Roost & Roast

This place was surprisingly good. From The outside, the restaurant looks quiet, bland and inauthentic..but the flavors are quite good.. I’d recommend getting the lemongrass chicken with kaffir lime dressing .

I ordered and picked it up 2 minutes before closing. It was delicious! I got the cauliflower rice bowl!

The food was amazing and the wait was not long at all! Would recommend to anyone visiting Palo Alto and want a good quick bite!

The Pad Thai was great and they had a vegetarian option which was great as a lot of places aren’t inclusive but this one is!!!

I tried Rooster and Roast and it was so good. The chicken was super crispy but still juicy, I couldn’t stop eating. The owner is also such a genuine person you can really feel that care and pride in the food and the whole experience. Definitely coming back.

Khang Banh

The food was amazing and the wait was not long at all! Would recommend to anyone visiting Palo Alto and want a good quick bite!

skool goat

The Pad Thai was great and they had a vegetarian option which was great as a lot of places aren’t inclusive but this one is!!!

Harman Chauhan

I tried Rooster and Roast and it was so good. The chicken was super crispy but still juicy, I couldn’t stop eating. The owner is also such a genuine person you can really feel that care and pride in the food and the whole experience. Definitely coming back.

c chan

This place was surprisingly good. From The outside, the restaurant looks quiet, bland and inauthentic..but the flavors are quite good.. I’d recommend getting the lemongrass chicken with kaffir lime dressing .

Katherine Nguyen

Literally so so good, I don't usually do reviews unless the place was amazing and this place was really reminiscient of the famous "Hat Yai" thai food I had in portland. I 1000x reccomend the hat yai chicken esp with the roti and curry. The roti is so so good, and it really reminds me of southern thai food without the spiciness. The sweet chili sauce with the chicken is so good as well

Nice place to get some healthy food. This place serves, mostly Asian style, rice bowls, salads, noodles or stir frys. Tofu / cauliflower make for good vegetarian or vegan option. The cauliflower seemed freshly roasted as well. It's a bit in the expensive side for the quantity and given it's a counter service restaurant. But worth trying

We got Roost and Roast for lunch delivery. Everything showed up hot and fresh. I decided to try their "Gai Yang" BBQ Chicken and the Roti and Curry. I thought both were delicious. The BBQ chicken had a delicious lightly sweet marinade on it with a little sauce on the side. It was well cooked, tender enough and well balanced. It was served over rice with some cucumbers and was definitely a hearty plate of food. I only wished I had a little more sauce. I also tried the Roti and Curry. I did not find the curry to be watery. It had a nice mild flavor and coated the roti nicely. It was the perfect amount for the amount of roti. I would definitely eat here again and I would definitely go for the BBQ chicken a second time.

Roy D

Nice place to get some healthy food. This place serves, mostly Asian style, rice bowls, salads, noodles or stir frys. Tofu / cauliflower make for good vegetarian or vegan option. The cauliflower seemed freshly roasted as well. It's a bit in the expensive side for the quantity and given it's a counter service restaurant. But worth trying

Cathy Villarreal

We got Roost and Roast for lunch delivery. Everything showed up hot and fresh. I decided to try their "Gai Yang" BBQ Chicken and the Roti and Curry. I thought both were delicious. The BBQ chicken had a delicious lightly sweet marinade on it with a little sauce on the side. It was well cooked, tender enough and well balanced. It was served over rice with some cucumbers and was definitely a hearty plate of food. I only wished I had a little more sauce. I also tried the Roti and Curry. I did not find the curry to be watery. It had a nice mild flavor and coated the roti nicely. It was the perfect amount for the amount of roti. I would definitely eat here again and I would definitely go for the BBQ chicken a second time.

Their fried chicken is the bomb. Great with their sauces. The bbq chicken was good, but fried chicken better.

Roger Wong

Their fried chicken is the bomb. Great with their sauces. The bbq chicken was good, but fried chicken better.

Something different. Chicken thai style. The papaya salad was great. The chicken was just ok. Both bbq and fried. The popcorn chicken was the better overall. I like the choices of dipping thai sauces. All in all, it was a little better than fast food.

If you are in the neighborhood looking for to-go, and like chicken karaage, don't mind some grease, you might like this place. Or check out the rice dishes or Thai iced tea machine. The quality of chicken is no worse than most places around here, and since Bonchon chain has gone down the drain, this may be the slightly better option (at R&R you don't get soy garlic or gochujang, you get toasted rice nori? Or sweet chili sauce on the side). Several years ago, this place used to be a chicken place with a different name (Tony?we don't recall). Now it's got a spiffy looking sign and clean cut look. We didn't want rice, so we ordered the chicken a la carte option with a mix of wing, thighs, drumsticks, which tasted like bone-in chicken karaage and also tried the popcorn chicken, which was exactly like the taiwanese fried chicken at those bubble tea places, right down to the two skewers. The bone in fried chicken smelled like your typical fresh fried chicken, overall tasted fresh, but was very greasy, oily. They do give you fresh lime wedges that cut the grease a bit. The fat, particularly in the chicken wings is 80% rendered, which given that NO place around here we have tried has yet to render properly (why?why?) we either fry ourselves and smell the lingering chickeny odor for days in our rental apartment while working from home, or just settle for mostly rendered, and spit out pieces of rendered fat. (Yes, truly we have sunk to a new low) The popcorn chicken was less greasy, but like other taiwanese fried chicken places, pieces were rather rubbery, fatty, and mostly fried batter pieces (Some people love this). We got a mixed batch, some were pale, powdery, some were dark brown/black in color. They package your chicken in vented eco-friendly containers. Not closing the lids keeps chicken crispy. The plastic bag accumulate lots of moisture, but guessing paper bags might leave grease spots in your car. They are generous with the deep fried Thai basil, but maybe it's the season? There was no aroma or taste (normally you can smell the sharp herbal note of Thai basil). Service is friendly, but store procedure could be improved. Once you place your order on one of the two kiosks, an estimated wait time/txt msg when order is ready would be nice. As it was, we waited outside, (there isn't really a waiting area or seating inside) hovering at the entryway, making sure we didn't miss our name being called from inside the store, while not blocking potential customers from entering. Good to know: if you order a rice dish, they do carry the worst quality splintery chopsticks that a lot of silicon valley restaurants use (i am on a mission to eliminate these splintery cheapo chopsticks from restaurants everywhere! Saving one tender mouth at a time!)

Got the Thai pop. It was like pop corn chicken from most boba shops. Some pieces were good but some were mostly batter. The sauce was too sweet for my taste & wish there were more fried basil to give it more flavor. It was very busy during the lunch time rush hour and the staff tried to move things along as quickly as possible while being courteous. Willing to go back to try other item.

Yikes, this plaza's parking lot is hot garbage on a weekend afternoon. My review of this place isn't affected by that, but just reader beware if you plan to go. Roost and Roast sounded like my perfect place to check out. I like chicken. I like fried chicken. Easy decision to go. I ordered: - Hat Yai Fried Chicken Meal - Roti and Curry - Popcorn Chicken They surprisingly did not have khao mun gai/hainanese chicken. No biggie. The fried chicken had an excellent crunch and the chicken was very moist, but the flavor was extremely light and def needed the sweet chili sauce on the side. If it had just a touch more seasoning/salt, it would have been great. The meal comes with jasmine rice (which was cooked fantastically) and cucumber slices to cut through the oil. 4/5 The roti and curry was alright. The roti wasn't as light and thin as I'm used to having it, but the curry sauce was so very light. It definitely leaned more towards the coconut milk flavor than the curry flavor. 2/5 The popcorn chicken didn't have a distinct smell or flavor. Like the fried chicken, it could have used more seasoning, whether on the outside after frying or on the inside while marinating. The portion for this was extremely generous and the fried Thai basil definitely helped, but this too needed to be eaten with sweet chili. 3/5 Dining tables can be hard to get, so be prepared to eat in your car or enjoy it at home. If you're lucky, you can grab a table, but they're all shared between the other restaurants there.

Rick D

Something different. Chicken thai style. The papaya salad was great. The chicken was just ok. Both bbq and fried. The popcorn chicken was the better overall. I like the choices of dipping thai sauces. All in all, it was a little better than fast food.

K D

If you are in the neighborhood looking for to-go, and like chicken karaage, don't mind some grease, you might like this place. Or check out the rice dishes or Thai iced tea machine. The quality of chicken is no worse than most places around here, and since Bonchon chain has gone down the drain, this may be the slightly better option (at R&R you don't get soy garlic or gochujang, you get toasted rice nori? Or sweet chili sauce on the side). Several years ago, this place used to be a chicken place with a different name (Tony?we don't recall). Now it's got a spiffy looking sign and clean cut look. We didn't want rice, so we ordered the chicken a la carte option with a mix of wing, thighs, drumsticks, which tasted like bone-in chicken karaage and also tried the popcorn chicken, which was exactly like the taiwanese fried chicken at those bubble tea places, right down to the two skewers. The bone in fried chicken smelled like your typical fresh fried chicken, overall tasted fresh, but was very greasy, oily. They do give you fresh lime wedges that cut the grease a bit. The fat, particularly in the chicken wings is 80% rendered, which given that NO place around here we have tried has yet to render properly (why?why?) we either fry ourselves and smell the lingering chickeny odor for days in our rental apartment while working from home, or just settle for mostly rendered, and spit out pieces of rendered fat. (Yes, truly we have sunk to a new low) The popcorn chicken was less greasy, but like other taiwanese fried chicken places, pieces were rather rubbery, fatty, and mostly fried batter pieces (Some people love this). We got a mixed batch, some were pale, powdery, some were dark brown/black in color. They package your chicken in vented eco-friendly containers. Not closing the lids keeps chicken crispy. The plastic bag accumulate lots of moisture, but guessing paper bags might leave grease spots in your car. They are generous with the deep fried Thai basil, but maybe it's the season? There was no aroma or taste (normally you can smell the sharp herbal note of Thai basil). Service is friendly, but store procedure could be improved. Once you place your order on one of the two kiosks, an estimated wait time/txt msg when order is ready would be nice. As it was, we waited outside, (there isn't really a waiting area or seating inside) hovering at the entryway, making sure we didn't miss our name being called from inside the store, while not blocking potential customers from entering. Good to know: if you order a rice dish, they do carry the worst quality splintery chopsticks that a lot of silicon valley restaurants use (i am on a mission to eliminate these splintery cheapo chopsticks from restaurants everywhere! Saving one tender mouth at a time!)

Nancy C

Got the Thai pop. It was like pop corn chicken from most boba shops. Some pieces were good but some were mostly batter. The sauce was too sweet for my taste & wish there were more fried basil to give it more flavor. It was very busy during the lunch time rush hour and the staff tried to move things along as quickly as possible while being courteous. Willing to go back to try other item.

Irene Lu

Yikes, this plaza's parking lot is hot garbage on a weekend afternoon. My review of this place isn't affected by that, but just reader beware if you plan to go. Roost and Roast sounded like my perfect place to check out. I like chicken. I like fried chicken. Easy decision to go. I ordered: - Hat Yai Fried Chicken Meal - Roti and Curry - Popcorn Chicken They surprisingly did not have khao mun gai/hainanese chicken. No biggie. The fried chicken had an excellent crunch and the chicken was very moist, but the flavor was extremely light and def needed the sweet chili sauce on the side. If it had just a touch more seasoning/salt, it would have been great. The meal comes with jasmine rice (which was cooked fantastically) and cucumber slices to cut through the oil. 4/5 The roti and curry was alright. The roti wasn't as light and thin as I'm used to having it, but the curry sauce was so very light. It definitely leaned more towards the coconut milk flavor than the curry flavor. 2/5 The popcorn chicken didn't have a distinct smell or flavor. Like the fried chicken, it could have used more seasoning, whether on the outside after frying or on the inside while marinating. The portion for this was extremely generous and the fried Thai basil definitely helped, but this too needed to be eaten with sweet chili. 3/5 Dining tables can be hard to get, so be prepared to eat in your car or enjoy it at home. If you're lucky, you can grab a table, but they're all shared between the other restaurants there.

Stopped by for a quick lunch and ordered the pineapple fried rice with chicken. The chicken is dry and very few pineapple pieces can be found in the bowl. At $19 there are better options in the area.

I got rolls and chicken salad. Rolls were still frozen inside and chicken had so much garlic I just couldn’t eat it. Staff was friendly and helpful, so best of luck to them. I probably won’t be coming back because the food quality is so-so.

Alexandra Yakovleva

I got rolls and chicken salad. Rolls were still frozen inside and chicken had so much garlic I just couldn’t eat it. Staff was friendly and helpful, so best of luck to them. I probably won’t be coming back because the food quality is so-so.

Jingyun Yang

Stopped by for a quick lunch and ordered the pineapple fried rice with chicken. The chicken is dry and very few pineapple pieces can be found in the bowl. At $19 there are better options in the area.

Ordering from tv screens at a kiosk offers no personal experience. The food had very little resemblance to the flavors of Thai food. Food was pricey. Portions were large enough but mostly rice. Won't be going back.

Todd Kennedy

Ordering from tv screens at a kiosk offers no personal experience. The food had very little resemblance to the flavors of Thai food. Food was pricey. Portions were large enough but mostly rice. Won't be going back.