• Zento

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Japanese
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Japanese restaurant, reported the ramen and udon can be adapted vegan for vegans (ask), and has vegetarian chirashi and bento box. Open Mon-Fri 11:30am-3:00pm, 5:00pm-10:00pm, Sat-Sun 12:00pm-10:00pm.


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4 Reviews

First Review by RebSparrow

RSteel

Points +16

Vegan
07 Mar 2020

Not actually vegan

When I went to Zento, I asked our server what options were vegan/could be made vegan and we were told that they did not have vegan options. The menu clearly shows the vegetarian options available but the staff is not very accommodating when it comes to vegan diets.

veganpatch

Points +5252

Vegan
12 Aug 2019

Overpriced, Average Food

We have been to Japan and found this restaurant to be average and Americanized. We were most disappointed with the portion sizes and price.

It was over priced and at least their online menu is not vegan/vegetarian friendly.

*Be aware that their miso is made with tuna fish flakes and they were unwilling to make any without.

We always make sure to inquire about dried bonito flakes / fish flakes / dashi (fish flakes) or fish sauce. Different places use different terms. Japanese cuisine often contains fish flakes as the base of the broth.

We asked several times regarding the tempura and we were advised it contained no animal products. This is how most restaurants make tempura (water and flour) however we've encountered a couple that use milk or egg.

Tempura: okay, small portions and expensive
Avocado cucumber roll: ordinary, expensive
Curry: too oily and a bit too sweet, too expensive but this one had a good portion

We were disappointed that they didn't serve simmered kabocha (squash) given other reviews mentioned how authentic this place was.

The interior was cute. The parking was very difficult.

Overall we'll look elsewhere for Japanese fair in the future.

Pros: Cute interior

Cons: Expensive, Small portions

AshleyPeters

Points +164

Vegan
19 Oct 2018

Amazing Japanese Food

Love this place ! Loads of vegan options . Multiple types of sushi’s, bento, curry, ramen and appetizers . Labeled vegetarian but when you look at the ingredients it’s vegan . Fantastic place with authentic food.

RebSparrow

Points +20

Vegan
31 May 2018

beautiful place, but not many vegan options

There weren't any clearly marked options on the menu as vegan, though there were a few clearly marked vegetarian options.

They were willing to work with the vegans at the table to find something that they could eat without it just being seaweed salad, and did check that things were indeed vegan before saying for sure that they were.




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