Cafe Zen

Ordered sushi there recently, and while good, I could taste the sugar. I did not realize that sugar is added to sushi. I gave up sugar, so I am sensitive to tasting it in food. Disappointing, but I am guessing most sushi restaurants add sugar to the rice. There should be a no sugar option for folks like me. Sugar hides flavor in savory dishes.

First meal of the day. Got some sashimi squid eel and yellow tail. Added a glass of iced green tea and a squid salad. The green tea wasnt too strong and very drinkable. They seem to do alot of togo orders. The prices are pretty good. Wasabi always hit me pretty hard and this was no exeption. The r8ce bowl looks very good. I do recommend

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 of business!

The best sushi I’ve ever had. I go to other cities and try to find sushi that compares... very few do. It’s always fresh and tasty. Their sushi rice is really a game changer. The service is incredible, everyone is so friendly. The prices are great for the quality and the restaurant is always clean. The only recommendation I have is that I wish they would add new rolls or specials so I can try something different!