Never have I had an experience quite like this in any Asian Restaurant where a dish totally lacked flavor accept for the onions. There was no discernible garlic, ginger or spice of any kind, frankly I am still mystified, dumb foundered really. I'm intrigued enough to give them another try should I be in that area again just to see if it was a fluke. As of now, I have to conclude I got zinged at Zhang's read more

Frankly my expectation was low when arriving at the restaurant. I was significantly surprised to the upside. The food was fresh, prompt, and the service was excellent. Very nice and friendly. Kid friendly as well. read more

My first visit here was an enjoyable one. The restaurant wasn't busy and service was fast and friendly. Prices are reasonable and the food is very good. They have a take out menu, and I plan on going back. read more

We visited on a Friday around 12. Restaurant was not busy at all. Food was so-so but our waitress was rude and unhelpful. She asked us if we were ready before we even had menus. Acted put out because we wanted to see menus. Once she plopped our food down she NEVER came back to see if we needed anything. She needs to consider a new career cuz of her I would never return. read more

Oh my goodness. NO! Run, fast. Sushi served on ice, Christmas tunes playing in August and just bad food. If you want a ton of broccoli and nasty over steamed white rice, by all means this is your place. 2 stars for sympathy. read more

My husband and I have been coming to Zhang's for the past 14 years now! Whenever we get that urge for good Chinese Cuisine - they have never once failed us! The staff is SO nice, the service is SO quick and the food is by far the best Chinese food we have ever eaten - including beating out the ones in the Casinos! I would recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a great dining experience! read more

Zhang's Restaurant - Cool Parrot Cups they serve your drinks in! - Sushi Bars Near Me - Old Saybrook, Connecticut

I was a little surprised by Zhang's after reading their sign boasting that they were voted one of the top five Chinese restaurants in... I think it was the United States, but it may have just been New England. Either way, their food was not exactly world class. It was serviceable. It really should probably be a 2.5 star restaurant, but Yelp doesn't allow for half stars. I ordered the sesame chicken, and my fiancee had the sweet and sour chicken, I think. Mine was pretty decent. Hers was pretty disappointing. I tried some of it, and I remember it being mushy and bland. read more

Came in here with a large group. We had looked at the take-out menu before coming in, and realized that the dinner menu was a bit pricier. I'd say the prices were slightly high for what it is. The atmosphere inside the restaurant is quite nice, with a large fountain in the entry and nice Chinese decor throughout the dining room. The dining room itself was a bit stuffy and warm, though. We ordered the Pu Pu Platter, which was good, but small for a large group. My entree, Chicken with Broccoli was again good, but on the smaller side. I tried some of my wife's chicken fried rice, that was ok as well. Nothing spectacular, but what you expect from a quality Americanized Chinese restaurant. The service was fair. They were friendly and prompt, but water glasses were never refilled, though they were all empty for the second half of the meal. read more

The only reason I'm giving them two stars, instead of one star, is because the place was reasonably nicely decorated and the wait staff was polite. The food was less than mediocre and, despite them heavily promoting the sushi, I saw absolutely no activity behind the sushi bar, so I would not touch that. From now on, I will drive a few extra miles and go to the Spice Club in Niantic. read more

I have always found the sushi to be tasty and the service to be friendly. If the restaurant is busy then the service slows down significantly. I can't speak for the Chinese food, but the sushi is aways good. read more

It used to be better,,the Chinese food items are pretty good, sushi does not seem to be very fresh unless you go mid week for some reason.The staff is very nice read more

Love this Restaurant! Am from NY and every time I visit I have to stop there. Last week Saturday I had shrimp with white rice and garlic sauce, and it was so delicious!! read more

We were disappointed with the quality of our dinners at Zhangs recently. My order of beef w broccoli was inedible. The beef was fatty and flavorless, with a sauce tasting and looking like wallpaper paste, while the broccoli was a nothing more than raw stalks. Pork fried rice was dry and stale with little flavor. My partner ordered s and s chicken, which was routine at best. Quality has declined, which explains why their dining room was epo read more

You will be underwhelmed when you enter this chinese/asian hybrid but as soon as you are greeted by one of the very friendly servers, you will breath a sigh of relief. The Godzilla roll is filled with delicious tuna and sweet mango, topped with avocado and tobiko. The Pad Thai was solid but could have a used a little more "zhang" to spice it up. Overall, this was very enjoyable. read more

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I've found the majority of the asian food restaurants here on the CT shoreline put red onions on their pad thai dishes...don't know why. Anyway, I've had the pad thai at Zhangs before and it's okay. Decided to order it again tonight for take-out and I requested no onion. Don't know if they thought well she doesn't want onion so lets add - broccoli, water chestnuts, pea pods, zucchini, and chunks of red pepper... but these additional vegetables DO NOT BELONG in pad thai! and it was dry. Don't improvise. Very disappointing. read more

My favorite Chinese restaurant in the region. Pleasantly decorated in traditional Chinese/American restaurant decor: the multi-sided paper lanterns with hanging tassels, lots of red, the obligatory goldfish tank. The food, however, is no cliche. Dishes are incredibly fresh and flavors stand out distinctly. Mrs. T is particularly fond of the sesame chicken. I've tried nearly everything on the menu and have never been disappointed. The sushi is good too. Try it. read more

Service is not overly friendly, food is average and location is adjacent to the train station. No "wow" factor, but the best for local take out. Visit their website for a coupon to save a few bucks. read more

Stopped here for a late Sunday lunch with some friends. We're not from the area but they. The restaurant offers Chinese food, sushi and even Thai food on their menu. As a group we got some of each. But if I can make one suggestion about this place it's to get the sesame chicken. It was out of this world...best I've ever had! read more

Large plates for sharing with friends and family is always a welcoming sign of a good chinese restaurant. Wonderful staff who are very attentive is another plus. Highly recommended if just coming in off the Shore Line East. read more

Just ate here for dinner last night. We had two sushi rolls which were very very tasty. I got the general tso which was great, the sauce was very good and the chicken was not over breaded but still perfectly crispy on the outside. Chicken was juicy and white! Pad Tai was great too! Will return. read more

Disappointing service under new owners. The MooShu pork was fine. The cashier who took our order was unfamiliar with the menu and sent beef sticks instead of Teriyaki beef. The sticks were terribly dried out. Almost inedible. Time to find a new Asian fave. read more

The worst take-out that I have ever eaten! The fried rice was obviously not made fresh. It had been made a day or two before and refrigerated and could only be eaten as big sticky globs of tastelessness!!!! And I'm being gentle in describing that! My mistake was ordering General Tso's Chicken..apparently Zhangs drops the chicken pieces in some sort of a combination rancid lard, flour and maple syrup concoction that leaves a taste that even Listerene had trouble neutralizing! Even more Daming, the food was cold past the first few bites, which in hind site was a blessing in disguise because I couldn't eat anymore. Zhangs has no quality control and no pride in their establishment. DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!!!!! read more

We heard good things about Zhang's so we got take out. The 'Chinese Vegetables' was broccoli and the Orange Flavored Beef was skimpy but that was okay because it was the consistency of shoe leather. The take out place down the street is far better and less expensive. I'll never go back. read more

Although the outside needs some works, the food is very good! I was surprised to see the poor reviews- it really deserves a try!

Where do I begin. Overpriced, poor service and poor quality. Ordered egg rolls, chicken & broccoli and lemon chicken. The lemon chicken was a piece of fried chicken served on top of iceberg lettuce with the sauce in a bowl. Chicken & broccoli was fine. The waitress pushed the soy sauce bottle rather hard across the table when she brought our food. She also stood close to our table waiting for us to finish. She also brought the bill while I was still eating. When I finished, she asked if I would like desert. I would not order anything else even if I wanted to, she just wanted to move us along. First time and last time eating there. read more

Just left Zhangs and my wife and 8 yr old throwing up. They ordered the Chinese food both chicken. I had curry chicken and my son teriyaki beef and we are fine so far. Never will go back to that place read more

Zhangs is my favorite sit down Chinese restaurant. The fried noodles are the best I've ever had. I had the orange chicken. Chicken was very crispy and sauce was delicious. A bit of the expensive end but the portion was huge. Staff was friendly. Resturant has a classic Chinese restaurant atmosphere. read more

Best chinese food in town, would recommend to everyone! Great service and all waiter/waitress are kind. The sushi are fresh and delicious

Beef and broccoli and scorpion bowls. Service is great. Food is delicious. I just love it here. And this is a short review because I am heading there now. read more

Got chicken and shrimp with garlic sauce, it was take out it was pretty damn good the guy at the desk was very nice order cameout pretty quick read more

Horrible! I had been here years ago and it was good but oh my this restaurant has not aged well. It mostly wants to be a sushi restaurant it use to be just Chinese. Their Chinese food is deplorable. I ordered roast pork with Chinese vegetables, I have no idea what I received and tasted. There was zucchini in it and itsy, bitsy pieces of grizzled trimmings of something. Never ever have I thought about the cat rumors in Chinese restaurants till tonight . I have never seen anything as revolting, than they argued with me that every restaurant has there own recipes. My argument is yes that is certainly true only you need to feature the ingredients of the dish ordered. I asked if we could order one egg roll, she said yes but brought 2 greasy awful egg rolls. This has to be different owners the food is without a doubt one of the worst I have ever had in my life read more

They just lost a customer. I have been going to this establishment for 20 years and I will never go back because of the way I was treated tonight. I ordered chicken with cashews to go for the first time ever from this restaurant after having ordered it from many many other restaurants over the years. When I got home and opened it I found it was fried chicken and fatty dark meat at that. Also there were less than 1/2 a dozen cashews In it. In all the years I've ordered cashew chicken from other restaurants it has never come as fried chicken. I can't eat fried food and never would have ordered it if I suspected it was fried. Also cashew chicken by name should have more than 1/2 a dozen cashews in it. My husband ate his dinner while I ate a sandwich so I could eat with him. After we finished we went to return my dish. The woman manager was very rude and said they've made this dish the same way for 20 years and that all their chicken dishes are fried, which is not true, by the way, and I never ordered the cashew chicken so I wouldn't know how they've made it for 20 years. She knew we'd been coming there for many years but obviously didn't care. She argued with us and kept walking away in the middle of the conversation several times to take care of other customers and refused to give us our money back. What a shame to lose long time great customers over $11.00 Not smart business practice. I refuse to be treated so rudely after all the years and money I spent in their restaurant. I'm done. read more

Bad Asian restraunt.Uncooked and nothing to order.Chicken and broccoli was horrible.It was like they took the chicken out of the package and took Raw broccoli and served it.Better stick to Haiku Japan. After being to 104 different restruants, this is the worst one I've ever been to. So overall it's a -10.0. I've been to a Vietnamese place 7 miles down the street near Luigis Pizza,delicious!#BestAsianRestraunt read more

TAKE A PASS FOLKS! Called to place a huge (20 individual person) take out order only to have the man who answered / take the order rush through the order with me --- at 11:15 a.m. you certainly were not BUSY! I arrived early and stated that I wanted to check the order but was rushed out instead. Returned to office only to find a missing order and they combined 3 sushi orders into one. Called, then had to go back where I was told that I was in the wrong for not telling them that the sushi orders were individual. Um...I sure did when I called and ordered! Got back to the office only to be told that the Pineapple Fried Rice was wrong. I called again, (same man answered) only to find out that the fried rice includes shrimp and chicken. Well -- that person can't eat the fish -- and there is nothing on the menu about fish and chicken added to the rice. Then, I get to my order - Cold Noodles with Sesame Sauce. Well folks ...again, not on the menu but they added Peanut Butter to the sauce....good thing I'm not allergic -- but nevertheless --- it wasn't Sesame Sauce. Zhangs....a few pointers for you -- 1) don't be in such a rush with orders, provide PROFESSIONAL customer service, and 2) rewrite your menu to BE CLEAR ON WHAT IS IN YOUR DISHES BEFORE YOU CAUSE SERIOUS ILLNESS OR WORSE to someone!!!! Zhang's lost a customer over this for certain. read more

O!!!, I've given Zhang's three opportunities after my last review to prove that they just had a bad night.... However, unless they had four bad nights all coincidentally when I visited, they have significantly gone downhill. I'm not sure if they have a new chef, cook, sushi chef, or manager but the quality has significantly declined. And the worst thing is that I felt strong gas leaking inside the resturant on Thnaksgiving, I left without eating. I came in today , the gas leaking problem was still existing, I was totally disappointing. I won't recommend the restaurant again ! read more

Gotta love this place. The waitstaff are great. Tons of parking. The food, from the sushi to the chicken and broccoli is delicious. Best Asian food in the area. read more

The worst food i have ever had the misfortune to pay for!! Soggy noodles. Seafood that is tasteless. Warm beer! Shall I go on??

Yummy miso soup, sushi rolls and sides. Noticeably fresh ingredients and special requests were easily accommodated . Delicious!

Okay, I've given Zhang's three opportunities after my last review to prove that they just had a bad night.... However, unless they had four bad nights all coincidentally when I visited, they have significantly gone downhill. I'm not sure if they have a new chef, cook, sushi chef, or manager but the quality has significantly declined. Two out of the last three times was for Chinese or Thai cuisine and one was for sushi. All three were disappointing. In the hot food category, their egg rolls which used to be plump and very good were smaller and greasy. The spring rolls were simply greasy. They used to have a kick ass Szechuan Dumplings appetizer, while it didn't suck, still quite tasty in fact but it wasn't quite was it used to be. The sauce was watery and didn't quite have the flavor they used to have. Those were tried both times we had Chinese with same results. For sushi, what used to be fairly large portions have been reduced in size; the fish wasn't quite as fresh, and all in all disappointing. It's very unfortunate because this IMO was the only good Asian food restaurant in town. I'll probably give them another shot just because of this but my expectations will be much lower. If they've made some kind of change recently, I hope they can reverse it. read more

OK bottom line is that the food and restaurant are nothing to write home about. In the other hand, compare this to just about any other Chinese food restaurant and it is fantastic. I wouldn't recommend the sushi, but just about anything else is amazing. read more