Zuzu — Restaurant in Cambridge

Same experience with bouncers questioning the validity of IDs— after traveling far to specifically go to their shows they consistently turn down valid IDs at the door for undisclosed reasons.

Zuzu/middle east are not places that underage people try to frequent. The crowd is usually well into their 30s&40s. I prefer that crowd over others since I like underground dance and music. Being over 21, this is only a case of ageism that arises from the stress of getting fined by the city and laziness. To avoid that stress, I would recommend learning how to tell a fake from a real ID in an age where travel is ubiquitous and coming across IDs from other states is common. I am a relatively frequent patron but the bouncer who looks like a pirate acts like border control (very un-pirate of him). The pirate didn’t even ask me if I had another form of ID, he just made sure me and my friend did not get into the show we have been meaning to see all week. There was no disrespect on our part, they were just being weird for no reason.

If they are so concerned with IDs being valid, they need to buy a scanner. Or be explicit in which types of IDs they accept or do not accept. Put it on their website if I need to bring a passport, but don’t tell me they can’t accept my valid ID and not give a reason why. Terrible energy from the door on this occasion. I’ll be back obviously but hope that one door manager retires, he...

Agh...feels like we've been scammed. This was the 4th July evening with frinds and family visiting Cambridge, Boston. Found 3 stores side by side (they all seems to belong in the same middle club vive). We went in Zuzu's, in the middle, and they seated us. It took a while for the one and only waiter to attend to us. Just one cook ( noticing every time the door to the kitchen opened) prepping food. Alsmost an hour later food started coming ...another 20 min later the last 2 plates were served. A few minutes past, we're all eating.... A bunch of people with rude attitude came in, and started rearranging seating around us. Rudly announced, they will be having a party here (50th birthday.... From the balloons) and we're being asked to hurry up and leave. First, they said they had told us which was a lie then, they said they will void the bill....then came the "lady"....seems like the owner with a 20% discount.... 😂 Also billed for something they never served. Now, you're in a new town, surrounded by unknown rude people inside a restaurant with a bunch of kids...felt like a threat and risky to continue to argue. So we paid cash and left... I thought middle eastern people are good to the strangers, they say their hospitality is the best ..or, is it just a scam! Avoid...

It was a full of interesting people who gave of a good vibe. Also service was fast, tending towards rushed. They also seemed to be trying to be helpful, unlike some wait staff that choose to act like arbiters of etiquette. They were eight empty seats near the window but the host/bartender said we had to wait - I assume he had a reason. They made good home fries otherwise the food and drunk was bad; the bloody Mary was icy and tasted of celery salt, the hard fried eggs were soft and runny, the corned beef hash was a bland mush, the bacon was unevenly cooked and the toast. The concept of toast is that you have a warm piece of bread, you apply butter and it melts. Otherwise, you don't have toast you have...