Zuzu’s Cafe

I used Zuzu’s Café for catering for my Mom’s 60^th birthday party. The food was amazing: we had the herb-​grilled salmon, teriyaki steak tips, and pesto pasta. Worth every penny. Dawn even delivered it to my Mom’s house with the food all still hot. I received many compliments on the meal from the 30 guests who attended the party.
One suggestion: I think communication could be clearer in the days/​weeks leading up to the event. I know as a small business there is a ton going on, but at times I wasn’t sure of the status of my order. Probably could be easily solved with either someone managing the catering calls separately or through a web portal/​eStore that would allow people to pick their items and amounts as well as delivery options.

Ordered catering for my wife’s birthday gathering of friends and family based only on the online reviews. Zuzu’s did not disappoint! Ordered a handful of appetizers, salads, and entrees and every one was great. I was particularly impressed with the spread of options from American, to Italian, to north African, etc. All were delicious. Everyone complimented and asked where the food was from.
Based on the menu variety and quality, I would definitely select Zuzu’s for catering again in the future. Repeatedly.
Now I’ll also have to stop in for lunch!

Sandwiches are best in Wakefield by far. My all time favorite is Chicken Portobello wrap! An awesome lunch.

Delicious.
I absolutely love it here and have now had both their breakfast and lunch options.
The first two times I came I was meeting friends for lunch. Each time I went I had the turkey, Brie & fig sandwich. As I was pregnant at the time I was so excited and impressed that it wasn’t deli turkey, but rather real, roasted turkey. It was delicious and I recommend that as my favorite item. I also loved their lemonade as a summer treat. :-)
This last time I went, I met someone earlier with my newborn and we sat outside. The outside seating is MUCH BETTER than their indoor seating, as indoor is cramped. It was perfect for a morning meeting and I enjoyed the chicken sausage, 3 eggs & an English muffin. My mom & her friend had the breakfast sandwich that they both throughly enjoyed.
They have mediocre coffee (only complaint).
This is a really sweet little local find in Wakefield. Come check it out!

My favorite place in Wakefield! The food is incredible and the people who work there are always so kind and happy and it’s just an all around great place to eat! My favorite thing on the menu is the curry tuna salad and the turkey and brie, but literally everything on the menu is amazing! Oh, and if you’re lucky enough to go in on a day when the owner’s daughter is there (and the café’s namesake!) you’ll get a chance to experience all the happiness in the world, while eating a delicious meal!

Came to Zuzu’s while looking for a nice place to get both coffee (for my friend who already ate lunch) and food (for me, because I hadn’t eaten. And also because I am basically a human vacuum who is always hungry and always DTE — Down To Eat).
I was pleasantly surprised by the large, panini-​heavy menu! They put the DELI in DELICIOUS (yep, that happened). It took me a good fifteen minutes to make up my mind, but ultimately I decided on the Chicken Caprese Panini, and a half casear salad.
I sat outside and the food was brought out to me. Everything was really fresh — the bread was absolutely delicious and well panini’d. The whole thing cost me $ 14 including my soda and it was a LOT of food for the money. I couldn’t eat most of the salad, which was a bummer because it was super fresh lettuce, good parm and a nice classic casear dressing with homemade croutons. Yum.
The sandwich was good, but just shy of that 5^th star. The cheese wasn’t melted in my panini, and it wasn’t buffalo mozzarella, which I would expect in a «caprese» anything. The chicken was flavorful, but very dry. It took away from the overall flavor of the sandwich. The mixed greens and tomato in the panini were delish and the pesto was yummy, too. I wonder if the sandwich hadn’t had chicken maybe the heat from the press would have carried through to the cheese? A mystery for another day.
Zuzu’s serves breakfast all day, as if your life wasn’t complicated enough with all the amazing menu offerings for lunch. They close pretty early — 4pm on Saturdays — but it’s worth getting over here for lunch because it is just a tiny haven of all things earthy fresh homemade delicious. I will definitely be back.

One of my favorite spots in town. Great gourmet sandwiches (be sure to get the onion bread, grilled panini style) with interesting ingredients. Really nice outdoor patio right downtown with views of the fountain, the lake, and the commons — though they do have a small inside for year round dining. It’s like a café you might find in Nantucket. The only downside is the service can sometimes be a little slow, but that’s only the result of everything being made fresh.

I have eaten here many times. It’s a fantastic place to get healthy food that tastes great! Salads are always fresh and tasty. Portions are generous and breakfast is available all day!

ZuZu’s has amazing sandwiches, let me start there.
I first tried them after a nice walk around the lake with my mom. She wanted to grab a quick bite and ZuZu’s has outdoor seating (a little brick patio) so it seemed like a great place to rest and eat.
We both ordered panini’s from their specials. Mine was the curry tuna and hers was a chicken salad type (cannot remember exactly). Together they weren’t the cheapest sandwiches, over $ 20 for just the paninis and two drinks but in terms of «gourmet sandwiches» it is moderate.
The cashier was extremely nice, he was very energetic and repeated the order several times to make sure he had it right. After paying he said we could have a seat and they would bring it to us.
So we sat… and sat… and sat. Personally I consider myself someone who is very patient with restaurants because I have worked in many of them as both a waitress and a bartender — I understand when things get busy.
But this was a verrrrrrrrrry long time, so much so that every table around us (even groups of 4 that walked in a good 10 minutes after us) was nearing the end of their meals before ours had even arrived.
The cashier came out to check on us and explained that it would be arriving shortly. He did not come out and say that it was forgotten but that seemed to be implied.
I’m still giving ZuZu’s a ⁴⁄₅ star rating because when the food did arrive it was very good! Hoping next time the wait will be a bit shorter though.

I wish I could say I loved it! I’ve lived in wakefield most of my life and I always said we needed a little sandwich café shop where you could sit out side! My
First experience here went well, I got a turkey sandwich. The second time I came I had a buffalo chicken salad wrap… Way to much mayo and sauce for me… The third time I had breakfast, and it was again okay just not stellar!
A year later I tried to coming back thinking it may have gotten better … Unfortunately it was still subpar! My mom and I got two of the same paninis … Chicken pesto mozzarella and two sides of broccoli kale coleslaw! Much to my surprise the food was ready before we even sat! Since they were so fast with the food the cheese was not melted at all and chicken was cold! Magically the sandwich had grill marks but the bread was barely warm… Pre-​grilled bread, really!!! Anyways the coleslaw was really good (they forgot to bring two out but quickly fixed the situation and brought out another) …but a panini is a warm sandwich… my chicken panini should not taste like I just pulled it from the fridge! Disappointing, I hope they take a little more time on their food next time… Because I really want to like it!

My boyfriend and I stopped here on Saturday afternoon. We were the only ones there. I ordered a turkey club, and he ordered a soup/​sandwich. We were told to go sit in the seating area and someone would bring out our food shortly. 10 minutes went by. 20. Finally a man came out and said, «Oh, you are still waiting? One minute.» Then he disappeared. 10 more minutes. I finally went to the counter and while I was waiting for someone to acknowledge me, our food came out. We were told someone in the kitchen «didn’t see» our ticket. If my boyfriend hadn’t ordered soup, we probably would have just taken it To Go, as we were trying to get errands done.
In the end, the food ended up being delicious, and the man even came back and gave us a few little treats to take home, which were also great. He was very apologetic. Although we were annoyed with the wait time (as we were rushing to get errands done at that time of the day), we were happy with the sincere apologies and the attempt to appease us with the goodies.

I chose this café for a quick lunch while I was at a seminar nearby. I was happy with the menu selection and would return. It’s a nice little shop with mostly fresh food, though I am uncertain about that Portobello mushroom in my sandwich as it didn’t have flavor and was quite sloppy. The crowd is mostly new moms and it was busy so it’s good to get to-​go! Outdoor seating seems nice on most days I’m sure.

I was recently at the Floral Way Festival in Wakefield on the lake sponsored by The Wakefield Garden Club. The club had sandwiches from ZuZu Café and they were outstanding!
I had a ham and a roast beef. The sandwiches were in the form of a wrap and were delicious with abundant greens and a smooth cheese and meat. I felt transported to a gourmet world.
The combination and experience was outstanding. It has been awhile since I had experienced ZuZu magic and I am sure I will now be at the café an obsessive amount of times coming up.

I love this place. I hang out here often. Love the patio seating. Love the turkey, brie and fig jam sandwich. Best grilled cheese ever. Light and fluffy quiche. Delicious cappuccinos. I adore the plates and mugs my food is served on/​in.
Used them several times for catering for parties and they never disappoint. Nice presentation.
Saved me from a stuffed mushroom disaster. I made stuffed mushrooms at home, left the kitchen for one second and came back to my cat licking them. Called Zuzu’s and they made a batch for me to take to the party I was attending. No notice and they got it done for me!
Go there. You will love it!

A definite go to for lunch, especially in the summer. The staff are always friendly, food is always fresh and yummy. They’ll customize any order and portions are great. The wraps are loaded & solid!
I also just love when a restaurant still gives you a pickle when you order a sandwich too.

Just finished up meetings the other day and the office used Zuzu’s as their caterer.
I was so impressed with the food that I inquired about the caterer. I was told that Zuzu’s is a lovely, family run café, which use fresh ingredients and have a true love of food and their business, which is why they use them all of the time. The office staff could not stop raving about the café.
The food was so good, that I ended up going to the café the next day for lunch and I am really glad that I did. The staff were super friendly, the café had a great atmosphere and the food was mouth watering!
Two thumbs up!
Highly recommended.

Fresh fresh fresh! That is the key to ZuZu’s success. Everything is so fresh and tasty — I haven’t had anything that wasn’t superb.
It does get a bit crowded and slow at lunchtime, but it is totally worth the wait. And they did such a nice job with the outdoor patio, you don’t even mind waiting!
Since most items are made to order, they have no problems with special orders and do it all with a smile!

Based on Unilocal reviews we picked Zuzu’s for lunch today. We were excited to find fresh food and an interesting menu and when you first walk into the tiny reception area… if you can even call it that, you are greeted with a cooler case stocked with appetizing plated prepared entrees (think steak tenderloin salad, curried tuna, etc) in front of a busy kitchen area. For some reason, maybe it was the joggers running past the front of the outdoor seating, we chose green salads.
Both of us had southwest salads which came out attractively plated. My GF’s unseasoned chicken breast was cooked perfectly and although served at room temps, was moist on the inside and tender on the out. My salad had a piece of salmon that was also without flavor, overcooked and on the dry side. As Alton Brown would say: «not good eats». Both salads were served without dressing but with a small portion of salsa. I get the healthy idea, but flavorless was the theme with these, despite looking great on the plate. They needed dressing, or salt, or spicy something (isn’t that the SW part of a SW salad??).
For dessert there was a tray on the counter with cookies and a cupcake or two. These were under a glass cover with fingerprints and grease smudges and the desserts appeared picked over. It reminded me of Grandma’s house after my brothers and I were done vulturing. Not appetizing at all.
Despite the flavorless food we are determined to give Zuzu’s another try. The rest of the menu looked great and the items in the cooler case were enough reinforcement for that idea to bring us back to eat under the awning outside.

I am so excited about this place. I will admit that I have only sampled a small portion of their extensive menu, but the wraps I got were tasty and fresh. The owner and staff are great and totally willing to change up a sandwich.
The only drawbacks are the prices (a bit dear) that it is closed on Sundays (bummer!).

Good food. Good prices. No parking. Two entrances unlocked in the cold wasnt good. Nearly froze everytime someone came in the dinning room from outside.
Sandwiches were fine. Nothing wrong. Ice tea was fine but didnt realize it came with lemon… choking on lemon seeds isnt my idea of a good time.
Meh? Was fine. Just nothing special.