Zaika Hub is a family-run Indian restaurant on Jackson Street in the heart of Petone, serving the community with warmth, heart and more than 25 years of culinary experience — over 16 of them spent cooking right here in Aotearoa. Their chef has spent decades perfecting traditional recipes, exploring regional dishes and learning how to bring out the best in every spice.
Opening the restaurant was a long-held dream, brought to life with the whole family pitching in to create a lively, welcoming space where good food and good company come naturally. The focus is honest, flavour-packed Indian cuisine made with care, consistency and a personal touch — comforting classics, bold and aromatic dishes, and the kind of hospitality that makes a meal feel like home.
Lunch is served Monday to Friday from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm, with dinner from 5:00 pm to 9:30 pm seven days a week (closed for lunch on Saturday and Sunday). You can order online, browse the food and drinks menus on their website, or get in touch about table bookings and catering at [email protected] or 04 939 3048.
On Jackson Street in the heart of Petone, Zaika Hub serves the kind of food that only a family kitchen can: honest, flavour-packed Indian cooking backed by more than 25 years of culinary experience and a genuine warmth that runs through everything they do. This is a family-run restaurant, and it feels like one from the moment you walk in.
For the family behind Zaika Hub, opening the restaurant was the fulfilment of a long-held dream. Their chef has spent decades perfecting traditional recipes, exploring regional dishes and learning how to bring out the best in every spice. More than 16 of those years were spent cooking right here in Aotearoa, refining flavours, techniques and — just as importantly — the kind of hospitality that makes a meal feel like home.
Spice is the heart of Indian cooking, and handling it well is a craft learned over years. The team's approach is all about bringing out the best in every spice: knowing how to build depth, layer aromatics and let each dish speak for itself. It's that knowledge, built over decades across regional traditions, that shapes what comes out of the kitchen.
Zaika Hub didn't come together overnight, and it didn't come together alone. Bringing the restaurant to life was a whole-family effort, with everyone pitching in to create a lively, welcoming space where good food and good company come naturally. That shared ownership shows in the atmosphere: familiar faces, easy conversation and tables where nobody is rushed.
Family-run restaurants work a little differently. There's no distant head office deciding how the room should feel — the people greeting you, cooking for you and checking in are the same people whose name is above the door. At Zaika Hub that translates into consistency and care, with a personal stake in every plate that leaves the kitchen.
Whether you're settling in for a relaxed night out or simply after a comforting classic, the aim is the same: to offer more than a meal. Warm hospitality, familiar faces and the flavours of decades of cooking are what the family hopes will make their place one you'll want to return to again and again.
Zaika Hub focuses on honest, flavour-packed Indian cuisine made with care, consistency and a personal touch. The cooking draws on the chef's decades with traditional recipes and regional dishes, so expect comforting classics alongside bolder, more aromatic plates — food where the spices have been given time and skill to do their work.
The full food and drinks menus are published on the Zaika Hub website, so you can browse before you visit. If you'd rather eat at home, online ordering is available, making it easy to enjoy their cooking on the couch. And if you're planning something bigger, the family team welcomes catering enquiries and will help you put together what you need — just reach out by email, phone or the contact form.
Zaika Hub is open seven days a week. Lunch runs from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm, Monday to Friday — handy for a workday break on Jackson Street. Dinner is served from 5:00 pm to 9:30 pm every day, and the restaurant is closed for lunch on Saturday and Sunday, so plan weekend visits around the evening service.
You'll find Zaika Hub at 200 Jackson St, Petone, Wellington. Questions, table bookings and catering requests can all go through the Talk to Us form on their website, or you can email [email protected] or call 04 939 3048 — the family team responds as soon as they can. Whether it's your first visit or your fiftieth, expect the same thing: a warm welcome and Indian flavours perfected over decades, served with family warmth in the heart of Petone.