Zen Restaurant - Halifax

We always dine at this restaurant whenever we visit the city, and we absolutely love it.

Today was my first time visiting this restaurant and I was blown away by how delicious the food was.

I had a wonderful dining experience at this restaurant. I ordered the Orange beef, Shredded Chicken with garlic, and steamed rice. The owner/chef was extremely friendly and accommodating. It was unfortunate that we were the only customers at the time, as the place was beautifully decorated and clean. There was ample parking available and the menu offered a wide variety of options. I will definitely be returning in the future.

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.

The Chinese owner is such a nice man! The food is fresh and delicious as always! I am coming back!