A mixed bag of fried chicken…read more My husband is a dirty fried chicken fiend, and that is the only reason this is being reviewed! The menu is not that comprehensive, and often there are things that are unavailable. Stick with chicken and chips, and you'll be ok. Sometimes the fried chicken has been passable and the coating tasty, but more often than not it is either over cooked and chewy or underdone and pale. Saying that, it is cheap and doesn't skimp on the portions. All in all, if we really want dirty fried chicken there are other chain places that are much better.

Best take away in town! Really good after party banter when the clubs kick out. Quality staff-…read moreBorat, Umbro and Taz. Legends. Best value for money 6 wings, chips and a drink for £2!!!

Excellent food. Very homespun. Little surprised it was a BYOB place as they have no drink license…read more We had onion baji masala chicken and the food and service exquisite Great trip and we will be back

The undisputed heavyweight champion of curries, this place is a family owned Indian cuisine…read morerestaurant where you can either eat-in or take away. The prices are reasonable, the portions are fit for a King, and the staff are always very polite and helpful. They cater for a variety of traditional dishes here, cooking everything from Korma's to Vindaloo's, (a particular favourite of mine is the Vegetable Vindaloo), as well as dozens of starter-dishes, side-dishes and desserts. The dishes are a little milder compared to other restaurants, but this works in the favour of the establishment as you can taste the food as well as the spices, so as such, a Vindaloo here is about as spicy as a Madras at other places. The restaurant doesn't have an alcohol license though, so whilst they sell soft drinks, they advise that if you want to drink alcoholic beverages to bring your own. Although the restaurant seems small, this is due to the decor and soft lighting, whch helps create a relaxed atmosphere, however there will always be a table available for you, (you can also phone up to reserve a table). The music is just right, (they'll even change the CD for you if you're not too keen on what's being played), and isn't too loud or too quiet. At Christmas, they have an "all you can eat buffet" style service, where you can order as much as you want from the menu for just £20 per person, (this may vary by a few quid, so best to check with the owners for prices nearer the time). They'll also cook a traditional British Christmas dinner using Indian spices in addition to everything on the menu. Put simply, I cannot fault this place.

Jacket potatoes the size of footballs, (almost), very polite staff, soothing and enticing…read moresmells.though very crowded and in a fairly run-down area of the town centre, (in the old market place near York Road). Unfortunatly, the nearby area is pretty desolated, or the stores are of not reasonable quality, so it drives down the atmosphere, though as stated, the atmosphere of the shop itself is quite good. The fruit and veg is of great quality, very fresh, and reasonably priced.

The biggest Jkt potatoes in ESSEX . 3 for a pound ,excellent . All the usual and unusual fruit and…read moreveg you could think of . Set in York Road Market opposite the Cheap card shop. Its an oasis of interesting food . and smells . Fresh boiled beetroot . ( been boiling beetroot on the premises for over 50 years under different ownerships ) but this one is the best . Friendly stafff Scotts girl Bobby is charming . A real interacial Green grocers .

Late night, wanting anything but fried and breaded food.... with the help of Yelp find this place,…read more Food, good. Good array and reasonably priced. Service, amazing. Such a sweet guy at the counter and threw in some extras into our small order.

open really late Friday and Sat . Also open Monday . Sweet and SOur chicken is best in town !!read more

We have ordered takeaway from this place a few times now. Great value for money, gorgeous food and…read morelovely friendly geordie taked your order on the phone. Definitely one of the better chinese takeaways round here.

Where to start? I've been eating food from this place for a few years, before I moved out of…read moreSouthend. I still work in Southend, so I still get to eat here. From the friendly Geordie who answers the phone and gets the order right every time, to the quality of the food being about the best I've tasted (especially the lemon chicken!), I just cant fault this place. The Kitchen even has a window so that you can watch the chef prepare the food and know that the cleanliness is second to none. Love this place, so will you.

The best of the best Chinese food I ever had. The quality of my food was unbelievable. I ordered…read morethe chow fun seafood and beef which they made the way I wanted. The Cantonese calls fo fun which is the flat noodles. We also ordered dim sums. ( shumai pork seafood dumplings, haw caw shrimp dumplings and pork dumplings Sho long po) Everything was steamy hot. The server was so alert on how we are doing as far as this place is in very busy location so she told us to keep our cell phone tight and our belongings. I must to admit that this place had the best Chinese food I ever had. I still thinking of their stir-fried noodles and I'm going back again.

love the food it is amazing…read more me and my partner love it so much and couldn't say more we are speechless

Surprisingly high quality pizza for the price point. The service is fast and friendly, the pizza…read moretoppings are generous, they clearly have a good pizza.

Completely ruined my daughter's birthday. Had the same experience both times I've been here. Both…read moretimes, waited an hour and a half for food. Never saw our food and had to leave to go to a show (hungry). It seemed to be the same for the majority of tables there. We only saw deliveries being served, actual diners were ignored and told "it's cooking" whenever anyone asked after their orders. Perhaps just be a takeout service rather than a restaurant if you aren't actually going to serve people?

We have bought from Zen several times but more often than not items are missing. Usually if you…read morecall up they will replace items but it's bad that we have to expect things to be missing everytime. Today we ordered 2 chow mein but only 1 arrived. Ordered a mushroom chow mein because I'm vegetarian but arrived today with one chunk of chicken mixed it. When phoning the restaurant we were then told that No, we didnt order mushroom chow mein but rather mixed vegetable chow mein so have gotten that item as replacement. Last year Zen was a lovely chinese and the quality of the food made the missing items worth it. However, changing chili chips recipe and this chicken in Mushroom chow mein situation has completely turned me off this place. Will NOT be buying again and advise any vegetarians to avoid :(