They're back in business as A & I Asian Bistro as of June 2026. Same menu and still great.

If I could give half stars, I'd give 3.5. We came in later in the evening. The place was pretty empty, there was only one other group of people sitting down but we did see a few pickup ordered come in. The food was overall pretty good but the soup came out room temperature if that. I expected warm soup. The same for the tea. I love authentic tea in a kettle but this was just a bag brew with the bag still in it. My plate of chicken with Vegis was really good. Serving sizes were large. If you have a small appetite, you could definitely share a plate. read more

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It recently sold/new management. Food is not as good/flavorful and the service is severely lacking. I hope they figure it out soon.

Pricy but damn good authentic menu and some creative fusion dishes. Only place where I can get red tuna sashimi. Fast service in a very cozy and clean environment. Try it you will like it... SamD read more

W & Z Asian Bistro - Asian Fusion Near Me - Payson, Arizona

Nice sized restaurant, we were seated immediately. We ordered egg drop soup (small), cheese wontons to start off. They were both very good and fresh, served hot. Then we ordered general pso chicken and beef fried rice with an order of egg rolls. The egg rolls came out first (one was a little burnt) but they looked fresh and house made. The chef came and delivered our entrees and was upset someone had sent the hurt egg roll out, so he took them and came back with 2 perfectly cooked egg rolls. The beef fried rice was great, I added bean sprouts and it already had onion and peas and carrots. It was really good. My husband had the chicken and he said it was really good too. We will definitely be back to try more yummy Asian dishes! read more

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The potstickers were alright. There orange chicken was good. Id go back and what my boyfriend had as it was also good.

Very nicely prepared. Little bit of a wait. But friendly staff. Very good value for money. Soups were very good as well. read more

W & Z Asian Bistro - Thai Vegetable Curry. - Asian Fusion Near Me - Payson, Arizona

I'm giving this restaurant three stars. And that might be a little on the generous side. Some of the food is good and the breading is fabulous because they use cornstarch. Having said that the breading does not taste great on its own, but with the sauce and the meat inside, it is tasty and has the perfect crunch. This is for dishes like orange chicken. It did not work as well with the sweet-and-sour pork as the pork pieces were very small had a lot of fat and a lot of breading. It's very hit and miss with the dishes here. My son does like the beef and broccoli. I would not recommend their sushi as it is not fresh. And you might think oh you're in the mountains where would you find fresh fish but in this day and age you can get fresh fish anywhere. The service is friendly and strangely rushed when there are very many customers. But my son and I like to eat here and flip the coin on what the food is going to be like. ;) read more

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This is our favorite Asian restaurant by far. We've eaten there several times and the food is always delicious and the service excellent. Yesterday my husband had the poke bowl and everything was fresh and beautifully presented. And you can't go wrong with the house lo mein. Five stars for sure. read more

Great food and price to portion ratio! Welcoming and relaxing environment. We will be back again

Excellent food and service. I had only hand rolls which were delicious and filled with my choice of roll. My friend had soup and spring rolls and they were also delicious! I definitely will return during our time here in Payson. read more

Unfortunately, the Uber delivery person drove around Payson for 15-20 minutes before delivering our food so nothing was hot. The potstickers were good, but the fried rice was lacking. Other items were ok, but not enough to order again. read more

I ordered Mongolian Beef, which is not the same style I used to. Surprisely, the portion is very big, with a lot of steak not thin sliced. We also ordered the seafood upon soup for the kids to share. The soup broth flavor is very light, but it's big enough to feed two. My mom ordered the sushi A, and the owner also let us try the fresh Wasabi, it was a great experience and very comfortable seating and service. I wouldn't say it's very authentic Asian food, but it's very decent and very clean. I would go back whenever I visit Payson. read more

W & Z Asian Bistro - Mongolian Beef - Asian Fusion Near Me - Payson, Arizona

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Wasn't sure what to expect but this place was awesome!! It rivals any sushi restaurant in Phoenix/Scottsdale. We shared edamame which was good. My friend had pork potstickers...I had one and it was so good! Best I've ever had. She liked her vegetable soup. I got the Spider Man roll and salmon sashimi and both were delicious. I couldn't have been more pleased. So yummy...the salmon was really fresh. My vegan friend ordered 4 veggie rolls and was really happy with them. All in all great experience. I will be back next time I am in Payson. read more

W & Z Asian Bistro - Spiderman Roll and Salmon Sashimi - Asian Fusion Near Me - Payson, Arizona

Asian food in Payson - I didn't have high expectations but it was pretty decent. The wait staff were Chinese and Mando-pop music played in the background. Their menu is quite diverse with Chinese, Thai, Japanese. We tried the Japanese eggplant with roast pork, chow mein, and California roll. One thing I wished they had was more context in their menu. The roast pork was char siu (Chinese BBQ pork) and the "crunchy noodle" in the chow mein was just a separate bowl of wonton strips. "Mein" in Chinese literally means noodle, but there was no noodle? There was just a surprise element of what I expected and what was served - but the description wasn't vague enough for me to ask the server. Pictures would help a lot, but I suppose their menu options are quite broad. The California roll was fine - I was surprised the rice was quite light to the point where there was exposed seaweed. Most restaurants heavily pad with rice to make you more full, but perhaps this was intended more as an appetizer. Eggplant had a hint of spice, but very tolerable. I thought the prices for the eggplant and chow mein were too expensive, but perhaps that comes with the territory of being one of the few Asian options in town. We also got two bowls of rice with our meal that were fine. Fitting for Payson, no Chinese language was on the menu nor chopsticks. No fortune cookies either, though. Servers all wore their masks correctly. Customers were seated in tables far apart - the restaurant is spacious enough to have plenty of social distancing. Customers generally didn't wear masks while not seated though, but I understand it's difficult to enforce. Orders were taken promptly, but once the dishes were served, nobody refilled our empty beverage glasses. Restaurant just opened in June, so the facilities are very nice and new. read more

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I had lunch yesterday, I was older, scallop, and broccoli, black bean sauce, a little bit too salty, and the scallop was very little and small look's a lot vegetable , young one Asian lady server so nice, but the big white lady, not even asking anything when the young lady server disappeared to the kitchen and never come back, nobody asking me anything after I done, actually, I wanna give some more money for the tip for the Asian lady server because she helped me to put the advertising read more

Toxic and poor quality! Today we ordered a shrimp dish and a Tso's Chicken dish. Before I released the order taker or paid her I asked if there were any mushrooms in the General's dish, that my wife was extremely allergic. Her answer was an emphatic NO mushrooms; she understood the question.. This was a take home order, and my wife on opening the Generals dish found sliced mushrooms all over the top and throughout the dish. The order taker called the chef to the phone with me. He was defensive at the get-go, agreeing that "of course it had mushrooms." He continued argumentatively that it was up to me to know what's in, or not in, all the Chinese dishes; the menu doesn't say mushrooms and I'm not a Chinese chef. It's not up to me. If it's up to anyone to know it's someone working in that dive to know or find out especially if a customer identifies a concern about serious allergy (anaphylactic shock). Also, the shrimp dish had more crust in each bite than shrimp, and the shrimp was tough, uneatable. That informs me that the shrimp was re-coated then re-fried and then served and that explains the heavy crust and tough shrimp. I expected apologies and a refund, instead he argued with me about what I should know about Chinese recipes. I told him I would seek a reversal of the charge because of the unfit food, and since he wanted to argue with me about his staff's answer and who should own his menu inside and out and that I would write a review to cite the facts to warn other diners. Poor food, poor attitude, and trying to unload an oriental's recipe knowledge on a gringo. By the way General Tso's Chicken does not list mushrooms on the menu, so between that menu and the staff's answer there was no warning, and then an incorrect answer to the question I posed, followed by an angry and unapologetic oriental chef. 不好 read more

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No Bimbimbap??? :((((( Was expecting this it's one of the best menu items for Japanese Asian fusion. Must have. read more

Since my last review was right after the restaurants opening I wanted to do an update. We have eaten here many times since and it has always been very good food and fast service. read more

I'm from Phoenix visiting for the weekend here in Pine, AZ. I was looking for a sushi spot and this place I found was the closest to me. I was feeling optimistic about the place. My first impression when I walked in was cold and unfriendly. We didn't get a greeting or a thank you when leaving. We did get seated quickly since the place was fairly lonely. The place is also clean and appears to be sanitary. We had quick service with drinks and food. When clarifying on some of the sushi options, I felt I was mislead by the verbal description of the waiter and from what was listed. For example, the Philly role didn't have an "*" on the menu and I asked the waiter if the role had cooked salmon. His response was "it's smoked." So I said "okay" and let it go. When I got the sushi, it was raw which is why I clarified and given there was no "*" on the menu to indicate that it had raw fish in it. For the taste of the food, the miso soup I ordered was incredibly salty. The Hot and sour soup wasn't as spicy as expected. The sushi order was mountain roll, Philly roll, spicy California roll, and shrimp California roll. The rice to the sushi had no flavor and the Mountain roll had to much salt. read more

W & Z Asian Bistro - In this order: spicy Cali, shrimp Cali, Philly, and mountain roll. - Asian Fusion Near Me - Payson, Arizona

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Super bummed. This was our go to place to pick up food but the quality has been slipping. Tonight the veggies were past their prime and my dish (house tofu) had very little sauce and the tofu wasn't cooked. My husband's dish (crispy beef) was super spicy even though he requested it mild. I'll probably go back but it will be awhile. This is our second visit that was not good. read more

This review is based on the sushi alone. I wouldn't say that it was bad, but it was extremely mediocre. As stated by another review, the rice on the roll that I ordered was very skimpy. I ordered the King Roll, squid nigiri and seaweed salad. I was hesitant to order the nigiri because normally an entire roll would be quite filling. For the price, it was actually quite small, since there was not that much rice on it. It tasted fine but I am glad that I got the nigiri and the seaweed salad. The squid on the nigiri was quite tough. Normally when I order squid, it's soft and buttery and almost melts in your mouth. This one required some chewing. The seaweed salad was quite tasty and there was plenty of it, but I don't know that it was necessarily worth 5.50. Altogether I spent $31 on dinner just for myself and I don't necessarily feel that satisfied. To be honest the sushi rolls from Fry's are a little bit better and more filling. read more

W & Z Asian Bistro - King roll. - Asian Fusion Near Me - Payson, Arizona

I always say - You can never go wrong with a bistro. We were pleasantly surprised. Everything was fresh. There wasn't a lot of dining in due to Covid-19 but the non-stop take-out was very busy. We ordered the vegetable tempura appetizer, house Lo Mein, and Dynamite Roll. We will definitely return when in Payson. read more

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Cute little spot! Sashimi was fresh and thicker cut. Porking dumplings appetizer was pretty good. Boyfriend ordered Kungpao chicken and he loved it. No complaints about the food & service was great. Only complaint is their sake menu. If you're trying to be a nice sushi bar you can't only have one kind of nigori (unfiltered sake) for sale. You need at least 6-10 different kinds. Including mostly filtered sake for real sake drinkers :) I'm sure they'll be good and better in business! read more

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REVIEW OF PICK UP SUSHI ONLY I called WZ Asian Bistro to order from the sushi bar for pick up. I had never seen a menu and, after some discussion about the available dishes with the person who answered the phone, I ordered the Deluxe Sashimi Combo ($32). The only option was salad or miso soup (I chose the soup), so I'm not really sure to what "Combo" refers. My order was ready to go in only 15 minutes. The pick up process was quick and easy. While I was in the restaurant, I noticed that the staff were all correctly wearing Face Coverings and the host was attempting to seat customers at a decent distance from each other. When I got home, I realized that they had packaged the hot miso soup with the cold fish. I suggest opting for the salad in pick up orders from the sushi bar. The portion of miso soup was generous, but the portion of the fish was not. In fact, it didn't even look like sashimi. The fish was all diced up, included surimi (imitation crabmeat) salad, wakame (seaweed salad) and sliced avocado, and was served over sushi rice like chirashi (sushi bowl). I actually said, "That's more like a mainland-style pokē bowl than sashimi." As a pokē bowl, it was acceptable. While the portion was smaller than expected, it tasted good. However, it was definitely not worth the $32 price tag. I was about to write a somewhat negative review, when I looked at the menu and realized that I had, in fact, received a Deluxe Poke Bowl ($18.95), instead of the Deluxe Sashimi Combo that I had ordered and for which I was charged. When I called WZ Asian Bistro to tell them about the mix-up, the person who answered the phone apologized for the mistake and offered to remake my order correctly. I accepted the offer. It was ready to go within 25 minutes. When I picked it up, I apologized for not recognizing that I had been given the wrong dish before eating it, but was told, "No need to apologize. It was our mistake." This time, I definitely received a Deluxe Sashimi Combo. Although the fish was cut into relatively small pieces, the quality was acceptable. Whether the Deluxe Sashimi Combo is worth the $32 price is debatable. However, given that WZ Asian Bistro is in the mountains of the Tonto National Forest, It's definitely an acceptable option to satisfy a craving for sushi. If my order has been filled correctly the first time, I probably would have given WZ Asian Bistro three stars for its Deluxe Sashimi Combo. However, the gracious correction of the error deserves an extra star for this visit. read more

W & Z Asian Bistro - The Deluxe Sashimi Combo. Per the menu: 16 pcs of chef's choice sashimi. - Asian Fusion Near Me - Payson, Arizona

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We ordered take-out. The ambiance was nice, with classy decor. Employees were pleasant. Food was great! We had Szechuan Crispy Shredded Beef, which was AMAZING (we'll definitely order this EVERY time!), Wok Glazed Ginger Veg (great, with lots of ginger flavor), Chicken Chow Mein (yummy!), and Garlic Sauce Chicken (the chicken was tender and the dish was good, but I wish it had more garlic). There are lots more items I'd like to try on future visits read more

I'm up from the valley today and my mom and I stopped here for a later lunch early dinner. THIS PLACE IS A GEMMMM. Seriously some of my favorite sushi rolls and THE SPICY EDAMAME WAS THE BEST!!!! The chili oil was phenomenal We got the dynamite roll, the phoenix roll, and spicy California roll. Every single one was rolled to perfection, hearty bites, and just all around deliciousness. Go here. Phoenix roll was my fav! Thank youuu!! read more

W & Z Asian Bistro - Asian Fusion Near Me - Payson, Arizona

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Ima be honest I didn't expect Asian food too be this good in Payson lol like it was perfect ! The food ,the service , the Waitress and Chefs ! You won't be disappointed it was Great read more

W & Z Asian Bistro - Oregon roll and gyozo - Asian Fusion Near Me - Payson, Arizona

Fast service, great food. Sushi was great, Thia curry chicken dish could easily feed two. Definitley coming again

We had the Spider Man & the W & Z roll also the house dumplings. Everything was absolutely delicious! The rolls were fresh & had so much flavor! read more

W & Z Asian Bistro - W & Z roll & Spiderman roll - Asian Fusion Near Me - Payson, Arizona

Stopped in here with family for a covid dine in dinner which we don't do but glad we did. Restaurant is handling covid protocol how it should be, masks, spaced out tables and everyone had a friendly attitude. The food came out fresh and delicious and if we are ever in the area again we will definitely be back. If your a sushi lover come give this place a try, your belly will thank you. read more

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We have been here twice and were very pleased both times. The portions, including the Sushi are generous and every dish we've had was tasty, in fact better than any Chinese food we have in Scottsdale. They have a broad menu with Chinese and Thai dishes as well as sushi and surprisingly do them all well.. The atmosphere is very nice and the place is clean Some reviewers complain about the service but I prefer this restaurant's typically Asian fast and accurate service to American style chatty waiters who make fake happy talk and ask fake questions like "is everything wonderful." then bring you cold food or get your order wrong. read more

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Went in recently with my family and we were incredibly disappointed with the cleanliness (Someone's half eaten lemons were on the window ledge and only removed once we asked them )and the fact that hair was in our food. I literally pulled a long piece of hair out of my mouth. Management didn't seem to care at all and responded with , "well we took it off your bill like you asked for" no apologies nothing. Just met with attitude. Management needs to work on attitude and how to handle situations like this correctly. Hair in food is never okay read more

We found this place on vacation in Pinetop,AZ. Very clean and bright. The service was excellent and quick. Food was fresh and very tasty. Our waiter gave great recommendations and was very knowledgeable. Top tier sushi! We would definitely return and absolutely recommend this place. read more

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Amazing food . I got sushi , the first time came back two days later and got general two chicken. My new favorite restaurant in Payson. Lunch sushi is a super deal . Food was very very good. Will come here again. read more

Didnt even order food. My wife and I wanted to enjoy a nice meal and good service, however we didn't even order befor leaving due to bad attitudes and bad service just getting seated. When this restaurant first opened its doors it was good food and excellent service, but unfortunately as with many restaurant places in Payson Arizona, they loose the concept of what the customer experience should be. We decided to eat at a wonderful Thai restaurant next to Bashes and had great food with excellent customer service. read more

The food is absolutely Fantastic!! Chicken is tender, Mushrooms are large, green vegetables are done perfect. Plus the place is really pretty. They are very respectful of Covid too. The girls are super sweet. Check out the beautiful tile in the bathroom. It matches the motif so well. read more

Delicious, fresh and hot. Gluten free dish of mixed vegetables and chicken was amazing and caused no issues with celiac. The orange chicken was soooo good too. Definitely recommended!!! read more

Service Is now mediocre at best. The Chinese servers don't have a good grasp of English, nor do they know much about Japanese sushi and sashimi. The Chinese food is excellent, but put off your next sushi meal for the valley. read more

Great Chinese food, we ordered all of our favorites, walnut shrimp, kung pao chicken, orange chicken, Mongolian beef, fried rice, veg lo-mein and tempura shrimp and veggies. We loved every dish and had lots left over to take home. The music was soft enough that we could hold a conversation comfortably. The service was great we will be coming back soon. read more