Dozo Asian Bistro & Sushi — Restaurant in New Haven

All I can say is WOW! This place was way better than we expected. The location (in a strip mall next to a busy intersection) did not give us great expectations, but we were more than pleasantly surprised. We were greeted immediately upon walking in the door and served with hot towels. The waitress took our drink order and brought it over swiftly. We had the unfiltered cold sake, and it was delicious. We started off with green salads with ginger dressing, and they were very tasty. Then we had the most heavenly gyoza, which were the best I’ve ever had. We followed up with chicken & vegetable tempura and drunken noodles. Both were incredibly good. We topped off the evening with tempura ice cream (we chose vanilla) and our minds were blown. We will definitely come back to try other dishes, but the dishes we had will linger in our minds long after tonight. Highly...

I feel uncomfortable when eating there cause everytime I come to eat on a weekly basis and doesn’t matter what day I come, these two young girls always watch people eat including me if they’re not doing anything. I’d like it if they can be away from the counters not watching us eat til we finish. It’s just making me feel uncomfortable. I’m always waiting to eat until they don’t watch me and then I have to stop eating when they watch again until they move somewhere else again. Feon was the best and never did this so much before the two new girls I think took over her. Feon I need back and was the best and better. The food is...

Wait staff seemed new and inexperienced when we visited. We observed them spending a lot of time standing around despite us having to wait a few minutes to get menus and quite a bit of time to get drinks.

However, most of the primary issues come from the food. We found the food to be seasoned to heavily while still lacking some flavor. In addition the rice we ordered was quite dry and hard. Unfortunately, the food quality as a whole we found a bit lackluster.

I have fond memories of this restaurant before the pandemic, however after my experience today I will not be returning due to the food quality not being the best on...