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

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.

I catered an event for over 80 people with Roost And Roast. Everyone raved about the food! The owner, Branden, was extremely generous and kind and made a special delivery to our event, after closing hours. Each tray was generously filled, and we had an abundance of food. I will definitely order from them again. It was a pleasure working with Roost And Roast and I highly recommend them!

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!

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!)

It appears my review from another google account has been deleted. So I will repost it on this one since I feel obligated to tell people that I FOUND A PUBIC HAIR AT THE BOTTOM OF MY TAKE OUT CONTAINER.

Otherwise the food is pretty good not gonna lie.

Walked in for a rice plate wasn't even acknowledged as I walked in or nothing. 3 guys chilling in the back not acknowledging a paying customer. If you were closed could have told a brother something. Instead of pretending like a brother dont exist. Stood for like 5 or 10 mins not getting any reaction with anyone. One guy came out the back to get something to drink I said hello. Gave me the I don't want to be bothered look and ignored me. Again you don't lose nothing by telling a brother yall busy or don't want to take my order.

I absolutely LOVE this place! It is one of my favorite places to eat in Palo Alto! I love the 3-piece Hat Yai Chicken and Rice with the sweet chili sauce. The chicken is always crunchy and the pickled carrots and daikon, crispy onions and cucumbers are just the perfect combination! The portion is perfectly filling without overwhelming!

The staff are always polite even during really busy hours. They can get quite busy after 5, so sometimes the wait can feel a bit long, especially if you're really hungry! The front end always looks clean and orderly. There are a lot of people that come through whether they order for pick-up or at the counter.

The location is convenient, especially to Stanford. It is also right next to Palmetto Superfoods, which is an acai bowl shop, which is my favorite placed to grab an acai bowl! Even though the plaza is always busy, we always manage to find a parking spot.

Definitely recommend you stop by and grab something to eat!

It appears my review from another google account has been deleted. So I will repost it on this one since I feel obligated to tell people that I FOUND A PUBIC HAIR AT THE BOTTOM OF MY TAKE OUT CONTAINER.

Otherwise the food is pretty good not gonna lie.

Walked in for a rice plate wasn't even acknowledged as I walked in or nothing. 3 guys chilling in the back not acknowledging a paying customer. If you were closed could have told a brother something. Instead of pretending like a brother dont exist. Stood for like 5 or 10 mins not getting any reaction with anyone. One guy came out the back to get something to drink I said hello. Gave me the I don't want to be bothered look and ignored me. Again you don't lose nothing by telling a brother yall busy or don't want to take my order.

I catered an event for over 80 people with Roost And Roast. Everyone raved about the food! The owner, Branden, was extremely generous and kind and made a special delivery to our event, after closing hours. Each tray was generously filled, and we had an abundance of food. I will definitely order from them again. It was a pleasure working with Roost And Roast and I highly recommend them!

Great food and staff

Fantastic chicken and roti, but the papaya salad wasn’t really Thai-style and rather bland.

Thank you for the donations to our KIPP San José Collegiate athletes! Very much appreciated!

They catered a banquet and it was fantastic, and food was perfectly labeled for food allergies!

Newer restaurant serving generic Thai foods

Popcorn chicken is not good at all. It’s mostly fried dough and no actual meat, super fried and HARD!

Pretty filling and flavorful tofu pad kra pow bowl. A little oily though and kind of gave me a stomach upset I think.

Food was expensive for small portions. Taste of the chicken was ok but the papaya salad was literally sliced papaya and nothing more.

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

The Pad Thai was way too spicy/picante

The food was amazing and delivered to us 15 min early!

Great food here. Definitely would recommend the pineapple fried rice

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.

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!

Ate here for lunch. Ordered a chicken rice bowl. Food was as expected, but the chicken felt off. Slept and woke up the next day with huge vomiting and food poisoning. Will NOT be eating here again.

Got the popcorn chicken rice box ($16) and added fried egg ($2). Chicken was well seasoned and not too salty. A good amount of chicken.

I absolutely LOVE this place! It is one of my favorite places to eat in Palo Alto! I love the 3-piece Hat Yai Chicken and Rice with the sweet chili sauce. The chicken is always crunchy and the pickled carrots and daikon, crispy onions and cucumbers are just the perfect combination! The portion is perfectly filling without overwhelming!

The staff are always polite even during really busy hours. They can get quite busy after 5, so sometimes the wait can feel a bit long, especially if you're really hungry! The front end always looks clean and orderly. There are a lot of people that come through whether they order for pick-up or at the counter.

The location is convenient, especially to Stanford. It is also right next to Palmetto Superfoods, which is an acai bowl shop, which is my favorite placed to grab an acai bowl! Even though the plaza is always busy, we always manage to find a parking spot.

Definitely recommend you stop by and grab something to eat!

The thai food is surprisingly good but is expensive for what you get. There are better more authentic places in downtown

Got the popcorn chicken and rice, it was all batter and a little burned.

Delicious

Ordered their hat yai dish and a couple hours later I vomited continuously I have not eaten anything else so it could only be the food from this place I had tried the chicken but noticed it was completely over fried but the chicken inside was still raw I had left the chicken after trying a few bites do not recommend eating here. I belive that the workers may have also forgot about the order as I had gone back 10 min later after placing the order and they were just waiting there when I asked them about it they said 2 min and started to work on it. Their food is not too bad but because of the rush job it had lead me to have severe vomiting and a horrible stomachs ache

Food is great. Staff was very friendly and food is brought out in a reasonable amount of time.

Great tasting dishes, consistent, & lots of variety!

The veg pad thai was really good

BBQ is delicious. Pad Thai is godly. Fried chicken is OK, but I have friends who love it. Thai tea is overpriced but good. Overall delicious.

Still like this chicken place.

Tried the papaya salad and the fried chicken drum and thigh. Both were ridiculously good. Highly recommended.

Best quick meal in Palo Alto hands down. Fried chicken buckets are great value and will make your cry with joy. Chicken over rice bowls come w/ a lot of meat, none of that skimpy sh*t. I’m an evangelist.

Used to be good. But not so good any more. Most recently got served burnt fried chicken that was basically inedible... sad.

Absolutely delicious Asian food. Ordered delivery using ezcater and this is one of the best restaurants we've used. Delivered on time, good food portions at a reasonable price.

Pad Krapow Moo (Pork) [Pork stir-fry with Thai basil served over rice, topped with a fried egg and served alongside fresh cucumber, mint and lime wedge] was fantastic with a lovely spice level to round out the flavor profile.

Always a satisfying chicken dinner. I usually get the BBQ or lemongrass chicken with salad on the side and the toasted rice sauce. Unique take on Thai (and chicken) that you don’t find elsewhere.

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.

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.

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.

Located in a nice, busy strip mall in Palo Alto. Ordered the pop corn chicken entree and found it to be non-greasy (yay!) but lacking in flavor. Even the dipping sauce was syrupy sweet even though we ordered the toasted rice sauce (vs the sweet chili option).

Fried chicken was really good. Very crispy with the right amount of seasoning. I’m really happy that a Thai fried chicken place opened up around here. The style is unique and pairs really well with some rice and papaya salad. The sauces could use more fish sauce and chilies and less sugar. I get it that they’re trying to appeal to a general audience but give us options to kick up the fire. Pad Thai and other noodles were ok, too sweet for my tastes.

Just come here for the fried chicken, you’ll be a happy camper.

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!)

Popcorn chicken was dry and stale.

Got the regular Taiwanese friend chicken and papaya salad. Both were flavorless and had old ingredients

Your fried chicken is indelibly salty, it is beyond the matter of preference in my humble opinion. Maybe too long in the brine, please check the taste. If not for this critical flaw, the food could have earned 5 star

Lower the prices for students its kinda expensive 9$ + tax for the pineapple fried rice also most of the food here too. The Fried rice here is pretty good tho

I love their Hat Yai Fried! It comes with 3 pieces of bone-in fried chicken, fried onions and basil, rice, lime, and a sweet chili dipping sauce. The chicken is not too oily, has a crispy exterior and juicy interior, and is seasoned to perfection. I can’t wait to order it again!

We love your chicken! Light, crunchy, not too oily, and perfectly seasoned. The wide variety of dishes including Pad Thai, salads, and multiple types of friend chicken are a perfect fit for our family. So glad we found this place, it’s destined to become one of our favorites.

Good food!

Hatyai fried chicken was flavorful and fresh - the amount of seasoning was perfect (not too much, some salt, pepper, maybe garlic?). The watermelon lemonade was very refreshing and the staff were really helpful. They let us try both sauces for the chicken too!

The chicken dipping sauces were both tasty but a bit too sweet, and the portion of white rice on the side was a lot. I would definitely come back though, it's great to have a good Thai option in this area!

So good, such a welcome addition to T&C! We had the BBQ chicken, roti with curry and papaya salad with a thai iced tea - all were excellent. Will be back often!

Great food! Friendly, helpful staff. Reasonable prices for the area. Food is lite, not oily or greasy. This will replace another local spot in our regular rotation for sure! Great addition to the town and country food options, we're always excited for new food spots and this one didn't disappoint.

Thai Pop: tasty, entree was reasonable portion.
Pad Thai: best in the area, we've tried many many places. Better than Tommy and Lotus.
Fried rice: also very good, not quite as flavorful as Tommy but way less oily.
Roti & Curry: good, not zareens good but still good. Probably wouldn't get it regularly but glad we tried it, no regrets.

We'll be back! Tough location (even belcampo couldn't survive in that space!) So fingers crossed the community embraces it, hope they stick around.

I was trying to decide what to take home for dinner when this place caught my eye. I ended up ordering the BBQ chicken over rice (with tamarind sauce) and I was so impressed at how delicious it was! The chicken is moist and flavorful, and and I am definitely planning to come back to try the rest of their menu. My one small note on take-out preparation though, is that I think they should separate out the fried onion pieces into a little container so the customer can put them on. The onion pieces got kinda soggy from the heat and sauce of the chicken on the ride home. But still 5/5, that’s a really small nitpick.

Very tasty food executed well. Friendly staff and super clean store make this restaurant even more appealing. As another review mentioned, there is a sweetness to the roti and curry, but I personally enjoyed that about it. The papaya salad is refreshing and seasoned very well. The fried chicken items are all very crispy, tender, juicy, and overall delicious. Kudos to this restaurant and their staff! I will be a repeat customer :)

Have come here quite a few times since it opened, and every time it’s been excellent! I usually get the popcorn chicken but have also tried the pineapple fried rice and a few other dishes. Popcorn chicken is crispy on the outside, moist on the inside, and the sauces are yuuuuuuummy! The pineapple rice is wonderfully seasoned and has a lot of depth. All around delicious, with a very friendly staff.

Finally got to try this place after seeing it mentioned in the Six Fifty/Peninsula Foodist newsletter. YUM!

I'm not sure what the wait time is like if you order at the counter. I've been tending to opt for online ordering these days just to skip waits and lines, and everything was ready to go and hot when I arrived. I hadn't been sure about the seating situation so hadn't planned to necessarily stick around and eat, but there were 4-5 outdoor tables so we sat down and went to town!

We got the fried chicken and BBQ chicken. The fried chicken was definitely good if that's what you're in the mood for, but if I'm being honest, the BBQ chicken was a wonderful surprise and the thing I would order if I came back again. SO moist and flavorful - HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

The prices are a tad high, but hey, it's Palo Alto. Great fast casual. We also got the Thai iced tea and watermelon lemonade. Both were good, but I preferred the latter a bit. I'll be back.

TL;DR: if you want roti, don't get the side. It's only one piece of roti, and they might forget to add it.

Good chicken, but a bit expensive. We ordered two extra sides of roti and curry ($3.50 each) for our chicken meals, but we only received one side. The one side only consisted of one piece of roti. We were a bit disappointed to have paid $7 extra for the one roti we received.

Went in to order and tore into my meal as soon as I got it, so everything was super fresh and hot. The hat yai chicken was crispy and juicy and tender and perfectly cooked. Papaya salad was delightfully spicy, but the roti and curry was too sweet for my taste. Service was quick and pleasant.

Some of the best chicken around… crispy and flavorful skin with tender, juicy meat. Will definitely be coming back!