Reviews for Zeera Indian Restaurant in Fuquay-Varina, NC

My son and I came by for dinner this evening. Everyone was very kind, our server explained the different dishes and answered all... our questions, she was great. Then the food- it was amazing!!! Large servings of delicious food, cooked to perfection! It wastruly a wonderful dining experience. We will definitely be back! Read more

After reading the reviews, I was eager to try this restaurant. But that wasn't at all what I had anticipated. To begin with, our... waiter was the nicest part of this meal. He was excellent; he paid close attention and promptly delivered everything to us.Regarding the food. I've had a lot of different Indian dishes, and this one was just ok. Based on what I have previously eaten,I found the Gobi Manchurian to be flavorless. We also had the Lamb Roganjosh and Chicken Shahi Korma, both of which were decent.Although I have not visited the restaurant during its buffet hours, I would suggest doing so first to sample what they have tooffer. For an Indian restaurant, it is rather expensive. Read more

2nd time visiting and the food was great. My only issue is that their service is a big slow. We went on a Sunday as they opened... and we're one of two couples in the restaurant and it took about 20 minutes for our food to come out. Reminded me of the 1stvisit. If you don't mind the wait, you will not be disappointed, their food is delicious. Read more

Our meal was delicious and the service was exceptional. I highly recommend Zeera to those who love Indian food and those who... would be trying for the first time. We enjoyed Samosas with plum sauce, malai kofta and palak paneer. The restaurant is veryspacious and well layed out. There is a good amount of space between tables. We were so excited about food we forgot to takepictures before we dug in. Read more

Too me Desi inspired food is 50/50. Either the spices are off, or the protein is dry. Zeera does it the RIGHT WAY! Spices are... where they need to be, the proteins are cooked, and infused with the flavors, and moist! Naan was the right consistency,and thegarlic and Rosemary additions were just right! Definitely a great little spot. The prices are WELL BELOW other places, which isgreat!! Read more

Eating at this establishment has been one of my worst dining experiences! If I could give it a "0" rating I would. Let me... start by saying that I am of Indian decent and have been raised on Indian food. I am certain I am qualified to tell thedifference between common Indian food and actual restaurant grade food. First however, in all honesty there is nothing wrongwith food at this establishment. It is perfectly edible and probably nutritious. The major problem I have with thisestablishment is that the food offered (Or at least the dish I ordered, Chicken Curry) Was very common tasting as if anunprofessional and untrained chef had prepared it. Certainly, not worth the $17.00 I am relatively new to NC but have visited afew different Indian restaurants such as Bawarchi in Apex, priced very similarly but the quality and taste far exceed that ofZeera. In my personal opinion the owner of Zeera is offering very common sub-par home prepared food and charging customerspremium restaurant prices. Not to mention, offering very small portion sizes. Manipulating the general local fan base who mostlikely does not know the difference. This is easy to do if you do not have much competition in the area. There is a lack ofIndian restaurants in NC as a whole. However, that does not mean that an establishment should take advantage of it's patron'sdue to the lack of local competing restaurants and the knowledge base of it's patrons (Or the lack of) Most diners thatfrequent Zera probably have very limited knowledge about quality Indian food to begin with (Which Zeera takes full advantage of) The next time you are seeking a fine dining experience and Indian/Pakistani food is what you crave, checkout Kababish, in Cary. They are also similarly priced but you will have a much more satisfying dining experience with about the same out of pocketcost. So, my message to the owner of Zeera is to leave the amateur-ly prepared home-style food where it belong, at home! Read more

Such a nice looking restaurant and we loved the food. Our server, Ash, was very attentive the whole time and helped us with... great recommendations. Hard to find good indian restaurants around here. Read more

I am from North of India and I know the spices and food. I am vegetarian. So whatever I am writing, writing from my experience... of taste of North India cuisine. On New year's eve, we dined there and we did not have a good experience. I went there with lotof expectations but came out having a bad experience. First of all, food being served there is an Americanized version of Indiafood. I can understand there position. 99% Non-Indian families were dining there so it made sense from business point ofview. We order Samosa chat and it was 3/5, as I already stated, it was American version of real Samosa Chat. Then in maincourse we ordered, Paneer Tikka Masala and Daal Makhani (buttered Whole lentils). 1. Daal Makhani was average. Not cookedproperly. 2. Paneer Tika Masala was horrible actually. It is $16 dish but if you see the quantity, it was not work 5$. onefamily cannot eat that. And, top of that Paneer was so hard and chewy, it was literally as if you were chewing the rubber. Thenthe actual game changer came, failure wise. We ordered a Laccha Paratha (Multi-layered whole wheat bread, lightly buttered.) andNaan ( Plain traditional clay oven baked bread.) When Laccha Paratha and Naan were served, we could not make a differencebetween both(See the first photo, If you can make a difference between the breads, please leave your comment). Both looked sameand raw and not cooked properly. they were not near to what they should have looked like. Look at the actual photos. We askedthe server and she confirmed that they are not what they are supposed to look like. they took back and then brought new ones andthey were also same. Then the server confirmed that Chef did not know how to cook them and he made it somehow. Question is thatif you do not have a chef who can cook them, why would you have them on your menu to begin with. We could not eat them and thenserver took them out of the final bill. Overall, the server, Emma, was so nice to us that did pay good Read more