Ozen Zanmai

Tamago Mentai, Tamago Mentai! A must order in Sushi Zanmai, hear me? A must order for every person. I don’t know why but Tamago Mentai always taste so good. The sweet tamago topped with Mentai and grilled to perfection, it is everybody’s favourite.
OK enough of the Tamago Mentai. All their food in Sushi Zanmai is delicious. Cosy environment, fast paced staff and reasonable pricing. I guess that is why Zanmai is always full of people. Beware the line can be quite long at times but it is worth the wait. Try on their chicken katsu don and garlic fried rice.
The Una-​tama Don as well was perfectly cooked and in addition of an Egg. I like how there is an egg over the unagi. It gives the don another level of taste. The pricing is very reasonable,

Ozen zanmai is one of the finer sushi kiosk available here in Kuala Lumpur. You can see that the quality is present & not compromised. Here they focus more on bento sets, where you have the option of choosing either the rice set or noodles. The portions are relatively big so you can actually share a set of bento along with some other sides. This allows you to sample more than one item without wasting.
For the light eaters, you may want to try their salads if you feel the sets are to heavy. The fresh salmon salad was very refreshing, the sweetness of the tomato & caviar completed the rest of the veggies. On-​average each set would set you back about rm 20 each before tax and the sides range from 12.90 onwards.
Do check this place out as an alternative to your dine-​in japanese restaurants.

I find Ozen Zanmai’s set menu more interesting that other Japanese restaurant. This is because in the set they serve you udon and rice though in a smaller portion. I only found out there were such set menu like this when I had dinner here.
The food is pretty decent, fresh and tasty and the price is reasonable. The waiters are always attending to the customers, refilling their green tea! And getting the orders and serving the food fast.
I’d say this place is always packed as I always see a queue of people waiting for a table.

Being profiled as a more premium version of sushi zanmai, there are actually just slight difference in the menu. However, true it that the crowd is in fact lesser here in comparison to that of the sushi zanmai in the gardens.
The service here is not bad, waiters being pretty attentive.
I had a sashimi salad here for brunch during my visit. The veges are fresh but however the sashimi are just okay. I was expecting of something fresher which gives you the crisp.
Maybe next time i will still stick to the order of wafu salad with add ons of sashimi slices instead.
Free flow green tea is available at ozen as well but due to the crowd which will start lining up when it’s approaching lunch hours, you might not want to stay too long here. Anwyay, the food quality is okay!

Ozen Zanmai and sushi zanmai are quite similar with their menu and this is probably due to the fact that they both come from the same group. The food here is really good and fresh. However, it doesn’t provide the same amount of options as you would in Sushi Zanmai. But the plus point is that you don’t have to deal with the line that you would if you went to Sushi Zanmai. Parking in both Gardens and Mid Valley during lunch hour on weekdays is insane. It’s also insane on public holiday, but otherwise it’s not easy but doable.

I was so impressed by how many Japanese restaurants you can find in Mid Valley and Gardens mall! Actually it is quite overwhelming ! And ofcourse each and one of them has to differ from one another.
Ozen Zanmai differs from other sushi restaurants n a sense that it is very casual and not too fancy. Of course that at the same time means that it is more affordable.
Normally you would consider that it means that the service or food is not that great, but that is not true. If you are just looking for good quality Japanse food for a good price Ozen Zanmai will be your place!
Enjoy :)