Zauq

Zauq is the best restaurant I have ever been to. I came to the restaurant after I saw their videos on tiktok. The food, service, ambiance everything is just the best. Their hakka food is best in all GTA. Customer service is so good and they takecare of you so nice. I came with my friends for dine-in and I loved their Zauq Chowmein and Chilli paneer, such a good combination. The manager is also awesome!!!! Definitely recommended to everyone!!!!!! Its two hundred percent worth the hype it has on Tiktok. Definitely coming back with family next time

Amazing experience! One of the nicest restaurant we have been to in a long time. The food and the ambiance both are amazing. We ordered few different dishes. Service time was very quick. Food taste amazing, peaceful environment and start member are very helpful. Price seems fine but they add service charge. Sometimes people want to give more tips but when u already added them, some people don’t bother. Can be improved on this. Though I paid the staff with extra cash tip. Recommended.

Was recommended to come here very strongly. It was a 45 minute drive but I am absolutely glad I came. I travel all over eastern North America and other parts of the world for work and this was an excellent experience and some of the best Tikka Masala I've had. The staff is extremely friendly and warm and the young lady that helped me was always smiling when she was at my table. I am definitely coming back on my meet trip to Toronto and will be telling everyone I know about it. I was absolutely full after my meal and the convinced me to try a dessert. I took one bit and next thing I knew it was gone. I would give it more stars than 5 if I could.

I was firstly impressed by the ambiance. The rustic decor gave a fresh and vibrant feeling of being outside in a tropical place. Lighting was perfect and aided in setting the right mood.... relaxed. The food is AMAZING. We had the fish for appetizer and lamb for main course and was blown by the taste as well as the quantity. The appetizer is enough for 6 persons and lamb could comfortably feed 3 mouths . Kudos to the chef! kudos to the servers and the receptionist as the great service was the cherry on top!

Absolutely amazing food.. went there by accident but totally happy we dined in for some amazing food. Restaurant is beautiful and spectacular interior. Every dish we ordered was fantastic. Special mentions to the Shrimp65 and short ribs .. their fries were super crispy and such a delight. I do wish they were a little better with their service. Staff could be friendlier and shouldn't have to wait as long as we did before having someone attend to us at the front desk. Overall would highly recommend going for the food and atmosphere!!

Firstly the ambience is so warm and welcoming! The food tastes nice and everything comes in a big serving. The extensive menu, on top of a the many meat and vegetarian options, includes many hakka recipes. Staff are attentive. Vegetarian options: A lot of vegetarian options

I wish I could give them 5 stars. We went for dine-in brunch at this location based on the recommendation from a very good friend. This is one of the best places for meat lovers!!! The quality of food is really really good!!! But then why 3 stars? Here we go - The location of this restaurant is very good, right on the intersection of 2 major roads. Ample parking space due to the plaza. However, it seems that they do not have regular snow cleaning. Not sure about handicapped accessible parking since everything was covered with snow but I am really hoping that there should be at least a couple of spaces since it's part of a plaza. There is NO handicapped accessible entrance and NO handicapped accessible washroom. This is where they lose their 1 star. However, the ambiance is amazing and the washrooms were very clean and smelled good. Please all the pictures posted and I am sure you would love to go for dine-in. We also like how they had all the cutlery right next to you so that they do not have to worry about asking and we do not have to wait. Just grab what you need. They had 1 high chair for children so if you have more than 1 kid then it is better to call and confirm before you show up. The dine-in starts with their salad and 2 sauces. We really liked both of them. Neither too sweet nor too spicy which is perfect!!! The food was the best part of our experience. We had 1 soup,1 starter, 1 main main course entry and 1 Briyani. All of them amazing!! The quality of the chicken and paneer was really good. The taste was well blended and not too spicy which we asked for. The Briyani was the star dish since it was not dry at all and the rich flavors just exploded as soon as we ate it!!! The paneer was really good as well. The soup and starter met the expectations. The quantity of all the items was really nice, we brought 2 containers of food home with us. This also justifies their price which may look a bit on the heavy side. The serving time was reasonable neither super quick nor too late. All in all, the food overall exceeded our expectations and the presentation of all the items was really nice. Kudos to the chef for the great preparations as well as presentation. The staff was really nice. They helped us in deciding our order since it was our first time. They were also always available whenever we needed them as well as they kept checking on us if we needed anything. The only part where we were super disappointed was the way how they added Gratuity in the bill and did not tell. We were very happy so we added tips as well not knowing it was already part of the bill. This is why they lost the second star, we are not sure if this is now a common practice or if it was a miss from our end. It's been a long time since we had done a dine-in. They could have skipped the tip option when we were doing the payment since the Gratuity was already a part of the bill or they could have told us that Gratuity is already included so tip accordingly. Nevertheless, we were very happy and didn't mind paying $70 for $50 food. But we just wanted to share this here so that everyone else is well informed. Copy of the receipt attached for reference.

We hadn’t come here for a while and we’re pleased to see they have renovated the restaurant. It was extremely busy. HOWEVER… despite how wonderful the food was, paying at the very end was surprising. You don’t pay at the table, you pay at the cashier. Your bill appears on the screen. There is a 10% gratuity added automatically. Thinking this was too small for the server we asked the cashier if that was the tip for our server. He explained that no, this was a mandatory gratuity for the dishwashers that the management has implemented. I’ve never heard of a restaurant doing this, as most servers will give a portion of their tips to kitchen staff generally. This also meant that you now give 15-20% tip to the server PLUS this additional 10%. The manager was not available but the cashier offered me their card to call them tomorrow. I thought this was shallow, because this was never disclosed at all until the end. No signs or literature posted. The cashier told me it was at the back of the menu, and showed me, it was under “drinks” in smaller font. Again, deceiving and not reasonable, especially because I highly doubt that the dishwashers actually see this money as a tip, but rather as their wages. Sadly, this is Very misleading and unethical for a restaurant to do this. SERVICE: It’s busy, they are short staffed so service is a bit slow. The servers are really nice though and doing their best. Aman was our server and she was great! FOOD: the food was even better than I remember. It was served hot, fresh and so flavourful. Real authentic food! Everything was cooked to perfection. The naan were the best I’ve had anywhere so far. PRICE: Reasonably priced and very good menu choices. BEWARE: there is a non disclosed 10% gratuity for “dishwashers” on your bill. MENU: A huge variety of food ranging from Pakistani, Indian and Asian. Excellent choices available. WASHROOMS: Semi-clean.. no soap at all available to wash your hands. The washroom is modern but was not serviced. Not sure how the staff wash their hands properly with no soap. Women’s washroom was the same according to my wife. OVERALL: I would normally highly recommend it here. It’s a great atmosphere and the food is amazing. However, the sneakiness of adding a gratuity at the end is very shady, and leaves me to never return. This place would have been rated better based on the food quality, but they ruined their reputation by being shady. I recommend making reservations as it is very busy.

Excellent ambience, yummy food, Zauq platter was very good, Shrimp 65 was our favourite. Would’ve given 5 stars but butter chicken could’ve been better in terms of flavour and all food could’ve been spiced up a little more. Otherwise great. Would definitely come again!

The decor of the restaurant is vibrant and the ambiance is good. The food was delicious, aromatic and fresh. The best indo pakistani food I’ve ever tasted so far. There’s one thing which is very unique I’ve experienced at Zauq is that there’s a rack for utensils like plates, cutlery and glasses adjacent to every table encouraging self service.