Zayeqa
29208 Orchard Lake Rd, Farmington Hills, MI, 48334
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Address :
29208 Orchard Lake Rd
Farmington Hills, MI, 48334 - Phone (248) 851-5557
- Website https://www.zayeqa.com/
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Opening Hours
- Mon :11:30 am - 9:00pm
Specialities
- Takes Reservations : No
Delivery : No
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Lunch
Parking : Private Lot
Bike Parking : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : No
Attire : Casual
Ambience : Divey, Casual
Noise Level : Average
Alcohol : No
Outdoor Seating : No
Wi-Fi : No
Has TV : No
Waiter Service : No
Caters : Yes
Categories
Chinese Cuisine
The popularity of Chinese food in America can be adjudicated by the appearance of China Town in many major cities in the United State of America. The popular trend of ordering or opting for Chinese take away food isn't unknown in America. Chinese take away food comes to rescue when you're too tired from work or too exhausted to cook. No one can resist the temptation of eating spicy noodles, shrimp, chicken, beef or pork cooked in the sweet and spicy sauce. The cooking method of authentic Chinese food is a lot different compared to what is served in America.
Generally, Chinese use dark meat small bones and organs to cook dishes but this changes when you are eating American-Chinese fusion food prepared using white boneless meat cooked with broccoli, carrots and onions. Back in China, the food is less spicy and oily as they favor steaming and braising method for cooking the most popular dishes. So, if you have a taste for authentic Chinese food, then try finding a real Chinese restaurant in the city. You can also try the most popular fusion Chinese food like Pecking Duck, Chicken Feet, Hot Pot, Shrimp Dumpling Soup, Mapo Tofu, Wontons, Chop Suey, Egg Rolls and not to forget Fortune Cookies.
There are not many restaurants in America serving authentic Chinese food. A little research on Restaurant Listings directory can help you locate the best Chinese restaurants in the city. Chinese cuisine is continuously evolving, and you can find a variety of dishes categorized as the food for lactose intolerant, gluten intolerant, vegan, vegetarian, and diabetic friendly. So, if you have a group of friends with different taste patterns, save the hassle and visit the nearest Chinese restaurant in your city.
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Aron B.
This is certainly a go-to place for me whenever I'm in the Farmington Hills area, and fortunately for me (and for Zayeqa!), my brother and sister-in-law live in Farmington Hills! So that's a good thing! With Zayeqa, you really ought to free your mind a bit and come at it with a "less is more" attitude. This is most certainly *not* highbrow dining, but it certainly *is* great food. Is everything on the menu enjoyable by me? Of course not! However, there are many things which I enjoy, including things which I normally wouldn't try, but at these price points, it's hard not to. Their Achar Gosht is really, really satisfying. It's pieces of bone-in goat in a somewhat spicy sauce with several spices mingling together, as well as onions and green pepper atop with some cilantro and fresh ginger. The individual parts themselves are great, but together, served on the top of the included nan? Fantastic, or at least I think so (I even buy an extra nan for $1 so I can have enough to sop up all of the remains of the dish). The only caveat to the dish would be that the bone-in goat, while tasting fantastic, can often have tiny little pieces of bone in there, which one needs to be careful of when chewing. It's very avoidable, and should be nothing to make you shy away from the dish. I've worked my way around the menu a bit, but I do tend to come back to what I like. Truly, the place has a can-do attitude that's reminiscent of the early days of Neehee's in Canton. Yes, it's small and no frills, but the food hits you where you live, it's clean, the people are friendly, and the pricing structure is very affordable. Take it from me: I'm a known cheapskate! Don't let the humble scale of the place fool you. Take a small bit of risk, don't be afraid to ask for help in deciding what you'll like from the staff, and enjoy an affordable alternative to what you're used to. It ain't chain food, that's for certain...and may it never be.
(4)Saba A.
The best Desi food ever. I have been craving for a good home cooked meal and Zayeqa Just answered my wish. Thank u for this amazing food. It doesn't even seem like restaurant food rather like my Mom's cooked food. Definitely recommend to every one. And for Randy whose comment is below. Zayeqa basically means Taste :)) It's an Urdu word. Also for someone else who mentioned bat the Parathas being oily & all well that's how that king of bread is :) & as for the Bihari kebabs well they are more of a mushy kind of food :) For people who have never eaten such food , it definitely is different but in no time I'll start loving it:)
(5)Alan L.
What a thrill to have to another restaurant serving high quality and unusual food in the Detroit metropolitan area.
(4)Richard F.
I was on my way to visit a very sick friend who is in hospice care and knowing I would be there for a couple of hours I decided to grab a quick and cheap bite to eat on the way. Then I remembered Janelle's excellent and descriptive review of Zayeqa and decided to give it a go. The pictures that Janelle posted included Chili Chicken which is one of my personal favorites when it comes to Indian food, and so for a first visit, I thought I would try the version they serve at Zayeqa. I looked at the menu fairly carefully but I couldn't find it. So I looked again. Hmmmm.... not there. Then I looked under the "Chinese" dishes and there it was. Strange, I thought, because Chili Chicken is almost always on Indian menus and I had never seen it as such in Chinese restaurants. But I ordered it anyway. The woman behind the counter, and I assume she was the owner by the fact that she was yelling out instructions in her native tongue to the cooks,asked my first name and advised me to wait around 5 minutes. So I sat at the table and read the menu again in more detail, I would estimate that the extensive menu had around 2/3 to 3/4 traditional Indian dishes and the rest were Chinese; sort of. There were also things like lamb-burgers and hamburgers too.. Then I read the newspaper which was sitting on the table. It was the Muslim Times and it was in English. This is not what I normally read I thought, but I read it while I waited. I glanced around the restaurant. I was the only non Indian / Non Pakistani person in the place. That was a great sign I thought that the food would be good. And it was good. The woman behind the counter called my name and I went to the counter to pay. The Chili Chicken that came in one take out container with a large portion of rice in another. The entire deal cost just $ 4.95. That is a steal. That was less than Micky D's, I thought. While I was being rung up, another customer's order was finished also. There was some confusion about what items went with what order and the woman behind the counter apologized to the other patron saying something about a language problem because the cook was new and he spoke Bengali and didn't always understand her. Since I don't speak whatever she was speaking, I have no idea what was being communicated behind the counter, but it made for quite a comedic opera. So I sat down and opened up the take out style containers and removed the metallic coated covers from the tops of the Chili Chicken and the rice. As mentioned the rice was a very large portion; enough for two or three people. And the Chili Chicken was an ample portion as well. It was nice and tasty, fairly spicy and very flavorful. It had been made to order as all the dishes appeared to have been prepared for others. I really enjoyed. it. I will certainly go back to Zayeqa and try other items. The place is tiny with few seats and it is a kind of spartan do it yourself deal. You eat out of take out containers and this is no full service restaurant. But I enjoyed what seams to be very traditional and authentic food served by a friendly owner. Perhaps if Zayeqa continues to be popular, it will grow into a full service place, I don't know. But go knowing what to expect and enjoy the nice tastes.
(4)Ty D.
After flying all day on business to MI, I found this place on my trusted Yelp source, which happened to be close to where I was staying. I ordered the chicken tikka masala with nan. The tikka masala was great tasting. Loved it. I also ordered the chicken samosa which was a different version that I'm used to. This samosa was made with a phylo dough type crust. It was different, but very good. I loved it. If you're looking for a great pakastani food, look no further. Zayeqa is your place!
(4)Ayesha A.
Best indo-pak food around! Staff is friendly and quick. All the items on the menu are delicious! Have been back several times. Would definitely recommend to everyone!!
(5)King D.
I work near this place, and I have them for lunch at least twice a week. Love the food, the owners are really nice. Give them a try.
(5)M A.
The food is very good. Ever since I moved to MI, this became one of our fav restaurants . Tried out their beef biryani and Hakka noodles and loved it.
(5)Rabiya L.
I have tried lots of indo-paki food but this didn't really measure up. I tried bihari kabab, szechuan chicken, mongolian beef, haakah noodles, tandoori chicken and beef samosa, it all cost about $61, so price and portion were good. Now for the taste, szechuan chicken tastes like curry chicken with veggies, mongolian was not cooked all the way, the beef was tough to bite. On the other hand, bihari, was so soft, it seemed like it was a day or so old, sitting in the mixture or masala for a while, but taste was okay. Tandoori chicken and noodles were good but nothing special. I have had better. The food at this restaurant is edible, but not flavorfull. Making something less spicy shouldn't mean making it less flavorfull. Nousheen who took our order was really nice, and service time was quick. 3 star cuz they have a potential to be great!
(3)Suzann P.
I ordered the Chicken Manchurian, which was absolutely delicious, but really overpriced at $8.99 for 5 tiny Manchurian meatballs and a cup of rice. My husband and brother-in-law really enjoyed their Chicken Karahi and Achar Gosht. The naan is really delicious too. 4 stars for taste, 3 stars for value and environment.
(4)Abraham A.
Traditional Village style recipes. They do not accept credit or debit cards for orders less than 15usd and will hassle and bother you if your order is less than that and you don't carry cash. This happened to us twice. Service is a disaster so don't expect it. Food is decent.
(2)Pranjal N.
I don't even want to give one star rating to this. Biryani Is red in color and taste is like fried rice. Whoever said that the chicken tikka biryani was the best, i think those people didn't eat proper biryani yet. It was a bad experience, i don't know why it has 4 stars. :( and i found some wire in the biryani. I don't have a option to attach its picture. Bad experience.
(1)Wes Z.
The biryani is amazing. Their use of fresh ingredients and flavor combinations is amazing. This place is a no-frills restaurant. Don't expect China, service, glassware; the food is the star of the show. 4 stars because it's not full service. 5-star food!
(4)Marium S.
Shit ass place with a shit ass rude owner. Worst service in the world. There was a pice of long hair in my food and the owner acted like it was our fault. Hope this place closes soon.
(1)Randy G.
From the name of the place, it doesn't make you want to stop in and try it, but you should. However, when you do, be careful on what you try, some are very very good and others, well, you'll look at it and say, "Are you kidding me?" I started with the samosas, which were very typical samosas, nice fried crunchy flaky outside. Inside was filled with delicious spices, veggies, and potatoes. It wasn't the best I've every had, but it was still good. I then had the chicken hakka noodle. I know, it sounds like hakka lougy. It's far from that. This dish is unique into its own. The sauce is one that is not familiar and really allows you to try a new flavor. I highly recommend trying it. I also ordered the paratha, traditional bread with it. This they could have kept. It is very similar to nan at Indian restaurants, but it was flavorless and very oily. No point in this. My friend ordered the beef kabob, that's where we said "Are you kidding me?". It was a full bowl of rice along with two tiny skewers of beef. I'm not sure what the rice was doing there. There wasn't any sauce to eat it with and you may eat a little with the beef. He ended up with three quarters of a full plate of rice with nothing to do with it. They were all out of manchurian chicken, which is what I wanted. Maybe next time.
(4)Anthony B.
Came here for the first time today for lunch. They only take cash for orders under $15. A group of 8 of us dined in, they have a 2 burner stove, they make their bread to order, so It could take a while. I had the Bihari Kabob Roll, which is alike a Pakistani Schwarma, but spicier. It was good, but the meat was dry. Per the person in our work lunch group who recommended the place, most had either the Bihari Kabob Beef entrée for $6.99, which had a lot of meat and some bread on the side. They said it was tasty, and the meat was soft, not tender, but more mushy. Next time I think I will try a limburger for $3.99, and $1.00 more get a drink and fries. This place is right next to Burger King. They have free tap water for dine in, self serve pitchers in the drink fridge. They were disgustingly dirty with greasy fingerprints all over them.
(3)Natasha P.
UPDATE: I've increased their star rating from 2 to 3 stars because I had their mutton biryani, and some kebabs, at someones house for lunch, and both were good. The kebabs were soft without being mushy, and the biryani was tasty. I still think the biryani from Mirchi is better, but Zayeqa is definitely more value for money. I insisted on going to Zayeqa because they advertise Indian Chinese food, and that is a cuisine I have yet to find in the Michigan area. It was a huge disappointment. The kebabs and other food was decent but Indian Chinese was nothing like Indian or Chinese. We didn't even bring the left-overs home. My husband ordered a biryani which he said was nice and our friend ordered some kebabs, which were good. All in all though, I think I'd go somewhere else for that stuff. In the mean time, if you hear about some proper Indian Chinese please let me know. They are more a carry-out place than a dine in, with only 3 or 4 tables in the restaurant. Also, expect plastic and tin-foil dishes and plates etc.
(3)Viswanath P.
It was a dissapointing experience for me. chicken tikka biryani was the most hyped but a total disaster. For sometime i didnt realize if i was eating fried rice or biryani. Even the appetizer - chilli chicken was served as a curry and was very salty. Overall i can say- what went into the look didnt go into the taste
(1)L W.
Can not speak to their "chinese" menu but if you are a fan of nihari Zayeqa's is excellent! The naan is also very good, fresh and soft. Do not waste your time on the vegetable samosa it is nothing special, but the meat samosa are good as well. As others have mentioned you have to order at the counter, there are a few tables and it is serve yourself water from pitchers in a cooler. It is definitely not fancy, but excellent traditional indo/pak food. Also the employee who took my order was friendly and helpful when it came to deciding on an item that was sort of their specialty.
(4)Subhan M.
Beef bihari kabab, Bihari kabab roll, BBQ platter and mirror biryani were all good. They specialize in one of the softest naan I ever had. The naan tasted a little sweet which I thought made it more tastier. Raitha is just right - not too soft, not too spicy. Ali bhai and Akram bhai ( the cooks) are very nice people. The aunty who works in there is also very sweet. All in all a very good experience and I would definitely recommend everyone to go and have a try.
(5)Consumeration L.
I had really high hopes for this place because I saw photos on Instagram and read some of the positive reviews. I was expecting a trendy newer place with exciting dishes. I have been dying to find a local place that makes chicken 65. Not so much the case. It's a small carry out type place in a strip mall and its got a few tables to sit. It doesnt have a wait staff so it's all self serve as far as plates, water, etc. I ordered chicken tikka biryani and my wife got the chicken korma. Like the previous reviewer said about this biryani, it was basically bright red colored rice with very little flavor aside from just being spicy (hot) and cubes of chicken tikka which was decent but Ive had better. I was expecting the typical biryani with all those different spices you see at other places with chicken tikka added. Totally different and I was left wanting more. The korma was again, just ok. My wife was disappointed that the chicken had bones when the menu said it was boneless. The bones hardly had any meat on it. The sauce was decent but we've had ones with more flavor. We drove from Dearborn so it was disappointing to drive 30-40 minutes just to have mediocre Indian food when we live about 10 minutes away from 2 very good Indian restaurants. The menu on their website did not match the menu they had in the restaurant which seemed a lot smaller.
(2)Sheil S.
they have 2 types of chicken biryani (chicken biryani, and chicken tikka biryani). I tried the chicken tikka biryani to try something different. This was seriously the best biryani I've ever had in my life.
(5)Greg Y.
I really wanted to be blown away by the food here and honestly it was just okay. I came in on a Sunday night and ordered a few dishes carry out to share. I ordered a chili chicken, a chicken Hakka noodles and a "butter" chicken to go. First off, I enjoy spicy food but I found this to be a little too spicy "heat" wise with not enough other spices to balance out the "heat", meaning the "heat" level was very one dimensional, just plain "hot". I also thought the chicken itself was a little bit odd, all boneless dark meat in the chili chicken and noodles. The place had a few tables of Indian or Pakistani people eating there, which is a good sign and the owner lady that took my order was very nice and welcoming. I will try it again and perhaps suggest mine to be medium, but I hate doing that because I always end up with bland Americanized food when I do that at places. I also felt like while the prices are low, the serving size reflects the price. oh yeah btw the Nan and rice were very good.
(3)Wei O.
I was so mad when the previous KFC at this location closed. Then came Zayeqa replacing my friend chicken diet with a curry diet. The restaurant itself is tiny with 5-6 tables and not a whole lot of room to maneuver around. You know what they say though - little guys can pack hell of a punch. I never dine in but they are a self service restaurant with really friendly owners! I never felt more comfortable walking into a restaurant full of people speaking a foreign tongue. The food at Zayeqa mainly falls under two category, curry and sesame chicken...i mean Mughlai and Chinese!! The menu also include some western options such as burgers, fries and friend chicken. For appetizers, the samosa is a little different. Instead of the excess potato and peas, the chicken samosa is packed with shredded chicken and i can barely taste any potato or peas. Then there is the chicken 65. What is indian cuisine without an item on the menu ending in numbers! I like the rich flavor and the spicy kick of this boneless chicken entree disguising as an appetizer. When it comes to main entree, I highly recommend the tandoori chicken, Khadai chicken and butter chicken. You will be licking you fingers in no time while you search frantically for more naan or rice to go with the curry. One of the few item that ive find odd and have since added it to my do not order list is the beef kofta. They seem to be meat balls soaked in a plain watery gravy. One of the dishes i ordered on my first visit to Zayeqa was the Hakka noodles after reading the reviews. I might have been expecting a little too much but i did not find grounds for the noodle's raving praises. It was a little bland with a greasy after taste to it. The sze chuan chicken and chicken manchurian on the other hand definitely deserves a honorable mention. My tummy loves the food while my wallet like the prices, so i see no reason to complain. Ultimately i had to forgive zayeqa and give up the grudge against them for replacing my stress relieving KFC.
(4)Nick G.
I AM A FAN OF THE ESTABLISHMENT THIS Zayeqa rules. Everything I've got there has this no frills sort of vibe to it. Although a number of the traditional indian dishes like "chicken curry" were too salty, the beef kahari and the chili chicken are super tasty. So are the other things.... i don't remember what we got but it was cool. I hope you learn a lot from this review. Once I went here with a friend I hadn't seen in awhile and apparently I had a huge gash in the side of my head and I was bleeding all over the place! But the food was soo good i didn't even notice!!! how funny is that????? Janelle can tell you a lot more about this place than I can. But I hope you learned a lot from my experiences at this place!! The only reason I'm giving 4 stars to restaurants anymore is because I didn't feel like I wanted to die afterwards!!!
(4)Chris L.
How great is it that there is another place nearby that serves food with enough kick that I actually had to excuse myself while eating to attend to my spice induced leaky nose? Pretty F'ing great! Extra bonus for not having to do a song and dance and plead pretty please with sugar on top to actually get it that way. Nope. Walk in, order, and experience mouthgasm. Will start with the slight bump on the road that veered me off the path to 5 stars. The bihari kabob roll was indeed gigantic. I ordered the beef version and I found it a little too tough and chewy and over cooked. In fact I was kind of wondering if what I got was mutton or goat. While it was too over done for my taste the flavor profile was just fantastic. The dryness however made me dump the entire container of that mint cilantro sauce stuff over it. I don't really like that stuff much as a personal preference either, which goes to show how desperate I was to lube up the meat somewhat. Still good enough I would try it again and hope for a little more moisture. The chili chicken is different looking to my current favorite at Namaste which is more or less sauceless. It actually looked a lot like a typical sugary sauce drenched item from an average Chinese place and I felt a twinge of panic upon opening the lid. This panic was immediately dispelled as soon as I got a fork full into my mouth. Muy bueno. Great tangy hot flavor bursting with fresh ginger. The chunks of chicken were cooked perfectly and I was trapped in a masochistic vicious cycle of being too impatient to let the dish cool down because the food was still steaming hot out of the wok and increasingly burning my tongue and not caring because I wanted another taste of heaven sooner rather than later. Totally sublime. I think Namaste is my favorite still but it's almost an apples to oranges comparison as the dishes are so different. The chicken hakka noodles were another 5 star item. You can forget how good noodles can be because dishes like this are not easy to come by. So good and F'ing spicy, even for me, and I consider my self a bit of a spice whore. It's pretty rare for me to react to how spicy something is but Zayeqa got me with this dish. But the key is it is delicious AND spicy not just jammed full of one note heat for heat's sake 2 dimensional flavors. Random bonus nugget: Try the Pakola cream soda. I have never had one before and it is this great unexpected mashup of cream soda, sprite and mint. I bought 2 extra cans to take home with me. Gonna have to find a place that sells this stuff.
(4)Vic D.
My one-n-only Yelp friend wrote an interesting review of this place, so I thought I'd risk life and limb on Orchard Lake Road for a solo dinner. It's got a lot of potential, but I found a few rough edges. Zayeqa is tiny. Seats about two dozen, and they'd better like one another. There's no hiding here. I wanted the chicken jalfrazi, but the friendly guy behind the counter (the whole place oozed friendliness) said that they were out of it. (He'd warned me as I approached that they were out of some items; I only wish my luck with the lottery was this good.) He suggested that I instead try achari chicken, which he said was much like the jalfrazi. I took him at his word, and he said it would be about 15 minutes. After about 10 minutes, he called me up to the counter and told me it was ready. The dish was redolent of ginger -- a good sign -- but was a little light on the chicken. The accompanying nan (that's how they spell it here) was average. The dinner and a Diet coke set me back a whopping $6.34. I'll be back.
(3)Shelly M.
Spicy Chicken Hakka Noodles are delicious and decadent, I can see myself getting addicted! Chicken Tikka Biryani is spicy and flavorful. Place is tiny and not really all that comfortable so we got carryout. Plus they use Styrofoam plates which is a really big peeve of mine. I did suggest to them that they stop using them, hopefully other people will do the same. But I will be back, not even Styrofoam could keep me away if the food stays that good.
(5)Samir N.
I strolled in here for Iftar during Ramadan in order to figure out if I liked Indian Chinese or not. I am still not sure. For Iftar, they load you up with free fried goods like bhajiyya/piaju. That was a nice touch. We also ordered some samosas to start with-they were crunchy but not spectacular. I was not impressed with the Manchurian chicken-I did not care for the sauce the chicken was drenched in. I did enjoy eating the fried rice, though. I am on the fence whether I want to come back here for the Indian Chinese or not. Given the rave reviews, I may try something purely desi. I second whoever wrote that the pitchers of water are kinda disgusting.
(2)Jenny Z.
This place has awesome food. I call it more Indian-like than Chinese. Not much on the menu is like traditional Chinese food, but the Chicken Tikka Masala and a bunch of other stuff I can't spell is very Indian. It's cheap too. With great service (the people are super nice). But I only give it 4 rather than 5 stars because the portions are smaller while being about the same price as Namaste in Farmington. They put everything in foil to-go containers too, so if you can't finish anything you can easily take it home and reheat it in the oven. I'm also a big dessert person, but I don't think their desserts are that great here -- 3/5 stars. The Tandoori Chicken is pretty damn tasty too -- moist and spicy (as opposed to dry chicken which I hate). I also highly recommend the Kadhai Chicken (even over the Tandoori). Anyhow, try this place out. You won't regret it. And the service/people are only like 10 times nicer than Namaste.
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