Reviews for Zazil in San Jose, CA
Chips and salsas are good appetizer. Shrimp Ceviche is the bomb. The Roasted Cauliflower we enjoyed that too. The drinks we... ordered is good aswell. Everything is good except the fish... its not fresh you can really tell and their lemonade is not asgood. Read more
Tips: If you want to carry on a conversation while dining here, I recommend getting a table on the sidewalk side (facing the... theater) as it can get real loud. The restaurant is located in the heart of Santana Row (next to the tequila bar) so you canimagine it can get wild here on weekend nights. If you are in for a wild dancing loud music scene, this is the place for you.The ambient fits to meet acquaintance or maybe you are on your first (or second) date. In case you are not vibing with yourdate, you can at least listen to the music and have a good time. Though the restaurant ambiance is lite, be prepared for a slowservice and average food. We came on a Saturday afternoon and sat on the sidewalk. Prior to this, we actually had to move toanother table because it was too loud to hear the person across from you. We ordered Guacamole $16, Queso Fundido with Chorizo$19, Poke $20 and Octopus Ceviche $20. Taste: Everything was very salty and heavily flavored. Besides that, the dishes wereokay but not worth the value. Especially Guacamole at $16 yields about 4oz of servings, I'd say skip this if you can. The icetea also came in a can bottle instead of fresh brew tea at $7 per bottle. Skip this as well. Our total tab came in at$135 Service is barely non-existent. Our table was missing a set of utensils and we asked 3 different team members and no onebought it for us. We stared at each other for a while until we got up and grabbed it from the hostess table. We also asked twodifferent staff for chips and were also ignored. Water was never refilled and the Guacamole dish came last after an hour intoour service. Luckily for good companies we were able to get through this ????. From our observation, there are plenty of staffbut many were standing around chatting and doing their own things. ???? Overall, I would meet up with a friend here for a drinkto enjoy weeknights music and a lively scene. But if we are spending over $100+ on a meal, I would at lea Read more
The food was excellent, the service was great, and the outdoor atmosphere was wonderful! Had the steak and shrimp with red mole... sauce- so delicious! Enjoyed a Margarita and Tres Leches cake. Excellent! There was also live music playing that started at6:00. Very nice! Read more
Comfortable urban setting with outside and inside dining, today both were open to the outdoors to enjoy the beautiful weather. ... A large umbrella protected me from the sun. My table was on the sidewalk, lots of people passing by. Lunchtime was very busy,took a while to get a refill on my iced tea. I ordered salmon and it was good and seemed fairly healthy. The meal was pricybut it was expected at Santana Row. Read more
We were captured by the music, it was lovely. I think the prices do not match the quality of food and the portion sizes, but it... was still a good experience. The alcohol was strong and well served. I had the mexican mules and it was certainly tasty. Notcomplains other than the heater randomly turned off and I was cold for a while out there, they don’t have digital queues andwe had to stand in line. Read more
The music was the best - and the ambiance, even considering that it was raining. The food was good.. nothing amazing. Short... staffed so expect to be waiting to get your food or water. The guacamole is a rip off at best.. there is barely any served for15$! The soup was flavorful. Enchilada suiza was best. Read more
Nice ambiance for a group of 5 including 2 children. We sat outdoors under sun umbrella and could enjoy Saturday... afternoon. Service was largely good. Water was replenished several times. Good attitude. Food is beautiful presented. I havesome issue with food taste. Wish it was tastier. Read more
Very nice Mexican food. Complimentary corn chip snack on arrival. We had the empanadas, tostados, enchiladas and a couple of... sides. All were very tasty. Service was good. Atmosphere very vibrant (a little noisy). They had some live music outside thatgave a nice atmosphere. Would eat here again Read more