Zest Indian Kitchen + Bar

"Everything we ordered was delicious. It was served family style. The service was great. The place was clean. It had a place for kids to run around outside."

"My husband loved the lamb.. I'm vegan... very pleased with the vegan options. Service was outstanding even though we came in closed to closing. Husband really liked that this was an affordable meal. I ordered along island iced tea and after 2 sips I was asking to add soda..10 out of 10 for us!"

"We have been out exploring new restaurants and came across this Indian restaurant. We have found a few very good ones down in Austin and had high hopes for this place. Unfortunately, we did not find it to be worthwhile to recommend or come back to. It's located in a strip mall with plenty of parking. We arrived right as the restaurant opened and were seated right away. When we go to a new restaurant, we usually try some foods we are familiar with just to get a sense of how good a restaurant is. Normally I we would order appetizers at an Indian restaurant, but we kept reading about the "Chicken 65" and we started off with that. They are deep fried pieces of chicken with a 'chili' sauce. The chicken chunks didn't taste very fresh and the sauce was very unimpressive. It's a large appetizer and could easily be shared by four people. But I wouldn't recommend; it was lightly covered with the sauce and the chicken didn't taste freshly cooked. For entrees we had Chicken Tikka and Rogan Josh along with the Garlic Naan bread. The chicken in our dishes seemed to taste very similar to the Chicken 65; a bit over cooked and not quite fresh. And the sauces were only slightly indistinguishable. Other than color, they both tasted very similar. We ordered every "medium" for a spice level but it was more like mild. And the naan bread tasted like something out of a package and not fresh. We had heard about this place but it really didn't live up how others described it. The service was quite slow; they seem to focus most of their time on filling "to-go" orders. You might be better off ordering to-go and then when you pick it up, asking to eat it at the restaurant. There are simply too many good Indian restaurants down in Austin to recommend this place and I would rather make the drive to get amazing food than just settle for average."

"The food was delicious but there were fewer choices compared to most indian buffets. Their fish curry was the most liked item. There was only one dessert which had dairy and we had a person w dairy allergy in our group so they couldn’t eat it. The ambiance was good and the restaurant was clean. Overall a decent experience."