Sen Kitchen — Restaurant in Ottawa

I ordered the Peanut chicken with mushrooms and crispy spinach. I asked for rice noodles instead of rice. Staff was very accommodating and friendly. However the dish was disgusting. It was a greige color. The peanut sauce was gritty with no other flavour. And it was way too much sauce to chicken and mushrooms (barely any mushrooms). The chicken tasted and had the texture of boiled chicken. And the rice noodles were mushy. I had to add so much sriracha and hoisin and that made it barely edible. I threw most of it out, as I could not eat it. And I find the prices way too high for what you get. Won't be ordering...

I have been here a few times for lunch and have always enjoyed my meal. I normally get the vegetarian Phad Thai, though people who are strict about not eating meat should know they use fish sauce in their recipe.

Note: I read some bad reviews about this place that I found odd. I know everyone has different tastes, but some of the hyper-negative reviews don't reflect at all my experience. My only critique of this eatery is that it's not cheap, but to be honest, so are many...

Had a disappointing lunch at Sen Kitchen today. Ordered the Chicken Pho for me and Pad Thai for my daughter. I hate leaving bad reviews but I think they need the feedback in case this is a pattern. The chicken pho was completely flavourless. It was like they skipped adding any spices or sauce. The broth was warm water. The pad thai tasted like it was doused with BBQ sauce there was no peanut flavour at all. As a $45 take-out lunch with drinks this was...