Jennifer Smith

I popped into here two days ago for dinner takeaway. I was very, very pleased with the flavour of the saag, subbing quinoa for brown rice. Very good portion size for the price as well (for NY!) Cheery employee as well. Only dinked a star because the lemon hummus sucks unfortunately: zero flavour. But there are a variety of food options to choose from which I appreciated.

For only a measly €4 entry fee, this place is well worth it. I would advise though you get a brief intro from the reception on the history and layout as there are some English placards inside, but it comes across as haphazard, so she sets the stage for what you will see. The history is quite comprehensive and there are tons of artifacts, including uniforms from each country involved in the war, as well as weapons, etc. The machine gunner in the “bunker” made me jump at first. Incredibly vivid videos and photos of the impact of the war on Sicily, and absolutely wonderful photo exhibition at the end by an American photographer who fought and was injured. One minor point: some random employee told me to stop taking photos at one point: of a English translation PLACARD. There are no signs indicating no photos from what I recall so I ignored her. How silly!

For only €1.50 entrance fee for non-EU citizens, this place is a steal. I was disappointed the ground floor is basically full of artifacts with no labels. The labels all start on the ground floor. But I was quite impressed with the English translations on the history and all the related labeled artifacts. Some of the art wasn’t my fave- lots of landscapes and impressionist-like paintings- but other pieces were lovely. I enjoyed the mosaics remnants and also the beautiful Arabic pottery. I spent about 1.5 hours here.

Absolutely fantastic museum complex, if a bit confusing on the layout. At 200 baht pp, it’s a steal for how much you can see. All captions are translated into English. I spent 3 hours here (!!) and could have easily spent another hour. Incredibly interesting information. Be forewarned you’ll have to take your shoes off for some buildings and building sections- can be a bit annoying but c’est la vie. Photos allowed. The royal chariots are especially cool.

I really wanted to love all the food I got as we had traveled from Lewisham to get there. So was very disappointed on the mediocrity of food, despite the very kind woman (manager?)

All the food I had was so bland: the smoked aubergine and the Fesenjan. But big portions so good value for the price, I guess? We got boxes for takeaway.

My husband had a chicken and saffron rice (which I wish mine came with rather than white basmati rice with some saffron rice sprinkled atop), with red berries sprinkled atop. He also got a side order of the yogurt and garlic sauce which was quite tasty. His verdict: nothing to write home about but good enough.

I ended up getting a side order of berries as well as mine was so bland (the Fesenjan sauce was practically flavourless).

My husband enjoyed the tea and baklava - it definitely doesn’t taste like the standard baklava which I enjoy more, as there’s more of a rosewater flavour.

Like I said, the server was so motherly I hate leaving a mediocre review. I’ve just had much tastier Persian food elsewhere.