Gulzaar Halal Restaurant & Catering

About Gulzaar Halal Restaurant & Catering

Located at 1880 W San Carlos St in San Jose, California, Gulzaar Halal Restaurant & Catering is a Middle Eastern restaurant. It's part of our guide to 1,684 restaurants, cafes and bars in San Jose. Prices are affordable ($10–20 per person).

Gulzaar Halal Restaurant & Catering is open 6 days a week, usually 11:30 AM – 8:00 PM (closed Sunday).

Guests can choose from 87 menu items across 15 sections, including Soup/Salad/Appetizers, Veggie Specials, Wraps, Manakesh, and Lunch and Dinner - Sandwiches. Listed prices range from $1.00 to $217.80, with a typical item around $12.50. Menu highlights include Sunny Greens Soup, Falafel Salad, and Chicken Wrap.

Service options include kerbside pickup, no-contact delivery, delivery, takeaway, and dine-in. Visitors describe the atmosphere as casual, cosy, and quiet, and it is a good fit for groups and university students. The place is family friendly, LGBTQ+ friendly, and a transgender safe space. It is especially popular for lunch, dinner, and solo dining. Offerings include coffee, comfort food, halal food, healthy options, and organic dishes.

Accessibility features: wheelchair-accessible car park, wheelchair-accessible entrance, wheelchair-accessible seating, and wheelchair-accessible toilet. Payment methods accepted: credit cards, debit cards, and NFC mobile payments. Parking: free of charge street parking and parking. Reservations are accepted; call (408) 292-2786 to book a table.

Quick facts

Category

Middle Eastern Restaurant

Address

1880 W San Carlos St, San Jose, CA 95128

Phone

(408) 292-2786

Price range

$10–20 per person

Hours

Open 6 days a week, usually 11:30 AM – 8:00 PM (closed Sunday)

Menu

87 items · $1.00–$217.80

Listing updated

April 2026 · Suggest an edit

How the hours compare

We compared Gulzaar Halal Restaurant & Catering’s weekday schedule with 31 other Middle Eastern restaurants in California. On a typical weekday it opens at 11:30 AM, later than most (the typical opening time is 11:00 AM) and closes at 8:00 PM, earlier than most (typical closing time: 9:00 PM).

In total it is open about 51 hours a week, 18 hours fewer than the local median of 69. 84% of Middle Eastern restaurants in California open on Sundays; Gulzaar Halal Restaurant & Catering does not.

Compared with 31 other Middle Eastern restaurants in California that list their hours in our guide.

• Sunny Greens Soup$8.00
• Falafel Salad$13.50
• Chicken Wrap$12.50
• Zaatar$8.50
• Chicken Sandwich$12.50
• Biryani Rice With Chicken Tikka1$20.00
• Rice With Chicken And Yogurt$9.00
• Chicken Tikka$12.25
• Baklava$4.00
• Apple Juice (Martinelli's)$3.50

Typical prices for Middle Eastern restaurants in California

Based on 14 menus with 773 priced items from Middle Eastern restaurants in California, the median menu item costs $13.00, and half of all items are priced between $7.00 and $21.00.

At Gulzaar Halal Restaurant & Catering the median listed price is $12.50, close to the typical $13.00 for Middle Eastern restaurants in California.

Calculated from 14 menus in our guide. Prices vary by location and change over time.

Features & amenities

The neighborhood

Within a 10-minute walk (half a mile) of Gulzaar Halal Restaurant & Catering there are 17 other places to eat and drink in our guide, and 44 within one mile. By type, the places within a mile include Mexican & Tex-Mex (9), Burgers & Fast Food (6), Vietnamese (4), and Bakeries & Desserts (4).

Competition is light: 1 other Middle Eastern restaurant is within a mile. The closest is Falafel's Drive In, 0.4 mi away.

8 places within a mile stay open until 10 PM or later on at least one night a week.

Nearest places of other kinds

• ThaiThaibodia< 0.1 mi
• KoreanYakiniQ0.2 mi
• Mexican & Tex-MexTacos al Pastor0.2 mi
• VietnameseGreen Lotus0.2 mi
• AfricanWalia Ethiopian Cuisine0.3 mi

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