Zen Toro Japanese Bistro - Davis

Great service and delicious food! recommend the teriyaki lachs!

I went here with one of my dearest friends, maybe 2 other tables seated at the time. We were first served partially filled glasses of straight out of the hose tap water with mostly melted bits of ice. I asked for an iced tea. It was projected to be 106 that day, no, I would not like hot tea instead. The server proceeded to suggest they could bring an iced, hot tea.....ok sure. 10 minutes later a different server arrived with a steaming mug of tea, I declined and opted for a Sprite. Right, not a good start, but sushi was pretty good taste wise. Unfortunately sitting at the bar I witnessed them in action including repeatedly setting their knives down on a painfully obvious dirty surface on top of the chiller that was covered in dust and bits of whatever that had accumulated in the years since it had last been wiped down. My bowels were not happy the next morning.

Being in the college town, this restaurant was super pricey! Why?? I came from the big city with high living cost, but there are so many good Asian restaurants in affordable price with good quality of food. I ordered Grilled mackerel, cost me 18, but horrible quality, all dried up and tasteless, which I spent usually 10 in my hometown for 10x better quality.

I've been eating here for many years and have been bringing my daughter since she was 1. Still just as delicious as the first time I came! Sad they no longer had the ume shiso maki roll on the menu but everything we had was great!

Very large entree portions ! Ordered veggie udon it came with quiet a lot of veggies some that I normally don't see in udon dishes but it was very good !