Saw mixed reviews but wanted to try this place with the family since we love Asian food.
The decor/ambiance was really nice and the servers were great. But, this could not not make up for sub-par and overpriced food.
We had early dinner (as usual since we have a six year old) and were happy to see a happy hour menu. The chicken satay was great; my son ate two orders. The happy hour sushi roll was tasty but certainly no deal - there were four thin slices for $7. Seems that happy hour sushi means half an order for half the price - not happy.
We were told the soups and curries are very large and served family style - so we ordered the yellow curry with chicken and noodle soup with chicken. Both dishes had little chicken and the chicken was flavorless and a strange consistency - found some of the chicken in the curry was not fully cooked - sent that back. The soup was just a lot of noodles and broth with the chicken - not what I was expecting. Both of those dishes were very bland - strange for place with 'culinary' in its name. While they were in large dishes, there was little in the way of meat and vegetables for the price and "family style" description - maybe enough for one person.
Also, they were awkwardly served - without appropriate dishes and utensils for sharing - messy.
So, by this time, we really wanted to leave - but I hardly ate anything. So, I called up Thai House across the parking lot and ordered a chicken curry to bring home - that was really good and knocked the socks off of this food.
Zen is probably a good place to go for drinks and a great bar atmosphere, but the food offerings fall short and and are overpriced - there are many other better options close by.