I wanted a posh Japanese themed outing. We were going to Madam Butterfly and I didn't want to go to just any normal sushi restaurant all dressed up. I remembered that Zen 8 was a bit more on the fancy side of things we decided to try it out.
Well. I sure hope the Teppanyaki is better than their sushi, because the whole experience we had was awful. We came early and were the only ones in the restaurant at the time but instead of getting a table we get placed at the grill - not a big deal, just weird placement.
Our waitress takes our drink order; I get the Hello Kitty martini. Which takes over 15 minutes to get... we got our dinner order in before it even arrived.
When it did arrive it was the best part of the meal. We ordered popcorn calarmari, gyoza, spicy tuna roll and a mango roll.
The popcorn calamari was ok... but it was basically like eating deep fried batter, the gyoza had good flavour but the spicy tuna and mango roll really was a disappointment. There was a sliver of mango in two of the 6 pieces, none in the rest. The spicy tuna tasted very bland and a bit old.
Needless to say, we won't be back.