good service and excellent food. The children loved the pork gyozas and the red bean pancake. The bento is very good value.

Excellent service, value for money and tasty and well presented food, thank you..

Everything was perfect! The food and service at Zen are always a 10 out of 10.

Food and service were extremely good. Bento boxes are amazing and very good value. Great vibe in the restaurant. Will certainly be returning for high quality Japanese food in a convenient local restaurant in Hawthorn.

We have just moved to Hawthorn and thought we would try our local Japanese… WOW amazing food , service .. can not wait to go back !

I only recently discovered Zen, and came back today with friends. They were very happy with the experience.

Always a very popular local Japanese restaurant. One of our favourites.

excellent experience. Delicious food, outstanding service, and good price of value.

Previous visits have been great - food & service. Service repeatedly inattentive and poor throughout our dinner tonight. Emptied plates left uncleared on our table throughout the meal. Apparently totally disinterested waiter, who apparently was not supervised.

We had a room out the back which we asked for. Great food, fun night enjoyed by all seven of us

As always excellent service and delicious food, noise level was good.

Always a great experience eating at Zen. Food is fresh, delicious and beautifully presented.

The eye fillet steak, done medium rare, was delicious. It's served in an excellent sauce with mixed vegetables. The pancake dessert was disappointing - the pancakes were very dry, although they were served with vanilla ice cream. We had to signal the wait staff every time we wanted their assistance.

When you go to a good restaurant like Zen, you realise that theirs is superior sushi/sashimi. This time a friend and I ate there before dashing to opera at Hawthorn Arts Centre. Their speed, service and food was fabulous. I previously have had a party of 30 people there and the staff's help organising the menu, and the food and service on the night made the party stressfree, so I could enjoy my guests' company. As a restaurant it is one of my staples as it's guaranteed I will always enjoy my time there.

Great food. Excellent ambience. Staff are lovely. Tick tick tick. Go there. You won’t be disappointed!

Went for dinner we had a group of 10 seated upstairs in our own private room which was lovely. The food was just superb very fresh and delicious and the service was outstanding. I love Japanese food and after visiting Japan recently my standards increased, Zen certainly met those expectations and more. Definitely recommend Zen.

Great service and food. Been coming here for over 10 years

Always great and one of our fav’s. Bento options are amazing. All the food is top notch.

Exquisite food. Can’t wait to come back. Highly recommend this restaurant

Friendly efficient service, beautiful food as always. Requested seating location in restaurant was excellent. Non noisy restaurant which continues to excel in appeal snd enjoyment

Very friendly staff, great atmosphere & the food was delicious. Would definitely go again

Haven’t been to Zen for 4 months or so. Went tonight for my birthday - and had a great time and great meal. Service was prompt and friendly and the food was up to the usual good standard. It was quieter than usual being a Monday night. Zen is a high quality local Japanese restaurant that I can highly recommend.

Zen is the best Japanese restaurant in Hawthorn - excellent service, great food, great vibe. The food is always of a very high standard. Highly recommended to dine in or for takeaway!

Fabulous food. Bento boxes are amazing and great value. Highly recommended.

We regularly get take away from Zen, but decided to dine in this time. It didn’t disappoint. Fabulous food…the Sakura set menu was perfect. Couldn’t have been happier. We will be back.

Very lovely food, friendly efficient service. Good value wil returrn

Great food, venue is larger than expected with upstairs seating too!

Great food and atmosphere. Great feed for the whole family

Food delicious ! Service slow on arrival but fine once it got going. One of our favourite restaurants and the food is consistently excellent. Highly recommendable!

Excellent service. Excellent food. We shall return again and again.

Great food, service and very reasonably priced. I highly recommend it.

Lovely local great food ,great value .Always come back Thankyou

We shared a delicious meal with friends at Zen, everything was perfect!

Outstanding food and great prices! Would highly recommend to anyone.

I’ve been to Zen restaurant a few times for dinner and it is always delicious, comfortable and the service is excellent. It’s just such a nice welcoming place. Today was a hot day and it was nice and cool in the aircon.

Lovely venue and amazing food. A bit noisy but overall I would definitely recommend.

Small nice restaurant, this is our first time here, food is fresh and delicious, tempura is not oily. Good customer service as well, We would like to come back here more often

Delicious fresh food. Staff are very friendly and efficient. Value for money.

We love Zen lunchs very inexpensive and the food is fantastic

Great food and service Upstairs room is really good for larger groups

We all enjoyed a splendid meal. Food and service were of a high standard. Not our first visit and we were not disappointed once again! We will certainly return and bring our friends with us. Only negative was the music was certainly a little loud for comfortable conversation over dinner.

They have a popular 'lunch menu' which has stayed the same for ~20years and that is why people keep coming back.

Excellent lunch bento set; good value and the food is amazingly fresh and service is great!

Excellent service. Excellent food. Light-filled room. A most pleasant experience.

Very nice food, fast service, possibly a little more expensive than we expected

Great service and fooo was delicious. Worth the visit and drive.

Generally dishes are very good and this cafe is a local favourite but disappointed with the seafood udon noodles which was bland although the seafood elements were plentiful

The food was high quality, staff are very friendly and the atmosphere was great

Great atmosphere and food., very nice place, ten words.done submit

Delicious food, lovely service, fresh and home cooking style restaurant