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Zara’s Restaurant

4.5 (20 reviews)

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Two Lunch Specials
Brad M.

In the old Palace of Asia location is Zara's Restaurant. Other than adding some Pakistan flags it looks the same as it looked when it was an Indian restaurant. The buffet was $25 and didn't seem to have a lot of options to we opted for the $15 lunch special. It was a pretty good deal because it included an appetizer, entrée, and bread. I enjoyed the spice level of my food and my Pakistani lunch companion said the food was authentic.

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Vince S.

Food wise this was close to if not 4 stars, but service and value need to be improved for me to be a fan. At this point I'd probably only return to try the soon to be launched dinner buffet. My first visit was for takeout on a Saturday afternoon. I was the only patron in this cavernous space. I ordered chicken samosas, chicken Hibari and aloo paratha. I was coerced into ordering the bread because I was informed the main dish did not come with rice. The samosas were good, nicely seasoned ground chicken in medium sized pouches. Sauces were the usual tamarind, watery yogurt and a mint one. The entree of chicken hibari was good, boneless mixed chicken in a yellow peppery sauce that may have used puréed lentils. The bread was good too, but seemed to be misnamed, it was more like Roti with potatoes in the middle. I thought the entree portion sized was smaller than my nearest fav Indian place, just a pint sized container. But I liked the flavors and wanted to sample more. A few days later a foodie friend joined me for lunch. Again, no other customers or takeouts it seemed, this was around 2:30 on a weekday. We both ordered from the lunch specials menu which costs $15. She chose chicken Korma, and I had the beef version of the Hibari. She didn't love the veggie Samosa, and I outright disliked the pakora, probably the worst I've experienced. But as a plus, both of our dishes came with rice. She liked the Korma, although it was a much darker and spicier version than I was expecting. I also liked my beef, the sauce was richer than the chicken version too. But sadly, both of these were very small portions containing very little proteins. Hers was just a small drumstick, while I got 2 small cubes of beef. I had a feeling I'd be wanting more food, so we also shared garlic naan, which was good. And an order of chicken biryani, also good. The rice dish suffered the same fate as our entrees, very little chicken. What was in it was bone in, and mostly bone. We ended our meal with a shared Kheer. This was special, very thick and with crushed almond and golden raisins, best item we had here. While eating, I was considering my review and although I liked most of it, the lack of protein in all of our dishes seemed off putting. The service we experienced was friendly but very slow, with no attention to detail. You would think that such a huge place, with no other discernible customers, would try to wow us. Or at least check in from time to time? I had to go search for someone when we wanted the check. I look forward to hearing how the dinner buffet is, based on that I might revisit, 3.5 coulda been better stars

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Saad M.

This was one of the best Desi restaurants I've ever been to. Amazing Pakistani cuisine. I haven't head Lahori Chole this authentic in the Princeton area at all. I've been disappointed with the Indian restaurants in the Princeton area because they don't capture Pakistani taste. There is nowhere else closer than South Brunswick that you can get authentic Pakistani dishes like Beef Haleem, Beef Nihari, etc. The Kulcha Naan and Lahori Chole were excellent. The service was top notch and the restaurant is gorgeous, with soaring decorative tray ceilings and chandeliers. It must be at least 5000 square feet.

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Food and service were outstanding. We came during Ramadan and they have what looks like a great buffet for that as well.

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Great food! Tried halwa puri and fried fish! Friendly people and good service. Good to have a desi restaurant close by.

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Amazing service, totally recommend this place. Tasty food as well. Host was very gracious and welcoming.

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Incredible incredible incredible food. The mix grill was as good as I have had in USA in over 40 years

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