A Taiwanese dessert chain with a franchise slowly creeping into Canada and luckily for us Edmontonians, ZenQ has found it's home on the ever so lively Jasper Ave. To add to the craze for shaved ice and the growing love of dessert life in the city, ZenQ offers different series of dessert bowls, bubble teas, and smoothies with the added addition of snacks! We came during opening week so even arriving in the evening close to 10pm, the space was packed. Not much to the decor. Very simple with a blue and white color scheme. Sufficient seating and staff were nice and friendly. No wait time to order, dessert came out quickly while our snack trailed along 10 minutes after. (so worth it) Pearl Milk Tea Creamy Frappe - ($9.90) - 5/5 - Part of their shaved ice series. Tasted like frozen milk tea shaved into a beautiful ribbon consistency, topped with tapioca and litchi jelly. This was SO good, really creamy, really rich, tasted exactly like milk tea. The tapioca pearls used are the smaller ones but they were nice and chewy while complimenting well with the litchi jelly that had a sweeter taste. Part of their opening promotion I'm assuming- the shaved ice was given a complimentary small milk tea. Tasted good - nothing like iced milk tea to wash down shaved milk tea. Salty Crispy Chicken - ($6.20) - 5/5 - Okay, so we know my favorite Taiwanese chicken so far in the city has been ChaTime. But I think i've got to update my new favorite to now ZenQ. The seasoning here is more salty than sweet, and the chicken coming to me hot and fresh was beautiful colorwise and exceedingly crisp. This was truly satisfying. read more

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I've been to Zen Q twice and have ordered a frappe both times. The first time, we ordered the creamy taro frappe and the second time we ordered the red bean matcha frappe. Our friends ordered the pearl milk tea frappe and I really liked that one. it had a really nice tea flavour. I felt the taro frappe tasted a little too fake and wasn't a fan of that. It would be nice if we could substitute toppings because I found the matcha ice cream that came with the matcha frappe overpowering. Will definitely come back to try out some of the other desserts. read more

Zen Q - Taiwanese Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

While waiting for the bus on a freezing day I decide to walk into this place for a quick warm up and to see if there was anything temping on the menu. I love taro bubble tea and the man at the counter said they had a warm version of taro tea! It was so yummy and was milky like a latte. It was a pretty purple colour and was not too sweet. It was a perfect warm up while waiting for the bus. Next time I walk by I'll be ducking in for another bevy and am curious to see what other treats they might have. read more

Zen Q - Taiwanese Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

Finally this place opened! If there's one thing COVID deprived me of, its this. We had the usual salty crispy chicken and milk tea. Always good and one of the best comfort food there is! read more

I came here for bubble tea recently and was quite pleased with the quality and service. The small seating area here is kept clean and the staff seem quite happy to serve the customers' needs. I was happy with my beverage and enjoyed my time here. I suspect that I may sometime venture to try the rest of the menu. read more

Hopped over to Zen Q after being told at Snowy Village that there was a 45 min wait. Came here and was happy that it wasn't too busy at all. Immediate seating available, and we had our orders brought to our table after a short wait. We ordered a shaved ice and tofu pudding. The portion size for the tofu pudding was kind of small, but the shaved ice serving size was pretty generous (minus the skimpy toppings). We ordered the matcha flavored shaved ice, with which you could definitely taste the matcha flavor, and it didn't taste powdery. The only issue was that there was one tiny scoop of ice cream (and why would it be matcha ice cream?! the ice is already matcha flavored!), and small amounts of q balls and pearls (two thumbs up for how the pearls taste though - the right amount of chewiness and brown sugar taste). The syrup in which the tofu pudding sits in was good, not overly sweet, and a nice compliment to the tofu. We felt like there was more toppings with the tofu pudding than the shaved ice, or maybe it just seemed that way because there was less tofu pudding than shaved ice? Free wifi available, no free parking since it's downtown; meter hours apply. read more

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Best milk tea in town! I ordered ZenQ milk tea with 50% sweetness, 50% ice and small boba. It was utterly delightful. I also tried the matcha frappe with red bean and jelly. It was like a fun, chewy, deconstructed bubble tea. Give this place a try! read more

Zen Q - Taiwanese Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

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I've been to zen q a few times in the last year. They serve Taiwanese style desserts. I've ordered multiple things from the menu. I enjoyed everything I've had so far on the menu. The desserts here are definitely different from some of the other Asian dessert houses. The ice isn't shaved as much as it is in thin sheets. I almost view them as deconstructed bubble tea that's frozen. They also serve sweet tofu and other more traditional Asian desserts. Overall it's worth a try this Summer. read more

Zen Q - Taiwanese Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

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I'm no expert. Gf likes this place .. so must be good. Taro milk tea is delicious. Great service too.

We tried this adorable spot this evening for the first time and were thrilled with the food! We went to share a few of the desserts but ended up having the salty chicken as well. Yummy!! highly recommend it as a start. We tried two of the frappe desserts and they were both excellent. Great taste and good to share. The food came out quickly,easy to find seating the staff were great to explain the menu and make recommendations. We will be coming back again soon. read more

Management is very unfriendly. Watch out, they do not have pro customer rules. Buy their product, walk away, and make them happy. Stay, bring a small group of friends and they have no problem kicking you out. Make sure no one has any outside food or drink. Don't ask them if they recycle, that's not their concern. read more

The store is pretty clean and the staffs are very friendly! I love their taro milk tea since they used real taro to make this milk tea! read more

Not as good as I expected. Their shaved ice is very fluffy and I like the texture, but their flavour combination is not the greatest. But their Zen Q Milk Tea is definitely something different. I highly recommend getting the Milk Tea and the Mango Shaved Ice without the Cereal on top. read more

This bubble tea and dessert bar is cute and cozy. It isn't too loud but it no longer provides free Wi-Fi.