Excellent Japanese food with attentive service. The space is underwhelming but the food makes up for it.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dawn Mahan
Delish sushi and wonderful service. Thank you Peter and all! Definitely would go back.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Marguerite Pierre
Love the bartender. She was awesome.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sage Cope
Food was amazing, Travis was an unreal server. Best sushi spot in philly hands down.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Luke Durkin
Just great! Got the oh toro sashimi, wasabi lobster, tuna & avocado roll with 3 dessert: daily mochi, yuzu crème brûlée & chocolate mousse. Everything was great! Our server Brian did a great job. Highly recommend the black dragonfly sake & the more expensive dessert sake, it was like a chocolate sake! So good!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Gianna Pasquale
We had a fantastic experience at Zama. I called the day of to try and make a reservation for a group of 14 for a work dinner—during one of the busiest weeks in Philly with graduations and weddings happening all over the city. The gentleman on the phone sounded understandably hesitant at first, but ultimately said they could accommodate us. I was so grateful, especially since we had already been turned away by more than a dozen other restaurants that were at capacity.
When we arrived, they had thoughtfully set aside an area of the restaurant for us. We really hoped to sit together at one long table—even though it was outside of their usual setup—and they kindly obliged and rearranged the tables to make it happen. On top of that, we ended up with an extra guest or two, and again, they went above and beyond to fit us all in, even though it meant exceeding the typical limits for that space.
The dinner was excellent and the staff was outstanding—attentive, kind, and incredibly accommodating throughout the entire evening. I know we pushed the boundaries of our reservation and I’m truly grateful to the Zama team for making it all work so smoothly. Highly recommend this place—not just for the great food, but for their top-notch hospitality.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
jim field
Fantastic meal! We did something special and asked the waiter to choose our dinner. He did an outstanding job, making my first date memorable!
Shane Young
Favorite sushi in Philly
M Cee
Everything you want in a neighborhood sushi spot! Most of the staff has been there for a while and it shows in their greeting of regulars, knowledge of the menus and great consistent level of service. Zama has specials often which are always a fun change up and a tried and true menu with lots of options even if sushi isn’t your thing. Great Sake and you can usually grab a seat at the bar making it an easy choice for dining alone.
Gioia DiPaolo
Prosecco, soup with seaweed, tofu, baby enoki mushrooms, salad, Vegetable tempura with shrimp, rice. Sea salt chocolate mousse.
Love Judy bravo deserts she needs a raise💵💵 I love it so much and she deserves everything more hours more money I just love her pastry she is a true definition of a chef her cheesecakes and her ice cream The ice cream is one of the best in the city I love it incredible ice cream I was so blown away with how flavorful it was🩷🩷🩷🩷
Alessandra Farnesi
Amazing lunch set! Great deal for high quality sushi. My new favorite sushi spot!!
YUQI ZHANG
Interesting fusion restaurant. They definitely put lots of efforts into the design of dishes but fish themselves were just ok (given this price and compare to other Japanese restaurants in Philly). The restaurant was full and the area is small so it feels crowded and noisy. The service was great.
Elliott Ledford
I've been here a couple of times and Gianna is the absolute best! She makes the best Cosmo in the city, and tonight her suggestion on sushi nailed it out of the park. Definitely coming back for wonderful food and great service
Excellent Japanese food with attentive service. The space is underwhelming but the food makes up for it.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delish sushi and wonderful service. Thank you Peter and all! Definitely would go back.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love the bartender. She was awesome.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was amazing, Travis was an unreal server. Best sushi spot in philly hands down.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Just great! Got the oh toro sashimi, wasabi lobster, tuna & avocado roll with 3 dessert: daily mochi, yuzu crème brûlée & chocolate mousse. Everything was great! Our server Brian did a great job. Highly recommend the black dragonfly sake & the more expensive dessert sake, it was like a chocolate sake! So good!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had a fantastic experience at Zama. I called the day of to try and make a reservation for a group of 14 for a work dinner—during one of the busiest weeks in Philly with graduations and weddings happening all over the city. The gentleman on the phone sounded understandably hesitant at first, but ultimately said they could accommodate us. I was so grateful, especially since we had already been turned away by more than a dozen other restaurants that were at capacity.
When we arrived, they had thoughtfully set aside an area of the restaurant for us. We really hoped to sit together at one long table—even though it was outside of their usual setup—and they kindly obliged and rearranged the tables to make it happen. On top of that, we ended up with an extra guest or two, and again, they went above and beyond to fit us all in, even though it meant exceeding the typical limits for that space.
The dinner was excellent and the staff was outstanding—attentive, kind, and incredibly accommodating throughout the entire evening. I know we pushed the boundaries of our reservation and I’m truly grateful to the Zama team for making it all work so smoothly. Highly recommend this place—not just for the great food, but for their top-notch hospitality.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fantastic meal! We did something special and asked the waiter to choose our dinner. He did an outstanding job, making my first date memorable!
Favorite sushi in Philly
Everything you want in a neighborhood sushi spot! Most of the staff has been there for a while and it shows in their greeting of regulars, knowledge of the menus and great consistent level of service. Zama has specials often which are always a fun change up and a tried and true menu with lots of options even if sushi isn’t your thing. Great Sake and you can usually grab a seat at the bar making it an easy choice for dining alone.
Prosecco, soup with seaweed, tofu, baby enoki mushrooms, salad, Vegetable tempura with shrimp, rice. Sea salt chocolate mousse.
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Recommend kind workers amazing service!
Love Judy bravo deserts she needs a raise💵💵 I love it so much and she deserves everything more hours more money I just love her pastry she is a true definition of a chef her cheesecakes and her ice cream The ice cream is one of the best in the city I love it incredible ice cream I was so blown away with how flavorful it was🩷🩷🩷🩷
Amazing lunch set! Great deal for high quality sushi. My new favorite sushi spot!!
Interesting fusion restaurant. They definitely put lots of efforts into the design of dishes but fish themselves were just ok (given this price and compare to other Japanese restaurants in Philly). The restaurant was full and the area is small so it feels crowded and noisy. The service was great.
I've been here a couple of times and Gianna is the absolute best! She makes the best Cosmo in the city, and tonight her suggestion on sushi nailed it out of the park. Definitely coming back for wonderful food and great service
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