Preserving heritage with an exotic fare of snacks and classical 1980s construction, the restaurant is one of the oldest in the area. Had a wonderful array of snacks like steamed rice cakes, banana dumplings, steamed eggs, mussels pakoda and the show stopper was egg pathiri. Finally topped up with Suleimani chai and Cashew cups...!
Zain’s hotel - popular snacks spot in calicut. They serve all varities of malabari snacks. I visited them post lunch so ordered their ela ada which is traditional kerala delicacy and chaiya. It tasted good and prices were affordable. I feel pity on myself for not trying their other dishes🥲 Do try them out if you’re looking for perfect high tea place.
The kadukka fry and kadukka roast....we drove from ernakulam to Calicut to eat these specials at Zain ....as always....love their food! I recommend it!
Fish biriyani is delicious . beef biriyani, beef was a bit hard. We had to wait for a minimum of 10 minutes to get attended by a staff . If service and infrastructure is improved this place can be a wonderful place to visit again.
The key to get the best of all the snacks served hot is to walk in after 3:30 or 4. You can see the section getting stocked up and you can go ahead pointing on the delicacies you want to be served.
Killer snacks, and during ramzan time the menu just gets extravagant.
Close to the beach.
Parking is very tricky.
Sometimes you will have to wait to get seated in weekends.
The ambience and service is very good. The chairs may not be too comfortable to sit for longer period to enjoy the meal.
Good place to experience the kozhikodan snacks. Very neat and clean area. You can see the glimpse of the kitchen. You can try once if you like to try the kozhikodan vibavangal from a home food style.
You dont feel like eating from a busy hotel.
One of the good restaurants in Calicut with lots of tradition. I think they lost their traditional taste a little bit (on my own recent experience)and it’s visible in the number of customers. Recently I had Chicken Kuruma here but I fell it just as a Chicken Curry, nothing special or like Kuruma.Otherwise I feel not great but feels like a “Homely food”
Zainthatha's prawn biryani is very famous and needs no review. My friend who has been having it from school days took me there. Also tried the mutton biryani and other amazing kozhikodan items.
Well maintained and served with love.
A restaurant with authentic Calicut cuisine. Popular for their snacks, non vegetarian dishes, Biriyani. Now I could see a wide range of desserts and drinks as well. The quality of food is good and cost is reasonable. Try their mutton stew, irachi pathiri and kallummekaya.
Their savoury dishes and snacks are the ones that I would go back there for! Reach the spot by 5-6pm and you are in for a treat. While I had all the snacks they were offering (one of each), what caught my attention was a flattened egg dish. It was a boiled egg spiced up to perfection! Please do try this out.
The eatery is a quaint little family run hotel. There is a very homely vibe to the entire place. It is very elegant indeed. Like all the other places in Kozhikode, parking is an trouble nearby. If you’re lucky, you should get a spot though! Auto/two wheelers are always recommended.
Don’t forget to soothe your taste buds with their flavoured milks!
As for lunch and dinner items, I ate there, but there are definitely better places around for a full meal as I think.
Kalumakaya narachathu..( mussels stuffed fry) here is the best that you can ask for! .No one could in this city of great food could match the tasty snacks they serve.!
A very famous restaurant/home converted to a hotel.
A variety of snack items are famous. Amazing prawns curry and porotta. All dishes are very tasty. Just the toilet could be a little better and more spacious. Parking is also a challenge
Zain's. Situated in a calm lane near the kozhikode beach, this place offers some traditional malabar dishes.
We had chicken pathiri, Egg pathiri, squid fry, Beef roast, Briyani.
Every dish was cooked to perfection.!! 👌👌
Being an traditional building the ventilation was poor and we were sweating all through our presence there. 😢
Other than that a wonderful place to explore malabar cuisine. 👍
Prices were reasonable.
The famous zains hotel of kozhikode, serves the best of kozhikode snacks and puddings, the taste was really good and the prices affordable. Ideal time to visit is around 4 pm. Dining space is adequate but parking is limited. Try for the awesome snacks.
THE BEST !! NOTHING MORE NOTHING LESS!
Definitely a must visit place in Kozhikode. Try out their different snacks, everything was soooo yum!! Loved it.
I would recommend everyone to come with a empty stomach and try all of their snacks along with Milk tea/Lemon tea, wahh ! That will make your day.
To try all the famous Malabar snacks, one should definitely come here and I don't think any other place offers much better than this quality and taste ( may be apart from some of the road side chaya kadas ;)
Forgive the picture quality, was busy eating and forgot to take a picture in the beginning !! Could capture only with few snacks at the end, lol.
If you are really crazy about traditional malabar dishes, zains is a good option. great ambiance and service.
You will get authentic malabar food here... especially snacks..had chatti pathiri,irachi pathiri,pazham nirachath,pathiri and chicken stew. .chatti pathiri was delicious!!..good and fast service...not air conditioned.
After one of the regular friends get together we all visited this place and had evening tea from here. The coffee was good. But the tea was not served hot. Snacks we ordered were tasty and yummy. These people serve almost every malabar tea time snacks. Must try their Irachi pathiri.
there...located close to the main Kozhikode beach, this is by far the best place to have muslin delicacies native to the region. Had a wide variety of snacks which are filling in quantity that by the time main course comes you wonder what is beyond heaven...never ever miss it if ur near this city
One of the best foodie place in Calicut.
They have the best snacks.
If you are planning for a quick snack, try this place out… its worth visiting.
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