Ayaan, is your go to person. He makes ordering food such a breeze. Make sure to have the pipping hot beef mince samosas and their Vada pao! Best things to eat there ! read more

Located in the oldest Indo/Pak shopping strip in Houston, this hole in the wall establishment is the home for the best bun kabobs in Houston. Hands down. Filled with the smell of cigarettes and men going at it on the pool table, this place is definitely not a family friendly joint. It's more of a "Lets To Go those crack addicted bun kabobs" The owner is a friendly "uncle" who informed me that he's expanding the business and it's going to include a family sit down restaurant. Good luck! Food- I've had their bun kabobs and love it. The bun has a seasoning on it aka "chaat masala". The patty is a combination of beef and lental and is a tad spicy, FYI. Aside from the beef patty, in the sandwich you'll also find cucumbers, onions and tomatoes. There's a sauce also aka "chutney". Grab the bun kabob, a coke, take it home, and Netflix and chill. You won't regret it. People mention his paan but I can not comment on that, being I have never had his paan. Apparently their chai is a must have too? One of my best memories is sitting in the car, eating a bun kabob and sharing a coke with my food partner in crime. Those bun kabobs are defiantly worth it, so would I drive an hour all the way from Spring, TX to this pace? YES! read more

Awesome taste and flavor. The liver is my absolute favorite. We are surely coming back....real soon. read more

Playsure Island - Khaleji masala - Pakistani Near Me - Houston, Texas

The Shammi's and Dal / rice last night was simply awesome. Also the Masala Fries and Special Chai (sweetened with gur) was great. You made my Christmas day celebration with my kids, very special. read more

This our go to place for Chai and Paan. We go there at least once a week. It's quite a drive for us but it's all worth it.. I always get their Jaggry (Raw Sugar) Chai. I've tried their dessert and they have one of the best Shahi Tukras (sort of a bread pudding) in the town! Also their customer service is exceptional. They also offer delivery to your car. read more

Came here with some friends for Paan, they insisted to try it and I'm adventurous so I came along. This place looks a bit shady, they got a coin operated pool table and 2-3 booths at most there. They serve at most 4 types of fried Indian snacks plus Paan and tobacco products. It looks very unsanitary, I couldn't see over the counter which is over my head and the owner looks down at you. Paan is basically betel leaves wrapped with whatever ingredients, meaning sweet or savory toppings that various from mints, corriander seeds, coconut shavings, nuts and so on. Paan is really an acquired taste, if it wasn't too overly sweet maybe I would've likely it more but I didn't. I've eaten a lot of strange things but this left my mouth numb a bit from and was chewing on the thing for quite some time. Indians are probably rolling their eyes with this review, but honestly the way I see it, its like a sweet alternative to chewing tobacco. read more

Awesome!!! Kaleji masala to DIE for!!!! Their food is phenomenal!!! Their customer service is fantastic!!!! If you have not been what are you waiting for ? read more

Very cool spot. Snacks. Great tea and open till 2am. Safe and comfortable. Recently updated. Entrees to samosas. Tasty.

Filthy restaurant. He charges whatever he wants, no menu anywhere, I wonder how health department let them do their business. The person had paan in his mouth and talking to me on the food, disgusting. How people eath there? I have no idea. read more

They sell old frozen samasos for $1.50 each and pakoras taste like they were cooked yesterday. Place is new but food is the same, in the same parking lot their is a restaurant which has fresh items for same or lower price. read more

Grimy, slimy, but somewhat charming. I am aware that these kinds of places have their roots in male only domains - men puffing away on stubs of self-rolled cigarette twigs, mouths sloshing away with hand-rolled betel leaf roll concoctions called 'Paan' filled with a variety of the weird and the wonderful, from tobacco to candied coconut, knocking away on pool tables arguing the merits of Hamza's wife's lip-smacking mutton biryani versus Juman's sister-in-law's divine's lamb biryani during Eid Festivals. That or whether whether Ali's, who sadly couldn't be here today due to work, wife packs a bigger rack (of lamb, of course) than Kiran's single 28-year old career woman sister. But the ticket of entry was by default granted to me when I was brought here by a strapping male member of the community to be my honorary chaperone and guide, with promises of steamy, short styrofoam cups filled with punchy chai made by a bona-fide chai wallah (known as the local tea guy in South Asian neighbourhoods). Stepping in here is an Alice in Wonderland moment. The stark contrast between the awkwardly named "Playsure Island", no doubt an attempt by an 'uncle' over 40 to fit in with local Americans y'all - and the fact that upon entry you are not sure what exactly about this dingy space brings pleasure. Filled with any number of men predominantly from the subcontinent packing greased lightning hanging about watching modern Bollywood movies bordering on soft porn or cricket matches, or cracking away on pool tables, with styrofoam cups of chai and stark paper plates filled with savoury odds and ends like samosas, mystery chaats, and bread laden with stuffings, the place smells and plays like the Zanzibar in the 60s. I pictured a muscled revolutionary holding an AK-47 stomping through at any moment seeking refuge from the sticky heat, bandanna over head, nodding at his fellow comrades in Playsure Island, before heading over to order a tobacco paan, a chai that would punch the lights out of any Joe Blow who comes across it, and a samosa. With its stained carpets, McDonalds-style plastic booth seats lining the sides of the rectangular, windowless room, combined the heady mix of tobacco, paan, old cooking smells, stale air and men, any sane-minded person would walk in and make a beeline out because oops, I forgot my keys. At the display counters, a husband and wife team and an older patriarch perches sombrely as I looked over what was on display. It was utilitarian use of refrigerated space - a combination of steel trays filled with milky, chocolate balls soaked in spicy syrup, next to it, stacks of humble hand-packed plastic boxes filled with whipped, sweetened clotted cream, hand-shaped milk burfis with flecks of edible foil - the Indian version of fudge, but delectably spiced and scented with cardamom and sweetened milk, and at the bottom...fish. A whole fish marinating in masala spices staring back up at me. Utilitarian. I was handed a cup of chai. It looked very unspectacular. Drab, in fact. Filled just over halfway, a deep caramel tan and a somewhat thin consistency. I glance over at my companion skeptically. He picks up a tin-foil covered paan and a plate of savoury fritters from the counter and grins at me. We had observed the old patriarch put together - a leaf, opens mystery bottles, dabs mystery pastes and sprinkles mystery coloured oddities over it before wrapping it up. It was an odd but fascinating thing to witness. Outside, I took my first sip. The sharp, tannin whack of strong-bodied, sweet tea hits me like a hurricane. A warm sensation fills my tummy and chest. That was some really good tea. Milky, creamy and strong notes of tannin from a slightly frothy tea. I took a bite of the fritter, dipped in a red chutney. It was a generously sized chilli pepper fritter and the slightly sweet, savoury and sour flavours went very well together. It was mildly spiced, yet a little salty. An excellent companion to the tea. However, I would not recommend the sweet items as the milk sweet I had was extremely hard to bite through and apparently, I am advised, the way the locals 'around the region' liked it. Notwithstanding the odd hoot and tongue-clicks of one or two individuals who can probably count on their fingers the number of times a real, live female specimen walked closer than 5 paces away from him, this place is a great place for good tea, solid tea snacks and if you're into these things, hand-rolled paans. Some of the best places are dingy hole in the walls, and Playsure Island is another one of the local oddities which serve up some interesting fare with flair. I'll definitely be back with my trusty chaperone for the savoury snacks such as the chaats and bun kebabs. read more

Good place for chai and samosas. Shakeel bhai is a amazing guy. He cooks very good samosa and chai.

Garbage customer service, will let people they know leap frog you in line, waited 40 mins for paan which was trash too btw, you can do better read more

This restaurant is the best that I have ever been the food taste good so does the Chai and I recommend u taste the food and leave a tip

Good doodh patti chai available here with paan, pakoras, gulab jamuns and other assorted Pakistani snacks. Pool tables also present for pool lovers. read more

Playsure Island - Pakistani Near Me - Houston, Texas

This place is great, you can tell it's a new owner. Place is very clean and sanitary, doesn't smell like smoke inside cause it's not allowed! All snacks/food is great and very tasty. Liking how they are keeping the establishment cleanliness at all times! read more

the bun kebab was superb. ultra authentic. if you aren't desi, make sure you're going there with one. preferably a pakistani or muslim indian. it's pretty much a fellas-only type place. that's the only point off. most yelpers would hate this place. to me, it has that low-key charm that's desired for a truly good meal. read more

Paan here is good and they are open till 3a. But the place is a little unkept with single guys hanging out into the wee hours of the morning shooting pool. read more

Very unsanitary! There was no toilet paper in the bathroom so I had to FaceTime my friend to put some under the door. The samosa and kachori were cold. If they were warm they would've been better. This place is not what it used to be. The only reason I give it two stars is because the pan was good. read more

This place has the worst food imaginable. I ordered a tea with sugar and it tasted like dirty dish water and it was ice cold. I also ordered this jello-like green sweet dish which tasted relatively good, the reason why is because it was prepared off site in another restaurant altogether. The way they prepare the food here is horrible. There is a nasty stench coming from the kitchen and you can easily see rodent droppings in there. The seating area is organized very poorly there is not much room to sit down. There is only 1 pool table with over-sized billiard balls. There are some very old video game machines stacked together in another corner. I wasn't brave enough to try the Paan, but I would definitely advise against doing so. Please save yourself the trouble of coming here. read more

The best place to have Real Hyderabadi chai..What a wat to start a day with asli chai

Best Bun Kabobs! Hands down! Don't go for the ambiance. Go for the bun kabobs, papri chaat and paan

Definitely a "hole in the wall" type of place purposely meant to resemble the old city chai cafes of India/Pakistan. Don't come here if you're pretentious and expect a fancy and clean restaurant. The chai is on point and for a very cheap price per cup. The meetha (sweet) paan hits the spot. read more

who cares if its unkept the people are kool smoking inside if u please , respct them nd u get respct foods great I hang out sometimes, .awesome place... read more