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ZEN Japanese Sushi Restaurant

414 3rd Street SW, Calgary, Alberta T2P 1R2, Canada (Downtown)
4032378884
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Ranked #141 of 1,851 restaurants in Calgary
Price range: $40 - $60
Cuisines: Sushi, Japanese
Dining options: Dinner, Reservations
Neighborhood: Downtown
Restaurant details
Dining options: Dinner, Reservations
Neighborhood: Downtown
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Kirkland, Canada
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16 reviews 16 reviews
8 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed April 24, 2013

At the terrible suggestion of my hotel, I led 3 colleagues to this place for what we hoped was going to be a good sushi dinner. After spending 20 minutes putting our order together and submitting it, the waitress returned to our table to let us know the restaurant had no red tuna. I have NEVER heard anything like that!... More

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See 2 more reviews by kevin c for Calgary
ZENCalgary, Owner at ZEN Japanese Sushi Restaurant, responded to this review
April 26, 2013

Hi Kevin We are very sorry about your experience at ZEN. Usually we do have a Red Tuna everyday, but on the day of your visit we actually returned the Red Tuna that was sent to us. It didn't meet our standards of quality and we do not serve low quality sushi to our guests. We welcome you to contact... More

Houston, Texas
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22 reviews 22 reviews
10 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 16 cities Reviews in 16 cities
15 helpful votes 15 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 17, 2013

Tasty and creative dishes, really enjoyed chicken and salmon volcano dishes, good sushi, limited wine selection

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ZENCalgary, Owner at ZEN Japanese Sushi Restaurant, responded to this review
April 20, 2013

Thank you very much for your feedback, Yes, we have limited wine selections, but we believe we have good wines and half of our wine list is exclusive at ZEN. And we are updating wine list next month so please come and try our new wines. Thank you, Arigato ZEN More

Fort McMurray, Canada
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8 reviews 8 reviews
3 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed March 9, 2013

We paid the same amount at Zen that we did at Ki Modern (which was phenomenal service and food), only to get very slow service and average sushi. If you like traditional sushi, slightly over priced with not so good service this is the place for you! My friend was turned off by a bad piece of tuna sashimi and... More

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ZENCalgary, Owner at ZEN Japanese Sushi Restaurant, responded to this review
March 11, 2013

Our apologies that our food & service wasn't up to par during your visit. Thank you for the comment, in which we will take into consideration and improve our service and food so that the next time you visit us, it will not be the same poor quality. We sincerely apologize. ZEN More

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3 reviews 3 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
4 of 5 stars Reviewed March 4, 2013 via mobile

Great modern japanese. Try the zen chicken. Yum! Sad that this place is dead for a Monday night! Great tasting sushi. Generous servings.

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ZENCalgary, Owner at ZEN Japanese Sushi Restaurant, responded to this review
March 11, 2013

I glad you like our Volcano chicken and service. Usually our restaurant is busy lunch and dinner but yes, there is some slow night. Thank you for your feedback. ZEN More

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15 reviews 15 reviews
12 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed March 3, 2013 via mobile

I went twice to zain japanesse resturent. The stuff are very polit and friendly. The food was tasty . I ordered the last sumurai maki which was a compination of shrimp , crab and avocado. Also i ordered volcano shrimp. The prices are responable . I highly recomending it.

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See 10 more reviews by Abdulla84 for Calgary
ZENCalgary, Owner at ZEN Japanese Sushi Restaurant, responded to this review
March 11, 2013

Thank you very much for your review, your comment is encouraging to us. Thank you again! ZEN More

Senior Reviewer
7 reviews 7 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed February 23, 2013

The food was made with pride, and the owner is very connected with his customers. I just liked that every dish that came out was clean, well presented, had great flavour, which is what i expect from Japanese food (made with pride). It didnt seem to be open sometimes when i would have expected it to be (some friday nights... More

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ZENCalgary, Owner at ZEN Japanese Sushi Restaurant, responded to this review
February 25, 2013

Thank you very much for your feedback! I believe all ZEN staff has pride and passion so we can provide good quality of food and service consistently. Thank you again and see you next time! ZEN More

Calgary, Canada
Top Contributor
88 reviews 88 reviews
63 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 27 cities Reviews in 27 cities
75 helpful votes 75 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed January 13, 2013

We were here for dinner on a Friday night. I had made a reservation, which was a good thing, as the restaurant was full. It is not a really big place, so with a big party going on, there weren't many tables left. Given the recent snowfall, and the snow ban in effect -- it was a little hard to... More

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ZENCalgary, Owner at ZEN Japanese Sushi Restaurant, responded to this review
January 16, 2013

Hi, Thank you very much for your feedback. and I'm sorry for that experience. I will educate my staff and make sure my staff know all customer are coming to ZEN restaurant different reason. some customer are in and out, some customer are looking for nice relax dinning experience. Thank you, ZEN More

Calgary
Senior Reviewer
6 reviews 6 reviews
5 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed December 14, 2012

Great service and great sushi. My favorite are the eruption rolls. If you are going at lunch time you should make a reservation.

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Calgary, Canada
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53 reviews 53 reviews
40 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 14 cities Reviews in 14 cities
44 helpful votes 44 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed November 15, 2012

This is a nice sushi restaurant in a good location. The food is very good and tastes fresh. They have gone for a more modern approach as opposed to a traditional sushi restaurant and it seems to work quite well. It's all a bit overpriced in my opinion but at least the quality is there.

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New Brunswick, Canada
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20 reviews 20 reviews
13 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 7 cities Reviews in 7 cities
30 helpful votes 30 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed October 24, 2012

We tried to have lunch here without a reservation...big mistake. There was absolutely no room. Because we were travelling, we were able to take advantage of the not so peak time of day and were given such great service! The food was excellent and the wait staff couldn't do enough for us. Yum!

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