117 North 18th Street
Richmond, VA 23223
Richmond City County
Phone: (804) 643-4323
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by Wesley Sinibaldi on Went to a late night party here recently. Amazing DJ. Amazing. Loud enough to make sure that you are dancing and not talking, but not painfully loud. Layout somehow encourages mixing. $16 for rum & diet - ouch! But I think that is considered a normal club price here. Highly recommended, with the caveat that I'm recommending this place based on just one visit.
by Vashti Giuffrida on Seriously over-hyped! Perhaps I should give Zahav 3 stars, but with the overly-complementary buzz the place gets, 2 stars will perhaps offset things better. I get that the concept is Middle Eastern/Israeli tapas, a evening of small plates. Ok fine. I love tapas. I have no problem with small portions that allow you a wider taste of the menu, indeed I love the approach. And although a happy omnivore, I dig the vegan-friendly menu. Tasty? Overall, yes. Although one dish, essentially a chicken-paste egg roll ala Tel Aviv, was probably the most distasteful thing I've been served in a long, long time. Overall was the food mind-blowing? Not in the least. Here's my main problem with Zahav. Value. We (a party of 4) ordered (amongst other things) the large Salatim, a daily selection of eight salads, at something like $40. It came on a overly-grand multi-tiered, multi-armed serving pedestal reminiscent of my mother's amateurish holiday crudîtes. Each arm carried a small (and I do mean small) dish containing a small salad. Were there some marvelous proteins incorporated into these salads? No. Each was composed of perhaps 25 cents worth of spiced, shredded vegetable (think cucumber, eggplant, carrot, etc.) There was only enough of each salad for each of us (4) to have a small forkful, no more. The same was true for many of the other plates we ordered (some 12+ in total) One tasty cauliflower dish, at $9, had six small florets, artfully displayed on the plate-to be sure. The server made a huge production of inquiring if we desired more pita bread, then brought one pita for the four of us! While the atmosphere is nice, Zahav is incredibly loud. The patrons, bar traffic and semi-open kitchen combined to create a draining din. The servers (several and ever-changing) seemed largely disinterested. Again, I might have given Zahav 3 stars, but felt 2 stars offsets the overzealous 5 stars that people seem to give this place.
by D D. on Our initial night started with a exciting prospect of a group of young, successful friends, ranging from Art Gallerists, Publicists, and Producers. That being said we usually go to quite an array of NY's social spots- thinking that because we got table service for 12, we would surely have a good time. That was not the case. Upon arrival, immediately the bouncers criticized our friends shoe selection (this coming from a man to a woman, bouncers are NOT fashion stylists). And we waited forever, even though we were on the list and had a table reserved. Once inside there was NO ONE there. The green aspect of the club is true, but there was a weird locker room smell in the sub-floor of the place, perhaps ti came from the wall to call coverings of plastic leaves. Overall we did get quite drunk and kept to ourselves as most of the crowd was completely blitzed out on who-knows what and it did not get full until very late in the evening. Overall the service was rude, smelly, and while there are SO many other places to go that are much more interesting/fun, this place was just mediocre. Fail.
