Zareen’s

I stopped in for lunch not realizing it was takeout only which was ok. They do have a few outdoor tables. We ordered on site and our food was ready within ten minutes. We had the veggie samosas, Madras chicken curry and chicken Tikka masala which were delicious. The chicken was also so tender AND plentiful. You definitely get more than one meal out of each item!

We visit this place often for their samosa burger and grilled chicken thali. The food is delicious and service is quick.

Some important things to note about this location of Zareen's: It's takeout style so all your food comes in Togo containers. You order on a kiosk so you can't really customize some things like spice level. The only human interaction you get it when they call your name to come get your food. There's also NO bathroom. I'm not sure how that's particularly legal but is a pretty big inconvenience. Also the few outdoor tables that are there (no indoor tables at all) tend to be really dirty. The food though is pretty good, definitely more on the sweeter side. Pretty decent portions for the thali/meal. We would definitely go to the other 2 Zareen's locations again, probably not this one.

I went to this place multiple times in the past and food was always great. But today, they served us stale food. We went in and talked to the manager in a normal tone but he acted very rude saying ‘food is fresh and you ate somewhere else before coming here’. Not a good customer experience at this location. Palo Alto has really good service and management.

Plastic containers for warm food, that’s what I hated the most about this place. Just a hyped place, there’s no difference in terms of food containers being used if you do take out, order through DoorDash or go there to dine in. We went to dine in and saw they pack everything in plastic containers and use plastic bags for same. Talking about food, we ordered a thali with paneer tikka masala and the Quantity was below average. Quality was okay but I was surprised with the quantity of paneer cubes they put in the curry. Samosas were amazing in taste, that’s the only thing we liked the most. We also tried madras paneer wrap which was supposed to be spicy as mentioned by restaurant manager and it was mild.