Zest Indian Kitchen + Bar

We were here for lunch special! And it was an amazing deal. Copious amount of food, very delicious as well. We ordered one extra dish with a side of naan. We were so stuffed after eating half through. The staffs were all nice and the service was fairly quick as well. The interior is pretty cute too! If you are in the lakeway area, try this restaurant out! Definitely work it.

First time coming to this Indian restaurant! We enjoyed the fact that they do lunch special with $25 including 2 curries, 4 pieces of garlic naan, 3 pieces of kofta with 2 sauces with white rice! Additionally, we ordered vegetable biryanis and garlic nans! Twas full table for us and couldn't finish it but the amount they gave us were good! Very nice service and twas a cozy and quiet environment! We'll be back again! Keep up the good work! :)

So came back here again to have a dinner now that it's been open for quite a while and I have to say that it is still very good and does not disappoint and is very authentic. The staff is so friendly. The place is a cute little vibe for date night or just to go have Lunch or dinner with friends and general. I always get the chicken tikka masala because it is delicious and one of my favorites here. My friend got the salmon which I have to say. I tried it and does not taste fishy and I am very picky on that so I have to say they did a great job on it. we also got the muscles which were to die for. I definitely definitely recommend them. And make sure you order the cheese bread. It is phenomenal. Great bar selection in there as well. A lot of good wines or any kind of cock to you would want in general.

Nice to finally have good Indian food in this area. This food at Zest is very good. The menu is full of the standard dishes and the preparation, taste, and portion size are spot on. The mango chicken has a good combination of spice and sweetness. Very tasty. Loved the Daal and butter chicken as well. Very nice ambiance. Service was excellent.

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.

Solid Indian food for this area. Modern decor the light fixtures need to be dusted. Ordered 3 main dinner entrees, garlic naan, and 3 orders of Samosa appetizers.Chicken Tikka Samosa was greasy and lacked flavor. **Potato samosa is worth it and very tasty**We ordered "Very spicy", we could have used even more heat. Not sure if the entrees include rice but having two saucy dishes plus the other meat entrees we needed more rice. Service was good. Maybe we'll try the buffet sometime. The server highly recommended it. Overall a nice experience.

The atmosphere is clean and nice, food is authentic and delicious. Lots of veg and non veg options. Service was good. We got veg samosas. They were great. My husband got kadai chicken and said the meat was good quality and was very well seasoned. I ordered yellow curry with is equivalent of Dal Tadka. It was flavorful and delicious. We ordered garlic naan and it was wonderful. To drink I got a masala chai. It was a small cup and $5 no refills. I feel like that was steep for what it was. It comes unsweetened and does taste authentic/ homemade as opposed to the pre-mixes I think some Indian places serve. They have Taj Mahal beer here and a decent alcohol list. We would definitely recommend this place.

One of our go-to restaurants in Lakeway! It's definitely the best Indian food in the area!Our favorite dishes are: Chicken tikka Marsala, mango chicken, chicken samosas & garlic naan. You won't be disappointed!

Something has changed here. Our samosas were outstanding, but entrees this time had hardly any flavor. We ordered several dishes. All bland. Almost watery. Place wasn't busy like it usually is. I was surprised. Must have been a change in the back of the house. Disappointed since it's always been so good.

When I was in Austin a few weeks back I was craving Indian food and Zest popped up on Yelp while I was trying to find an Indian restaurant.Honestly I loved dining here. The ambience was very elegant and the customer service was absolutely on point. The servers went above and beyond to make sure our expectations were met. I absolutely loved their chilly chicken, so flavourful and delicious. We ordered the korma curry, fish tikka and the yellow daal. Everything tasted really well but my personal favourites were the korma curry so creamy and the chilly chicken. We had a few cocktails also, I had a vodka based cocktail which was unique and refreshing. They have a great menu and I would love to come back to try more items on their menu.