Zen Sushi + Robata Grill — Restaurant in Florida

Lazy Dog was packed, the wait was too long, and there were people lined out of the door. We were going to check out Olive U but as fate would have it, we ended up here.

It's nice that it's on the far end of the plaza, it was less busy and there was a lot more parking. There was no wait, but they were mostly full.

First of all, this isn't a restaurant for your friend who feels lukewarm about sushi. This is a sushi restaurant through and through.

The service isn't friendly and it's slow. We waited for so long to get our order taken. I will say that when they did take our order, it went directly to the kitchen and our toddler's order came out a few minutes later.

The food was great! It came out perfectly warm and the portions were fantastic. The chicken dumplings were all right, not great, not bad. The sesame chicken was great, and you get a lot of food. The general tsos chicken was adequately spicy. The chicken katsu's portion is HUGE.

On the note of the chicken katsu, that's exactly why I am rating this place one star. The chicken katsu is served on a piece of paper, that's right, a piece of paper! My husband realized halfway through his meal that there was paper on the bottom and that it was ripping and in his food.

My husband NEVER complains at restaurants, EVER! I'm 10x more likely to complain than he is. He told our server and that's how we found out that the paper was intentional. She spoke to him for a good few minutes before offering him a replacement without the paper. It was absolutely ridiculous, to be honest. We 100% gave food to our toddler from his fork and it was completely imperceptible because of the sauce and the size of the chicken, etc.

It was nice, we'll be eating our leftovers but it's not a place I'd crave and it's not high on my list of...

One of the best Japanese sushi places here in South Florida. I won’t miss good sushi now that I know where to go. If you are looking for “authentic”, “genuine” high quality fresh sushi and sashimi (and many more), this is the place you must go. These photos won’t justify enough, you gotta be there and experience yourself :)

1. FOOD QUALITY: I tried special Chirashi. sashimi is so fresh and some of them indeed come straight from Japan! I never thought I would be able to have fresh sashimi from Japan in south Florida! (I haven’t tried others yet but I saw many people orders and restaurant is crowded!)

2. CHEF and STAFF are FRIENDY AND PROFESSIONAL: I was sitting at the counter this time, and I enjoyed seeing how the chef prepared our food. He placed the Chirashi bowl on the counter but told us to “hold on” (not yet) with smile … I could almost feel he was designing chirashi artwork on this bowl, and you see, this chirashi was beautifully done!! Just so detail, delicate and perfection, so first, you enjoy this art visually, and then taste this amazing mouth melting fish! Mmmm I appreciate ocean! lol (I mean it)

3. LOVELY AMBIANCE : I also love this restaurant set up! Its indoor restaurant yet it also gives ambiance of open environment, as if you are at some beachside bar. Very lovely atmosphere. There are plenty of seats outside as well.

I will definitely go back...

So I was a first timer, and l ordered takeout. I got beef tataki and volcano roll. The order was ready when I got there, the hostess completed the order. When looking at my order I realized that it was missing the ponzu sause that was supposed to come with the B.T so I turned around and went back asked the hostess for the sause and she told me I had to request it it does not come with it. Now obviously, I found that odd, considering it litterly is the only sause that comes with it and says it on the menu, so I did mention that, and she said oh. But just having to go back and being told that kinda proved she didn't really know the menu or what goes with what. Ok, honest mistake, hopefully that won't happen again . The beef was cut a little thick for my liking was good, but it's usually much thinner. This was like slabs of raw steak cut way too thick . They could have 3 or 4 thin slices in each one piece easily thats how thick it was .the volcano was pretty good and had a strange, almost grill flavor to it. It was pretty good. Also, presentation was OK, nothing special. I'm not sure I would spend 40 on lunch again anytime soon. The atmosphere was really nice, but I'm on the fence if it was worth it. But I'm sure depending on what you get would be great might not do takeout just to save time in having to return if something...