We've only had delivery and they are pretty fast. We tend to like to have delivery especially with these winter storms. I've been ordering from them for about a year, pretty consistent. Their sesame shrimp is something I wouldn't typically, but they nail it here, ridiculously yummy. Brown rice is really healthy, full of grains and shockingly good. I also suggest the wonton soup. All and All the reason I did not give it 5 stars is because I've never eaten at the restaurant in person.
Title: Head Chesse2/10/2014 12:46:55 PM
We miss the Zoe for lunch!!! When are you going to reopen?
Title: 12/7/2012 5:01:00 AM
I really like this place. It's a good price and good food. My fav dish, very anglo of me, is the House Fried Rice. I have dreams about this fried rice. It's perfectly seasoned with the vege/meat/rice components being perfectly balanced. I have not had a dish here that I dislike. But I have yet to try everything on the menu. It's a clean restaurant and the wait staff are super attentive and helpful if you have questions about the menu. Lots of secret chinese menu stuff.
Title: 12/18/2012 10:01:00 AM
I've been to Sichuan, and I must say, this is the restaurant in Boston that comes closest to what I sampled in Chengdu. We ate the cumin lamb, water-boiled chicken, dan dan noodles, and garlic pickles. Each was delightfully seasoned, and the chicken was appropriately mala. The cumin lamb came with a generous portion of cilantro that really helped add flavor to the dish. When the waitress noticed I had broken a minor sweat, she offered me napkins so that I could dry myself off. All in all, I was very impressed by the food, and felt that the service was quite good.
Title: 11/21/2012 9:26:00 AM
Most authentic Sichuan food you can get in Cambridge. Order from the authentic Sichuan dishes menu. Basically anything with a lot of hot peppers next to the menu description.
Title: 11/14/2012 4:34:00 AM
Favorite Chinese this side of Cambridge. Lions head soup is awesome
Title: 10/18/2012 10:13:00 PM
Adapted from a previous review:Very good Chinese food at an affordable price, especially for lunch. Some of their offerings are very unique and delicious as well. In a very optimal location, very close to Porter Square as well as the Harvard campus.Zoe also gives great fortunes in their fortune cookies and keeps us coming back by giving out free guava candies on your way out.The one thing about this place is that there's like always a very loud and obnoxious dude, probably a graduate student or young professional, who seems to be there for lunch every single day and always orders the same thing: Chicken with Peanuts.EDIT: When I went today for lunch, the guy was there again. Talk about a dedicated customer!
Title: 10/12/2013 7:15:12 AM
Very nice restaurant. It has real Chinese food but the food is also very tasty to Americans.
Title: 1/14/2012 7:07:00 PM
Holy molly - how have I lived in Porter so long without eating at Zoe's. This place is phenomenal. It is one of the best and most authentic Hunan and Schezuan Chinese restaurants in the wider Boston area.The food is simply fantastic. They have things for the spice lover - try anything hot pepper in particular. For the more adventurous palette, they have things like fried pig intestines - delicious. They also have more simple and Americanized items too, don't worry you crab rangoon lover you.I recommend the mangolian lamb, hot pepper anything (pork is good), the cumin spiced beef, and chicken with mushrooms.Their delivery service is very very fast. They will also call you if they have any questions about your order, instead of making assumptions.Yay Zoe's!
