is the sheer variety of cuisines on offer. I could eat a different country’s cuisine at every meal, and not repeat myself for days, maybe weeks. One of the dishes of which I am particularly fond is donairs, which seem to be available over most, if not all, of the Middle East, so the abundance of Persian places along Lonsdale gives me the opportunity to satisfy a long-​standing addiction.
Kolbeh isn’t pretentious (actually, I have yet to enter a Middle Eastern restaurant which was. Except for the menu, and the rather spectacular mosaic on the wall, it might be any number of sandwich shops catering to the lunch crowd pouring out of nearby offices. But the food is SO much more interesting. Sure, they serve burgers, and even hot dogs, but why go for something like that when you could have falafel or a donair? Yum!

In a nice location right at the edge of the park I wanted to like this place.
But this spot is confused. Is it a café? Is it a Persian fast food restaurant?
I ordered the «Kolbeh special» which was «Kabob & Salad.» Ok, I was expecting a typical Persian Kabob on a skewer with a side of salad similar to the ones you get at the dozens of Persian restaurants in the area.
Imagine my surprise when the first thing brought to my table was a Caesar salad with that typical supermarket dressing flavour packet and the dehydrated cheese powder? I could have purchased a bag at Safeway and gotten a similar experience by opening the packages myself and mixing them together. Sigh…
The «Kabob» was served in a pita with a variety of toppings. The parsley was the highlight. The kabob itself was extremely mushy. I want to think it was beef Koobideh, but it didn’t have the beef flavour I would normally associate with Koobideh. It tasted like something that had been frozen and then microwaved into complete mushiness. No grilled char, no meat flavour, etc. Very disappointing! Sigh…
With the plethora of excellent Persian food available in this area I definitely won’t be returning to Kolbeh Deli & Restaurant.