The first thing you'll notice at Rumi's is the valet service. Screw that. Just park your car behind KC Pit BBQ. Sure if you want the ultimate comfort, do the valet. But I just self park and walk a few more feet.
When you walk in, it looks like Rumi's Bedroom than her kitchen. I kinda liked it. The space was large but arranged in a cramped, intimate style. The atmosphere also felt high class with their folded napkins, silverware, and glasses-not to mention the fancy cars parked outside parked by the valet. But don't let that intimidate you. I slummed it in here before just wearing my shorts and t-shirt.
Like the other Persian restaurants, before the start of the meal, they give their traditional platter of flat bread, radish, mint, cheese, walnuts, olives, and other Persian-y food pieces. One time I ate at Rumi's, a Persian lady sitting to the table next to me showed me the proper way to eat it. But I forgot how to eat it since I haven't been to Rumi's for so long. I think you wrap the bread in the raw pieces of nuts, mint leaves, radish, etc. But I don't know. I should've asked the waitress.
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| The bread you eat with the raw veggies, herbs, and nuts. |
For the appetizer, we ordered the dolmeh—rice and meat wrapped in grape leaves with special sauce on top of it. It was a bit messy, but it had a good flavor.
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| Dolmeh |
You can choose among 4 types of meat for the main entrees: beef, chicken, veal, and lamb. The beef dishes are usually good and is usually a safe choice. It's no frills, just seasoned beef with rice. You can't go wrong with that. They season the meat well, the meat is tender, and they also use decent cuts of meat.
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| Koobideh–I call those beef noodles. |
The lamb shank is a gigantic portion of rice combined with a gigantic bowl of lamb. I thought the lamb was cooked well, and and it tasted good. I like lamb in general, so you can't mess it up too much for me.
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| Lamb Shank. You can feed at least two people with this. |
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| Close up of the lamb shank's lamb. |
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| Close up of the lamb shank's rice. |
Feeling adventurous, we also ordered the Ghormeh Sabzi. Despite its name, it definitely didn't look gourmet. Like the lamb shank, it also came with 2 ginormous plates: rice and veal stew. We didn't like this dish. The veal stew tasted sour. I think that was unexpected. Even Mrs. Kitty didn't like this dish. And she loves sour stuff. She would suck on lemons all day if she could.
It was hard to finish because of the sourness of the veal stew. If you like sour foods, I guess you can try this. I'll just avoid it.
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| Ghormeh Sabzi—another huge entree. |
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| That lemon does not show how sour this dish is. |
I never had dinner at Rumi's; I only had lunch. But it looks like it'll be the same experience. If you like Persian food or want to try it, you should try Rumi's. I've been to a couple of Persian places in the same area, and they're all decent but not spectacular. Rumi's is probably the best out of all the Persian places. Still, however, I don't consider it amazing. It's just decent food. I guess if you want an exotic—yet pricey—lunch, you can try Rumi's. Mr. Kitty gives Rumi's Kitchen 3.5 paws up.
Rumi's Kitchen
6152 Roswell Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30328
(404) 477-2100
i like chicken
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