My daughter and I had an amazing experience at Spicy Zest. We were greeted promptly by our formally…read moredressed and friendly server. He gave us great information about the menu and was very attentive. For drinks, I ordered a Sri Lankan Milk Tea and a watermelon juice. My daughter had the Dalgona coffee. All of it was incredible. The juice was super fresh and adorned with a slice of watermelon. For starters, we each had a vegetarian patti. The heat builds adding to the savory flavor journey the pattis take you on. For our entrees, I had the Sri Lankan vegetable soup and it was the most comforting, delectable soup I think I have ever eaten. I have my daughter a bite and she was also wowed. Believe me, we've eaten some soup, so this is saying a lot. I dream of the soup now. It's an issue. I'm looking forward to going back for a fix next week. They make it fresh, so as the server warned us, allow twenty minutes for them to prepare yours. My daughter had the chicken zesty bowl and loved it. It does contain shrimp--very nice looking shrimp. The ambiance was fairly quiet and a unique blend of casual and formal. Hard to put a fine point on it. It was clean though some of the furniture was a bit worn. Nothing that detracted from our experience. Everything tasted memorably amazing. The service was superb. Go get hooked. I am.

Great family oriented Sri Lankan establishment. Ample…read moreseating and parking. Amazing pricing and homey atmosphere, would highly recommend. My only gripe was the wait. While I do understand it is family owned and nonetheless amazing food, waiting 20 minutes just for waters kind of offset us. Waiting for fresh food was understandable, and when it DID come out they were great dishes. We ordered the Family Lamb and Beef for 5 people, all the sides (Lentils, Beets, and Kale) were great and complementary to the entree. My personal favorite was their Mango Lassi, one of the best ive ever had.

Very good One Stop place to find everything you need. PRICES…read moreare Very Good, ( They have weekly sales, pre diwali sales running right now) Staff are very helpful. And also we do have student discount offers for unt students which help alot.

Super excited about this location. We went for the cafe but we were a bit sad because they didn't…read morehave any hot and fresh snackies. We were looking forward to having some samosas and pani puri. Unfortunately they were leftover from the day before. The young lady working in the cafe was so sweet and very honest. We asked for two cardamom teas and they were spot on!!! Delicious! Hot and tasty. We didn't need to add any extra sugar. Just a heads up. We wandered along the aisles and took note of each any every items. The vegetables didn't look very fresh, but we loved the variety of spices, snacks, teas, frozen items like samosas, meals, roti's, naan, and many many other items. Impressive. We like the aisle with soaps, face creams and beauty items too! They had kitchen items and cookware, lots of rice varieties, etc. I will agree, the cashiers were not very friendly or welcoming- it was a man and woman, that could really make or break an experience. Maybe it will be better next time. Also many of the workers would walk past and not say excuse me. It was a little awkward. Overall it's a nice place- we don't have a large Indian market close by, so this was a great addition.

I wanted to like this place, and over multiple orders, I genuinely gave them several chances. My…read morefinal conclusion is that the actual food quality is far below what they advertise. The overall flavor profile is extremely weak, and the quality is consistently poor. The Pani Puri was acceptable, and the Malai Kofta was actually good. However, the rice that accompanied the kofta was almost inedible,it was super greasy, awful to even take a few spoonfuls of, and pretty nasty. I had to throw it away. Ordered Chicken 555 & Kaju Chicken Fry on two different occasions. These dishes were not bad initially. The problem occurs as soon as they start to cool. A thick, oily layer forms over everything. Reheating the food is pointless, as the heat simply turns the appetizers into an overly greasy and oily mess. Seems like they cook their food with Dalda (a cheaper alternative to ghee). My most recent order (Egg puff, Chicken Green Mirchi, Chicken Lollipops, Green Mirchi Pulao). This was the final disappointment. After only 10 minutes on the counter, the food had cooled. When I reheated the lollipops, the chicken was incredibly chewy and completely lacked proper seasoning, specifically salt. The Chicken Green Mirchi was simply tossed with raw, sliced chilies, and the overpowering smell of rawness from the dish reeked so badly I noticed it on the drive home. I have tried green chili pulavs and biryanis from other restaurants. The Green Mirchi Pulao was a complete failure. It was topped with a thick layer of beans, corn, capsicum, and green chilies that was so unappetizing I had to throw it away. The dish was so underprepared that I literally had to cook it in my own kitchen to make it edible. Surprisingly none of the dishes I ordered had salt. I have heavy tolerance to take spice and heat but this was of Very poor quality!!! Out of everything I ordered, egg puff was found fresh, warm & tasty! To be fair, The Pani Puri was acceptable, the Egg Puff was tasty, and the Malai Kofta was good.

Food was great especially the biryani and the staff was friendly and helpful. Grocery store was…read moreclean and convenient, had everything I needed

This was recommended by a sweet person. I throughly enjoyed every bite. They make it fresh and it…read morewas worth every minute of the wait. The blend of flavors makes me so happy. The food was a beautiful texture with the soft, perfectly steamed rice. I enjoyed this so much. I'm sure the Lumpia is perfect as well. They have a self service place for you to grab as much water as you need. The egg was perfectly runny and jammy. 10/10 GO HERE!!! Soo yummy! :)

1. Prices where not up to date online AND in person (Menu was covered by tape). No serious business…read moreshould opperate with vague "verbal only" pricing. 2. Food quality was varied. Items made in the moment like the pork belly skewers were great. Other items had less demand, so they were sitting for too long (which you could tell) 3. Ambiance was good. The tables were clean, and napkins/toppings available in the side bar. Conclusion: The biggest issue is the pricing is not clear to the customer (both online, and in person). If it was, with the food quality, it would be a 3 star experience.

This place is casual like extremely casual and meant to be primarily a takeout place. We got nine…read moreparottas, chicken roast and beef fry between the four of us. Service was a little slow around 20 minutes but oh well. The chicken roast stole the show- it was spicy, delectable and so tangy. Their parottas were flaky but a little on the oilier side. Beef fry was a little underdone I'll say but good nonetheless it was spicy and hella flavorful. Solid place for Mallu food and pretty affordable- just know that takeout would be better for here

Been there twice... Their Porottas are nice, crispy and fresh - flip side, they use a bit more oil…read morethan what one would expect... Their Beef has got multiple options - the Peri Peri is a bit different, tastes a bit like Beef Jerky with Indian spices... This is definitely a bit hard and chewy, more of an appetizer than something that would go with Parotta... Their Beef Roast is similar to Beef Fry that you get at other places... The Chicken Roast was very nice, something that we will repeat next time we are there... Hopefully, the seating is a bit more welcoming and elevated - it will attract families into the place...

My hot grocery store for almost all of my desi grocery,…read more they have almost everything is the store, from fresh vegetable to spices prices are very reasonable, store also has Halal meat section, butcher is available at meat center for special order. There is a small restaurant / café in the store, their large regular and desi style pizza is a bargain, compare to other franchise pizza joints. . Desi = Pakistani / Indian / Mediterranean

I recently stopped by Shahrzad Mediterranean Market & Grill in Richardson, and I have to commend…read morethem on one thing: portion sizes. Being a buffet, the food is plenty. You can pile your plate high enough to feed a small medieval village, which is good, because you're going to need all those calories to recover from the sheer emotional confusion of the experience. The portions are endless, but the flavor profile has apparently been locked in a witness protection program, because it is nowhere to be found. I ate a mountain of food that tasted politely like nothing, as if the spices took an extended vacation and forgot to notify the kitchen. To make matters worse, I scooped up some Baghali Polo, which visually looked so authentic and picturesque that it belonged in a travel magazine. Unfortunately, eating it felt less like enjoying a traditional Persian meal and more like stepping on a tactical minefield. One second you're having a pleasant texture, and the next you are crunching down unexpectedly on hard, undercooked rice bits that threaten to violently separate your molars from your jaw. The only redeeming grace of the entire operation is that the owner is genuinely one of the nicest, most welcoming human beings on the planet. He greeted me with such warmth that I couldn't even bring myself to look angry, forcing me to sit there at the all-you-can-eat bar chewing my acoustic-hazard rice with a pained, polite smile while questioning every choice that led me to that table.

My friend had a girlfriend who is from Iran and she took him to this place and he was raving about…read morehow good and affordable the fresh bread they bake there was, so one day I was in Plano and decided to stop by. Well, he wasn't lying! It smells great when you who into this place and they have an amazing variety of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern food items,including a huge salad bar with every kind of olives and toppanade you could think of. I couldn't believe the size of these breads which you'll see in my pics on this review, they are huge and only $5! That's crazy, I was making stew that day and bought some bread for dinner later and oh yes this bread was fresh and delicious. They also have a restaurant next door but it was early so I didn't try it this time but I will next time, this place is definitely worth checking out.

Really good spot. The food here somehow magically comes out quite fast. Everything we had here was…read morereally good and spicy. Each plate is quite a lot of food. This place is confusing since the name of the restaurant up front is something different.

Stopped by for lunch here! It was a little confusing because…read moreYelp and google pages have one name for a restaurant, while there is a different one on the building and on the wall inside the restaurant. It was rather slow so everything came out really quick. Cumin Lamb satisfied my craving for something spicy 100%. It was has a great fragrant and spicy profile. Green Beans were very nicely cooked: still firm, have some crunch to it, and very well seasoned as well. Fish filet was a soup dish with very rich and mildly spicy broth. It was perfect with rice. The bathroom was rather messy though, but I can look past it since the food was really good