01/15/07

Good thing it is the only bar in addison circle

by sank6055

I used to and still do go to Zen bar frequently enough. The thing is lately is that as a consumer that has spent a lot of money in this establishment they never really make you feel like they appreciate it. It would be nice if they once would offer someone a free beer after spending hundreds on a weekly basis. I have spent a lot of time and money at Zen and I do have fun. But it is because of the people I go with and not the service we receive. The bartenders add drinks to your tab hoping you don't catch it. Friday nights and Saturday nights are so ridicuously packed that it isn't even borderline fun being there. Recently I witnessed an undeserving verbal altercation between a bartender and a consumer that I have never seen in my life in an establishment, and the consumer ended up apologizing?!?. The service never really gets better, the drink prices are high, and like i said even when you do still decide to give them your money on the days when its not shoulder to shoulder with 'clubbers', you are never treated like a valued patron of theirs. If it wasn't the only bar within addison circle it would be hard to see how they could stay in business.

• Pros: The food can actually be quite good
• Cons: The poor service makes everything sour

02/17/09

Worst place to go on any night

by osss

The service is a joke, the bartenders double charge you quite frequently, which I am thinking of reporting them to the City Attorney's office over, and the crowd is a blend of college dropouts and trailer trash. The owners are a joke and do what is contrary to keeping business coming back, which would be attempts at actually being nice to their customers. I wish this place would have gone out of business instead of Ruby Lounge, which was actually a classy place for Addison Circle. It's too bad this is the only bar in Addison Circle. It's no more than a place to be robbed and to be treated rudely in the process. I think the bartenders, save for the only pretty female there, are drugged up losers who are so mad at their lot in life that they are jealous of anyone who looks halfway successful in there and treat them like sh#*. I have never been so rudely treated by staff at any establishment, let alone a sh*# hole bar like this place. I have chosen to spend my money elsewhere right down the street. Chaucer's is much better and a better class of people in there. Cheaper drinks, too.

09/05/07

Sux. Go to Sherlock's, If You Want to Start a Fight

by endobiont

Try it for yourself. If you like screaming, idiotic, fat and fugly chix, come here. They will be passing out in your lap and on the concrete outside.

• Pros: The Addison PD is never around when you are drunk off your B..TT
• Cons: Bad food. Terrible service. Stupid bouncers and chix galore. No smoking inside. Patio closes at 10pm DAILY.

07/19/07

Zen Bar: Sausage Fest with sprinkles of Chicks

by ozo

This place isn't too bad. They have great priced drinks on weekdays...um...after 10pm. So if you have a job it's kind of off your list already.

As for the weekend vibe? It gets semi-packed. But it seems this place is only a stop off point for most girls who have various other places to attend to if it's not hopping. That means you're left hanging out with guys for most of the night watching ESPN highlights on HD. Beer and liquor prices are medium to high ($3.50 for beer, 4.50ish (single) for liquor). Waitresses are hot, but every guy should realistically know thats not going to pan out.

Overall, it could make a great place on the weekdays and a great stopping point on the weekends, but nothing to waste your whole night at.

Oh and I did leave the bar once during an altercation of a resident (who lives above the bar) and the police. They were complaining because things were too loud. But come on....do people really have to be that stupid about the situation? It's a big metroplex, and you had to choose the apartment right above the bar. And if the bar came after the move in, one could always chose to move out!

• Pros: Away from Beltline traffic
• Cons: crapshoot on crowd, and if they will stay the whole night

09/11/06

Zen Bar Getting Bad Rap

by debbie_in_dallas

Are you guys talking about the right place? I live in Addison Circle and frequent Zen, along with several young urban professionals. Oh, and Zen has always had the same two owners.

09/01/06

Going Down Hill

by fel2259

This place is HORRIBLE! When we first walked up to the bar I thought wow this place is dead tonight. After spending a couple of hours there I can see why. Zen Bar used to be a cool place but that has definatly changed! I talked to a few of the bouncers and I think the reason is because it's under new ownership. The quality of people there isn't that great. (A bunch of dumb drunk guys probably no older than 22 trying to fight anyone and everyone to impress someone and white trash girls trying to fight as well) Yes, I said girls. When I was there there was three girls fighting at three different occassions. I've never seen this anywhere else. That's the kind of thing you see in east Dallas not the kind of thing you would expect to see in Addison. Just go up two streets Addison has so much better establishments off Beltline.

• Pros: there's not that many people there anymore
• Cons: bad service, bad owner, bad bartenders

08/11/06

The worst service ever.

by ox0730

These people overcharged me more than 100$ and refused to refund the difference. The atmosphere is not very good and the management is terrible-Thanks

• Pros: None
• Cons: Bad service

Editorial Review by Citysearch Editors

by Contributor

Mongolian barbecue restuarant in Addison where patrons build their dishes for the cooks, plus a large bar area.