Rooted in Whitechapel.
Cooked with Zaiqa.
The Urdu word for flavour, and the whole reason we're still here after thirty years.
For more than three decades, Zaiqa has been part of the fabric of Whitechapel Road.
A home away from home for the Pakistani and Punjabi families who first brought their recipes to East London, and for the generations of Londoners who've kept coming back ever since. The room has changed a little over the years. What's cooked in it hasn't.
Zaiqa — the Urdu word for flavour — isn't just our name. It's the whole point.
Everything here is halal, cooked the way it's always been cooked: over charcoal in the tandoor, slow in the karahi, and with the kind of patience that can't be rushed.
The room, the fire, the food.
See what's cooking.
The full menu, from starters to sizzling karahi and slow-cooked mandi.