About Zaiqa
Cooked today. Never reheated from yesterday.
Zaiqa opened in 2016 with one tandoor, six tables and a biryani recipe from Lahore.
We still cook the way we did then. Rice is washed at dawn, meat arrives chilled every morning and nothing waits overnight. That is why our prices are a few dirhams above the cheapest plate on the street — and why people come back.
Our hygiene standards
Grade A kitchen
Inspected by the municipality, certificate on the wall.
Oil changed daily
Fryer oil is tested and replaced every morning.
Gloves and hairnets
Every cook, every shift. Hands washed on the hour.
Open kitchen
You can watch your order being made from the counter.
Fresh every day
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05:00 Rice and dough
Basmati is soaked and the naan dough is kneaded before sunrise.
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08:00 Meat delivery
Halal chicken, beef and mutton arrive chilled from the same butcher since 2016.
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12:00 Coals are lit
The grill burns real charcoal from noon until the last order.
