Larger portions compared to other south asian places. Food was filled with flavor, tried the butter chicken, bbq platter and biryani rice would rec all of them. read more

This place is really nice! I'm from Texas and I came to Canada to visit my family and we were looking for a place to eat after visiting downtown and this is the perfect place to visit when you're craving amazing Pakistani food. Thank you for serving us Aman and Raman! read more

if they are going to make reservations then they should standardize it for all guests regardless the number of people in the group. we called, confirmed that there would be a table available and driving from Markham all the way to Mississauga only to arrive and be told the wait was over an hour long. we left! read more

OMG loved the food here. Would 100% recommend and I am definitely coming back! Very kind staff members!

Had a great breakfast with the family. Halwa Puri, Keema, Nihari pipping hot Naans were off the hook. The service was outstanding too!

The restaurant is filled with great decor and the food prepared fresh and hot. Zauq has a unique dining experience where the customers needs to serve themselves. With a group of friends, one can act as a your server . Napkins, cutlery, jug of water and plates are placed on the shelf beside every table for you to help yourself. Only issue I have with this restaurant is the service of the staff. They went over capacity in their own restaurant where they struggle to have enough cutlery and chairs for their customers. We don't even have enough cutlery for our group of 6. The staff told us to wait while they wash the cutlery after other customers finish using them. We had to eat our appetizers with our hands in the mean time. Another issue that happened to us is the shortage of chairs at the restaurant. The staff had to ask if we're able to squeeze into a two seater chair with 3 people so they can take a chair that I'm already sitting on. That'll be uncomfortable to be honest but I was willing to do it until they figured something else with the other customer, so I was able to keep my chair. But the principle and integrity of the situation is just lacking. read more

Came here for an office lunch with a party of 12. The restaurant was pretty spacious and empty so we thought we'd get our food asap since we were all starving! We all got their $7.99 lunch combo which lets you choose from an app, main, and curry. I tried their pakora chicken, briyani rice, and butter chicken. We were pretty sure this entire establishment was only staffed by 1 person (and maybe the waiter doubles as the chef) because it took over half hour for us to get our food. Long wait aside, the food tasted pretty good! Although the butter chicken was pretty spicy, everything was pretty flavourful. I'd definitely recommend ordering take out next time. read more

Zauq - Lunch special - chicken pakora, briyani rice, and butter chicken ($7.99+tax) - Pakistani Near Me - Mississauga, Ontario

We went along with Sanjita Shajahan as she booked the restaurant for 7.30 pm EST on Friday Apr 29th. We planned our Iftar there but as the customer service rep lied to us that we did not reserve it even after showing the call log, we really got disappointed and struggled to have our Iftar on time. Keep up your promises for your customers. That is my kind request to ZAUQ. NEVER COMING BACK AGAIN. read more

The worst food I ever had in a restaurant... salty full of soya sauce and green chilies like this .. what am supposed to do with it .. make my own chilli I had to choose the one star it doesn't even deserve one star read more

Zauq - Pakistani Near Me - Mississauga, Ontario

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Hello, I took my family here and was shocked at how good the food is. Love the dishes and portions!!

I thought of a lot of funny ways of writing this review. Smash the microwave comments or the lack of understanding how split checks work... The list can go on and on. This was until I saw that I was the first to review the restaurant. I take Yelp seriously as it has led me to many a great gastronomic experience around the world. To joke about such a poor initial review, in my opinion is irresponsible and unfair to the restaurateur. They can change their ways and win me back. Where to start. We walk in and wait to be seated. The waiter, who happens to also be the manager (I just think it's a family run business and it was the other waiter's older brother. More on that later.) Greets us and 'directs' us to sit at the third booth to the right and quickly walks away. Well, from the perspective of the customer who doesn't see the world from the kitchen door, this is entirely incorrect. You can see the incorrect mindset of the restaurant right there. That already gave me an odd feeling of a student teacher relationship if you know what I mean. We sit down and he makes his way back to the table with four menus, puts them down firmly on the table, pauses and points at the menus. Then walks away. wtf? Very odd behavior. Minutes pass (We are here for lunch and are salaried so have to get back to work) and there is no movement over to us to take our order. He finally makes it over to the table next to us and asks if we are ready. We say yes. He turns around, takes the check and some dirty dishes and walks to the kitchen. More minutes pass and still no sign of order being taken. We had to flag someone down to finally start the process. The menu is simple and has complete dishes on the left and a lunch 'build your meal' setup on the right. Makes sense enough to start. He finally makes it over and my friend had questions about the menu since it's not the most common way to order lunch. He is corrected and we move onto the next person in the party. He orders and a snide remark from the waiter chastises my other co-worker for not navigating the menu correctly. We are all taken aback by such anti-social behavior. I now definitely know how to order. I feel like we are at the soup Nazi in NYC. Orders are taken and we are just chuckling about it now and I am further justified in my initial impression of him when he ordered us where to sit. Water finally makes its way to us and we wait, and wait, and wait for the food which is supposed to be lunch. NOTE: the place is about 25% full so it's not like they are overwhelmed and I should be understanding of their delay. Food is here!!! Mine comes out first and it's steaming. I got Tandoori chicken masala, Biryani, and a somosa. My other friend's meal came out. He got chicken Pakora naan and some other chicken; don't remember exactly. We wait for the other two dishes to start eating. They finally make it out and we commence. My friend got the chicken lollipops and couldn't wait to dig in. She was happy with the sauce (which kicked ass!) and started enjoying the chicken. I dug into the samosa which was ok. Nothing to write home about but ok. My friend with the Pakora started on his also. The fourth friend stopped eating because.. Well he never really started because the Fish sticks because they were cold. He says this just as my other friend is complaining about her cold rice and chicken main course. Ok, let me stop for a second and explain what I mean by cold and it's a subjective adjective in the cooking world that can mean any number of things. When I say cold I mean it in the context of, it was just taken out of the refrigerator cold. I mean, you put it to your mouth and are shocked by the temperature change since you see others food steaming cold. COLD!!! They comment on this and both dishes are sent back. We start chuckling about how the food will be just microwaved and sent back. At this time, I try my chicken and Biryani dish. I am underwhelmed at the flavor and am not happy about the temperature of the rice. However, it's more tepid than the cold of their dishes. I also don't like to complain. (I know I know it doesn't sound like it. :) ) The meat was tasteless yet cooked perfectly. It seemed like it was cooked and then the sauce was put on it. No marriage between the two. The rice also had an odd metallic flavor to it. This is when we are all commenting and my friend says his chicken pakora appetizer was dry and not good. The dishes come back. One is "OK" and the other is still cold. Not as cold as before but still cold enough to send back. The poor waiter, who was super nice(not the older one), comes back and is embarrassed. Poor guy is learning since he even admits to the fact that it needs more time in the microwave. We laugh! Her dish goes back and my friend comments how even his salad is hot now since they just threw the whole dish into the microwave not caring what should and shouldn't go in. read more

We were the only people in the restaurant and the service was very poor. Had to ask 3 times for silverware. We also had to ask twice for glasses and for water. We ordered the spring rolls.. they did not come with any sauce. When we asked for chutney or a sweet sauce they brought out yogurt. Chicken 65 was good.. on the spicy side nothing amazing. The chow mein noodles were delicious and the Chinese chicken was good as well.. had a sweet and sour flavor to it. The restaurant itself is nice and clean. It is all booth style and they have plenty of seating. Some cute indo/pak decor. They do have tv's as well. Bathroom has 2 stalls in it, but one of the stalls was out of order. This restaurant is halal so that is a good option for all the zabiha waters! The service is slow so if you are in a rush this may not be the best place to come too! read more

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It's not that the food is bad (though nothing special) but this is by far the worst customer service I've ever experienced at a restaurant and I usually never even bother to comment on service. The reviews for this place are even worst at another site. Looking around the internet, I'm not the only one as there seem to be other people who have had similar experiences. Restaurant didn't have half the things on their menu when we went because the chef had gone home (despite it not being that late). They brought 3/5 things which we actually ordered for dinner, they didn't let us know that the other two things were not available until after they had brought the food, didn't provide drinks when we asked for them (or refill water) or even the right amount of eating utensils. Waitresses was rude and unapolagetic for their slow and inattentive services and when we asked another waiter a question, he said to ask the waitress serving our table. We could overhear other people eating in complaining about the service as well. If you are gonna eat-in especially with more than two people then I wouldn't recommend it. Only use it for take-out and even then, there are similar restaurants with cheaper/better take-out. The food was mixed as some dishes were too oily/spicy and the proportions/prices weren't very good. There are a tonne of South Asian restaurants around where you'll get similar/better food and service which is at least adequate. This restaurant is affiliated with Silver Spoon in Heartland which is a take-out only place with decent food but they don't know how to run a restaurant. read more

This is the most beautiful restaurant I have ever been to! The interior design choices are spectacular, it Transforms you to a paradise! our waiter Nawaz was so helpful and kind, he made our night! The food is delicious and the serving size is perfect for two people! Definitely a Mississauga Hidden Gem! read more

the food was so yummy! and our server Nawaaz provided great service. I will definitely be coming back again

We were there for the hakka Chinese Best indo Chinese I've had in my life. Great ambiance Chicken lollipops were good Beef Manchurian gravy was excellent Noodles with chicken was good Fried fish was great and usually don't like fish Service was superb read more

Recently on our trip to Toronto our hotel concierge recommended us to go to Zauq for dinner. It was late in the evening on Canada day but restaurants in Mississauga close by 10 pm. We were too late for dine in order but were allowed to order take out. I don't think I have had such good Pakistani food anywhere in the US. We had butter chicken, reshmi kabab, and chicken biryani. All three dishes deserved an A+, excellent taste quantity, well done. The Reshmi kabab was soft and well marinated the butter chicken gravy was just the right color and spice level. The Biryani was fantastic and even tastier the following day as we had some for left over. Highly recommend Zauq of you are visiting Toronto!!! read more

Its a really nice restaurant - quite nicely done makes for a good ambience. It was voted in BlogTo.com as one of the best Pakistani restaurants in the GTA which inspired us to make the trek out to the west end. We orderd a BBQ platter, yellow Daal and Chicken Tikka Masala. The platter was really fantastic - a great assortment of beef and chicken kebabs including bihari kebab and hiryali chicken as well. All the meet were tender and perfectly flavourful and grilled. The daal was mediocre and not memorable which was the same case with the Chicken Tikka Masala unfortunately. The naans were made in house and were perfectly baked! The service was okay - we were attended to in a timely fashion however they forgot out chicken lollipop chicken as an appetizer which we were looking forward to and one of the glasses set up on the table actually had lip stains on it - really bizarre and made me question the sanitary conditions of this place. But we had made it this far to the west end and i wasn't about to not try the food because of it. Overall, it was a decent experience but not one that i would specifically go back for. ps: its Halal read more

Amazing food, amazing service. The quality of each dish was fantastic along with the true Pakistani flavours. My family and I enjoyed the decorations too!! read more

Great food and service. I have been going there for years and this was my first time there after renovations. Indoors is amazing and a must try experience. Nawaz was our server and made sure everything is great. Their mango delight is a must try. read more

Went there for the 3rd time today. Food is consistently good. So far, have tried and enjoyed their lolly pop chicken, seekh kababs, boneless chicken tikkas, crispy beef and chicken biryani. Wasn't a fan of their karahi chicken and chilli beef. Ambience is nice for a Pakistani restaurant. Definitely a place to take family and friends. However the service has been sub-par unfortunately. Today was a bad experience: I went with the family. My mom was experiencing low blood sugar and wanted to eat something quick (before the actual food came). I asked the server if the vegetable somosas are ready to which he replied "it'll take a few minutes, it's a dine in restaurant". I didn't appreciate the latter half of his comment at all. We wanted to order seekh kababs. The server suggested that he'll give us a discount if we ordered lolly pop chicken ($8.99 per plate). We didnt ask how much discount we'll get however. We ordered two plates and saw that he had charged us $7.99 per plate. I.e a $1 per plate discount - what a deal!! I found the dollar per plate discount a tad bit insulting to be honest. At the end, when we were getting ready to go, someone from our party knocked over an empty glass. The server told my wife "I am sorry but my manager said that there is a $5 charge for that". We paid the additional $5 for the glass (didn't complain at all) and left. We all were very surprised that they made us pay for the broken glass though. To me this was terrible customer service and very short sighted thinking. My overall thoughts: decent food, great ambience, customer service needs improvement. However, next time, i'll spend my money elsewhere. read more

I've been ordering food from here for a long time but this time around the experience was a nightmare. The food quality has dropped, customer service was horrible and the dessert (kheer) was rotten. It had fungus on it, when I called to complain, first they refused to admit but after I sent them pictures they apologized and stated they will return my $30 back for it. It took them 3 days to refund my money only after I sent them a message stating this is pathetic and unacceptable. I got a call after that telling me I have "shitty attitude".. well what do you expect? Wouldn't anyone have a shitty attitude if they got something stale and the guests were waiting for it and then it takes them 3 days to do an etransfer telling me they have a life and are not sitting here for me. I was speechless! Never ever will I be ordering from them again. It's not like it'll make any difference to them but I'm hoping they will learn their lesson! read more

Zauq - Kheer with fungus! - Pakistani Near Me - Mississauga, Ontario

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First time going to this place and I've been craving for beef paya for a while. Googled and found this place close to my work. Purchased 2 beef paya for take out last week. One of the containers only contained bones. Very disappointed. Not worth going back. read more

Last night we visited in ZAUQ restaurant Mississauga First Time, when i saw a Full Star. The decoration is okay, manager is okay. We ordered Bar-B-Q ZAUQ Platter and Paneer Tikka masala, that was unbelievable horrible taste and Platter was absolutely STALE / FUSTY FOOD, immediately inform a person who look like TRANSSEXUAL, he He said that steam was coming out of the plate, I said because the plate is hot, but the food Fusty and cold... ha ha ha ha...( Look at the Answer) When the manager came, he said, "Sir, you are right. I will not charge your money." It's a big surprise to me how these people are doing business, And the amazing thing about it is that people give it a full star and they like the FOOD. but the Good thing is that the behavior of the manager is really appreciated not becoz of Money but its realize that Food really a FUSTY FOOD. read more

I Had a terrible experience withe these people. Not only they had provided rotten food they also misbehaved and showed negative attitude. They made falls promises to compensate and does not deserve even a single star. Inam read more

This is quite a decent Pakistani cuisine restaurant. I have tried both sit in and got catering done for above 30 people multiple times. The food is quite good and the portion size are decent as well. Their chicken Biryani, chicken korma or veal korma or Achari chicken are quite good. Palak Paaner is not bad either. I also tried there tandoori chicken which was just right. Over all the food is above average and meat is cooked well, which is good. The sit in service was good but had to wait a little while as our order was quite big. The serve was good inside the restaurant and place is designed nicely to have separate buckets of people and not over crowding the place. Parking is not a problem as its in a plaza. For my Muslim Brother and Sister - They serve halal meat read more

Ok. I'm a regular at Zauq. Their breakfast special - halwa poori is AMAZING. And so is their nehari. Again this is not fine dining - so dont expect ambiance and awesome svc. But food is Really good. read more

My favorite place to eat every time I visit this beautiful province. Their food is really delicious & always fresh . I haven't tried their full menu yet but i would love too. Service is fast and staff is friendly and always ready to serve. Really recommended for desi, Chinese food lovers.***** read more

This place is a fantastic lunch value. All the flavors have been spot-on that I've tried, including chana massala, butter chicken, and chicken tikka. The naan is fresh and excellent and perfect to dip in the various sauces. The price for lunch is great and the portion is perfect for lazy office workers like me. The atmosphere is totally generic, but it's in a strip mall in Mississauga, so what do you expect? I'm docking a point because I notice a dirty dish every other time I eat here. Once is understandable, bit three times is too dirty for five stars. read more

Food is great and authentic !! 7.99$ lunch combo is a great deal-You can choose a Starter, curry, and rice/naan.Good service and delicious food. read more

Thinking about catering from here for your next big event? Well you'd better have something in the fridge at home, because the likelihood of your guests joining the Clean Plate Club here is as good as Kim Jong-un inviting the South Korean leader for dinner at his house! I placed my order a week before with the owner himself. On the day of pickup they said we never got your order. Silver lining though...they said we will put it together in 45 mins and get it delivered to you but we don't have the desert you originally asked for. Please pick something else and so I had to. I mean my guests were at my house at this point! I asked them for a discount and they apologized and knocked off a few. As promised the delivery guy soon arrived with the order. The food quality however was below par. Veal karahi meat tougher than the rubber of your winter tires! The color of it was almost black too! So embarrassed I served this and had no choice last minute. Unprofessional way of business paired with inadequate food quality is a fail fail. read more

Poor & indifferent service. Made to feel like unwanted poor relations. That sums up my experience. I go to a restaurant not to fill my stomach - I could have bought some Chinese take-out . I go to relax and made welcome. The waiter (kid with an attitude) came when we were seated and lifted his eyebrows pointing at the menu. After I placed my order I asked if it could be it would take time. He said he will make it fast since he is in a hurry too. Hurry for what - to see us out? He seemed like a rich immigrant kid who believes that having to do a waiter's job in his parent's restaurant and tending to stupid Canadians is below his dignity. Overall he wasn't discourteous. But it was very unpleasant for us to eat in a place where the restaurant staff made you feel like a pile of shit. read more

For those that have actually had the pleasure of eating good Pakistani food in Pakistan - this is as close as it gets in GTA. This may be the only place that knows what naan is (bread cooked in a tandoor oven) - other places seem to sell pizza dough. read more

First time visiting this restaurant this past weekend. We ordered multiple servings of biryani, nihari, beef seekh kabobs, bihari chicken, and Bihari beef kabobs. The nihari was probably the best I've had outside of my own Pakistani mom's. They stuck true to the traditional way of making it. My other favourite was the Bihari beef, it was spicy and flavourful. Everything else was pretty average, nothing special. Portions were small for the cost, which is the standard for Indian/Pakistani restaurants in the GTA. Service was slow. Items should have been brought out at once, not one by one. read more

This is my favourite Pakistani restaurant. Their food is delicious and service is quick. Had their Balochi Tikka Karahi on my recent visit, it was AMAZING! read more

It's a typical desi fast food type joint. We ordered the seek Kabab, butter chicken, and tandoori chicken tikka masala. Food was okay. Service was friendly. read more

The food was disgusting at this restaurant, I would never ever suggest you to try this restaurant. There chilly chicken was not spicy. Spicy Chinese noodles were tasteless, there wasn't even salt. I spent $60 for disgusting food at this restaurant. read more

I heard a lot about this restaurant but was let down when I went there on 4th sep. There wasn't anybody eating there (first red flag). I ordered five dishes and I am sorry to say that two dishes had gone bad and we were served with them. Me and my family are so disappointed that will not go there ever and probably recommend other restaurants in GTA. read more

Worst service ever. Went there with family and friends for dinner and the service was slow, the waiter helping us did not bring our drinks until we reminded him. And when asked for additional items they forgot or took very long. Also we asked for our leftovers which was quite a bit of food to be packed (dinner cost nearly $300.00) we thought we had gotten it all but once we got home we noticed that about 9 whole naans weren't given to us and several whole kabobs were missing as well. I've been there before and although the service was horrible the food was good and that's why we went there again. In regards to the missing food, I can't understand why they would do that but I assume the food missing from our order was either served to the other customers, who probably were charged for it, or the employees helped themselves to our left overs. Either of those possibilities is HARAAM. This time both the service and food was bad. read more

We used to love catering from Zauq, but I don't know if the owner's have recently changed, but the customer service and food were horrible. First I called in and some guy picked up, and told me he was too busy and to call back. You're busy for your customers? I understand you may be dealing with customers at the restaurant, but then take MY number and call ME back. But we'd ordered form Zauq before and loved the food so I called back anyways. I would always go to the Zauq website and select my items, then call in with my order. This past weekend, I did the same, and the young lady on the other end was very kind in taking my order. A few minutes later, some guy calls me back and tells me how the girl was new and doesn't know about catering so they couldn't give me some of the items I ordered. I reminded him that it wasn't her fault, as it was THEIR website where I got the info. Wrongly blaming your employees - not good! Next he calls back again and saying that the girl made a mistake and they only cater for 25 and above. I told him to check his website - it said 20 people for Gold package, and it wasn't the HER fault. Hopefully, they've changed the site now. I was ready to cancel, but my husband said to go ahead with the changes in food and number of people because the food was really good in the past. Well, this time the food quality had decreased. The eggplant was not cooked. The food was also not for 25 people. It was a lot less than what we have received in the past for 20 people. Needless to say - we will not be catering from Zauq ever again. Customer service and food quality have gone down. read more