Citi Zen Chinese - Adelaide

The food was perhaps one of the most authentic Chinese food I have tasted! That wait staff was fantastic even with the owner personally seating us! The Restaurant decor was very inviting! The only suggestion I wish I was offered a glass of water with my meal! They only served hot Jasmine tea! I wasn't sure if I should have asked for water! Anyways I hope to return again someday soon when Om back in South Australia!

Fellow Yelpers, I write to you this day at least 20% more 'Festively Plump ' than I was this morning. I am even finding it difficult writing on my laptop, as I have to curve my arms around my engorged belly. I couldn 't be happier! Citi Zen fully rocks the house! The name, I grant you is a little corny when you say it fast, but the food is freaking stupid! Located in the Old Brecknock building (used to be awesome on St Pats Day), Citi Zen is decked out the way a Chinese Restaurant should be, Red (Orange), Gold and lots of cool old looking carvings and vases. The chairs are really comfy too which I think is an area where many restaurants fall down. The menu is the really impressing thing, both because it looks funky and has pretty pictures, but also for the amazing amount of dishes. All of the regular offenders are there plus some extra house specials that you may need to have a super fat wallet to handle. The Sea Cucumber portions for example are pretty steep.....too steep for this yelping cat! They have both the regular menu and all day/night yum cha or, like me, you can mix and match. I chose to grab a couple of dishes from the Yum Cha for the entree (a little cheaper than the dishes on the regular menu), then switched to some ripping share dishes. We had a couple of stock standards, like Garlic Prawns and Sizzling Mongolian Lamb (which were super tasty), but the big surprise came from the crispy skin chicken. The dish comes out looking like a whole chicken, butterflied and sat on. Golden to such an extent that you need don your sunnies just to choose a piece. I kid you not, crispy was advertised and crispy was delivered.....Crispy Awesomeness! The Chicken was only beaten (just mind you) by the salt and pepper crumbed oysters, that were little balls of spicy mouth joy that made me wish we had got there earlier and they hadn 't run out (so we only had the half dozen). If you haven 't tried Citi Zen, I feel very sorry for you, but you are probably skinnier than me!

We visited Citi Zen for my first Yum Cha experience and it was great. We booked in at 1:30pm on a Saturday but I think next time we'll book in earlier as I've been told that their Yum Cha settings start from 11:00am. Arriving towards the end of the Yum Cha seating meant that they stopped serving a lot of the savoury food from around 2:00pm. However, there is a steady stream of food so you definitely won't go hungry. We ordered our dessert with the waiter, but I think they usually bring dessert around with a trolley too. The fried ice cream was a hit with our table and definitely the best fried ice cream I've had. The salt and pepper squid was amazing our table had four servings! The staff are friendly and the service is great. I really enjoyed this Yum Cha experience and will definitely visit Citi Zen again.

This place has some really nice decor has private rooms and banquet start for minimum of 4 people for $40 per person. The food amazing fresh food and service was very fast and accommodating.

Yummy CHA. One of the good places to head to lunch with a group of friends and pig out on some very nice Yum Cha. From the basics, Dim Sum and Dumplings through the salt and pepper squid and congee and many things in between, even dessert favorites Mango Pudding and sweet egg tarts. Of course, the more people you take, the more tastes you can sample.. We had a private room for 10 of us, and we were not neglected at all.