Zen Buddha Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Really wonderful food."
• "Food was great, cooked perfectly."
• "Delicious food, nice place and good price :)"
• "The food is excellent."
• "The food was all fresh, nice and hot on arrival, lovely presentation."
• "The food was quite tasty."
• "The food is great, really nice."

Cons:

• "Food was good before, recently it’s gone down."
• "Some dishes aren't that great, the rice dishes have always been really salty."
• "I didn’t love the ants crawling on my plate with my cheesecake."
• "I bit down on something hard, spat it out, picked it up and it was a SIZEABLE SHARD OF GLASS. in my food!!!!"
• "Food was mediocre at best made even worse by the fact the food was cold."
• "The noodle dishes have incredible amounts of oil which wasn't pleasant at all."
• "They seemed burnt and refried and cold from the inside…tasted chewy."

Service

Pros:

• "They're also quick. My orders have been ready in 10-15 minutes."
• "Contrary to most other reviews, the service couldn't actually be faulted."
• "Servers are so sweet and helpful."
• "Friendly staff very helpfull giving advice on new dishes and the dietary requirements."
• "Everytime I visited this restaurant I have had very nice experience especially from staff and management."
• "Excellent service on multiple visits."
• "The staff are very helpful and the service is very prompt."

Cons:

• "Service is really poor here."
• "And the Indian dude who works there is incredibly rude."
• "Very rude customer service. You shouldn't expect anything good from these people."
• "Absolutely dire the service was a joke."
• "The service is very slow whether eating in or getting takeaway."
• "Service is incredibly poor."
• "The customer service is terrible, sometimes you can be waiting a long time to be served."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The atmosphere definitely Zen, the staff were so kind and thoughtful."
• "It is a pleasant enough place to have dinner or lunch."
• "The added bonus of the atmosphere being wonderful is just perfect!"
• "Coupled with a Zen feel atmosphere."
• "This place is really uplifting and I always come away refreshed."
• "Nice decor."
• "Good atmosphere and family run would definitely recommend and we will back."

Cons:

• "Atmosphere needs a change, very bland and cold."
• "It was cold in the restaurant and the atmosphere has gone."
• "Food overall tasty but stressful dining experience with the managers behavior towards staff."
• "A truly awful experience. Avoid at all costs."
• "The rude and lousy waitress kept making mistakes and blaming me and my partner for it."
• "The service was an absolute joke."
• "Extreme confusion amongst the staff.. messed up the orders 3 times, forcing us to leave.. staff began fighting amongst each other in front of the clients; casual racist comments made.."

Value

Pros:

• "Great veggie restaurant. Reasonably priced eat all you can lunch buffet £7. Or there is a menu."
• "It's 40% off takeaway which makes the price worth it."
• "Food was varied (so many options and hard to choose) and delicious at reasonable prices."
• "Very reasonable prices."
• "It's not expensive either."
• "The price is very reasonable."
• "£15 for two mains and table service, it's a fair price, healthy and ethical."

Cons:

• "Mandatory service charges and charges for take away boxes really left a bitter taste after what was otherwise an acceptable meal."
• "Prices have risen so high…"
• "A meal for two with starters and desserts can cost upwards of £60. So not cheap."
• "Very expensive for what it is."
• "Vegetables price ridiculous... £8.30 for 3 or 4 steamed book choy!"
• "Curry portion size seems a little small for the price."
• "Food is ok, but quite costly for what you get."