My husband didn't want to get stuck going to Pickle Barrel for another birthday, so he picked this place.
Zaffron has a full Persian menu as well as an Italian/Mediterranean menu for any Persian-aphobes in your group. We started with an order of garlic bread which was more of a flat bread. It was only OK. My mother-in-law is mostly a vegetarian (and the Persian menu is meat heavy) so she had the Risotto Primavera ($15.95) and seemed very happy with her dish.
My husband and I shared the Sultani Kabob Combo ($19.99) and Tah Dig appetizer with two stews ($8.99). Both dishes were huge and we couldn't finish them. The Sultani Kabob combo consisted of barg and koobideh. The barg was very tender and made of veal. This is the first time I've seen barg made of veal and I was surprised that many dishes on the menu were also veal. (Note: I originally typed "made of veal nad" instead of "made of veal and" before.)
The koobideh was a ground beef kabob that was nicely spiced. The kabobs were served with saffron rice.
The Tah Dig was good, though a big too crunchy. The Ghaimeh and Ghorme Sabzi stews were both good.
The restaurant is a pretty place with yellow sponged walls. A woman tailed our server the whole time without any explanation. I'm guessing she was new to being a server?
My husband really liked this place and I foresee us coming here on his next birthday.