
Zen
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Quick info
About Zen
Zen is a Thai restaurant and bar on Court Ln in Durham, where diners eat in a heated area styled as an urban jungle and set among palms. The menu runs to 168 dishes. Tom Yum and Beef Brisket Noodle Soup cover the soup and noodle side, while Salt & Pepper Belly Pork is one of the plates built around salt and pepper seasoning. The kitchen cooks Thai food and adds Pan-Asian dishes to the range. A bar runs alongside the dining area for drinks.
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Menu & Prices
168 dishes · mains £5–32- Beef Brisket Noodle Soup£14.50
- Wonton£10.00
- Tom Yum£9.50
- Sukhothai£12.50
- Salt & Pepper GFO£10.50
- Salt & Pepper Belly Pork£11.50
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention thai milk tea, bangkok toasties, salt and pepper chicken and thai green curry.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention thai milk tea, bangkok toasties, salt and pepper chicken and thai green curry.
Customer Review Summary
Reviews split on the food. One describes dishes packed with flavor that arrived looking beautiful, and another calls it quite good. A critical reviewer found the milk tea like watered down milk, the Bangkok toasties overfried and rubbery, and the meat feast noodles bland, with the salt and pepper chicken only ok. Two reviewers praise friendly staff and a good vibe.
Customer Review Summary
Reviews split on the food. One describes dishes packed with flavor that arrived looking beautiful, and another calls it quite good. A critical reviewer found the milk tea like watered down milk, the Bangkok toasties overfried and rubbery, and the meat feast noodles bland, with the salt and pepper chicken only ok. Two reviewers praise friendly staff and a good vibe.
Featured reviews
- Lottie Lambert
“I had an incredible dining experience here. Everything we ordered was packed with flavor and arrived at the table looking beautiful. …”
- Rass Ahmad
“Firstly service cannot fault, staff are really nice. The place gives off a good vibe and has nice decor. Sadly it’s just one of those places that is aesthetically pleasing with tasteless food. I’ve had milk tea in Thailand before. Don’t order it from here. It’s £5 and it just tastes like watered down milk. Just no taste to it at all. None of the creamy spiced taste that it should have, and zero sweetness. The Bangkok toasties are literally just prawn toast but it was overfried and tasted really hard and rubbery as a result. The salt and pepper chicken was ok but Chinese takeaway salt and pepper is far better. Salt and pepper fries are literally just fries with some crunchy chilli bits on top (that are very sparse). Meat feast noodles were really bland. The Thai Green was ok, have had a lot better but it wasn’t bad. Overall the food is really bad and not worth the expensive price tag.”
- N P
“This is a restaurant where my friend and I went for Thai food after seeing good reviews. We ordered many dishes because we were extremely hungry, and when the food arrived at our table, we realized we might have ordered a little too much.🤤 …”
- Josh An
“The food was actually quite good, but the service was disappointing. Our table was sticky when we sat down. When we asked if it could be cleaned, the staff member (an older white gentleman, I believe his name was Gary) replied, “We can do nothing about it,” explaining that the tables would only become stickier if they were wiped. Since no one was willing to clean it, we ended up wiping the table ourselves with napkins (as shown in the photo). That’s simply not the level of cleanliness or service I would expect from a restaurant. I understand that old wooden tables can have worn finishes, but customers shouldn’t be expected to eat at a sticky table or clean it themselves. The food was good, but unfortunately the service and hygiene standards let the experience down.”
- Kesegan Moonsamy
“If I could more stars I would, the service was the best I ever had, the food was amazing and the atmosphere was incredible. Our waiters were very helpful and friendly and always kept an eye out for us as we were the only ones seated outside. The front of house guy was amazing such a pity I did not get his name. We will definitely be going here again.”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
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- Sunday
Good to know
“Contemporary Thai and Pan-Asian restaurant/bar with heated 'urban jungle' dining area with palms.”
- AccessibilityHas wheelchair-accessible car park · Has wheelchair-accessible entrance · Has wheelchair-accessible seating
Amenities
- Has wheelchair-accessible car park
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- Accessibility· 3
- Has wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Has wheelchair-accessible seating
- Has wheelchair-accessible toilet
Location
Thai restaurants near Zen
- 4.9 mi
prawn pad thai, siam sharer starter, crispy noodles lemon chicken
| Place | Rating | Distance | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zen | 4.51,570 | — | thai milk tea, bangkok toasties, salt and pepper chicken |
| Star of Siam at The Highfield Hotel | 4.5339 | 4.9 mi | prawn pad thai, siam sharer starter, crispy noodles lemon chicken |
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