Location: Hard Rock Hotel, Punta Cana, Dom. Rep.Cuisine: Japanese
Prices: n/a (all inclusive)
Credit Cards: n/a (all inclusive)
Food: 6
Service: 10
Value: n/a
Environment: 10
Frequency: Unique
Dinner at Zen had to be reserved because the restaurant probably had to have an idea of how many staff members were needed. The Zen experience is as much a performance as it was a meal, being a teppanyaki style place. The chef performed fancy moves with cooking utensils and fire for show. Unfortunately, the performance outweighed the quality of the food. The meal was OK, but I'd have to say that fast food Japanese at any NY mall beats Zen. So even though the value is n/a, it can't be good for an all-inclusive resort of this quality.
The nice looking menu is either just for show or for lunch because everyone gets served the same thing... fried rice with teriyaki chicken, beef, shrimp and squid. The chicken was dry. The beef and shrimp were average. The squid, cooked with tequila was very good. Please visit the Picasa album for the rest of the review.
2 comments:
They have a Zen in Malta too. Exact same name. I wonder if they are run by the same people? Probably not! They serve Jap food and yeah with teppanyaki too :)exorbitant price. but nice. Jap guy opened it, and he hires Jap staff for the kitchen. But the waiters etc are Maltese. I think it's some EU law.
Maybe they're related. Your description sounds the same as the one we went to. But then again, "Zen" is probably a common Japanese Restaurant name. Hopefully the Malta one was better than DR!
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