Thirty years of real Zaiqa. Thirty years of real Zaiqa

For three decades, Zaiqa has been part of Whitechapel Road.

A home away from home for the Pakistani and Punjabi families who first brought these recipes to East London, and for the generations of Londoners who've kept coming back since. Everything here is halal, cooked the way it's always been: over charcoal in the tandoor, slow in the karahi, with the kind of patience that can't be rushed.

Zaiqa — the Urdu word for flavour — isn’t just our name. It’s the whole point.

Three decades on, the same fire still does the work: kebabs and tikka marinated overnight and finished in the clay oven, rice cooked slow beneath the meat for mandi, and curries built in the karahi and served sizzling in the pan they were cooked in. Dine in, order delivery, or bring the whole family in for a private booking — we're open every day, midday till midnight.