الزيتون · Edition 2026 · Volume Sixteen · സൈത്തൂൻ

Sixteen years at the table.

Malabar biryani that smells of slow weddings. Arabic grills lit at dusk. A sixteen-year journey of moments shared — now plated for Kozhikode.

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Zaitoon's watercolor olive grove — 'One Journey, Together. 16 Years' — the brand's anniversary artwork
Plate 01 One journey, together · 16 years
Now Serving Kozhikode
The Kitchen Runs 11 AM  —  12 AM  ·  365 Days
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The Zaitoon Calicut team gathered at the restaurant on opening day
Page · 16 · The people behind the table Sixteen years, one family.
#16ZaitoonYears
الزيتون · زيتونة സൈത്തൂൻ · ഒലിവ് The name · The plant · The welcome

Zaitoon means olive.
In our kitchen,
it means welcome.

In 2009, two college friends in Chennai — Noufal and Fardan — opened a small diner in Adyar with a quiet ambition: a long table, an open grill, and food authentic enough to draw a second visit. Sixteen years later, Zaitoon Restaurant & Grill serves twelve cities across India and Qatar — and finally, the city that long shaped its flavours: Kozhikode.

"We didn't want a restaurant. We wanted a long table — and food authentic enough that guests would come back, twice."

We're a multi-cuisine house with an Arabic accent and a Malabar soul. Biryanis from a dum we don't rush. Mandi from a sand-pot we lift slowly. And a table that always has room for one more.

Noufal & Fardan, Founders
Zaitoon Restaurant & Grill
يوم في الزيتون A day at the Zaitoon table

From morning brunch
to a late family dinner.

Daily, 11 AM to midnight. Five sessions, one long table — and a 110-cover banquet hall for the days the family grows.

11:00 — 16:00

Slow brunch

Stuffed buns, za'atar ratatouille breads, eggs done seven ways, and the long slow coffee.

try the manakish
12:30 — 15:30

The midday meal

Malabar biryani, sadhya spreads, daily catch fish, fresh appams. Eat heavy, walk light.

bucket biryani for 5
17:00 — 19:00

Tea & snacks

Hyderabadi haleem in 250 ml cups, manakish off the live griddle, Pal Gova on cold days.

haleem · ₹390 / 250ml
19:30 — 23:00

Open grill nights

Quail, lamb leg, mix grill, kozhi alissa under the lamps. The kind of night that ends late.

mix grill for two
23:00 — 24:00

Last orders

Sulaimani tea, knafeh, gulab jamun in rabadi, karak chai. We stay open longer than the city.

knafeh · ₹260
الأطباق المميزة Plates the house is known for

Five plates,
built over sixteen years.

Plate № 01 — 05 of 200+ Browse the full menu →
Plate № 01 · House Signature 45-min dum · serves 1, 2, 5
Bucket Malabar biryani with eri pori sides and saffron rabadi
برياني مالابار

Malabar Beef & Mutton Biryani

Short-grain rice layered over slow-cooked meat with our family-blend masala. Sealed under dough, steamed for forty-five minutes, opened — slowly — at the table.

★ Signature Slow-dum Saffron-milk Family masala Slow ghee
Beef₹360
Mutton₹420
Bucket · 5₹1,680
Plate № 02 Live grill · ₹420
Masala-marinated quail with green chutney
سمان متبل

Masala Quail

Twelve-hour yoghurt-spice marinade. Open coal. Lemon pressed live at the table.

Open coal12-hr marinadeSumac onion
Plate № 03 Cold counter · ₹240
Spicy mango salad with broccoli and rice puff
سلطة المانجو

Spicy Mango Fav

Raw mango, charred broccoli, rice puff, mustard yoghurt. The dish that quietly steals every table.

★ House Raw mangoMustard yoghurt
Plate № 04 · Seasonal Ramadan · ₹590
Iftar box with dates, fruits, kanji, BBQ chicken and pomegranate cooler
صندوق الإفطار

The Iftar Box

Dates, cut fruits, nombu kanji, BBQ chicken, mini geyro roll, Hyderabadi haleem. Packed live in the restaurant — no third-party shells.

RamadanIftar buffet ₹999 · adult
Plate № 05 · Festival Banana leaf · ₹599+
Kerala Sadhya served on a banana leaf with 22 elements
സദ്യ

Kerala Sadhya Spread

Twenty-two elements on a fresh banana leaf — from plum cake to pradhaman. Onam, Vishu, Easter.

Banana leaf22 elementsSadhya box ₹749
16 Years on the line · est. 2009
12 Outlets · India & Qatar
4.6 ★ 2,891 honest reviews
13 Golden Bite Awards
200+ Dishes on the menu
تفضلوا Step inside · after dark

The house on
Arayidathupalam.

Our Kozhikode home — the lit canopy, the warm glow through the glass, the long table waiting past midnight. Two minutes from Gokulam Galleria, on Mavoor Road.

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موسم المانجو മാമ്പഴക്കാലം When the mangoes arrive

Mango season,
the Zaitoon way.

Every summer the kitchen turns to the season's mangoes — sarbath, mastani, matka falooda, sticky rice, phirni. A short menu, here only while the fruit is.

Mango Mastani, Mango Mucch and Mango Lotus Delight — tall iced mango drinks
Cooler counter
Mango Mastani, Mucch & Lotus Delight
Mango mousse cheesecake and mango sticky rice plated
Dessert
Mango Mousse & Sticky Rice
Matka Mango Falooda and Mango Rice Phirni served in clay pots
In a clay matka
Matka Falooda & Phirni
Zaitoon bucket biryani — chicken and beef — served family-style
All year · the house signature
The Bucket Biryani — chicken & beef, for five
ليالي الزيتون The Zaitoon nights

From lantern light
to the last call.

After dusk, the room slows. Lanterns lit. Bread off the griddle. A grill that doesn't cool until the city does.

№ 01 19:30 — 21:00

The first course

Mezze board lands. Hummus, baba ganoush, muhammara, labneh, olives, hot pita. The board everyone unanimously orders again.

№ 02 20:00 — 21:30

The grill opens

Quail off the coal. Lamb leg sliced live on the board. Sheesh kebab on skewers, smoke rising past the lanterns.

№ 03 21:00 — 22:30

The main arrives

Biryani sealed at the table, mandi lifted from a sand-pot, karimeen pollichathu unwrapped from its banana leaf. The room quiets.

№ 04 22:30 — 24:00

Long finishes

Umm Ali, knafeh, gulab jamun in rabadi. Sulaimani black tea with mint. Karak chai for the last conversation.

Awarded
Golden Clove 2026 Zaitoon team accepting the Best Multicuisine Dining Excellence award at Manorama Golden Clove Awards 2026
2026 Best Multicuisine Excellence
جوائز · شكر · إلهام Awarded · Grateful · Inspired

A decade-long brand
the guidebooks keep returning to.

Manorama Golden Clove Awards 2026 — Best Multicuisine Dining Excellence. Across the chain we hold thirteen Golden Bite Awards, a 4.6 rating from 2,891 honest reviews, and an unbroken 16-year run.

16+Years on the line
13Golden Bite Awards
4.6 ★Google rating
2,891Reviews & counting
Kallai Mananchira Mavoor Road Mini Bypass Pantheerankavu Beach Road Beypore Calicut Univ. Olavanna Arabian Sea N zaitoon ARAYIDATHUPALAM
● 11° 15′ 31″ N · 75° 46′ 49″ E · Kozhikode
في كاليكوت കാലിക്കറ്റിൽ Find us in Kozhikode

Outlet 12 of 12.

Near Gokulam Galleria,
Federal Tower, Arayidathupalam,
Puthiyara, Kozhikode 673004
Hours Daily · 11 AM  —  12 AM · 365 days Phone +91 8592 030 333
+91 7034 080 888 Capacity 180 covers indoor + alfresco · 110-seat banquet hall Delivery Swiggy & Zomato · in-house packed bucket biryanis & iftar boxes
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العائلة · اثنا عشر طاولة The Zaitoon family · twelve tables

All twelve tables,
across India & Qatar.

From the original Adyar diner of 2009 to a 200-cover destination at Doha's Souq Waqif — the Calicut outlet is our twelfth, and our newest.

Arabia India 1 Adyar · Chennai EST · 2009 — THE ORIGINAL 2 ECR · Chennai 3 Velachery 4 Bengaluru · JP Nagar 5 Bengaluru · HAL Rd 6 Hyderabad HALEEM · BIRYANI 7 Ernakulam 8 Trivandrum 9 Calicut FEB 2025 · OUTLET 12 · NEW 10 Coimbatore 11 Doha · Souq Waqif QATAR · 200 COVER 12 Doha · Al Sadd ● THE ORIGINAL ● INDIA ● QATAR ● CALICUT (HERE)
№ 01Adyar · ChennaiIndia · est. 2009 — the original
№ 02 — 03ECR · VelacheryChennai, India
№ 04 — 05BengaluruJP Nagar · HAL Rd
№ 06HyderabadHaleem & biryani
№ 07ErnakulamKerala flagship
№ 08TrivandrumOpened 2024
№ 09Calicut (here)Opened Feb 2025 · OUTLET 12
№ 10CoimbatoreLive-grill flagship
№ 11Doha · Souq WaqifQatar · 200-cover
№ 12Doha · Al SaddQatar · brunch
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at the table.

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Open daily · 11 AM — 12 AM · Near Gokulam Galleria, Arayidathupalam