Zayna in City of London, Westminster

Michelin quality food served simply and with obvious pride. A self described family restaurant, Zayna stands tall among the other London greats.

Simply the Best! I reside in Los Angeles and have been dining at Zayna on every trip to London since they opened. I would never miss dinner at Zayna! Outstanding food. Warm, welcoming service. Great environment. They are simply the best - in all ways.

Gorgeous meal and lovely staff. The main guy serving us (possibly owner/manager) was super helpful and nice - we went with all his recommendations and it was absolutely delicious.

The food and everything was good however a service charge of a service we didn’t receive is ridiculous as the waiter took our order and brought it over didn’t check on us, to say they have a Michigan star of food and have awful service don’t get my wrong the food was 10/10 and I’d be back again but for a 250£ dinner I’d like to get my moneys worth in service

Zayna is the best Pakistani Restaurant we have ever been to while traveling the world and definitely our favorite restaurant on earth. Incredible delicious food , friendly staff and a warm welcoming atmosphere. My teenagers and I always eat at Zayna Restaurant when we are in London and we keep coming back from Germany to this fantastic place.

These restaurant are rubbish and cheaters, they are some kind of restaurant that take a lot of money and cheat customers. I ordered a falooda and they sent me a piece of ice cre

This is really the best south asian food in the area. Every dish was extremely tasty dishes… especially the daal soup (not makhani).

The place is very nice, very friendly service. Food is very good.

Una deliciosa experiencia de sabores. Es muy recomendable para toda la familia. La atención es muy amable y respetuosa.

Sehr gutes Essen und sympathische Bedienung. Hier kommen wir bei einem nächsten Londonbesuch gerne wieder vorbei. Können wir jederzeit weiterempfehlen!

Outstanding in every way. Great food and excellent service.

Food was excellent. Service was very polite and tentative to our needs.

We have returned to this excellent London restaurant 3 times over a 10 year period when we are visiting and have been delighted by the excellent food and service every time. The food is Pakistani and Indian and prepared with care, the flavors are delicious and the environment small and intimate.

Great food and attentive service a real delight, we will be back 👍

Service was amazing, the atmosphere was great and we had a lovely time

As a Pakistani, I have never had such good desi food in any country i have been to. The staff was super nice especially the the staff member Sajjad. He was very nice. The food was beyond good.

Just amazing. Everything was 10/10

Décor sobre, accueil sympa et nourriture au top, pas un indien de plus à Londres mais un bon indien ! Le rapport qualité prix est plus que raisonnable, fortement recommandé

This is a small, cosy space serving fresh, good food. The service is friendly and attentive and there is a lovely light atmosphere. I have just enjoyed my first visit and will go back as soon as I can.

We are Americans who discovered this restaurant in 2013, and have eaten here many times since. Despite the fact that we had not visited since 2019 due to Covid, the owner remembered us and we were warmly greeted. The menu is wide ranging and varied, including Tandoori dishes. Lovely atmosphere and caring service. The breads are particularly outstanding! There are cocktails, mock tails, and wine.

We have been to Zayna many, many times, and this time we were somewhat disappointed by the quality of the food, especially the naan, which was a crispy cracker texture, not the soft, bready quality of traditional naan (which is how we've had it before at Zayna). Not sure what is happening to the bread preparation, but this was not naan. The staff was very nice and comped us the one glass of beer we had ordered, but we would much rather have had the naan they served in the past.

Super nette Bedienung und tolles Essen . Vorallem die Indische Küche ist überragend . Gute Location in der Innenstadt .

In our visit to London, we ate here twice because it was so good. Do not miss the samosas, the crust is outstanding. The food is fresh and flavorful. The sevice is great and the restaurant has a lovely interior.

Our dining experience at Zayna was perfect. it is the second time i go there and it never disappoints. the ratio quality / price is very good, the food is delicious for good value we had samosas and chaat, followed by grilled chicken tandoori and chicken in almond sauce from the pan, paired with rice and peshwari naan, cannot go wrong

Excellent food, service and a lovely atmosphere. A must if you like Pakistani/India cuisine .

Best Pakistani food I have eaten.

Too pricy for portions sizes and taste was below average

Truly exceptional food that was clearly prepared with great care. Immaculate surroundings and very good service. Highly recommend.

Outstanding food and First Class service. Wonderful restaurant which never disappoints.

One of the best restaurants I have ever tasted.

The best Pakistani restaurant in London.

We tried this restaurant after we saw the reviews and the only 2 reasons were: #1. It was only 2 miles from where we were #2. They had eggplant pakoras. BAD Choice!! I wish we hadn’t come! I asked the pakora to be made not too crispy, soft, with just a little crisp- they made it crisp. It was a little hard to bite into it. The couple sitting next to us, had worse pakoras!; his knife and fork almost got away from him as he was trying to cut it! I was looking forward to the lamb biryani-one of the WORST biryanis I’ve ever had! It seems the rice was freshly made, out of the container and they just mixed it with lamb marinated with spices! The mutter paneer was good but contained a little too much oil! The bengan bharta was not to my husband’s liking-could have made it better at home he stated! The raita was average. I liked the achar tray, but it was of small quantity, in little containers. I liked the mango chutney the most- it contained black sesame seeds and cumin seeds , which I liked! The portions were small though and nothing like you’d find in the USA. The gulab jamun was below average, nothing great about them! My husband’s falooda, good but of small size! The masala soda was reasonably good, but, I’ve had better! This place is NOT worth your money!!! The servers don’t even smile ; the man with the beard looks like he wasn’t even happy to do his job!b I got the impression that they hurry to have the food prepared as fast as possible, which defeats the purpose, of pleasing hungry diners! The only really good thing I liked was that the restaurant was clean, even the female bathroom, but, much smaller than you’d find in the USA. The lesson here is 1. Being on a list of one of the 10 best Pakistani restaurants is no indicator of delicious food!! 2. Indian food in England is NOT necessarily better than the USA!!

A stones throw away from the busy Bond Street and a gem of a restaurant. A wide range of veg and non-veg dishes as well as a host of vegan dishes. You need to try the murgh taka tak and the chops are worth the trip alone. Restaurant was busy but service was good and the waiting staff were attentive.

We have been coming to Zayna on each visit to London for the past 10 years or so. Food is fantastic, service is great and the ambiance makes it a wonderful dinner experience.

Food was authentic and service was good. Nice to see authentic dishes like Harissa rarely found outside of Pakistan.

Very good food, the portions are perfect and the food arrived quickly. The staff is very helpful. It is, however, a bit pricey but worth it

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My first return since they refurbed. Space works better and food remains great. I loved one in c the specials of the day - Dahl made from two sorts of lentils. Service excellent. And not too pricey.

Nice ambience excellent service. Would recommend the shalimar chicken and naan.

The good thing about this place is how consistent they are,,,in being average. Zayna is one of the most average restaurants I have ever been to in London. I mean there was nothing good or bad to talk about this place. We went to Zayna on a weekend night and the place was almost full. Good thing we booked ahead. One thing that struck out was there was no customer with an Indian or Pakistani background. This to me is a sign that the food wasn't authentic enough. Nonetheless our hope that this place would be a good British Indian/Pakistani restaurant was dashed when they brought out the food. The chaat was fine but it was only drenched in yoghurt sauce and lacked the tamarind sauce and mint sauce which are also expected to be drizzled on top. The salmon tandoori starter was just okay. The salmon though felt fresh didn't have the flavour one expects from a good tandoori. The portion was also really small. The mains were relatively better but not by a lot. We ordered the chickpea curry, prawns masala, naan and mushroom rice. Chickpea curry was like, surprise average and I can definitely make a better Chickpea curry than what this was. Mushroom pulao rice was okay. Prawn masala was the only thing that tasted right but was loaded with oil that kind of kills the mood. At the end the experience is not worth it for me. The value for the money spent was not good so I can't recommend this place. Maybe non-Indians might like this place but to be honest there are many better British Indian restaurants in London that can satisfy both Indian and non-Indian customers really well. I will say skip this one.

Ein fantastischer Abend Sehr freundlicher Service, sehr gepflegtes Restaurant. Wir haben fantastisch gut gegessen (Lamm, Hähnchen und Garnelen - also ein wenig quer durch das Angebot) Uns hat jedes Gericht sehr gut geschmeckt und wir haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt . Schöne ruhige Lage am Rande des Hyde Parks

When you out and about I'm London and looking for a halal place to eat this zayna is one of the best place to have piping hot desi food. Butter chicken is delicious

7/10 overall Mixed grill 7/10 lamb chops excellent. Lamb ghosti 6/10 Poppadoms and dip 4.5/10 Garlic naan 9/10 Mango lassi 9/10 Location 5/10 Service 8.5/10 helpful and friendly but forgot the rice. £62 after 50% off the fork festival.

Authentic Pakistani food in the heart of London. Excellent service and a good wine menu. Will definitely return to explore the rest of the menu.

Fantastic. Excellent food and service was high quality while not being pretentious. Staff were having a good time and seemed comfortable whilst we ate our excellent food. Well spiced with premium ingredients, upmarket takes on classic curry house dishes. Hard to find this sort of place in central London! Will definitely return!

Quality food. Excellent service Must try if your in the area , thank you 😊

My to go place when I crave authentic Indian/ Pakistani food. The place is packed for dinners , reservation recommended.

We orderded bakora ,sambosa vegtibale,chiken biryani and lamb kebab evrey thing was exuesite perfect deleciouse

Ordered the Keema naan and the chicken Karahi which was lovely. Had to remind the waiter to bring us the drinks as they forgot. Other than that the place is good and the atmosphere was nice.

Very expensive. Food is good & delicious but quantity is very less and each item serving is very less. We already had an early evening food therefore it went fine otherwise people who are planning to have satisfying portion should check first.

Food was so delicious and all brought out in a timely manner. Service was amazing and the waiter was really helpful & ensured we didn’t order more than we could eat! We all loved our meals.

Very expensive for what you receive. We ordered several dishes to share - be careful that all dishes arrive! Biryani failed to arrive with accompanying vegetable curry dish - which I didn't realise at the time as had several dishes on the table. Mutter Paneer was £20 - honestly - 4 pieces of paneer and tiny - as were all dishes. Wine was ok. Atmosphere was ok. As you can tell it was all 'ok' - but nowhere to rush back to! Plenty of other authentic places to eat which may be similar prices or even more expensive - but definitely better value for money. Sorry Zanya - but you need to up your game.

Le restaurant est facile d’accès en transport en commun qui sont très proches, situé dans un quartier très chic de Londres. Les plats étaient très bons mais pas copieux, surtout au prix qu’ils coûtent…bonne ambiance dans le restaurant. Les serveurs étaient sympas et à l’écoute, dommage qu’ils soient pressés de débarrasser la table à peine après avoir posé la fourchette. Les plats principaux ne sont pas servis avec les accompagnements (qui doivent être payés à part..)

We were the only customers, perhaps because it was a Thursday evening, fairly early, and raining heavily. The atmosphere in an empty restaurant weighs heavily. Of course, we can't fault the service because the poor waiter had nothing else to do but look after us, and his suggestions and good humor were much welcomed. The food was okay; nothing bad, nothing amazing, everything just fine, except for the fabled lamb chops: one was okay, the other was basically all gristle and almost no meat. Highlight was the chicken shalimar; would order that again. The Cobra came in a glass that wasn't clean (mango chutney around the rim!) but otherwise the hygiene seemed okay. Perhaps on busy night this place might be fun.

Negatives were that they were in a rush to take my plates away. Despite me saying leave them one of them quickly grabbed it and took it. They also sell alcohol and when a Muslim establishment sells alcohol I choose to not support their business. I will not be visiting again. The food was decent but nothing outstanding.

Had a big group booking here recently Including children and adults (15 adults + kids). The communication was very good throughout and found the staff very helpful. We had to opt for a set menu given the group size which i was hesitant about. But the food was very good and the waiters ensured they're refilled any dish which we wanted more of. Great spot in great location

I dined here a while back and did not think the food was as great as people say it is. The atmosphere and service was also very poor. I hope it has improved since then as it’s disappointing to have dined at a place that’s rated very well with customers in the local area.

Lovely place just near Marble Arch, we were running late so called to inform them no problem, good choice in the concise menu and full of flavours when our main dishes arrived. Good service and portions were reasonable.

I have been coming to Zayna for years now and always found it to be a very pleasant experience with great food. Yesterday’s experience was quite different. The food was not fresh we have the tak a tak chicken which was congealed and mediocre with hardly any spice. We had the balti gosht which hardly had any flavour. None of this food tasted fresh. It looked like it had been warmed up in the microwave. We ordered the palak aloo but had to send it back as it was sooo bad. It was just unsalted green slimy liquid. The tandoori roti was like a poppadum. The chana chaat portion was abysmal. The seated was so cramped with barely any space between the tables. Passing between tables was almost impossible and I’m a very petite thin person. What was supposed to be a nice celebration was ruined. There was no ventilation so the smoke and smell from the grilled food that other customers caused coughing fits. The fish started was nice but the tamarind sauce was like water. I don’t think I’ll be visiting again.

Simply divine and delicious! Amazing indian food! Each time a pleasure, never disappointed!

Tasty, with very good service. Only issue is that the portions are small.

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Great food so no complaints there. Staff could be friendlier. We weren’t shown to our table, it was pointed out to us. The maitre’d was not friendly or forthcoming. We asked for our coats to be taken, they didn’t know which coats we had when we were leaving. Our waiter either couldn’t hear us or didn’t understand what we were saying. As Pakistani’s ourselves, we enjoyed the food but some dishes were better than others. The chicken karai is REALLY hot!

Delicious food and a warm welcome. The chef has a light hand and the food tasted fresh, bright, and not too salty as many Indian restaurants seem to over salt their dishes. They had many vegan and vegetarian dishes too. The only fault was some of the diners were really noisy - not their fault at all. I'd definitely return and bring friends.

Unremarkable food, expensive for the amount of food served.

My husband and I visited from the states and LOVED the food here. We ordered the mixed grill platter, samosas, chicken karhai, chicken biryani, and garlic & cheese naan. Especially recommend the biryani! The service was also great, they were all very kind and efficient.

Lovely restaurant. Very good food and good service.

I really loved the ambiance and food. Service was top notch and a must visit place if u want to grub some amazing Pakistani cuisines. 🍲👍🏻

Zayna is an absolute treat. Excellent restaurant with fantastic service. Great vegetarian and vegan option. Cannot recommend this enough!

Food was nice but small portion.

Zayna is a hidden gem! My dining experience there was absolutely delightful. The ambiance is cozy and inviting, perfect for a romantic dinner or a special celebration. The staff was incredibly friendly and attentive, making us feel right at home. The food was a true culinary adventure. Each dish was beautifully presented and bursting with flavor. I couldn't get enough of the mouthwatering cuisine. The taste was out of this world, and the lamb chops were so tender and flavorful. The dessert was the perfect ending to our meal - the Kulfi was the best I've ever had! Zayna has become my go-to spot for a taste of the Mediterranean. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for an unforgettable dining experience. I'll definitely be returning soon!

Far and away one of my favorites in London. I’ve been visiting Zayna for many years when I’m in the city and no matter how long it’s been they greet me like family. Truly a home away from home.

Amazing institution to discover North-Indian and Pakistani cuisine. I would definitely recommend for an intimate dinner

The best meal I have ever experienced:)

The food was excellent as always and the staff attentive, but not in the way

I really did not enjoy my dinner at Zayna. I had only 1 night layover in London and was craving great Indian food that London has so much of! Zayna was nearby and based on Open Table reviews seemed ok. It really was very average and may be even below average. - food taste (we have better options even in miami) - portions were half of what you typically get in any Indian restaurant even such places as Tamarind in NYC - service seemed like we were bothering them by being there - ambiance was warm and cozy (upstairs). Downstairs room smells like bathroom Overall, I will not recommend or bookmark it for next trip. Really a waste of time

Zayna never disappoints. It is one our favorite restaurants in London. A real gem!

We loved Zayna! We would recommend Zayna to a friend.

A beautiful location, service was superb, and the butter chicken was absolutely delicious. Will definitely revisit on next trip to London.

Fantastic food and atmosphere a truly special location

Welcoming and attentive staff and a very pleasant ambience.

Fabulous food and excellent service! Would definitely return! Bit pricey but worth it!

My favorite Indian restaurant from my most recent trip to London. The Lahore Chunai (similar to chana masala) was excellent — especially loved the sautéed onions added as a garnish. Plenty of well labelled vegan and vegetarian options. Look forward to returning on my next trip.

I eat here every time I come to London! The food is really fresh which is not true of most Indian restaurants. The flavors are also excellent. Try the Kutchoomer salad. Amazing, simple. We haven’t had anything on the menu that I wouldn’t recommend. The wait staff is wonderful and helpful with their recommendations. Today we got there and met Riz the owner. As expected, he cares about his food, clientele, and staff. I have traveled the world and as far as Pakistani / North Indian Zayna is by far the best. High end food but no air of stuffiness here. Good people making really exceptional food for a wonderful experience.

Zayna was a very pleasant surprise. It was very well recommended by a friend and definetely exceeded expectations. the ambience is lovely, the decorations really pretty and the staff was very attentive. we ordered samosas and chaat to share, outstanding tamarind sauce. the as mains grilled chicken with tandoori spices and a spinach and lamb stew with some pilau rice and delicious peshwari naan. Had to order more naan to finish off the dips! very pleasant experience; will definetely go back and recommend around! Hidden gem!

Good local restaurant, food was very nice, portions not huge for the price, service good and attentive

A varied but very average wine list from a quality perspective

Great food in a Cosy „family“ atmosphere with superior service

This was an evening that didn't disappoint. The food was delicious and brilliantly prepared and presented. The website was true to it's word. The waiters could not do enough for us. Will definitely visit again when we are in town.

Lovely food took my family here lovely service

Very tasty food, 10/10 service highly recommended!

Extremely bad service and not friendly. Food is ok. I don’t recommend this place; London has a lot of good south asian restaurants with far better service and food.

Excellent food with authentic Pakistani taste. Loved the balance of taste and presentation.

I loved the food!! Super super tasty and the waiters were so nice! My friend and I will recommend this to everyone! We got a vegetarian dish and a lamb dish with pilau garlic rice and normal naan. Delicious

Food is not good, the beryani and shrimp felt like it’s a microwave meal

delicious food and great service!

Food was delicious and well seasoned. Service was excellent and would recommend as a great halal choice in London.

Amazing restaurant, food is excellent. I recommand. I came to paris everytime in london and this restaurant is my first step !

This place was amazing. Only review I’ll ever leave but their chaat was the best chaat I’ve ever had.

A place we just can recommend with amazing food !!