• Zen Gardens - Guelph

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  • White Vegetarian
Vegan-friendly
Chinese
Take-out
Asian

Chinese vegetarian restaurant with several locations. Features a variety of Asian vegetable dishes, mock meat dishes, sushi, dim sum, and others. Large selection of tea. Open Tue-Sat 11:30am-9:00pm.


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16 Reviews

First Review by Richard Myers

Veganchick11

Points +320

Vegan
04 Nov 2023

Vegan Chinese!

Ordered takeout last night, and we will definitely be back again! We were visiting Guelph from Ottawa and were so happy to find out that Guelph has a veggie Chinese restaurant! Seems to be all vegan with the exception of cheesecake. The vegan chicken balls were really good, I've never seen them at any other vegan restaurant before! We also tried the wonton soup, chow mein, beef and brocolli, and a curry, everything was great! Portions were large as well.

Updated from previous review on 2023-11-04

Pros: chicken balls, chow mein

Cons: get rid of the cheesecake and go fully vegan!

Carrie-AnnBurns

Points +393

Vegan
07 Oct 2022

Yummy Chinese Food

The food is yummy, the portion sizes are great!

Pros: Fully vegetarian restaurant lots of vegan options, Amazing portion sizes, Yummy

Elizabeth Jacquet

Points +77

Vegan
18 Aug 2022

Recommended!

Excellent vegan options, great service, tasty food!

whippetgood

Points +80

Vegan
08 Jul 2020

Convenient take out

Placed an order while running errands in Guelph. We finished up early and when we called back, they were able to have our order ready faster, no problem. Parking was easy, everything we ordered (sushi, dumplings, buns, fried noodles, veggies) was packaged carefully, and the flavours were great. Will go back whenever we return to Guelph!

Pros: Vegan options galore, Good portions, Great value

NickSkalkos

Points +48

Vegan
28 Jun 2019

Unbelievable vegan options. Amazing flavors.

Everything on the menus is delicious. Owners are sweet!

Eatsveggies

Points +32

Vegan
24 Feb 2019

Good for vegans

Ate here recently. Prompt, polite service. Lovely atmosphere, cozy, converted house. Lots of vegan options. Good food, found the portions generous, I had to take a doggy-bag home. Love the tea in glass tea pot. I would definitely return. A bright spot for vegans in Guelph.

Updated from previous review on 2019-02-24

Pros: Cozy, homey atmosphere , Lots of vegan asian food choices, Prompt, attentive service

Cons: None

Veggiedancer

Points +204

Vegetarian
03 Feb 2019

Fantastic

I go every time I’m in Guelph and I always bring friends. The food is delicious and well priced. The ambiance, cozy and warm. It reminds me of eating at vegetarian restaurants in China.

NicholMurray

Points +16

Vegan
21 Jun 2018

An Absolute Delight

Our first visit and we will be going back. As vegans, we found that the food quality, presentation and quantity were excellent. We very much enjoyed both the hot & sour and Wonton soup. The curried noodles were spicy and left just the right level of heat in our palates.

Pros: Lots of Vegan Options. Cute and Quaint atmosphere

Cons: None

vrony

Points +130

Vegetarian
16 May 2018

Delicious and reliable

The perfect place for vegetarian Chinese cuisine. A variety of options, prompt service, and friendly staff.

Pros: Lots of variety , Great combo deals , Freshly prepared

Dancingbarefoot

Points +577

Vegan
09 Jan 2017

our fav

Our favourite restaurant in Guelph. Chikn balls are awesome. Highly recommend eating in or taking out

Seb260

Points +24

Vegan
25 Nov 2016

Good food, but server was overwhelmed with only a few tables

l love the fact this place is so vegan friendly, and from the outside looks very cozy as its set in an old detached victorian house. I ordered the dinner combo, and chose the veggie curry. The food was very tasty, and reasonably priced. However, the lady serving us seemed to forget about us, and didn't even give us the dessert or green tea that we ordered as part of the combo. Also...it was freezing cold in there (Shame they didn't turn on the lovely fireplace! )..and they seemed to have a huge water leak with buckets catching water that was dripping through the ceiling. Quite an odd experience.

Pros: Very vegan friendly

Cons: Service poor, water leak was unfortunate

markc7

Points +99

Vegan
10 May 2013

Good, sometimes Great

I used to really love this place in London. Here in Guelph, i've had just ok meals. The atmosphere is lovely, though.

Pros: Reasonable Price, chill Atmosphere

Cons: Food Just Ok

bovverbhoy

Points +54

Vegan
10 Dec 2012

Solid

Definitely worth a visit if you're looking for veg/vegan food with an Asian theme. I have family members who are not veg and they look forward to eating here.

Pros: Good food, Decent choices , Good presentation

Cons: Can be a little pricey

WebWench

Points +17

Vegetarian
17 Jun 2012

Enjoyed an early father's day dinner!

Took the husband and two kids here to dinner while we were passing through. Everything was quite enjoyable. I will give a point form feedback on each dish as it will be easier to read:
- miso soup: my son had this and it was good and a large serving
- wonton soup: The broth was mild and the wonton delicious
- hot 'n sour soup: spicy and yummy!
- bbq buns: yummy but not much in the middle
- mock chicken balls: kids had these, loved them but more breading that I would have cared for
- avocado/cucumber sushi: good but rice heavy. still enjoyed it though!
- kung po chicken: very very yummy! huge portion
- curry chicken (came with potato/tofu/mock chicken/rice): my husband had this and enjoyed it, but I wasn't too fond of the curry

Overall we very much enjoyed our dinner. All that came to $65 w/tax. We had leftovers too! We will definitely go back if we are in Guelph again.

Pros: Excellent selection, Yummy food, Large portions

Cons: Small dining room

Jo-Anne

Points +91

Vegetarian
15 Sep 2009

our favourite restaurant in Guelph

We've visited this restaurant several times now, and always enjoyed great food, and helpful and attentive service. The only "problem" we've had, is trying to decide between so many attractive vegetarian options! On our most recent visit, there were a number of new dishes added to the menu, so we had to try some of them. The stir fry yam noodles and veggie fish casserole were delicious, and the tea was also delightful. Whenever we're in Guelph, we try to plan the day around a visit to Zen Gardens.

Pros: great food, excellent service, great vegetarian selection

Richard Myers

Points +753

Vegan
02 Dec 2008

Not bad for a chain restaurant

A couple of years ago, I had the opportunity to eat at the London, Ontario branch of this chain of restaurants before I ate at the Guelph branch. On both occassions, the food was very good but I would suggest you not get carried away with the deep fried food since it will leave you with a heavy feeling. Other than that the restaurant serves good vegan food in a pleasant atmosphere. The menu has a good number of items to chose from. We found the restaurant to be very clean and the server was very friendly and helpful. If you like to have a beer with your meal you will have to go elsewhere or have it later since they do not sell alcohol with their meals.

Pros: Good vegan food, Nice atmosphere, Wide selection of menu items




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