Zen House

My absolute favorite Chinese place around. I love far from here but will travel to get their Chinese food. Everything is great. Best crab Rangoon. Can’t say enough good things about this place! Other Chinese places in the area are great, but zen house is my favorite!

Consistently good Chinese food. Mostly take out but also has eat in tables. Good, fast service. Excellent prices. Plenty of food. Expansive menu. Great value and quantity on their lunch special menu

I ordered Cashew Chicken. Sat down to eat it, and it was super oily and my cashew CHICKEN tasted and smelled like fish! I am allergic to seafood, so I couldn’t eat it! I luckily didn’t have a reaction to it. But the next day I was feeling sick and nauseous all day. Never going here again. Tried my friends good and it wasn’t any good either. Seriously forget this place.

Ordered Kung Pao Chicken and Cashew Chicken.
Kung Pao tasted decent, but Cashew had a fishy aftertaste. Soon after, we both became very sick after eating it. 24 hrs later and still with food poisoning. Stay away.

Gotta try this place.
They are fast and affordable,
I highly recommend their Shrimp egg foo young and Kung pao chicken.

Walked in for the first time for a lunch special deal and to order four meals in addition to mine. I don’t eat pork or crab so I asked if I could substitute the egg roll and Rangoon for a spring roll. They refused to do anything at all claiming that they can’t do anything because that’s what the meal comes with. And if I wanted to change the lunch menu entrée for a dinner instead, it would only come with white rice instead of fried and be $ 4 more expensive. And If I wanted the spring roll I would have to pay the extra price and the pork and the crab sides. Like really? Never going back. No wonder the place was empty.

My family and I moved from New York and were desperate for something close to the really great Chinese food back home. We found Zen House years ago and we were hooked! The food is great quality and always ready in 15 minutes. I have never had a bad experience or poor customer service in 8 years.

A fellow Unilocaler suggested this place when I had seemingly run out of local eating options. Thank you, Tim H. for the great suggestion! This is a pretty good option for fast carry-​out Chinese that is much better than the swill served up at the Panda Express down the road.
This is a relatively small establishment located in a strip plaza behind the Buona Beef. Although mostly built to handle carry-​out, (no delivery option as of yet) there are about five four-​top tables for dine-​in counter service guests. The first thing you notice is how clean the place is. The floors are clean, and there is a counter with a large carafe of tea and a cooler of water with cups lined up for both, and the kitchen is a relatively open area, so you can watch food being prepared if so inclined. The kitchen is just a clean as the dining an waiting area.
We placed our order as walk-​ins, but our food was ready in less than fifteen minutes. We had wonton soup, pork fried rice, and a Mongolian beef dinner special (which came with fried rice and an egg roll.) Prices are decent, and the orders were large portions, so it was a great value. I have never met a wonton soup I didn’t like, so that was fine here. The rice was fresh, but I can’t say I am a fan of the peas and carrots mix that was cooked in. (I guess it gave me a high school cafeteria kind of vibe.) I had the remainder of the Mongolian beef special the next day, and it was definitely my favorite! The sauce had a good spicy flavor, and it there was a perfect onion-​to-​beef ratio.

Walked in here on a whim, in need of some lunch. Place is pretty generic but does offer some seating so you don’t always have to always get take out. The staff is nice and helpful. The food has been consistent on all future trips. I would recommend to anyone in need of some quick Chinese food in the area.

Went for lunch and ordered the chicken with garlic sauce lunch special. You definitely get your money’s worth with the lunch specials. Food came exactly as ordered. Quality of food was very good. The only small complaint I might have was that it could have had more chicken. There was plenty of rice and vegetables but the amount of chicken could have been better. But for the price I am not going to complain. The eggroll and crab rangoon that came with the special were both very good and not greasy at all. Will definately be a regular here.

Best takeout Chinese in the area! The egg rolls (esp the shrimp) and potstickers are exceptional. We love the pork with mushrooms and the beef with broccoli. Mu shu pork is really fresh and not all cabbage. There’s a nice dining area if you want to eat your takeout there. Just remember to grab whatever sauces you like as they don’t automatically put them in the bag when you take out.

This is a great place. We have been going there for years. Fresh ingredients, large portions, good price, fast service. Wish they delivered.

Best Chinese place in town. Everything is fresh, flavorful, and made to order. Just wish they delivered.

Fast service, great food always fresh. Best Chinese food in Bolingbrook. Awesome combination meals. Lunch value meals are great with fried rice and egg roll included with meal.

Best Chinese place in town! Just had the shrimp egg rolls and shrimp fried rice. Yum!

This place is a hidden gem on weber road… compared to China house and little china (also on weber), this joint probably has the best chinese you can get in the romeoville bolingbrook weber area… im not saying its top notch… but compared to the other places in this area, this is one of best i’ve had so far.
I must applaud the cook for using jumbo shrimp in their shrimp fried rice… almost all the places i’ve gotten shrimp fried rice from had premature baby shrimp… yes PREMATURE baby shrimp… most places use these titty bitty annoying baby shrimp… you’ll have to use a microscope to find one in a pile of rice. thats not that case at zen house… the shrimp here are built like chicken nuggets… plump and juicy like Beyonce’s thighs…
Another thing i noticed was that their fried had traces of scrambled eggs and mixed veges… it wasnt just bare fried rice loaded with soy sauce like the other places… its was decent.
i tried their kung pao and mongolian beef… much more flavorful than the other places… it didnt taste gooey and starchy… it didnt taste like straight up soy sauce… the sodium content was just right… the flavors were balanced enough…
SIMPLE
BALANCED
DECENT
PRICE APPROPRIATE
I like this place… no more china house and little china RUDENESS… i live in romeoville but i’ll rather drive to ZEN house…
GIVE IT A TRY… its not bad at all… i wish i could rate them 3.75 stars but i cant so a 4 star rating it is…

I have recently started going here after passing it constantly. I was very amazed at the quality of both the service and food. They have great Egg Fu Yung and the presentation of the food actually matches the pictures. Their lunch specials are a great value and provide enough food for both me and my wife.

Fresh and simple.

This is my favorite Chinese food place.
Fantastic food. Huge portions. Lots of veggies, and they’re fresh. Delicious!
I really do wish they delivered.

The dishes at Zen House are delicious. Most of the dishes I’ve ordered have been great. No complaints. I have to admit that. The owners and staff are also very nice. If your in a hurry, I would recommend you calling ahead of time. But if you can’t, the wait is somewhat long. But there is a reason my family stopped coming to this place and why I am only giving this place a 1 star. (disclaimer on the statement below: I am not a health county inspector so I am not sure if this practice is allowed or not)
I was waiting for my order near the cash register and I was looking at the way the cook makes the dishes. The cook uses some sort of rag to wipe-​clean his woks every time he makes a different dish! That’s disgusting! I can’t imagine using a rag at home when I cook let alone at a restaurant. That’s just not sanitary. We have relatives who own Chinese restaurants and the way they clean their woks between orders is by using kitchen style industrial-​strength wire brushes. That way the woks are properly clean and all the food is removed. Your Beef With Broccoli doesn’t end up tasking like your Fried Rice and vise versa.