Zaab Zaab — Restaurant in New York

Was recommended this place and decided to try. The food was quick and good with plenty of seating at the bar across the way. It's a little hard to find since it's not in the middle of Market 57. It's off to the right side facing the water. We ordered the papaya salad (Som Tum Pla Ra) with the fermented fish sauce. It offered a vinegary almost pickled flavor which nicely offset the rest of the meal. We tried the curry crab which was delicious, one of my favorites. It was a rice noodle with curry topped with a soft shell crab and half a hard boiled egg, bean sprouts and raw string beans. The larb beef was also good, which was more tangy and best eaten in the lettuce wrap. The chicken curry puff was perfectly golden on the outside, but soft and pillowy on the inside with coconut, a bit on the sweeter side but very good another favorite. It was enough food for 2 people for dinner and came out to $64. Apparently they are known for their spice and we did not go spicy enough as you can choose your spice level when you order. But if you like spice, definitely...

Would give a zero if I could. Terribly long waits (45 minutes!!), tiny portions, and microwaved food: nothing redeemable about this place at all. Expect to shell out $20 a person (or more!) for microwaved food. The portion is inadequate for an adult, but you’ll be grateful because it tastes so bad. The noodles are soggy, the meat is tough, and the curries are flat with a mono-taste. The staff is very rude and doesn’t care about the diners, which tells us something about the owners of Zaab Zaab, I suppose.

If, like me, you read the reviews after you paid them, please heart all the many 1-star reviews for visibility. As a side note, the five star reviews for this place are quite suspicious and seem to have no...

Really really terrible experience. Food was not tasty at all, portions were stingy, and extremely overpriced. For an order of 2 things for a takeout, it took 45 minutes for them to prepare. We waited there just standing… Food was already pre-prepared in the fridge (not fresh) so all that needed was just heating up from what we saw. For the insanely long wait, no apologies or anything to make up. We were very disappointed and also late to our concert. Never going back again. Don’t use this business, they don’t deserve your...