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    Zen Dumpling

    4.4 (189 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Dogs allowed
    Good for groups

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    Menu - almost like ordering sushi
    Matt M.

    What a great spot, really something different and delicious. My first visit did not go well, because I had no idea what I was ordering and the white staff wasn't that helpful. However, my second visit with my daughter, things took a turn for the better and we had a wonderful waitress who walked us through the menu and we loved everything that we got.. The restaurant is located at a strip center near Baymeadows Road and Douthside Blvd, with plenty of parking. The dining room is clean and they have icons on your table so you can pull up the menu. So here are some notes on the food: Tea - I drink hot tea and they had delicious choices. Green beans - trust me, ORDER THIS DISH, so good. Soup Buns - we had shrimp and pork and thought they were great. Steamed Dumplinfs - we tried tge veggies and I think they were great. Wok - great choices, but note these are full portions, so it is a lot of good choices On my first visit, I ordered wrong and regretted it. The next time, I engaged the waitress snd she made great recommendations rations. It was like a night and day experience.

    truffle pork dumplings
    Ivi L.

    Had Zen Dumpling delivered and it was so delicious!!!!! Well their dumplings were at least. The green beans were delicious as well but the Mongolian beef was too sweet. I have also gotten the cucumbers, celery and mung bean, and dan dan noodles here that weren't very good. None of those dishes had much flavor, but I will come back again and again for their dumplings!!

    Mongolian Beef (D) 蒙古牛肉 (D)
    Rylisa YT -.

    As we stepped into Zen Dumpling, we were instantly welcomed by friendly smiles and a cozy vibe. We decided to try the Thai Milk Tea, Lemonade, Beef Pancake Roll, Pan Fried bao bites, Mongollan Beet, and Shrimp Fried Rice. The food was incredibly fresh and delicious, with just the right temperature and beautifully presented. Not including our tip, we paid a total of $64.83, which included taxes. I'd definitely suggest them to anyone! #yumyum #dumplings #zen

    Scallion pancake
    Eralene M.

    Delicious dim sum place! They soup dumplings were the best I've had in Jacksonville. You order "small plates" and you share with the table. We wanted to try a little bit of everything and we got full so quick! The food came out pretty quick so that was nice. Dan Dan noodles was a little too spicy for me, but everything else was delicious. The soup dumplings is a must try. Keep in mind to poke a whole in the dumpling before eating it or else you'll burn your tongue. Plenty of parking its in a plaza

    Pan Fried Bao Bites
    Andrei P.

    Zen Dumpling is still a new Asian Bistro spot and it looks way different from what t was before and they have Thai Boba drinks too! Took the Brown Sugar Milk Tea and the size is quite good and the right amountbof sweetness and of course the Boba :) The service was very good and in less than 3 minutes I was out the door. It looks like it is a good spot to eat and the lighting looks better this time which makes it look like it has more space inside.

    Pan Fried Bao Bites
    Sarah M.

    First time in with no research ahead of time. We checked reviews and asked our server for recommendations. Overall, all of the food was fresh with good flavor. Our favorites were the Chicken Karaage and the Fried Bao Bites. The Mongolian beef was very tender and the General Tso Chicken was crispy with just the right amount of spice. The beef pancake roll was surprisingly cold but I think it was meant to be with chilled ingredients like cucumber. Great service and clean, open dining room. Would love to come back and try other things.

    Mongolian Beef
    Brian D.

    We really enjoy Zen Dumpling. Best soup dumplings I've had in Jax. This last visit was on a Saturday night. Several tables filled but this is a big space so we were sat immediately. Scan the barcode and view pics of different items. Fill out the paper sheet and wait for the deliciousness to arrive. As usual, we ordered too much, but that means leftovers for another day. We enjoyed the cucumber salad and always seem to order it. The spicy green beans were not that spicy. They were good but I thought they would be more crispy. Mini bao buns are tasty. The soup dumplings are excellent and loaded with broth. We also ordered the shrimp fried rice which was also very good. Service was great. Food does come out quick. This is a great place for sharing!

    So delicious for Christmas
    Tatty C.

    I think most people go wrong if all they order is dumplings. I would definitely order one set but you should order the beef roll-up it was my favorite bite. We got chicken and broccoli and a meat soup. A good variety of dishes made this a wonderful meal. They are also open on Christmas day. The ambiance was nice and I would recommend it for dates.

    General Tso S Chicken (D) 左宗棠鸡 (D)
    Swarnendu S.

    The space is modern and sleek with minimalist decor. Spacious design and not crowded. XLB were too good. Chicken and mushroom dumplings were nice but not out of the world. Loved the fried rice, big portions and flavorful. Fried noodles were good but i have tasted better. Overall very nice experience and would be back

    Kami H.

    Dumplings were delicious! Truly!! Sesame pancakes - oh soooo good!! Service was great and the restaurant is clean and inviting! A little pricey on some food items but a good place to get your dumpling fix!

    Pan fried dumpling
    Patrick S.

    Newish dumpling spot in Jax. Couldn't really complain about any of the dishes. They were all pretty flavourful. They did have some beer on the menu so that was a nice treat.

    Tekia H.

    This was my first time trying Zen Dumpling. The service was good and there is a large selection on the menu. This particular visit my food was okay. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it. Now the Sake was a whole different story. I tried the peach and my friend tried the apple. Lol who knew those little bottles would creep up on us like they did. I definitely want to be open minded and try this place again. I'm sure there are ton of other options they have that are delicious. My selection was decent, but I think I'd have to try more to give a solid review on the food.

    Zen chow beef
    Didi N.

    My friends decided to host a going away dinner here at Zen Dumpling and we all love dumpling so we were super excited. The restaurant is very modern and sleek. It's super clean too! We were seated right away and our waitress was such a sweetheart! She went above and beyond and made sure everyone was taken care of! We absolutely adored her! My husband and I had the following: Truffle pork Soup dumplings: 9/10 - they were juicy, filled with delicious broth and pork/truffle filling. We could taste the truffle flavor and it was aromatic and tasty! Each steamed basket comes with 6 dumplings and they were a great size! We enjoyed every bite of the dumpling. They had soy sauce, vinegar, chili oil, and pickled ginger at the table to make your own dumpling sauce too! Definitely try the soy sauce, ginger, and chili oil concoction with your dumpling. It brings out alot of flavors. Crab and pork Soup Dumplings: 9/10 - I love seafood, especially crab and it was jam packed with crab flavor without overpowering the pork! My husband usually doesn't care for crab but he enjoyed this dumpling very much. No complaints here! It was juicy, savory, and lots of umami flavor. Chicken kaarage: 8.5/10 - My husband loves chicken kaarage and this was their version of it. It came out piping hot and the chicken pieces were juicy, flavorful, and crispy! We loved the batter and fry on it as they were fried to a nice, deep golden color and each bite was heavenly. Zen chow cold slice beef: 8/10 - I didn't really care too much for this, but my husband loved it. I think it's because I don't like beef cold but the flavor tasted good. I think it had a drizzle of hoisin or oyster sauce on top and sesame seeds sprinkled on. It wasn't bad but I wouldn't try this again. sweet and sour pork ribs: 9.5/10 - oh my gosh! This was probably some of the best bites of the night! The meat was tender and fell of the bone and you get alot of the rib pieces. The flavor was sweet with a hint of tang and that sauce was to die for! The sauce coated every crevice of the ribs and you get an medley of flavors with each bite. I absolutely would get this again! Overall, we would definitely come back again. It is a little pricey but it's worth it with the quality of the food. The service was outstanding as well and we left happy and full.

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    The Food was very tasty. There are choices of other things besides dumplings. Service good. Enjoyable space. I would go again.

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    Super yummy food and loved the boba there as well. Lots of options to try ! The service was awesome our waitress was nice.

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    (335 reviews)

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    For anyone who has never had Dim Sum, it's like the Spanish Tapas of the Chinese/Cantonese world…read more We have a few places in Jax that offer these but it can be tough to get a reservation close to Lunar New Year and traditional times for Dim Sum. I found S&R on a yelp search and gave it a try. I got a photo of the DimSum menu (1 page) and their drinks. The restaurant offers many additional dishes, but that was not what I was there for, so I cannot speak to them. We ordered fruit teas in the form of slushies that were absolutely the most fresh and authentically made of fruit slushy I've ever had. I highly recommend this restaurant for anyone who wants a true delicious fresh fruit drink experience plus they added benefits of Boba. My husband had the mango and I had the "oh my melon" which !Surprise! Was watermelon, not honey dew or cantaloupe as I assumed. I added strawberry popping boba and was beyond delighted with my drink. We ordered pork dumplings, sia bao steamed buns, soup dumplings (Hallelujah!!), spare ribs (Errrmeergerrd!), and lotus sesame sweet buns. Absolutely delicious, savory, well cooked, not a single disappointment- will definitely come here again! The restaurant was nearly empty on a late Sunday afternoon, but the kitchen was popping with online delivery orders so I know they have solid business. The walls are decorated with wistful and pretty murals in muted green and blue hues, dark wood furniture. Map directions are unfairly pointing you to turn down the wrong road to get there so check your map; it says Riverside, but you have to turn on Margaret Street!

    I came here on a Friday evening at 8:15pm, with about an hour before the restaurant had to close…read more Already having in my mind what I wanted to order to ensure that I would be out before the place closed to be respectful of the waiting staff. The server was extremely rude from the moment that I walked in. Upon coming in, I was not greeted at all. No Hi, Hello, or anything. The server glanced at me and I asked for a table for 1. In which he turned around with a menu and sat it on a table. He said absolutely nothing to me when doing this. The only thing that this water asked was for my drink order, if I was ready to order food and if I wanted to place anymore orders because the kitchen was closing. He did not crack a smile or try to be kind at all. Was definitely a poor customer service experience, and I was really looking forward to visiting the spot for the first time. While the customer service was terrible, the food was pretty good. I ordered a few dim sum appetizers and was pleasantly surprised by the taste and how fulfilling these small appetizers. In addition, it was such a large selection and all priced very fairly. The food alone would make me return but hopefully the service the next time will be a lot better.

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    What a cute restaurant - buzzing with excitement, while keeping a quaint and cozy atmosphere. As…read moresoon as my niece and I got a hold of the list of items we could order, we couldn't stop checking off one delicious-looking dish after another! While we ended up ordering more than we could possibly fit in our stomachs, we were okay with that, because we could continue enjoying the food at home. Once we put in our order, dish after dish kept on coming out, filling our table and dazzling our eyes and noses. The highlights of the evening were the pork and chive dumplings, whose filling was plentiful, savory and was perfectly blanketed by a chewy silky wrapper perfectly pan fried, but not oily. The other amazing dish we both gobbled up without delay was the fried rice, that was seasoned to perfection and had big chunks of pork throughout. Fried rice like this can be so simple and yet so delicious - highlighting each of the ingredients individually and how they work together in harmony. Overall, the experience at Lucky Cat was exemplary, and I can't wait to return!

    We popped in spontaneously on a Friday night with no reservations…read more Parking was easy in the free parking lot of the strip mall. We had a 10 minute wait as the restaurant was busy with patrons. The menu was extensive and the food came out, hot and tasty within minutes. They had all the standard Dim Sum fare. We tried one of the shrimp noodle dishes and the noodles were light and airy on the tongue. Their sweet tea/ lemonade drinks were a refreshing non alcoholic treat. The restaurant was basically themed and noise was not overwhelming. It's a nice spot for a casual dinner or a date.

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    Southside

    Tried YH Dim Sum and it totally hit the spot!…read more Everything we ordered was on point the shrimp rice rolls, sesame chicken, and BBQ pork were all so good. Flavor, texture, portion... no notes. The lychee martinis were a highlight (especially since they were doing BOGO ), and the staff made the whole experience even better super fun and great energy. If you're craving dim sum and a good time, this place is definitely worth the stop.

    I love visiting Saint Augustine so I was so excited when I found this dim sum restaurant!…read more Unfortunately I was very disappointed. I was dining by myself. I always order a lot of dishes because I like what I like and I also know I'll have leftovers. I sent back the pan fried taro pudding because it was so bland and it didn't have many of the main ingredients in it. If it were there, it was so skimpy I didn't find any. (The Chinese sausage and dried shrimp) The pain fries soy sauce noodles were overcooked. It's suppose to be pan fried and it was not. Also very skimpy on the black mushrooms. Not very flavorful. The Steamed shrimp dumplings were mediocre. The skin was gummy and fell apart. The shrimp filling wasn't too bad. The shrimp with rice pasta was probably the best dish there. But it was still lacking in flavor. The steamed ribs with black bean sauce was very bland. The ribs were tough and tasteless. The braised chicken feet were over cooked. The texture was horrible like eating mush. The flavors were also off. The egg tarts looked good but the flavors again were off. Borderline going bad. It had that slight aftertaste of sourness. The shell was also flavorless. The BBQ pork buns were also disappointing. The ratio of bread to filling was off. Very small amount. But I was a little happy this happened because the filling didn't taste good at all. The hot tea was also disappointing. I always order jasmine tea when having dim sum. They used a low quality tea bag instead of real loose jasmine tea leaves which also includes the flowers. No fragrance at all of Jasmine tea. Needless to say, I will not be going back on my next visit. It was very expensive for what they give you. Especially since the food was so bad. I gave it two stars because the service was very good and the view was decent. I am Chinese... born in Hong Kong. So I know what dim sum should taste like. I wish I had seen the review that had a photo of the salt and pepper shrimp before I went because I would not have gone. Their salt and pepper shrimp is not authentic and I would have not gone and saved myself $80 for my lunch.

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    Southside

    Where do I start? I moved to this area from Detroit and I couldn't find ANY Chinese restaurant with…read moreany personality or great food for that matter. I was used to the greatness of Detroit area Chinese food like Chin Tiki, China Jade and so on. After searching around online and trying just about everywhere over the past year, I finally found Pagoda online and thought we'd try it. We didn't know this going in, but the restaurant is divided into two sections. One is a "regular" Chinese restaurant and the other is the tiki bar. The staff was SO nice and very cool. They kept apologizing that the tiki part was booked up for the night. We ate dinner on the regular side, then they were all excited to tell us they could fit us in the tiki side after dinner. They even took our leftovers and put them in the fridge while we went over to the tiki side for drinks! All the way around, this is EXACTLY the place I've been searching for. We will be back ASAP.

    The Secrets out and we finally got to go visit in the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room and I am among…read morethe glee club. I ordered the zombie cocktail to start the night and it sure lived up to its name and you don't need 2 for sure. I freely than ordered off the menu and enjoyed a spread layed before me. The first were the deep fried pork dumplings. A bit of sweet ness in your first bite and before I knew it I ate the whole thing..very good. I followed with the fried chicken potstickers. These were amazing!. Cantonese chicken wings were next but that was my "put it in a box to go" item. I did also enjoy a sweet n sour chicken that was so good, not overtaken by veggies but just enough bell peppers and pineapple.Very Tasty.. This place is a true experience and the service was great! Enjoy it with friends or family and check off the box on your places to go in Jax when you visit The Tiki Room..

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