Zen Japanese Restaurant

Beef udon and California rolls are amazing, everything is high quality and delicious.

DEF ONE OF MY TOP 5 SUSHI PLACES IN VANCOUVER! The service was great and the patio is so nice. We tried the premium hot sake and all the martinis (the asian pearl was really strong). We ordered a ton of things off the menu:
Ebi sunomono - good, nothing special, wouldn't order again.
Ebi blossoms - very different from what I expected, but very tasty.
Prawn tacos - again very different because of the daikon, but I'm glad I tried it.
Stuffed tomato - MUST TRY! I was confused by the name I didn't realize it was going to be tuna wrapped scallop, my favourite!
Hamachi and tuna nigiri - the sashimi is SO buttery smooth and melts in your mouth.
Torched scallop nigiri - MUST order
Torched sablefish and crab - both good and different
Salmon skin nigiri - pass
We also got two rolls which I can't remember the names, but super interesting that the rolls are wrapped with soy and egg crepe instead of seaweed. They were really good too but the nigiri sushi definitely was my favourite!

All four of us absolutely loved our food, from the rolls to the entrees. The seafood gratin I personally had was one of the most original and best things I've eaten in a long time. Service was great and it's a nice little spot in a cool area. I'd definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a good Japanese dinner spot.

We are continuing to support local businesses by ordering takeout. Zen is usually a treat for the adults in our family. Our regular server is Chris - he's a fantastic guy. After asking us a few questions about what we were looking for, he put together a wonderful mix of a Tails Up starter and also an order of the Lobster Roll, Seafood Buckwheat Soba, and Crunchy Beef Roll. All the times were fantastic. We actually couldn't finish the soba, and had left overs. The Crunchy Beef roll was our favourite item - and is something we would definitely order again

If you are a regular here - keep supporting them. Great people and great food. They can use our support.

Chef prime sashimi is must try, fresh and sweet, feel like eating in Japan. Very warm atmosphere and typical nice neighborhood restaurant good service reasonable price, need to make reservations beforehand

Zen is located in West Vancouver. It's been ranked as one of the best sushi restaurants in the North Shore so we decided to try it out. It's a nice looking restaurant - not too fancy but not like your typical sushi place.

The menu is quite large and rather intimidating. It was hard to know what to pick and if what we were picking would be enough to make us full.

I started out with the Spicy Sashimi. The tuna and salmon sashimi was marinated in a spicy sauce and presented as an upside down cone. Underneath it was a circle of cucumbers. It was pretty decent.

I then tried the Seaweed Bites. It was a trio of sushi rice topped with tuna, salmon and ebi. It looked like we were eating three small tacos. While the plate was quite tasty, the seaweed wasn't large enough to wrap all the food that was stacked on top of it so it was very messy to eat.

For the main dish I decided to just have the Yam Roll and the California Roll. I received seven pieces each so 14 in total. They tasted like any other sushi restaurant in Vancouver. I was very disappointed that they don't offer brown rice.

The worst part of the restaurant was our waitress. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt. People have bad days but despite my family and I being extremely courteous and friendly, our waitress was short and didn't bother to fully answer our questions. She asked if any of us wanted dessert while we were still finishing our main dishes, and when we said 'no,' she gave us the bill while we were still finishing up. I don't know why she was in a rush to get us out since the restaurant wasn't very busy and we were spending $300. We left after 90 minutes too.

My portion of the bill was $65, so it's overpriced for what you get. I'd rather spend $100 and go to Masayoshi or Miku. Service was 0.5. Food was 2.5. Overall experience was 2.0. We won't come back.

The service was immaculate. All the staff are very well trained, knowledgable of the menu, and anticipate the needs of each guest in the restaurant. The service and ambiance alone were reason to return, but the food also was wonderful. Zen has quite a variety of dishes and rolls to choose from. We will return!

Amazing find! One of the best meals of my life (and I have had many!) found this gem on Yelp, almost never review, yet this place is so good, that I am compelled to share this review with anyone who really likes fine food.

Service and view at this place is 5 star. Food was quite good, it can improve. I will definitely come back.

5/5, for the second time. Delicious, reliable, fresh.
My favourite is the spicy tuna or salmon. It comes with organic greens, which is unique and gives it a fresh, flavorful crunch. I don't think I've had a bad/subpar bite here. There are also Korean and Japanese entrees - I had the pork with kimchi on rice, which was super tasty and packed with flavour.

The ambience is nice and quaint, and the patio has a beautiful and elegant feel. Overall, recommend highly, and will definitely keep coming back over and over!

One of my girl friend told me that Zen have the best sushi and sashimi in town! Really? I decided to give it a try!

I made the rsvn via Open table and found they're doing Groupon promotion $15 worth for $30. I made the trip all the way from Richmond to West Vancouver for dinner and my hubby went there with me reluctantly!

We got seated by the window and view was great. We checked out the menu and most items were pretty common. We were not even interested in any signature roll.

Toro Sashimi - It wasn't fresh enough and fatty at all!
Sushi - Eel, saba, botan ebi, tobiko and tako were mediocre.
Wagyu beef sushi - The worst wagyu beef I had in Vancouver. I suspected what grade of wagyu beef was it?
Beef sashimi - Beef was tasteless.

We didn't bother to order any dessert, we got the bill and paid to leave.