Deepak Patil
Food was good and service was okay. I loved the sautéed shrimp which was covered in black pepper sauce and came with crispy spinach. Tuna tartare was good too. Tiger roll was great but took forever to come. I think our server forgot about our roll and we had to remind him when we were almost done with our dinner. For the price, you can find much better food and service elsewhere but it’s convenient if you are staying in Omni.
… moreAndrew Leizens
Convenient spot for Chinese food. I ordered the lamb chops and vegetable fried rice. The lamb chops were flavorful and well cooked, but the portion size was disappointing for the price. On the positive side, the hosts were amazing—very friendly and accommodating, which made the experience much better overall.
… moreLiz Lopez
What an amazing experience. I went there with my husband and our son. The place is nice, very intimate, cozy. The decoration is on point. For appetizers we ordered the calamari and dumplings. The calamari were excellent. I got the ginger salad which was delicious and for main course we got chicken lo mein and general tsao-s chicken with lo mein. The food is great, the atmosphere is perfect and the best part of all was the service. Matt and José were our servers. They were amazing! Very professional, knowledgeable, attentive. They went above and beyond just to make sure we were having a great evening. They truly made our experience a wonderful one. I would definitely recommend this restaurant to everyone and we will definitely go back.
… morekiryl marchuk
I love Omni and I really hate leaving bad reviews, but the food here was disappointing. The Lo Mein was bland and lacked even basic seasoning or salt, very plain. The General Tso’s chicken also fell flat and didn’t taste fresh. I’ve honestly had much better meals from small local Chinese spots for a fraction of the price.
If you’re going to charge premium prices, the food needs to be at least decent, and unfortunately this just wasn’t.
The one bright spot: service was excellent, friendly and attentive. But overall, the food was mediocre and not worth the price. I wouldn’t recommend.
… moreCheramie Thompson (Cher)
We tried this restaurant while staying at the Omni. Im not sure what Jose’s role was but we loved his friendly and humorous personality. He made the experience very enjoyable. We had the rainbow roll, spider roll, dumplings, sake, vegetable fried rice, and same. Everything was delicious and served fresh and prompt. The rainbow roll has escolar and it definitely is an acquired taste.
… moreEJ Meier
Really good food, drinks and great service at Zen at the Omni at Champion’s Gate.
… moreJames Latham
Wow, what an awesome fine dining experience! Came with a group of 12. We were treated like royalty. Myke Le is the best sushi chef ever! Great service, great food! Definitely would love to come back again. Everyone in my group had a great time
… moreAllison Newlon FL Realtor
Love this place so much that I had to come back! Highly recommend having the Sea Bass – delicious. Yamilette will take great care of you during your dining experience so be she to ask for her. The Red Dragon roll was awesome! The chicken lo menu portion was big enough for two people. Friendly prompt service.
… moreMichy Berrio
Had to keep asking for my food because they kept forgetting to bring it out. As well as refill. Sushi was good and so was the salmon but the Lo mein was awful it was spaghetti noodles in soy sauce. Worse Lo mein I ever had. Tasted like the frozen Lo mein from the bags at Publix. The chicken tasted like flour that dissolves in your mouth.
… moreonthegoboomer
Atmosphere: The restaurant is set up with a classic Chinese restaurant vibe merged with a Japanese décor. They have areas where you can have private dining (privacy screens) and you can be as intimate or as social as you want. It took more than 20 minutes for a wait staff to acknowledge us or offer a beverage so that was unfortunate.
Need to know: The days and hours of operation vary so you can’t assume you can walk in for dinner on any given evening. Call ahead. The location is set in the Omni Hotel at Champions Gate. As you enter the lobby head to the left and it is in the corner. Although it serves Chinese food it also offers sushi maki rolls, sashimi and nigiri. I recommend making reservations as the hotel has a lot of conventions.
The menu: Chinese and Japanese. They offer a good selection of sushi, sashimi, and nigiri for those who crave the wasabi rush! They offer a “Zen Experience” which is a fixed price menu. For $69 you can have salad, soup, appetizers, entrees and sides. They also have an a la carte menu and a child menu. You can build your own Wok dish by selecting your protein, flavors, vegetables, rice or noodles. We wanted to try as much as we could so we selected Edamame to start, it was not the best and not the worse. Next we had the Veggie Lover Roll (burdock, kanpyō, cucumber and avocado) it was excellent, Hunan Dumplings With Peanut Sauce, amazing, Chinese Style Spare Ribs—the meat fell off the bone and had a crispy outside. For our main course, we ordered Szechuan Style Beef Tenderloin (the meat was so tender it just melted in the mouth) and General Tao’s Chicken, fresh, flavorful, not overly cooked.
What I loved: The flavors of each dish (aside from the edamame) burst in the mouth, there were multiple spices that came alive and made the food absolutely amazing. The spareribs were crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The sushi was fresh and the dumpling was transparent and not overly doughy.
What needs improvement: The service was lacking for some reason, it should never take 20 minutes to be welcomed. The biggest frustration for me is that they do not serve filtered water, and Floridian tap water should never be served in an upscale restaurant. This should be remedied ASAP. Lastly, work on consistency of quality. We referred friends here and their experience was the opposite. To have friends go to the same restaurant and say they would never return is a red flag.
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