Price of chelow kebab koobideh in Iran's major cities in Mehr 1405 (2026/27)

Restaurant menus on Snappfood give a picture of the price of eating out in different cities of the country. Based on these menus, the median price of chelow kebab koobideh in Ahvaz in Mehr (September–October) 1405 (2026/27) was about 591,000 tomans. This figure is 390,000 tomans in Hamadan. The price gap for this dish between two large cities of the country exceeds 200,000 tomans. The median price of chelow kebab koobideh nationwide in the same month was 500,000 tomans.

This article examines differences in the price of chelow kebab and several other common dishes across Iranian cities. It then compares the shares of fast food and Iranian food on restaurant menus in each province. The data were compiled from restaurant menus on Snappfood, collected by Namafar in Mehr 1405 (2026/27). In these prices, each brand in each city has one vote. In this way, chain restaurants with several branches do not shift the median toward their own price.

What is the price of chelow kebab koobideh in Iranian cities?

City	Brands offering chelow kebab koobideh	Median price (tomans)
Ahvaz	106	591,250
Shiraz	208	550,000
Tehran	1,146	540,000
Isfahan	196	527,500
Rasht	101	520,000
Karaj	173	500,000
Urmia	90	499,500
Tabriz	256	490,000
Qom	89	475,000
Mashhad	229	450,000
Fardis	61	425,000
Hamadan	91	390,000

Among the twelve cities with the most chelow kebab restaurants on Snappfood, Ahvaz has the highest and Hamadan the lowest median price. Tehran ranks third after Ahvaz and Shiraz, with a median price of 540,000 tomans. Mashhad, the country's second most populous city, is in the lower half of the table at 450,000 tomans.

Adding smaller cities changes the order of the table. In the 37 cities with at least twenty chelow kebab koobideh brands, the highest median price is in Yazd and Bushehr, reaching 620,000 tomans. Bandar Abbas follows these two cities at 600,000 tomans. The lowest median on this list is in Bojnurd, at 330,000 tomans.

The price of chelow kebab in Tehran

Tehran differs from other cities in the number of restaurants and the spread of prices. With 1,146 brands, the city has more chelow kebab restaurants on Snappfood than any other city. A quarter of these brands sell chelow kebab koobideh for less than 411,000 tomans. By contrast, another quarter offer it for more than 698,000 tomans.

Prices of common dishes on Snappfood

Chelow kebab koobideh is only one of the common menu dishes; pizza, hamburgers, ghormeh sabzi and coffee also appear on the menus of many restaurants. The table below compares the median prices of twelve dishes and drinks nationwide and in Tehran.

Dish	Restaurants offering this dish nationwide	Median price nationwide (tomans)	Median price in Tehran (tomans)
Pepperoni pizza	6,994	633,000	750,000
Traditional dizi	692	570,000	579,000
Chelow joojeh kebab	6,451	530,000	605,000
Mixed pizza	4,124	520,000	618,000
Chelow kebab koobideh	4,499	500,000	540,000
Cheeseburger	6,130	480,000	599,000
Classic hamburger	4,689	410,000	550,000
Chelow ghormeh sabzi	4,162	380,000	450,000
Latte	390	260,000	300,000
Cappuccino	2,163	235,000	269,000
Falafel sandwich	3,689	195,000	225,000
Espresso	1,953	155,000	180,000

On this list, the highest median price belongs to pepperoni pizza. The median price of this dish is 633,000 tomans nationwide and reaches 750,000 tomans in Tehran. Chelow joojeh kebab is 30,000 tomans more expensive than chelow kebab koobideh nationwide. The cheapest dish is the falafel sandwich, with a median price below 200,000 tomans. The largest gap between Tehran and the national price is seen for the classic hamburger, which is 140,000 tomans more expensive in Tehran.

The most expensive pizza and the cheapest hamburger

The price gap between cities is wider for fast food than for kebab. The median price of pepperoni pizza in Bandar Abbas has exceeded one million tomans. The same dish costs 480,000 tomans in Mashhad, less than half the price in Bandar Abbas. For cheeseburgers too, Ardabil at 290,000 tomans and Mashhad at 325,000 tomans have the lowest medians.

Mashhad is among the cheapest major cities for several dishes. The median price of chelow joojeh kebab is about 443,000 tomans in Mashhad and 440,000 tomans in Qom. Both figures are more than 160,000 tomans below the Tehran median.

Fast food or Iranian food?

In addition to prices, the composition of restaurant menus also differs from one province to another. Nationwide, the share of fast food on Snappfood restaurant menus is slightly higher than that of Iranian food. Based on the menus of nearly 25,000 restaurants, about 49 percent of menu items are fast food and about 42 percent are Iranian food. The remaining share belongs to other cuisines.

This composition is not the same in all provinces. In South Khorasan, 63 percent of restaurant menus are fast food. By contrast, in six provinces the share of Iranian food is higher than that of fast food. These six provinces are Ardabil, East Azerbaijan, Qazvin, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Zanjan and Bushehr. Ardabil, at 51.4 percent, has the highest share of Iranian food.

This difference is also seen at the city level. Tabriz and Ardabil are the only major cities where more than half of restaurant menus are Iranian food. In Yazd, the share of fast food reaches 56 percent. Restaurant menus in Tehran are almost balanced, with 46.5 percent fast food and 43.4 percent Iranian food.

In which provinces is Snappfood more widespread?

These prices and menus were compiled from a large market. In Mehr (September–October) 1405 (2026/27), Namafar recorded nearly 44,000 vendors on Snappfood, more than 26,000 of which are restaurants. After restaurants, cafés and confectioneries have the largest number of vendors. The city of Tehran alone has more than 13,000 vendors.

Snappfood's presence also varies across provinces. Relative to population, Alborz and Tehran each have more than 110 vendors per hundred thousand people. This ratio is 4 vendors in Sistan and Baluchestan and fewer than 8 vendors in Kurdistan.

Frequently asked questions

What is the price of chelow kebab koobideh?

The median price of chelow kebab koobideh on Snappfood restaurant menus in Mehr 1405 (2026/27) was 500,000 tomans. This figure is 540,000 tomans in Tehran.

Which city has the most expensive chelow kebab?

Among the twelve major cities, Ahvaz is the most expensive, with a median of 591,250 tomans. Among smaller cities, Yazd and Bushehr have the highest median, at 620,000 tomans.

Which city has the cheapest chelow kebab?

Among the twelve major cities, Hamadan is the cheapest, at 390,000 tomans.

What is the price of pizza in Tehran?

The median price of pepperoni pizza in Tehran restaurants is 750,000 tomans, and the median for mixed pizza is 618,000 tomans.

What is the share of fast food on restaurant menus?

Nationwide, fast food accounts for an average of 48.9 percent of Snappfood restaurant menus, and Iranian food for 42.4 percent.

The price of each dish in each city and province appears on the Snappfood dashboard and the food and restaurant statistics page.