Zanzibar Soul Fusion: Cleveland Soul Food Restaurant Guide

My fiance and I were in Cleveland for Valentine's weekend. Stopped here for lunch and the food was fantastic. Ordered off of the Valentine menu not the original one. Porter house steak mashed potatoes and asparagus is what my fiance got. I got the Marry me pasta with steak and shrimp. Sweet potato pie with ice cream was awesome. Must try. Our host was great and very friendly. I'll definitely be back, the next time we visit Cleveland

Been hearing about this restaurant since I moved here about 4 yrs ago and finally got to go for my birthday. We went after 5, no wait time, took a minute before someone came to our table but seemed like people were scattered in different areas of the restaurant so no biggie. Food was good. I had bbq salmon, yams and corn. Love the huge 32 oz drink you get which is enough for 2 people and you take the container home with you. Will definitely be back again, the music was good and you could tell the wait staff enjoyed the music.

I was excited to try this place only to be disappointed. I ordered delivery and if I had a car I would've took the food back. I ordered the 1fried 1baked pork chops. The fried was super salty. The baked was good. The sides the hopping john and the house side were great. The shrimp and grits- the grits and the sauce were good. The shrimp was salty. The mac & cheese. Awful, had a weird taste didn't eat. Greens- were okay Apple cobbler- was completely cold. When I say cold, like they pulled it out of refrigeration and forgot to warm it up. I will not eat here again

I had to wait to arrive back home to Chicago to write this review. My aunt arrived from Vegas and we attended the four Queens concert at the Rocket Arena. While there, we were looking for some good places to eat. We first ordered from this place on Uber Eats. We arrived the day of the concert early but was too tired to go out for dinner. It was so slow, so don't pay for expedited delivery. But when that food came, I understood why it was slow. The food arrived a few minutes later hot and very fresh. And boy was it good! I had the soul egg rolls and jerk wings, my aunt had the honey fried chicken with sweet potatoes and black eye peas. The food was so good, we agreed to go the next day to the restaurant. Don't let the construction at this location deter you from coming here. If street parking isn't available, the have a parking lot where you can pay for a small fee. We came to the restaurant on Monday evening. It was crowed at all. It was a great spot with nice decor and good music. The have a full bar available as well. The host greeted us warmly and even apologized profusely for pointing to the table. Once we were seated, Suzette came over and introduced herself as our waitress. She was kind and down to earth. She reminded me of one of my cousins. Suzette was fast and efficient. She explained the menu and the items we asked about. We ordered appetizers and soft drinks to start. The collard green dip with the fresh pita chips was hitting! Man they were good. And of course we ordered the soul rolls again. For entrees, my aunt had the honey fried chicken again. And it was hot and fresh just like it was yesterday. I had the grilled chicken breast with corn and mac and cheese. As Usher said, this food was , "good good!" We were good and full but we had to get a taste of the peach cobbler before we left. We shared a taste and took the rest with our leftovers back to the hotel. I must say this was one of the best restaurants I've been in a while. I hadn't been to Cleveland in a long time but between this restaurant and the nice people, I can't wait to come back.

The catfish and yams was very very good, The greens wasn't what I like they was sweet, the mac and cheese was dry. Needed more seasoning and more cheese, the soul rolls was not to my liking, but to each its own. The cornbread muffins was delicious 😋