Zen Chinese Cuisine - Halifax, Nova Scotia

The prices are fantastic! The food was very good, although the chicken was slightly overdone. Lots of flavor overall and generous portions. Not a fancy place by any means but excellent service.

Take out 6 egg rolls and 1 chicken fried rice and had to bring back. The cook/server was very friendly but the food was still the worst I ever had. I will not return again

Make sure you have cash in hand before going to this worst place. There is a sign in the reception saying will accept master card, visa card , American express ext, don't trust them. And make sure you going to order the food by their choice. They are not going ... to give what you want. Chicken fried rice dosent have even one chicken piece, egg roll filling with something black filling in it. Lemon chicken only fried batter, not even find one piece of chicken inside the batter, asked for wine, said not avaliable, while eating (really not eating, acting) they offered wine. The better we find in there is beer. Read more

Have been here several times, but spaced out over about 20 yrs. Most recent visit was last night about 7pm, a Thursday evening in December. Went in to place a take-out order to bring back to my office with a coworker for a bit of catch-up. ... There were two tables taken in the dining room. I would guess seating capacity for 80? The atmosphere is what you expect for most Chinese restaurants around here, with the normal decor, carpeting, basic tables. Seems well maintained, clean, and actually noticeably cozy this visit, with lower lighting and the back seating area closed off. It wasn't overly warm, but comfortable. I was greeted within maybe 30 seconds by the owner or manager, who was friendly. I took a take-out menu and explained I was looking for one of the standard "Canadian combos" that we've grown up with in NS. He pointed me right to that section, mentioning that you can add another item to the plate for $5. So I ordered the combination A meal, with an extra. Came to $19 something after tax. It was ready perhaps 11 or 12 mins, as expected. Took it to the office and generally enjoyed chowing down on the sweet & sour chicken balls (5 or 6 of them, a bit hard but still tasty and no complaints), rice ok/good, chow mein good/ok with liquid at the bottom as expected due to gravity of the styrofoam container, egg roll also similar to what you get at many Chinese restaurants locally (crispy, decent shell, with a brown substance inside). Although nothing blew me away here, I wasn't turned off. I'd go back, preferably at night where it seemed, again, very cozy. Read more

Great food. Had Orange beef, Shredded Chicken with garlic and steamed rice. Owner/chef was super friendly and helpful. Was sad to see we were the only patrons at the time. Place was nicely decorated and clean. Lots of parking. Lots of choice in menu. ... Will be back. Read more