Zen Kafe — Restaurant in Folkestone and Hythe District

Craving something that I won't cook for myself and dropped by here late o a cold Thursday in January. The restaurant and welcome were warm and we could sit almost anywhere as there were just a few patrons (most restaurants here are closed during Jan). The starter of oriental ribs had the best sauce I've had outside of fancy London places) withmeltinglysoft meat. The pumpkin croquettes were not too strongly flavoured and had a good chilli dip. The mains were Satay and Szechuan chicken, with a very good Singapore rice. Portions were generous and extremely flavoursome along with a reasonable amount of chilli on the rice and Szechuan. Staff were top class, attentive but retired to allow you to eat and enjoy. Overall a fusion that works and we appreciated the flavours and textures. We also talked with the owner/chef and will try the recipe for "confinement soup" which isn't on menu, but...

This was our first visit to Zen Cafe. It was for a birthday meal for me and my family. It was by far the best Chinese meal we have had. The staff were extremely friendly and accommodating. The variety of food on the menu was excellent and there were quite a few dishes wed not seen before, which made for a very interesting and fabulous meal. The portions were generous and it's was no more expensive than a takeaway meal for 6, which we do regularly. I only have one criticism - the loo could do with updating and paper towels or a hand dryer would be more hygienic, especially in the current Covid climate. Despite that small issue, the food was excellent and we will definitely be visiting again. Thank you Zen Cafe for a...

I have been a patron of the restaurant since its inception more than a decade ago.

My last visit was on the evening of the 8th of Mar 2019. The satay ramen and salt & chilli squid was full of flavours and my taste buds had had no qualms in awarding the food five stars - the highest accolade only awarded to food which met their stringent standards on taste.

However, due to the sorry state of the gents, two stars have been deducted. There was no hand wash available in the gents, the fluorescent lamp above a toilet cubicle has been out of service for at least a year and the door latch on the other toilet cubicle has been broken and left unfix for...