Highly recommended for all to try. One of my favourite vegan restaurants. Great taste and packed with protein. The mocktails are very tasty and fresh. The staff are polite and the service is quick. Everything is plant based and the portion size is reasonable too. Must try the satay skewers and black bean sauce tofu.Vegetarian options: All the items on the menu are plant based and 100% veganParking: Side roads are permit holders or paybyphone and there may be a few spots on the main road too which is also pay and display or PayByPhone. You may find a free spot on the weekend a little further away and will have to talk around 5 minutes to get to the restaurant.
Owen Pyle
As someone moving towards a plant-based diet, decided to order dinner on Friday night from Zen Buddha. Mostly really good - the sweet and sour "chicken", "pork" buns and spring rolls were particular highlights. The crispy "beef" was a disappointment though - it was spicy but soggy. Service was good, we ordered and the food was ready for collection in the timeframe they gave us. Overall, really nice but it's such a trek for us so probably not worth the journey again.
Sam Martin
Lovely food, fast service, will definitely come back!
Ketan
Bad service. Too long to make food. They don't follow the timings they say
Kay V
Lovely vegetarian food. Very delicious mock style Chinese food. We ordered so much food but we were happy to take a large doggy bag back home too.Vegetarian options: It’s a vegan restaurant so no risk of any vegetarians being blind sidedDietary restrictions: They have options to have no onion no garlic for those not consuming those items as part of their diet/beliefsKid-friendliness: We have 6 year old twins who loved the food and tried things they wouldn’t normally for fear of it being contaminated with meat.
Tushar Brahmbhatt
Good food, service a little slow but friendly staff and were apologetic for slight delays. Would recommend though. Menu is very extensive, everything we had was tasty.Vegetarian options: All vegan so perfect for veggies
Paav Saav
Great experience and choice of food. Would certainly come
Priya Shah
Disappointed overall.Singapore noodles were burnt and had way too much curry power to the extent it tasted bitter. The offer by the staff to take it back to the kitchen.The Chinese vegetable portion was small and the crispy mushrooms were average.It felt more Indian than Chinese... The only thing pan Asian was the use of MSG! Ha ha haProbably catering more for Indians.
Nikita shah
We visited this restaurant today. It’s always yummy. Food was good before, recently it’s gone down. It’s always empty ,prices have risen so high…however today we ordered Singapore noodles, when it came it had like steam coming out it, we thot it would be nice and hot, took some on the plate… and tasted it, they seemed burnt and refried and cold from the inside…tasted chewy.. so we called the waitress and told her the situation. She took it and took the same noodles and put it on the pan and burnt it even more… it came fully roasted.. we told the lady this is cold and not fresh we want fresh noodles. She said what can I tell them. She said we will take it off the bill we can’t make you fresh.. Avoid.
Manoj Kerai
I am giving this place two stars as I generally like it.However, I had appalling service when I visited on Sunday 20th August in the evening.We ordered something which came wrong. (Noodles with vegan beef) - it came with no beef and only vegetables. We queried it and sent it back - only for the waitress to tell us that's what it's like. So she basically lied and told us that we were wrong and what we were eating was actually the steak Noodles.We ordered Jasmine rice which we didn't get.Then at the end of the bill we requested to remove to service charge and the waitress said we can't do that. Legally you can remove it unless it's a mandatory charge or if we were made aware before hand (which we weren't).I generally have a good experience here, so I will come back at some point, but after this experience I won't be back for a long time as it has left a bitter taste in my mouth.
Great vegan food. Had sizzling aubergine and singapore fried rice - it was really good!
Betsy Smith
Amazing vegan food restaurant with lots of options! Very tasty food and great service. Highly recommend!
Priya Kotecha
I ordered a takeaway from here and when I arrived to collect it (10 mins early) I was told not only would it not be ready in 10 mins time, but that they were so busy that it probably would take another 30-40 mins over the scheduled time. I asked for a refund. They said that's fine. I never got one. I called them up sometime later and was told I'd get a call back which never materialised. Still chasing my refund. Very poor service and keeping people's money when no food was provided.After posting the above review on 21 Feb 2023, I was contacted straightaway by Zen Buddha. Told I would get a refund. However, 4 weeks on still no refund.
Gila Cohen
We have ordered a few times via ubereats. The third time there was an apricot (or peach?) Stone in my dish which I bit down on but luckily didn't damage my teeth. I was absolutely fuming and it took almost a year for us to decide that we'd give zen Buddha another chance since there was an ubereat promo code. This time has been the worst food establishment experience I have ever experienced. I bit down on something hard, spat it out, picked it up and it was a SIZEABLE SHARD OF GLASS. in my food!!!! To say I am outraged is an understatement. If I had swallowed that it could have KILLED me. This establishment should be shut down for food safety violations. There is no way they didn't realise that something smashed in their cooking area and could have come into contact with their food and yet did not think twice about serving customers with food that could seriously injure or kill someone. I have filed a complaint with ubereats but let's just say I will not stop until I get adequate compensation for the anguish and trauma as a result of this incident.
Simon C
Ordered a takeaway. The food was ok and we ate and had leftovers for lunch the next day. The next day my Wife nearly swallows a shard of glass that was in a dish. We alerted the restaurant/‘manager’ but they were utterly dismissive, unapologetic and insisted they never use glass in their Kitchen. Big statement that! Was horrified and upset to have a potentially deadly piece of glass in food and the reaction was not any better. Average food, awful attitude! Avoid at all costs
Highly recommended for all to try. One of my favourite vegan restaurants. Great taste and packed with protein. The mocktails are very tasty and fresh. The staff are polite and the service is quick. Everything is plant based and the portion size is reasonable too. Must try the satay skewers and black bean sauce tofu.Vegetarian options: All the items on the menu are plant based and 100% veganParking: Side roads are permit holders or paybyphone and there may be a few spots on the main road too which is also pay and display or PayByPhone. You may find a free spot on the weekend a little further away and will have to talk around 5 minutes to get to the restaurant.
As someone moving towards a plant-based diet, decided to order dinner on Friday night from Zen Buddha. Mostly really good - the sweet and sour "chicken", "pork" buns and spring rolls were particular highlights. The crispy "beef" was a disappointment though - it was spicy but soggy. Service was good, we ordered and the food was ready for collection in the timeframe they gave us. Overall, really nice but it's such a trek for us so probably not worth the journey again.
Lovely food, fast service, will definitely come back!
Bad service. Too long to make food. They don't follow the timings they say
Lovely vegetarian food. Very delicious mock style Chinese food. We ordered so much food but we were happy to take a large doggy bag back home too.Vegetarian options: It’s a vegan restaurant so no risk of any vegetarians being blind sidedDietary restrictions: They have options to have no onion no garlic for those not consuming those items as part of their diet/beliefsKid-friendliness: We have 6 year old twins who loved the food and tried things they wouldn’t normally for fear of it being contaminated with meat.
Good food, service a little slow but friendly staff and were apologetic for slight delays. Would recommend though. Menu is very extensive, everything we had was tasty.Vegetarian options: All vegan so perfect for veggies
Great experience and choice of food. Would certainly come
Disappointed overall.Singapore noodles were burnt and had way too much curry power to the extent it tasted bitter. The offer by the staff to take it back to the kitchen.The Chinese vegetable portion was small and the crispy mushrooms were average.It felt more Indian than Chinese... The only thing pan Asian was the use of MSG! Ha ha haProbably catering more for Indians.
We visited this restaurant today. It’s always yummy. Food was good before, recently it’s gone down. It’s always empty ,prices have risen so high…however today we ordered Singapore noodles, when it came it had like steam coming out it, we thot it would be nice and hot, took some on the plate… and tasted it, they seemed burnt and refried and cold from the inside…tasted chewy.. so we called the waitress and told her the situation. She took it and took the same noodles and put it on the pan and burnt it even more… it came fully roasted.. we told the lady this is cold and not fresh we want fresh noodles. She said what can I tell them. She said we will take it off the bill we can’t make you fresh.. Avoid.
I am giving this place two stars as I generally like it.However, I had appalling service when I visited on Sunday 20th August in the evening.We ordered something which came wrong. (Noodles with vegan beef) - it came with no beef and only vegetables. We queried it and sent it back - only for the waitress to tell us that's what it's like. So she basically lied and told us that we were wrong and what we were eating was actually the steak Noodles.We ordered Jasmine rice which we didn't get.Then at the end of the bill we requested to remove to service charge and the waitress said we can't do that. Legally you can remove it unless it's a mandatory charge or if we were made aware before hand (which we weren't).I generally have a good experience here, so I will come back at some point, but after this experience I won't be back for a long time as it has left a bitter taste in my mouth.
Restaurantji Recommends
Great vegan food. Had sizzling aubergine and singapore fried rice - it was really good!
Amazing vegan food restaurant with lots of options! Very tasty food and great service. Highly recommend!
I ordered a takeaway from here and when I arrived to collect it (10 mins early) I was told not only would it not be ready in 10 mins time, but that they were so busy that it probably would take another 30-40 mins over the scheduled time. I asked for a refund. They said that's fine. I never got one. I called them up sometime later and was told I'd get a call back which never materialised. Still chasing my refund. Very poor service and keeping people's money when no food was provided.After posting the above review on 21 Feb 2023, I was contacted straightaway by Zen Buddha. Told I would get a refund. However, 4 weeks on still no refund.
We have ordered a few times via ubereats. The third time there was an apricot (or peach?) Stone in my dish which I bit down on but luckily didn't damage my teeth. I was absolutely fuming and it took almost a year for us to decide that we'd give zen Buddha another chance since there was an ubereat promo code. This time has been the worst food establishment experience I have ever experienced. I bit down on something hard, spat it out, picked it up and it was a SIZEABLE SHARD OF GLASS. in my food!!!! To say I am outraged is an understatement. If I had swallowed that it could have KILLED me. This establishment should be shut down for food safety violations. There is no way they didn't realise that something smashed in their cooking area and could have come into contact with their food and yet did not think twice about serving customers with food that could seriously injure or kill someone. I have filed a complaint with ubereats but let's just say I will not stop until I get adequate compensation for the anguish and trauma as a result of this incident.
Ordered a takeaway. The food was ok and we ate and had leftovers for lunch the next day. The next day my Wife nearly swallows a shard of glass that was in a dish. We alerted the restaurant/‘manager’ but they were utterly dismissive, unapologetic and insisted they never use glass in their Kitchen. Big statement that! Was horrified and upset to have a potentially deadly piece of glass in food and the reaction was not any better. Average food, awful attitude! Avoid at all costs