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| ★★★★★ Decent environment and tasty Indian cuisine. The management was friendly and service was good. I'll definitely return when in area, insha-Allah. |
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| ★★★★ Good decor and lovely food. Wanted something wholesome after visiting Disney and this proved to be a good choics |
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| | Westminster, CA |
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| ★★ Having eaten here many times, and also having had their food at catered events, I feel compelled to say that Noorani needs to pay more attention to the folks who actually come to the restaurant from all over Southern California! On a recent visit for Sunday brunch, we found the food to be sub-par and the service terrible. Who wants to hear the staff bickering while you're trying to eat?! It's almost as if the owners don't care whether patrons enjoy the food or the atmosphere, like a "take it or leave it" attitude. We won't be returning. |
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| ★★★★ The new place they opened couple of years ago is more spacious.
Love the Chicken Noorani and Chicken Kadahi, with fresh Naan. I go very often with my friends. Staff is very friendly and prices are reasonable. I would suggest management to continue to pay attention to the quality of service which will bring your customers back again and again. |
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| ★★★★ You cannot beat this value and the food is quite good |
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| ★★★★★ Wow, what a buncha snooty OC reviewers. The food at Noorani is of high quality and is served quite promptly after ordering. The Biryani is quite flavorful and light; a feat which I've never seen after eating lots of oily fatty biryani in my life. The store area is clean, the service is friendly, good holistic experience. Kabob Roll was also top quality.
Although I respect the opinion of those who did not like the food, I believe that all that OC sun may have negatively affected their brains. 5/5 stars. |
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| ★★★★ best haleem i've had at a restaurant. the rest of the food is average. |
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| ★★★★ Their catered food is far far better than the one at the restaurant. The one at the restaurant usually causes heart burn :) Service could be better, if they at least smile. Their Naan is really good. |
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| ★★★★ Here is the catch on this place from someone thats been working restaurants most his life and i have been to most of these halal places in zabihah.com..
The place is a relaxing environment, great to take family .. The food reminds me of authentic indian food. The portions arent the biggest but the price are a little high for the amount of food. But you get the quality of great food so it neutralizes it. If you like quality over quantity then this is the place for you. Nice brothers, pray there in the restaurant.. and they're nice. I would recommend it to people who appreciate quality. |
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| ★★★ I like to stop by here when I am attending ISOC for an afternoon activity. I don't like catered desi food as it is usually upsetting to my (and most people's) stomach. But i do love a good bowl of chicken tikka masala. And Noorani has the best in Orange County, but definitely not the best in California. That would be Pakwaan up in Bay Area, but I digress.
Noorani Naan cannot be beat. it is sooo good fresh from the tandoor. My family is big on bread, and my Dad always says that "there is nothing better in the world than fresh hot bread". He also has blood sugar problems, but that isn't the point.
I have only one problem with this place. Why don't they smile ever when you walk in? I feel like whenever I come in I get sized up. Would it kill them, or any other desi joint to chat me up or smile? It's so transactional, I feel cheap afterwards.
Also, why can't a desi place have immaculate bathrooms? Other restaurants can do it, why can't desi places. The bathroom at Noorani isn't awful, but it definitely isn't pleasant either. The worst desi restaurant in LA area is Shah Nawaz, but I digress.
If it wasn't for the unfriendliness and the bathroom, I would give them 4 stars. The food is great (at the restaurant), the bathrooms are poor, and the service could be friendlier. |
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| ★★★ I have visited Noorani on the first week of 2010, Food was average+; it was too pricey & food portioned are NOT acceptable for a South Asian food. Cleanliness, service is average also. |
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| ★★★★★ WONDERFUL SERVICE & FOOD!
-located in an all-vietnamese business plaza.
After eyeing this place for SOOO long, I finally got the chance to stop in and have a lovely lunch!
We ordered an order of Vegetable curry(YUM), Chicken Biryani,(Double YUM), and 2 orders of Garlic Naan bread.
I don't even know where to start with telling you how good all the food was. The Chicken Biryani here was a little different then other places that Ive had before, but it was still delicious.The portion was very good for 2 people also.
There is this "special sauce" that they served in a dispenser that you pour. It's white & looks like RANCH dressing. I had it before at other restaurants but this time I worked up the courage to ask the man what that sauce was. He told me the list of ingredients but said there wasn't really a name for it. I told him I really liked it and wanted to know because I wanted to go find it at the market. He told me they don't sell it elsewhere and to just come to him and he'll give it to me. lol.
He ended up giving me a container for free to bring home. We always have a few packages of naan bread in our freezer and it just goes together PERFECTLY!
I am so excited to go back to try their other items on the menu!
Price reference: $22. (pretty good right?)
As it states on their menu; "Walking distance to Orange County masjid." |
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| ★ BAD, BAD, BAD Customer service. Food is not good and the Price is too High... i visit there on May 10,2009 with my family.
regret to take my family there, no more |
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| ★★★★★ owner is really good the chicken qorma is the best over there love their new restraunt is way bigger and it looks better |
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| ★★ Noorani has moved to bigger place. Some food is good and some is not. Nihari and Bar B Q is good but sometimes, it is just leftover from previous day(s)/party. Biryany is bad. When Biryani is ordered, they put chicken masala in plate and top it with rice. If you arder Beef Biryani, they will replace chicken pieces with Nihari's beef and you feel like eating Nihari, Qurma and rice. Owner and serving man are nice but Pakistani lady is rude. |
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| ★★★ Ok,..after years of analysis, this is my conclusion.
Nehari is good. Biryani is good. Sunday-Thursday food will be microwaved and if you're a bunch of guys, I believe nan will be leftovers from the previous night's catering. Food is expensive. Quantity has been reduced due to lack of competition. The regular desi cheap thinking exists (Avoiding A/C, replacing 2 pieces of meat in the nehari with one meat and one maghaz piece and charging extra when maghaz nehari is ordered, etc.) As with most desi places, don't expect customer service. No smiles on any employee's face. |
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| ★★★★★ It has become almost a weekly ritual for me and my friends to visit Noorani and enjoy their finger lickin delicious food.
Their naan is great. Prices are very decent and food is very delicious. Only drawback is the lack of seating since they've a rather small establishment but if you go slightly off hours or over weekdays, then its not so bad. |
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| ★★★★ Food was decent, a bit spicier than I expected and reasonably priced. Food came sorta late, so an above average rating would be appropriate |
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| ★★★★★ I have been their customer for the past five years or more. During those years, the food has been consistently good. I usually order Chicken Qorma or Karahi and Daal. Both are made fresh and have a unique taste. I’m not sure how to identify the spices, but the taste and smell is superb. However, they have an opportunity to improve their customer service skills. The staff needs to smile a little more and give customers a personal touch. They should try to know regular customers by name to give that special attention and learn to remember that the “customer is always right.” |
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| ★★★★ Oh come on! They've excellent food and good service, specially for the price. Their food is finger lickin good and I'm sure its Halal too.
I wouldn't compare their service to Fleming Steak House but its nearly not as bad. |
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| ★ Service Was Horrible. Also heard rumors that it may not be halal. |
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| ★★★★★ Assalamu alaykum,
I can say I have been to this place a couple of times and though at first sight it seemed small when we got the food I was very please. I recomend the Chicken tikka masala, it was the best I had ever! the naan was good and fresh, the briyanis and the rest of the food was very tasty. |
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| ★★★ been here a few times. the food and service was really good the first time and sucked the second time! the older white haired gentleman is very nice and helpful. was helped by a rude desi woman the next time and was served a very undercooked chicken dish, which she claimed we wrongly ordered! had her bring us another dish after arguing with her and finally accepting the fact that "we" ordered the wrong item. she still charged us for both dishes! do not like their service or seating, but crave their chicken tikka masala! |
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| ★★ I'm going to rate this establishment poor. I'm confident the meat is Halal, however, I have disputes with their catering, and the quality. I'm not going to say very poor, because sometimes the food is decent.
Bad experience with the catered food, which for us tasted nothing like the restaurant which was average to begin with. Just tried to give a local muslim business some revenue, but were completely dissatisfied. |
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| ★★★★ I had lunch here this weekend and the food was great. They have an excellent lunch special on the weekends! The Nihari and Chicken Tikka Masala was great! |
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| ★★★★ Good place. We tried a number of dishes. I'd suggest the Roghni Naan rather than the regular Naan. Their Bihari kabab/paratha combo was good. Also, their Nourani chicken was nice. It was a very filling experience.
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| ★★★★ Tasty! Noorani is sure to give you an authentic taste of Bangladesh. However, steer clear of the "masalas" if heavy oil is your concern. The Garlic Naan, Chicken Biriyani, Chicken Tikka and Kabobs are absolutely scrumptious. My husband and I drive all the way here from Mission Viejo sometimes just to satisfy our palette for Indo/Pak food. The ambience, however, can be improved. |
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| ★★ no way man, the food is, at its best, ok. which is not ok! it's at a good location, right near the ISOC masjid, but i think they need to cut back on the grease before i even think about giving it a third star |
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| ★★★★ This one reminds you of Karachi. For some of you, this might not be a good thing, but when it comes to food, it's definetely allright. |
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| ★★★ Small place, not good dcor, kinda OK food, service is ok too. At least they are opened on Mondays. |
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| ★★★★★ This place is great. For my brother's wedding, we checked a lot of Indo/Pak restaurants in Southern Cal and found these guys to be the best. They did cater the wedding, and everyone absolutely LOVED the food!!! |
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| ★★★ Noorani's door is a palimpsest of greasy and grubby fingerprints. Perhaps the prints are endorsements of patrons who were happy to dine in an informal, friendly setting snarfing down the tasty $4.99 lunch tray. Popular with the post-Jumma crowd from nearby Islamic Society of Orange County and in the midst of Little Saigon, Noorani is a cheap, unostentatious, no frills passport to Pakistan. |
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| ★★★ From a scale of 1-10 I would give it a 7. Yes it is not a very elegant place(all u desis reading this, NO you do not bring ur wife here for your anniversary) the food is good. A little on the spicy end but that adds to the taste of the indo-pak cuisine. The managment is very friendly however, they are very slow on orders. It is a constant problem for everyone for the wait time for their orders. If the 2 improvements were made, it would be a high 8. |
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| ★★★★★ Definitely one of the best Indo-Pak restaurants in town. Our family loves eclectic gourmet cuisine. The decor is simple & the service is adequate. But the food beats anything. The lady is polite & friendly. Noorani is OC residents synonym for fine cuisine on a budget. MashaAllah. |
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| ★ The lady tells you what to order. Kinda strange. It looks dirty in there. The owners have done an outstanding job making the place look ugly and boring. Don't bother phoning in the order. I waited about 30 minutes to get our food. The food wasnt so good. Greasy, chicken pieces were weird. There may be some other indo-pak restaurants that are better. |
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| ★★★★★ Absolutely delicious Indian/Pakistani food available at reasonable prices. The people who work there are considerate and friendly. The service can be a bit slow, but that's only because everything is prepared fresh. If you live near by this is a restaurant that you don't want to miss out on! |
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| ★★★★★ Noorani easily has some of the best kebabs I have ever eaten. Noorani can easily compete with any kebab place in Bangladesh, India or Pakistan. Definitely try the Bihari/Reshmi kebab. It might take a while to prepare the dish, but it is superb. I've taken my family and even American friends there. They all love it. Service can be slow and simple, but they are friendly and the food is worth it. |
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| ★★★★ Excellent food, very friendly Pakistani owners, and pretty economical as well. If you want to try a variety, I would recommend their "Tandoori Mix Plate" containing chicken tikka, bihari kabob, seekh kabob and Tandoori chicken. |
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| ★★★★ Nice variety of Halal Indian and Pakistani dishes. They also have a Chicken Kabob Roll that is an excellent and quick lunch item. Located across the street from the Orange County Mosque. |
Hours: 10 am to 10 pm
Phone: (714) 636-1000
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