Zen Noodle Bar (Gainesville 34th & Archer)

3117 SW 34th St Suite 2, Gainesville
(352) 665-8686

Recent Reviews

Rich Bird

We stopped in for a quick lunch and were pleasantly surprised. The staff was extremely friendly, courteous and attentive. We started with an appetizer(bao bun sandwiches) which was quite tasty. Our main dishes were sizable, tasty and worth it! I can tell you we will be back and we are definitely trying the Phó(it looked delicious) on our next visit.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Noodles

Bloody

One of, if not, the best place to get ramen or pho. I got the brisket pho and it was a 10 out of 10! The broth is so flavorful and not too salty. This place is a must try for anyone craving noodle soup of any kind. They also have amazing looking fried rice which I plan on trying next time!Dietary restrictions: Its not too salty and very good for you. Lots of veggies and healthy food I love it! It has vegetarian options for pretty much every dish.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pho Deluxe

ally recalde

order the drunken noodle!!! the food and service is so amazing, definitely one of my favorite place in Gainesville :)also, Destiny is the best waitress ever! She always makes our lunch/dinner experiences 10x better?

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Alysia Pena

I ordered take out Pho and it was delicious! I asked for a extra veggie portion due to the big size of the broth and noodle. It was very tasty, lots of noodle and great quality of meat. Will visit again and try something else on the menu.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Google user

The store is clean and the staff is nice. The food was pretty good. The fried noodle was perfect. The broccoli in the noodle tasted delicious. The ribeye soup was too salty. The meat was tender. Basically, the food was good, but we waited for 30 minutes to get food.

Christian Bevan

Small venue and great service. Flavor profile was light and delicious as well. Will come again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

A D

My family and myself were a bit disappointed on our 4th visits here. All previous visits were great. I’m not giving a 1 star for this visit because everyone deserves a second chance.Here’s what happened. We ordered our usual which is pho and we were served with a heart attack broth that contains 80% of oil. It would’ve been disastrous and possibly an ER visit few minutes later if we’ve finished our order.The young server was very apologetic for what had happened and she was able to replaced it with a newly made pho.I hope management will take this incident as an opportunity to make sure that this doesn’t happen again with future customers especially to the ones who’s not aware of what’s the broth should be to avoid any health scares.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Ariel Liu

The store is clean and the staff is nice.The food was pretty good.The fried noodle was perfect. The broccoli in the noodle tasted delicious.The ribeye soup was too salty. The meat was tender.Basically, the food was good, but we waited for 30 minutes to get food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Veronica Vaughn

We stopped here on our way out of town and I'm so glad we did. I got the steak pho, my daughter got pho no meat but added the seasoned boiled egg, and my husband got pork fried rice that had big pieces of pork belly in it as well as fried dumplings. Everything tasted great and the servers were all super nice.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pho

Alex Ramírez

I don’t usually leave reviews, but the customer service and food was so good I felt like I had to tell the world. I will say that I wasn’t a huge fan of the wings ( I rate them 2/5). Make sure to bring your appetite as the portions will leave you satisfied and then some.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

alexus crighton

Don’t order takeout noodles from this restaurant.I use to order from this restaurant often (dine in and take out) before they changed the name. The noodle portion was huge, but the pad Thai was so tasteless on its own and the noodles were all stuck together.The peanut sauce is DELICIOUS and helped make my small bowl of noodles edible. I don’t plan on eating the remainder of the noodles tho since I was only given 1 peanut sauce.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 2

John Blankenbehler

Great food. We had the Zen chicken ramen. It was excellent. The atmosphere was diner-like, but the staff and service were great.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Zen Chicken Ramen

Jenny Tran

No wait whenever I went. Pho came out probably within 10 minutes. I devoured it. Reminded me of my moms cooking when she makes pho. It was a bit hot in there otherwise no issues.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Pho

Megan Sorensen

Wonderful service! Our waitress Eden was an absolute treasure. My husband and I had some of the best service of our lives. The atmosphere was nice and the food was tasty, but really what made all the difference was the staff. Will definitely be coming back!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

K Caffee

I was in the area and craving good noodles. I was happy to find it! There’s limited seating. However service was fast and friendly around 4:30pm on a Sunday. The miso broth from the Pork Belly Zen Ramen just hit all the marks. It’s umami was so robust and all the topics just added to the filling meal. Towards the end it was a tad too salty and I couldn’t finish it. Great meal about $20 after tips.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

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Zen Noodle Bar (Gainesville 34th & Archer)

3117 SW 34th St Suite 2, Gainesville, FL 32608
(352) 665-8686