Taste Persian Delights at Saraye Khayyam

When you are ready to try something different in Newmarket, the Saraye Khayyam menu offers a delicious variety of Southern Persian and Mediterranean dishes. We offer highly appealing dine-in, takeout, delivery, and catering options for the entire family. Our menu is ideal for quick lunches, casual dining, afternoon snacks, party platters, family dinners, and gastronomical adventures.

Traditional Persian Cuisine With a Modern Twist

Persian cuisine is the original influence of many Arab and Mediterranean dishes. If you are a foodie trying out Persian dishes for the first time, we strongly recommend traditional meals like Baghali Polo, a fragrant and layered pilaf-style rice with fava beans, dill, and lamb shank. The subtle aromatics and delicate balance of textured ingredients form an excellent introduction to Persian flavours.

Other traditional meals you should try include Khoresh-e-Bademjan, an eggplant stew cooked with veal, tomato, and sour grapes. We also serve Mediterranean shawarma-style dishes like Koobideh, two kebab skewers served with grilled tomatoes, salad and a side of basmati rice. Speaking of sides, our salads include Shirazi with cucumbers, tomato, red onion, and mint; you can also order quick bites like Mast-o-Moosir, a welcoming appetizer of fresh yogurt, shallots, and mint.

Breakfast, Desserts, and Specials

BBC Travel and Taste Atlas are among the publications that consistently rank traditional Persian breakfasts as the world’s healthiest and tastiest. At Saraye Khayyam, you can start your day by sharing a full breakfast of feta cheese, fresh cucumber, tomato, jam, eggs, cream, and molasses with tahini. If you prefer a heartier meal in the morning, our Haleem porridge features slow-cooked meats and spices with grains and cereals.

Baklava and Faloodeh are sweet delicacies everyone should try. We carefully make baklavas with an in-house phyllo dough recipe packed with nuts and infused with syrup. Foodies who appreciate intricate dishes should ask for Joojeh Bakhtiari and Koot Abdullah, two Cornish hen dishes prepared with mild savoury flavours or spicy-hot garlic and pepper sauces.