Zine Noodles Dim Sum

Been here a few times while staying at the Palazzo and loved their great food and service! It located just off the casino floor and between the Palazzo and Venetian hallway.
The décor is upscale and the service is much better than a casual dining restaurant. The food is reasonably priced and the portions are huge.
Most times it’s not too busy as there are tons of dining options to choose from.
The casino comps meals to this place as well, so be sure to ask the pit boss or casino host after you play.
They will be closed for a remodel so make sure to get there as soon as possible if you’re near by.

Had the chow mein w shredded pork and spicy beef noodle soup. Food was great! Have been back every trip. Will definitely come back again.

After 20 years of visiting Las Vegas I have found a unicorn. A restaurant so repulsive even after a six hour drive I turned every single thing down. Simply atrocious in every single facet that matters, not a single redeeming quality to be found except the quiet location and décor. Soup is not a quartered squash in water with a hunk of watered down vegetables and meat. Avoid at all costs, hunger is a better alternative.

Worst Chinese cuisine ever. Terrible place with unreasonable high price and awful taste. Won’t even think of coming back again.

So I just got into town and had a craving for phở. I figured, why not try it since I’m staying here at the Palazzo. As of this writing it was $ 19.00 plus tax. The portion was small, for half the price, I could have easily gotten a portion twice the size elsewhere. The broth lacked flavor. The key ingredient for any phở, it doesn’t matter where you go, simply put is broth. I had gotten it with thin slices of filet mignon and beef balls. It was ok. I had asked for extra jalapeños only to find 3 slices. Yes ladies and gentlemen, 3 slices. Bean sprouts were also missing. It was not memorable enough for me to return. Save your money for I’m sure there is better to be found on the Strip. I could not comment on service since this was a take-​out order.

If you don’t want to mess up you good luck in Vegas, stay away from this dirty restaurant! I ate a fly in the noodle soup!!! And they just took away the noodle soup and did nothing! How poor it that about the Palazzo hotel service ! So disappointed! Never come back! Stay away from this dirty restaurant!!!

Awful service and food.
We had an open table reservation and upon arrival asked for a booth. The hostess refused to seat us in it, yet no one sat in it the entire time we dined.
The dishes were filthy with caked on old food.
The interior is filthy and worn, in serious need of updating.
The seafood tasted fishy and old. YUCK.
With so many fabulous dining options in Vegas I would avoid.

I actually thought that Zine was a pretty good dining experience. I have eaten here twice now, once really late at night and once around dinner time. Both have actually been quite delicious dining experience. The interior of this place is a bit tacky and service feels awkward at times but the food taste is pretty dang good. Nothing like getting a big bowl of noodles to cure that late night urge…
Pros–
Late night
Food
Location
Selection
Cons–
Price
Service
No draft beer
Pork steam buns lacked pork

So I came here because I heard that this is the restaurant that serves the Chinese «high rollers» from China and it’s known as the «best» Chinese food closest to their home. Apparently, even the cooks and chefs were all brought in especially from China to ensure that the high rollers would be pleased with their food.
So, with much excitement, I came in here to try out a couple of dishes.
The shrimp shumai– 2 star. I didn’t think it was anything special. I wasn’t too fond of it.
Peking duck– 3 star. It was good, but again, I’ve had larger servings and similar tastes or better for half the price.
Beef chow fun noodles– 3 star. It was good, but nothing extraordinary for me. I have had something similar many a times in Chinatown.
Service is okay. Décor is amazing, after all, it’s in a casino.
Would I go back? I think I am okay going to other Chinese hole-​in-​the-​walls for better food.

Food is great but pricey, hey but your in a upscale restaurant so don’t complain…
Quality of food is great. Quantity is a little less for pricing.
1^st time I have ever been served an vegetable entrée without either steamed rice or fried rice. In all of my visits to Chinese restaurants never has this happened. I had to then order it as separate side. That sucked…

Food is sub standard for such place n price. We would like to measure against casinos in Australia and New Zealand for food in the international arena.
Sub standard portions as well as quality — like the pork n shrimp Siu Mai and steamed shrimp Har Gow, these should serve as barometers for dim sum.
The pan fried chow fun with prawns in egg sauce should have more flavor from the frying, color, and even adding vegetables (choi sum or Chinese cabbage) could improve the dish.
Other dishes may be better, this review is dim sum and one noodle dish.

I’m in Vegas at least twice a year on non drug-​related business and ALWAYS stop at Zine in The Palazzo. The food is fantastic. I’m working my way through the menu and with another trip there in about 3 weeks I can’t wait.
Anyone complaining about inattentive service was obviously breast feed as a child. Let it go. It’s food service, not therapy.
I’ll update y’all next month. Xoxo.

Not sure why people don’t like this place in the reviews.
Is it expensive? Yes, but no more do than its peers in the hotel-​the convenience fee one pays in the strip.
Since the wait staff were speaking Cantonese we stuck to the Hong Kong staples on the menu. Well prepared classics that of be happy with at any authentic Chinese restaurant. Not high end Hong Kong dining, but certainly not a hawkers market offering. Definitely not the American food crap most Midwesterners mistakenly call Chinese food.
Crispy Noodles were well seasoned and quite flavorful. BBQ pork was maybe a touch dry but still full of flavor. Siu Mai was a decent offering. Stir fried vegetables were fresh, green, crisp and write tasty. Had a Japanese colleague with me so we ordered the potstickers too-​gotta reaffirm the supremacy of the almighty gyoza. They were quite good and well received, except that they were chicken.

The Service: Okay… took the order fast. Serve the food fast. But our server never checked on us after that… Not attentive.
The Food: SUPER OVERPRICED Chinese food. Since it is at the Palazo Hotel so it is expected.
Fish porridge — Lots of rice… only a few pieces of fish for $ 19!!! So not worth it. Not much flavor too. Very disappointed.

We thoroughly enjoyed this restaurant last week. We had several appetizers that were all delicious. They included the spicy chicken wontons (which are spicy!) and steamed pork dumplings. We all enjoyed our entrees as well. I had the Kung Pao chicken which I had asked to be spicy and though it was delicious was blander than I would have liked.
Service was fine. I believe there was a bit of a language challenge in that I asked for a couple of things that took two tries to get. I also had to flag them down once… so a bit more follow up would have been good.
However we were very happy with our find in this restaurant. I look forward to visiting this restaurant next time in town.

Modern casual asian dining where the food actually tastes authentic. This place has nice décor and ambience. We came here on a Saturday at 11:30 a.m. after a night of partying and noodle soup was a must. The place was pretty empty so we were seated right away. We ordered wonton noodle soup, phở tai (comes with filet mignon), and shanghai curry noodles. The broths for the wonton noodle soup and phở were light and seasoned just right. Both dishes also came with a ton of noodles. The shanghai curry noodles were my favorite. You could smell the freshness of the curry and the noodle was not too oily. Service was also on point.
For not wanting to drive off the strip for noodles, this place was great. The only downside are the prices. $ 18 for phở??? Way overpriced.

I had the opportunity to try Zine one day with a group of people and we decided to order a variety of options and share family-​style.
We tried the appetizer sampler, the variety plate with pork, chicken and pork, vegetable fried rice, honey walnut shrimp and Mongolian beef. Everything was pretty good. I would definitely recommend skipping the appetizer. Not a lot of substance for the price. The duck was my favorite of all our dishes. The portions weren’t huge for the price, but it is on the strip, so it’s understandable.
The rest of the menu looked solid and I’m interested in trying their noodle soups and other items. Service was friendly. Not attentive, though.
They have a number of lunch specials that I look forward to trying as well.

WHERE DO I BEGIN???
I ordered SWEET iced tea, the waiter brought me HOT tea. I told him that wasn’t what i ordered, he gave me an attitude and say «I’ll just go get you some ice». Now, money isn’t a problem because we ate at pinot and the bill was $ 200 no problem BUT $ 20 for bowl of PHO? really?!
My boyfriend ordered a dish, the waiter asked if he wanted rice and my boyfriend replied «does it come with it?» HE LAUGHED and walked off like we couldn’t afford rice. Every dish and drink we ordered the slammed it down on the table and walked off. Some other waiter had to fill our drinks. That waiter was so much nicer, we wanted to go ask the manager if replace him with our waiter.
By far, this is the worst restaurant that i’ve been to. Portions are kids size, this isn’t a french restaurant. To add to that, later that night we walked by the restaurant, the same waiter was staring at us like he wanted to eat our livers. Crazy man. I tell ya

Actual rating 3.5 stars.
This was the second of three lunch dates that the No1DP and I had over the course of our last Vegas stay.
Zine Noodles Dim Sum is located inside the Palazzo casino floor. This was rather convenient as we didn’t have to get out of the Venetian/​Palazzo hotel complex, but as with all Palazzo restaurants a bit of a walk to get to from Sands Expo, the site of many a convention. It also didn’t help he only had a little more than an hour for lunch.
Service was really slow that day, even if only half the restaurant was full. It took 30 minutes from when the orders were placed to the appetizer being served. No1DP was a little late to his next class because of this.
Appetizer: Steamed Shrimp Har Gow. $ 6.95 gets you 4 pieces. The har gow was relatively big compared to other dim sum places and the wrapping was not too thick. The har gow was even better when I dipped it in the chili sauce.
Mains — When the main dishes came we were rather surprised how big our dishes were. Each dish could feed at least 2 people. This was my first meal of the day (dunno how much No1DP ate beforehand) but the No1DP and I were only able to finish half our dishes. Note to self: next time get extra plates for sharing because it seems like these dishes were made to be served a la carte and not in individual portions.
No1DP had the braised E-​Fu noodle with crab meat ($ 18.80). E-​fu noodles are used in Cantonese yee mein. In normal preparation these egg noodles are deep fried. These noodles are often eaten on birthdays as the long noodle represents long life. They are normally chewy and eaten with mushrooms. The noodles themselves were chewy and absorbed some of the flavor from the mushrooms but a tad dry and plain. Real crab pieces were used in this dish.
I had the satay oxtail and tendon noodle soup ($ 19.95). Broth was DELICIOUS. I could taste the peanut in the broth and the soup reminded me of a mix between a panang curry and kare kare (just put bagoong in the meat!). There was a bit more fat in the oxtail but the meat fell off the bone. My only complaint was that the chopsticks were a bit thick and I had a slightly hard time picking off meat from the oxtail.
Should I come back here next time I’ll definitely get an appetizer and a dish to share with another person to cut costs or stick to dim sum. Although the dishes here were decent the restaurant’s prices reflect typical Vegas pricing for casual restaurants, which isn’t cheap by anyone’s standards. If that’s the case find a dish that you can’t find in your hometown or if you’re going to spend that amount of money anyway on a restaurant find one that offers a more unique experience.

Since I come here fairly often, I figured a running list of dishes would be the most help I can give. This place is consistent with food, but I understand the price has really scared off people. That’s the thing with Chinese food is that often times even if it’s cooked well done, we have a mentality it is «cheap food» and again, this is a expensive casino and is a nice dining place and it’s not like their prices aren’t posted on online menus. Some dishes are not worth getting at the price they need to charge to be inside a expensive casino property but some are fantastic. If the basics or Americanized favorites are what you want or you are rather frugal of a traveler then do yourself a favor and go up Spring Mtn for half the price. Otherwise, if you like a nice ambiance and nice quality over thrift then read on.
I guess this review is gonna be the most useful for tourists than locals. Granted I get special hookups of sorts now which makes it more affordable for me but even so I would pay for my favorite sea bass fish dish at full price.
One way to get savings is they actually have a Happy Hour! It’s half off all the appetizers (you can see menu online) and beers! It’s 3pm-​6pm Mon-​Fri, and 10pm-​1am Sun– Thurs. They also do lunch specials Mon-​Fri until 3pm for $ 15 which is a soup, entrée, and mochi ice cream.
Best dish — baked Chilean Sea Bass. It’s a rather good portion for the $ 32 that is shareable, 2 – 3 filets of fish. It’s baked in a sweetish glaze and on a bed of zucchini, tofu, whole roasted garlic, mushrooms in a light sweet and tangy sauce. Its one of my favorite fish dishes ever.
Best surprise– the phở. It actually is some of the best phở I’ve had as the ingredients are top notch fresh but the broth balance is lovely. It is double the price, but if you’re going to pick having phở here or at that place in TI and don’t want to go up to Spring Mtn to get off strip prices, just come here instead as this one is rather good.
Other stuff I’ve tried:
Crispy pan fried noodles — Had it with various toppings but my favorite was the seafood one. Really good, fresh and plentiful with seafood. Other meats are good too, but it’s standard.
E-​fu w/​crab — one of my favorites. E-​fu is a soft braised noodle and is every bit my comfort food Chinese dish. I loved e-​fu as a child and still do. The crab in this is fresh and the portion is hard to finish. I order this very often.
Rice vermicelli noodle with shredded duck and pickled cabbage — I like this as well, better if you ask for some hot mustard to mix into as it adds the right amount of omph to it. It is a subtle dish and normally not a fan of vermicelli (except phở) but I love the sauce that is in this and the combo of pickled cabbage in it. This is also something we order a lot.
Curry Crab– really messy, but a awesome tangy and fragrant curry. It probably takes away from the dish a bit to do the curry on the side, but seriously was hard to crack shells covered in sauce no matter how delicious it was.
Seared Scallop with Schzuan Pepper Sauce– the sauce is good and they do give you plentiful big scallops but they were cut in half thinner and well cooked which I don’t prefer so I haven’t ordered again. I may ask whole piece and not well done.
Shredded Pork and Thousand Year Congee– pretty good congee. I know thats a very plain and subtle thing, but a sign is it didn’t really need soy in it. It was well seasoned on its own.
Yang Chow Fried Rice — it’s bb pork and shrimp fried rice. Pretty good and flavorful, no need for any seasoning, except I do love hot sauce on my rice.
Cha Gio– they were decent viet style egg rolls, but not my favorite. Also I was missing the plentiful herbs, It just came with lettuce and nuoc nam.
Macau style pork belly– the portion isn’t very huge, but it’s perfectly cooked. Crispy skin, melty fat and juicy meat.
Spicy Chili Wonton — nice fresh made wontons in spicy oil and sauce. Pretty good as far as dim sum go.
Spring Onion Pancake– theirs is good, crisp and comes piping hot fresh.
Black bean sauce pork ribs — one of my favorite dimsum and theirs here is really tender.
Shrimp har gao– good, but standard. Same goes for the Shumai.
Red bean pastry with vanilla ice cream — it’s basically like spring onion pancakes except with red bean instead. A pretty good dessert with a bit of vanilla and chocolate sauce.
Service here has never been bad, it’s always in a acceptable range of good to really good depending on who we get. There’s a few people we prefer having, that has been here a while and are ninja intuitive with diners needs.
I’ll keep adding to this list as I dine here.