Recommended based on 5 votes
(The Overall Rating is calculated using a Weighted Average)
User Reviews on Zen Chinese Cuisine
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Overall
Recommended
Food 7
Ambience 8
Service 7
Value 5
Been dining at this place for many years, seems that you get better attention if you dine in a large group. It is not cheap (over-priced in fact) but I guess thats due to its location. The food is good, but I have eaten better in local Sydney chinese eateries. Convenience factor here especially if you are staying at the Conrad and been drinking too much at the Bar next door.
We were really disappointed in Zen after hearing about it and reading the reviews here. We thought that our local chinese at home was equally as good if not better. We arrived at 6 pm, it wasn't busy, but our entrees came out 15 minutes apart which meant that we had to eat separately for that course. The spring rolls my partner ordered were overcooked, bordering on burnt. We ordered prawns from the special chefs selection that was pretty ordinary and 3 times the price of back home, our vegetable fried rice was the same story!
We don't mind paying decent prices for quality food (Zen between $30 and $40 for mains) but this was local chinese in flash restaurant disguise for us. We will be back to the same order back home in Marrickville next week for a quarter of the price!
Without a doubt probably the best Chinese restaurant I have been to in Australia. Everything is delicious, perfectly cooked and not oily. Using fresh ingredients and exciting flavours, Zens gives life back to Chinese food. The service is consistently excellent and every visit here is a culinary delight. Having dined here around a dozen times over the past 3 years you can see why it has won so many awards.