A very unexpected experience starting from the entrance to the end of the night. When you roll up to the parking lot, it'll be fairly empty and dark except for the flashy lights at the entrance of the restaurant. Let's not forget the neon sign advertising pho adjacent to the entrance door despite this being a Persian restaurant (this will make sense in a minute).
Upon entering, the place was empty except for a guy holding a mic with 3 of his friends. We assumed it was a private event going on but there was no staff in sight to confirm this. We walked over to the bar area looking for a worker until we were greeted with presumably the owner.. who appeared to be Vietnamese. Aha now the sign kinda maybe made sense..? Still very confused by a Persian restaurant selling pho but okay...
She stated it wasn't a private event and we could sit wherever we'd like so we sat at the farthest possible table to avoid the private party of 4. Eventually the man with the mic began his performance (a fusion of dark stand up comedy and keyboard playing). It was loud, uncomfortable, and just weird overall. Not to mention we didn't ask for this nor expect a performance.
Finally we get our food (beef koobideh with rice). The rice was delish and the koobideh showed promise except for the fact that it was seasoned with a pound or two of salt. The bread appetizer was basic pita. It was overall a disappointing dish. If the salt didn't overpower, I think it would have been a great dish.
As for the service, the owner and waiter were nice and courteous. I just wish we had a better dining experience as not only was the food not great, but the atmosphere was off. It was so uncomfortable that we left before smoking hookah--which was part of the reason we visited this place first off. We wanted to do dinner followed by hookah w/o having to drive to a separate place. This didn't work out but fortunately there are hookah places nearby.