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Rated: Poor
based on 3 reviews
Zen
The Leela Palace, 23 Airport Road, Near Manipal Hospital, Airport Road, Bangalore
25211520, 25211523
| Locality | Airport Road |
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| Place Type | Bar, Restaurant |
| Food Type | Pan-Asian |
| Timings | 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM, 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM |
| Price |
Very Expensive
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first reviewed by blr.bytes
- User Reviews (3)
Apr 03, 2008
Give it a miss
I agree with the previous 2 reviews on Zen. Even if money was not the criteria, and you are willing to pay, the food's pretty average.
Service is probably the only saving grace.
Jan 18, 2008
Zen comes in small quantity
They say best things come in small package, I beg to differ.
After paying 500 for a plate for spring rolls, I don't want to 3 pieces little bigger than my little finger on a place big enough for me to lie down. The quantities are ridiculously small. After earing in Citrus this place is a big big disappointment. This place is for people who like to Chinese and diet at the same diet.
Feb 01, 2007
Pass.
This is a review of their weekly buffet.
If you want to stop reading here, then here's my take: Don't go. Not for the food, not for the ambiance and certainly not for the value for money proposition. Worthy and far superior alternatives are, T'chi for Chinese, Harima for Japanese and Shiok for Thai.
Their insipid and uninspiring salad bar was a motley collection of soggy vegetables in the same bloody dressing. The beef salad was good, insofar as the beef was good, but they overdid the celery. Everything else was best left alone.
The sushi and sashimi bar was, well at best it was bright. A boring selection of fish of which the best that could be said that it was fresh. Ish. The ubiquitous tuna (no toro), salmon, octopus , mackerel (which was better than I imagined it would be) and some very good jellyfish. But there was no chef in attendance nor were there any name-tags to identify the food. Shoddy service really. I don't really like sushi, tried some, wasn't bad. But certainly not good.
The trouble with buffets is this. Heat lamps and induction stoves. They keep things warm but food also ends up over cooked, dry and pretty damn unappetizing. Their main course options were an unimaginative rice/noodle/beef in oyster sauce (again, good beef mediocre sauce)/chicken with cashew (ooh! Indian Chinese)/stir fried veggies (that collapsed into goo)/prawn green curry (hideous)/fish in sweet soy sauce (Yaaay! So exciting!) and crab in black pepper (taken out of the shell. No fun.)
They had this counter where you could choose your raw fish and it would be grilled and served, the only choices being "Spicy, sir or medium-spicey?". They had pomfret, red snapper, lady fish, tiger prawn, lobster, salmon, scampi and a few other local varieties. Safe to say it was middlingly ordinary. Piddlingly so.
They also had a few satay starters. Pity they all tasted the same, burnt to a bloody crisp.
Dessert encompassed the usual suspects. The fresh fruit was the best option along with a Chocolate Mille Feuille. The chocolate fountain had, what could be best described as, Amul chocolate in it.
This is no gustatory pleasure. The focus is not on the food, quality or appearance. It's more an experiment in excesses. I 'll give it a pass in future and would recommend you do the same.
Originally posted at:
http://doesthisthat.blogspot.com/2006/11/zen-275500.html