Cafe Zen — Restaurant in Gretna

My husband and I drove past this little place the other day and decided we may want to try it out soon, as we love sushi and Japanese food overall. The very next day we contemplated going there for lunch. Before deciding on it, I wanted to check the reviews of it to make sure it is any good. Of course, 9 out of 10 reviews are very positive. Then there's this hilarious guy Ahmad Mohammad.. He cracked us up, and we told ourselves that he is the reason we are going to try Cafe Zen out for lunch! If you haven't read it, please do. To get to the review: A very fresh and adorable little restaurant. We had a great waitress (and we did absolutely NOT get to pay extra for the "refuels", haha!) I ordered the chicken teriyaki (a massive bento) while my husband got the sushi special (which I wanted as well, but I figured it would be nice to test out more than one meal if we really wanted to know the quality of what they offer on the menu!) ... Verdict: we love it. Huge and super fresh looking and tasting meals! Since we live less than 5 minutes away, this is gonna become a weekly habit for us, yay! :)

UPDATE 2 years later: Still our favorite place to go. Have loved EVERYTHING we have ordered off the menu and we go here on a monthly basis. Each time we go, I keep thinking I want to hand the staff flowers for just being all around amazing at what they do. The free pasta appetizer you get tastes so good! The ginger salad is fresh. The miso soup has the perfect balance of flavors (frankly I'm obsessed with it.) The tornado roll gets a 11/10; please try it! I love the small details like the hot towels as you sit down and the mint once you are ready to pay. I hope they never go out...

bad bad horrible owner and thy charge you for every little thing like every refuel that's a full pries i was there with other 2 friend 3 days a go and i drink 4 time my friend 3 and the other one 2 so we gat charge for 9 drinks thy charge us for lemon we ask , sushi was overpriced, charge for eel sauce and spicy mayo which is free everywhere else. i been in every other food places this one thy over charge people i never see a restaurant that tells you after spending 70 that oh we have to charge you for refuel wall you eating please don't go there the are so nasty and thy will lose that business soon im not going there no more i was going to dispute the charge then i say its all good its not worth if let them keep it the owner is in ass bc i try to talk to him about that he just keept shut up and i been every restaurant in new Orleans...

Went to lunch today and got myself the rock and roll, a couple orders of tuna, yellowtail and the noodle salad. The noodle salad was just OK compared to other places like Mikimoto and Unagi &Sushi. I have to say the rice they use for their sushi and rolls was mushy and horrible. Does not even compare to any other sushi restaurant I’ve been to in the past years. Mikimoto and Unagi &Sushi are far better choices. When the waitress came she asked me if I needed a box for the one piece that I ate from the rock ‘n’ roll and I told her I could not eat it because it didn’t taste very good. She said she was going to talk to the chef but never took it off the bill. I won’t be coming back here as it is just...