About Manouchehri House Restaurant
Manouchehri House Restaurant serves traditional Persian food, including dishes like Khoresht Nokhod Alleh, the regional Kashan signature stew of lamb, chickpeas, tomatoes, onions, rosewater, saffron, and Omani lemon. The restaurant occupies a part of the original 19th-century Manouchehri House that used to host important guests, and the dining space has impressive dome-shaped ceilings with wooden windows and stunning stained glass that filter the natural light into the dining hall.
The signature dishes are the Kashan-Persian classics with rosewater-infused preparations. Khoresht Nokhod Alleh ($28), the regional stew with the kitchen's house-made rosewater syrup. Camel-Meat Stew ($32), the Kashan specialty using locally-sourced camel meat in a slow-cooked Persian-style preparation. Mixed Chelo Kabab ($26), the standard Persian rice-and-grilled-meat plate with the kitchen's rosewater-saffron rice variant. A multi-course meal for two with three Kashan-Persian classics runs $80-120.
The room is the architectural set-piece. The original 19th-century domed dining hall has been preserved with the period stained-glass-and-wooden-window decoration, hand-painted Persian-miniature ceiling murals, and traditional carpet wall hangings. The hotel ensures a weekly supply of authentic Sharbats, the traditional fruity-rosewater-flavoured cool drinks, sourced from Ghamsar village. Capacity is forty across the dining hall.
Reservations matter for weekend evenings; one week ahead is enough. The restaurant accepts cards and the staff speak strong English. The post-dinner walk through the Historical Houses district at sunset is the proper close to the evening, most of the houses are lit until 10pm.
Best Occasion Fit
Birthdays, the converted-merchant-house architectural setting and the multi-course Kashan-Persian tasting are properly celebratory. As a first date, the dome-and-stained-glass dining hall is one of central Iran's most romantic dinner backdrops. For impressing visiting international clients with a single Kashan dinner, the architectural authenticity flatters the guest in a culturally legible way.
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