Zuzu Handmade Mexican Food

01/16/09

Overpriced concession food

by iam4life

We were looking for a casual restaurant where our kids wouldn't be interrupting somebody's romantic dinner. We decided to try ZuZu's based on their website. The atmosphere in their new restaurant in Clayton is actually chic and modern, but the girl at the cash register was dressed in sloppy jeans and sweatshirt, coupled with laceless Converse tennis shoes. The restaurant was freezing! Another employee was wearing a hoodie watching a movie on the flat-panel t.v. located near the bar. They did put on Scooby Doo for us on one of the t.v.'s. but left the sound off so they could hear their own movie. I ordered chips and mild cheese dip ("Queso lite," they call it) for the kids, not knowing we would get chips anyway. In a short time, I heard the girl shouting through the window to the cook, "I need a Queso lite!" She waited about 3 minutes, and then ran to the back herself, reappearing with the Queso lite. I literally think she opened a can of concession-stand nacho cheese dip and tossed a dollop of sour cream on it. The black beans definitely came straight from a can. The tamales tasted like so many I've made at my home from the frozen grocery-box--overheated in the microwave and hard on the edges. My husband had something unidentifiable on his burrito plate that looked like a thick, dwarfed tortilla. He said the flavor was okay, but it was too hard to bite into it. When we asked about dessert (having seen some monstrous "Cajeta" ice cream dessert advertised on their website), we were told they just had ice cream. Then she said they could probably put together the Cajeta. It was three scoops of low-quality vanilla ice cream drizzled with chocolate syrup and accompanied by cinnamon-sugar tortilla chips. I could have done better at home for the cost of it. The cheese quesadilla that I stole from my kid's plate was surprisingly tasty, but I wouldn't fight the parking just for that. Taco Bell Drive-Thru actually sounds more tempting for tasty and inexpensive Mexican food.

• Pros: Decor
• Cons: Terrible food, employee indifference, quite chilly, hard to find parking

07/31/08

Unique and delicious

by Hungry232

I havent seen tamales in a long time so this was a terrific surprise and these guys do great job with it. Service is great maybe 5 minute wait and all the chips and salsa you want anybody who wants tamales heres the place

04/17/08

Worst Mexican food

by tls2008

I have never been in a Mexican restaurant I didn't like until now. This was a huge disappointment and way over priced. The burrito was very dry and bland. The chicken taco salad was nothing more than a lot of spicey shreded chicken over poorly drained lettuce.

• Pros: location
• Cons: bad food