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Roost & Roast is a family owned restaurant located in Town & Country in Palo Alto. We are small take out only restaurant serving the local community with our brand of Asian-inspired comfort food. While our restaurant menu is largely Thai-inspired, the inspiration for Roost and Roast was to represent Asian-American flavor – building on the familiar tastes and flavors of Asia I grew up with and utilizing Californian ingredients and new cooking techniques that I’ve learned in my culinary career. It is our unique take of Cali-Asian fusion cuisine. The highlight of our menu is the Hat Yai-styled fried chicken. The recipe and preparation is styled from southern Thailand – using a traditional marinade of coriander, peppercorns, garlic an
Hours
| Friday | 10 AM–10 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–8 PM |
| Sunday | 11 AM–8 PM |
| Monday | 10 AM–10 PM |
| Tuesday | 10 AM–10 PM |
| Wednesday | 10 AM–10 PM |
| Thursday | 10 AM–10 PM |
Address and Contact Information
Address: 855 El Camino Real #157, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 485-2395
Website: http://www.roostandroast.com/
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Order and Reservations
Order: Order online
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Reviews
Andrea Fu
Needed something hot to hit the spot on a cold rainy day. The place was packed with students from Stanford. Ordering was easy and quick with the mobile service. The pad pad was steaming hot, which is something I always appreciate about quick service food and the Thai tea was delicious!
Pro tip: ask for the bean sprouts to be cooked with your pad thai!
… morePro tip: ask for the bean sprouts to be cooked with your pad thai!
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.
… moreRoy 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
… moreTofu / 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
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.
… moreK 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!)
… moreThe 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!)
Steven Warren
The food was actually really flavorful. This place only takes credit card and you have to use a kiosk to order, they do not take your order for you. You can tell most people order online in advance. It did take a little longer than I expected to get my food as there is no seating inside, only outside. So you have to just stand there until it’s ready – it was about 10 minute wait and there were 3 people ahead of me. So it’s not going to be a fast in and out like a Chipotle.
Overall the food was really good with average/medium sized portions. I would recommend this to others if you are in the mood for some Thai!
… moreOverall the food was really good with average/medium sized portions. I would recommend this to others if you are in the mood for some Thai!
Samastipur Kesri
Tried the papaya salad and the fried chicken drum and thigh. Both were ridiculously good. Highly recommended.
Update (Feb 2025) – adding the ground basil pork over rice dish to my list of favorites.
… moreUpdate (Feb 2025) – adding the ground basil pork over rice dish to my list of favorites.
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.
… moreAlexandra 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.
… moreCathy 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.
… moreI 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.