Ananda - Tehran

Reasonable amount of vegan options, friendly people, good eating. went with non-vegetarian/vegan mom, who commented it was her favorite restaurant she was in teheran so far.

We visited Ananda three times during our short stay in Tehran and every time we left pleased with food and service. They have a great menu with lots of vegan food and you can even request vegan cheese for your pizza!

Lemonade was refreshing... (It was 40ºC we had to eat outside since all the tables inside had been reserved I ordered vegan pizza whose taste was OK; however, the crust wasn't that crispy... Halim Bademjan was so delicious (and greasy a little bit All the vegetables and greens used looked fresh and portion size was satisfying. I will probably go there again

This North Tehran restaurant has got a new interior since some of the photos were taken: It's all imitation leather, chrome and glass now. With main dishes ranging between 100000 and 280000 Rials $3.6 to $10.1) plus service and tax this is a rather pricey place for Iranian standards. The food wasn't accordingly. I had the Ananda Tray a selection of different dishes: Salad (Greek style, stale and too much pepper), soup (which tasted like made from leftovers), a vegetable stew (ditto, again overcooked), a plate that combined rice (okay) with little pizza slices (luke warm), a single cauliflower pakora (fresh, came topped with ketchup), yoghurt, dessert (based on carrots and rose flavour nice); a tea with a tasty biscuit and a freshly pressed juice was included in the price. The menu is well organized and has Italian (pizza, lasagna) and Iranian options, with explicit labels (e.g. ovo lacto-ovo as opposed to vegetarian which should make it easy for vegans. Despite references to The Society of Iran's Vegetarians this is a privately owned business.

Went to Ananda Vegetarian Restaurant a few days ago with some friends and we all enjoyed our food very much, especially those Pacura's! Next time I will have only them. If it was a tad warmer we would have eaten outside in the beautiful courtyard area, but it was really nice and new inside.