If you like to savour one of the most authentic Chinese and Japanese flavours in Bangalore then Zen restaurant is your ideal hot spot. Located in the prestigious The Leela Palace Hotel, Old Airport Road, Kodihalli, the fantastic restaurant offers respite from the overcrowd streets of this metropolitan city. Ensconced at the Lobby Level of the posh hotel, Zen is artistically designed. It boasts of a superb blend of light and space, as well as perfect symmetry. Spacious interiors and trendy colours give this place an elegant ambience. The moment you enter the restaurant you will be transported instantly into the serene and calm world of Zen. The tables are set far apart thus ensuring complete privacy. You can enjoy a comfortable and leisurely meal amidst its elegant environs. The place has pleasing interiors and inviting aura and you would simply love to visit to this place repeatedly
This restaurant has indeed captured the unique art of Japanese, Thai, Korean as well as Chinese cuisines. It elevates the art of fine dining to the next level and is certainly one notch up above any other restaurant in Bangalore. Zen exhibits beautifully Teppanyaki and Yakitori cuisines on the mezzanine floor and has interesting sushi and dim sum counters and Korean barbeque tables. Pasta and bas fish in soya sauce, hai yellow curry with chicken and some chirashi sushi, chicken shoots, Chinese prawn sizzlers, Honey Chicken Sukiyaki, wasabi mayonnaise and pickled ginger, tuna and salmon nigiri is scrumptious. There is ample variety of desserts, which are simply delightful
Super attentive and knowledgeable staff assists you in exploring the unusual world of Asian cuisine. Although Zen restaurant has a large and comfortable, sitting capacity but it is packed especially on weekends. It is best to book a table in advance. Enjoy one of the most soothing culinary experiences in one of the superb fine-dining restaurants in Bangalore
- Try the avocado tartare (crispy sushi rice, topped with avocado and scallions) and the barbecued pork buns
- One of the highlights of the Zen menu is the pan-seared Chilean sea bass. If you like fish, you must try this one out
- For dumpling fans, the Zen menu has more than a dozen steamed varieties to choose from