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    Zaitoon Restaurant

    4.0 (36 reviews)
    Open 11:30 am - 9:30 pm

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    Nonbu Kanji

    Initially visited this place seeing the Instagram ad for the largest thali in the Bay Area. The thali is good. Essentially they have two servings of each of the non-veg entrees. That makes it two thalis combined into one. During Ramadan, they also have two special dishes on the menu: 1. Chicken white kurma 2. Nonbu kanji (a vegetarian porridge made of rice and lentil). The salna that came with it was decent. Our first outing, the restaurant did not have much of a crowd, but this evening was packed and the staff was patiently working through all the orders even if they took a bit of a time to arrive. The place is clean and the person at the counter was very friendly.

    Silpa D.

    Tried this place for South Indian food--everything was good, but nothing truly stood out as exceptional. Dishes were flavorful and fresh, service was efficient, and the place was clean. Solid option if you're in the area, but not something I'd go out of my way for.

    Mutton Biryani nikha style
    Ariana J.

    Husband is from Chennai and he was super excited when he found out that the famous Chennai restaurant Zaithoon is opening here in Fremont nearby our house. We later got to know that they only used the name and has no affiliation to the OG restaurant. Such a let down. Ceylon veechu egg paratha (1/5): hubs used to like it a lot back home. However here it's bland, comparatively smaller sized average tasting paratha with single egg omelet on top. It literally reminded me of frozen parathas that we find in Indian store cooked with egg on top. To our surprise the dish is not even hot. Marriage style Nikah biryani (1/5): the OG Muslim biryani is made with basmati rice. Here it's made with small grain rice. Bland, flavourless, cold, lacking any taste or spice to it. Wouldn't recommend this dish either. The only item that we both enjoyed are the simple salna and Chennai style raita they served with the dishes. Sulemani tea (3/5) I did not have it. Hubby said it tasted ok and not authentic. At least it's warm and comforting The place is small and narrow. Food is way overpriced and not worth it. For 2 dishes the total is close to $40. Disappointed.

    Mutton thali
    Sintu R.

    I have been here twice now! Tried the mutton thali and the fish thali, both are amazing! The service was quick too and ambience is decent. May look like a small place. I would rate their Thalis, 5/5 but the filter coffee I tried was a bit bitter.

    Chicken Thali
    Monica C.

    New restaurant in town. My husband and I decided to try it on Saturday of the long weekend. It was crowded but found a place to sit. The food is from Channai area. We ordered the chicken thali and chicken chukka varuval. I would have given the place a 4 star because the wait time for the food was too long. But, I'm giving 5 stars because the chicken curry and chicken chukka were so delicious and well cooked. It was the softest, juiciest chicken. The sambhar was okay. The rasam was to die for. Even the plain rice was cooked well. We will take friends next time. They said their biryani is good but we didn't try it yet.

    David K.

    Zaitoon offers halal, non-veg South Indian food in a simple, casual, counter-service setting, but the flavors here were truly on point. We started with the Madurai Parotta, two flaky, crispy layered flatbreads, served with salna (curry sauce) and raita (sliced onions in yogurt) on the side. But the truly impressive dish to come for was the Zaitoon Special Family Thali, a gigantic round metal platter with two servings each of rice, chappathi, papad, yogurt, rasam (a spicy pepper soup), spiced potatoes, dal (creamy lentils), and a sweet semolina pudding. The thali also came with Chicken 65 (fried chunks of spicy chicken), chicken curry, mutton curry, and fish curry, each of which was distinct in flavor. My favorite was the fish curry, which had a distinctly sour flavor and tangy spice. Each of the curries came with bone-in chunks of meat and had a tantalizingly spicy flavor, which went nicely with the plain rice and chappathis. Overall, the food at this strip mall restaurant was delicious and came at a great value too!

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    Their nool parotta is very good . I am a big fan of the salna too. The place is little small so have not tried to dine in yet.

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