Zen

"My first impression of this restaurant was quite favorable. I liked the way it was laid out and decorated. I thought the Japanese wall paper was very cool, the bamboo stalks in the middle of the restaurant was a nice touch, and I especially liked the booths with the comfy pillows. As soon as we sat down, we asked if we could order from the lunch specials listed on the menu. We weren’t sure if this was available on weekends and we were so happy when the waiter said yes. Unfortunately, the waiter came back and told us that she made a mistake and it wasn't available. Okay, fine. Everyone makes mistakes and the waiter was very apologetic. We ended up ordering the kani salad, shumai, eel avocado roll, salmon avocado roll, Thai spring roll, Zen House fried rice and chicken pad Thai. The pad Thai was good. It had a nice spicy kick to it. Both the eel avocado and salmon avocado roll tasted fresh. The kani salad was smaller than I was expecting but it tasted good. I liked the crunchy topping on it. The Thai spring roll was a bit of a disappointment. It looked like the ones you can get at your local Chinese joint, albeit not as oily and with bigger shrimps. Overall, I thought the food was solid. It didn’t completely bowl me over but it was good. I thought the service could have been better. The staff were all very friendly and attentive but clearly not all of them were trained. We were given the wrong info about the lunch specials, the ingredients in the Zen House fried rice and the Yelp offer for free ice cream. If you check-in on your Yelp app, you get a free scoop of ice cream. My friend and I asked if we could both redeem this offer and get a scoop of ice cream each. The waiter said yes and had us redeem the offer on our phones in front of her. She came back a few minutes later and apologized saying she made a mistake. Okay, again it’s not a big deal but I thought it was kind of petty of them not to honor it and give us both the ice cream. Such a small thing but it kind of annoys me when I think about it."

"Ordered dinner, the shrimp was over cooked that it was so chewy. The fried rice in my meal was slimy and had a weird taste . I didn’t eat the food I sent it right back and ontop of it nothing was done about it when I told the male worker the food didn’t taste good that I didn’t want it . I also ordered salmon, it was the worse choice I made it ranked. Neither was that touched it went right back how it came . I would not recommend this place at all. The place is cozy and nice but as far as the food it’s a no."

"I love this place, their variety of noodles is exquisite, the service is fast and the food is very delicious!"

"Place is great. I don't think alot of people know about it. The food is mid at best I ordered the twin lobster came in cold with a teriyaki like sauce. The wings were okay. Pineapple fried rice doesn't come in a Pineapple seems like. Cocktails were okay 8.95 per cocktail."

"Ordered a tray of Sushi to go and it was delicious! The tempura rolls were sweet and crunchy, and the sashimi was fresh. I don’t really understand where all these negative reviews are coming from, but my family really enjoyed this tray. Furthermore, the staff was really nice and I loved the ambiance when I picked up my food."