Preserving heritage with an exotic fare of snacks and classical 1980s construction, the restaurant is one of the oldest in the area. Had a wonderful array of snacks like steamed rice cakes, banana dumplings, steamed eggs, mussels pakoda and the show stopper was egg pathiri. Finally topped up with Suleimani chai and Cashew cups...!
Zain’s hotel - popular snacks spot in calicut. They serve all varities of malabari snacks. I visited them post lunch so ordered their ela ada which is traditional kerala delicacy and chaiya. It tasted good and prices were affordable. I feel pity on myself for not trying their other dishes🥲 Do try them out if you’re looking for perfect high tea place.
The kadukka fry and kadukka roast....we drove from ernakulam to Calicut to eat these specials at Zain ....as always....love their food! I recommend it!
Fish biriyani is delicious . beef biriyani, beef was a bit hard. We had to wait for a minimum of 10 minutes to get attended by a staff . If service and infrastructure is improved this place can be a wonderful place to visit again.
The key to get the best of all the snacks served hot is to walk in after 3:30 or 4. You can see the section getting stocked up and you can go ahead pointing on the delicacies you want to be served.
Killer snacks, and during ramzan time the menu just gets extravagant.
Close to the beach.
Parking is very tricky.
Sometimes you will have to wait to get seated in weekends.
The ambience and service is very good. The chairs may not be too comfortable to sit for longer period to enjoy the meal.
Good place to experience the kozhikodan snacks. Very neat and clean area. You can see the glimpse of the kitchen. You can try once if you like to try the kozhikodan vibavangal from a home food style.
You dont feel like eating from a busy hotel.
One of the good restaurants in Calicut with lots of tradition. I think they lost their traditional taste a little bit (on my own recent experience)and it’s visible in the number of customers. Recently I had Chicken Kuruma here but I fell it just as a Chicken Curry, nothing special or like Kuruma.Otherwise I feel not great but feels like a “Homely food”
Zainthatha's prawn biryani is very famous and needs no review. My friend who has been having it from school days took me there. Also tried the mutton biryani and other amazing kozhikodan items.
Well maintained and served with love.
A restaurant with authentic Calicut cuisine. Popular for their snacks, non vegetarian dishes, Biriyani. Now I could see a wide range of desserts and drinks as well. The quality of food is good and cost is reasonable. Try their mutton stew, irachi pathiri and kallummekaya.
Their savoury dishes and snacks are the ones that I would go back there for! Reach the spot by 5-6pm and you are in for a treat. While I had all the snacks they were offering (one of each), what caught my attention was a flattened egg dish. It was a boiled egg spiced up to perfection! Please do try this out.
The eatery is a quaint little family run hotel. There is a very homely vibe to the entire place. It is very elegant indeed. Like all the other places in Kozhikode, parking is an trouble nearby. If you’re lucky, you should get a spot though! Auto/two wheelers are always recommended.
Don’t forget to soothe your taste buds with their flavoured milks!
As for lunch and dinner items, I ate there, but there are definitely better places around for a full meal as I think.
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