Colachi Halal Pakistani Restaurant

Name: Colachi Halal Pakistani Restaurant
Address: 1235 E Imperial Hwy, Placentia, California, USA
Telephone: +16572162278
Price range: $$$
Rating: 4.8

124 votes

#4 of 140 restaurants in Placentia

#6 of 162 restaurants in Yorba Linda

ClosedOpens at 11AM tomorrow

Updated 3 months ago

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You will be offered Pakistani cuisine at this restaurant. Nothing can be better than tasting perfectly cooked nihari, chicken biryani and chicken tikka. Don't forget to try good gulab jamun and tasty yogurt at Colachi Halal Pakistani Restaurant. Come here and order delicious masala chai or great mango lassi.

If you look through the visitors' comments, the staff is cool at this place. Enjoyable service is something guests like here. You are to be pleasantly impressed with affordable prices at this spot. From the guests' point of view, the atmosphere is pleasant. Google users assigned the rating of 4.5 to this restaurant.

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Zain Hasan 5 months ago on Google

We ordered Nihari, Peshawari karhai, plain, garlic, and roghni naan. Everything was great, and we thoroughly enjoyed every dish. The portion sizes were generous and great for sharing. They were also kind enough to keep the spice levels mild upon request, so our kids could enjoy the meal too. I couldn't see the receipt but I have a good feeling they didn't charge for the mango lassi that our kid got for take away. Ismail and Nabeel were both very attentive and made sure we had a reminiscing Karachi experience. Highly recommend! Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 4 Vegetarian offerings: Clearly labeled vegetarian dishes

Response from the owner 4 months ago

Thank you so much for this wonderful review. We are thrilled you and your family enjoyed the Nihari, Peshawari karhai, and the naans, and that we were able to keep the spice levels just right for the little ones. Ismail and Nabeel will be so pleased to hear your kind words — we will make sure to pass them along. A reminiscing Karachi experience is exactly what we strive for, and it means a great deal to hear that we delivered. We hope to see you and your family again soon. — The Colachi Team

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Furqan khan 5 months ago on Google

Some restaurants serve food. Colachi serves memory. I've traveled. I've eaten my way through a lot of cities. I know what Pakistani food is supposed to taste like when it isn't watered down for an American palate. Colachi is the only place in SoCal actually pulling it off. The weekend buffet is the real deal. Haleem first -- slow-cooked, deeply layered, ghee pooling on top, fried onions and ginger and green chili on the side. One spoon and I'm back on a Karachi street, chaand raat, plate in hand. The nihari is the one that gives it away -- that perfect balance of sonth, sounf, and zeera that's specific to Karachi. You can taste each one without any of them shouting. The meat shreds at a glance, the gravy sits exactly where it should. This is the masala work most places skip because it takes time and instinct. The BBQ holds up too. Bihari boti with proper smoke, melting Gola kababs, chicken tikka with charred edges and soft centers. Then the menu shifts. The moong ki daal and channay bring a Multani touch -- earthier, slower, more patient. The daal has a tarka you can smell before you see it. The channay are dark and serious. No apology. This is dhaba food, not restaurant food pretending to be dhaba food. That range is the thing. Most places pick one city and stop. Colachi gives you Karachi and Multan on the same plate. Eating here honestly feels like a Karachi-to-Lahore road trip without a passport. And then there's Uncle's "Khaloos". 10/10 on his own. A real Pakistani knows the food truly taste exceptional when you put hospitality around it -- the greeting at the door, the beta khana kaisa laga, the extra plate before you ask. That's mehman-nawazi, and you can't fake it. Uncle Khaloo doesn't fake it. Most places get one half right. Colachi gets both. If you live in SoCal and haven't eaten here, you're not eating Pakistani food. You're eating an idea of it. Go hungry. You've been missing out. Meal type: Brunch Price per person: $20–30 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 4

Response from the owner 4 months ago

This means more than we can express. You described our food the way we think about it in the kitchen — the sonth, sounf, and zeera in the nihari, the tarka you smell before you see it, the difference between dhaba food and food pretending to be dhaba food. You got it exactly right, and that is not easy to put into words. We will make sure Uncle Khaloo reads every word of this. Mehman-nawazi is not something we teach — it is something he lives — and hearing it recognized this way will mean the world to him. Thank you for understanding what we are trying to do here. Come back soon. There is always more on the daig. — The Colachi Team

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