Quick glance: + freshly prepared sushi…read more+ special offers occasionally + take away only - "homemade" look and feel to the sushi Full review: Tucked away in Ludgate Square, MIkado Sushi is easily missed. But if you work locally, it's a good spot for a quick takeaway. Mikado Sushi offers some hot food in the form of rice box or noodle box, but I haven't tried this. It offers a good selection of freshly prepared sushi, which takes on a more "homemade" appearance than chains like Itsu or Wasabi. The taste and price is comparable to the big chains, and MIkado tends to run specials at certain times of the day, or certain day of the week, to make it a little more appealing.

this is one of my lunch fix. Name is Sushi, but I never tried sushi. I love Healthy and tasty hot…read morefood choices at lunch friendly price. Choices changes daily but fixed ones I love / recommend are; tofu, eggplant, sesame chicken, curry, spicy noodle soup. Importantly, rice here is the Japanese rice, same as sushi restaurants use. and people work there are polite and friendly !

If you like sushi this is a place where you can have a quick but delicious meal. The restaurant is…read morefamous for their trademark conveyor belt carrying little coloured bowls containing different dishes. Yo!Sushi is a chain of sushi restaurants and in my opinion this is one of the biggest. Normally they are small. I love their aubergine salad, salmon sashimi, salmon teriyaki and spicy peppered squid. They serve chilled traditional Japanese beers like Sapporo. If you haven't tried Japanese beer you will be pleasantly surprised. The only downside I find with this restaurant is the long wait I am faced with every time I visit. This place is popular but definitely worth the wait. However if you are hungry or with hungry children, waiting in line for 15-20 minutes is not a very good idea. Good thing is they offer sushi bento boxes takeaway if you decide not to wait.

The food was delicious , many options to choose from. It smelt a bit funny like gas . And service…read morewas slow. But overall

This is the real thing (almost) with Japanese proprietors/chef. Feels like It could be anywhere in…read moreJapan. Sashimi and sushi menu are classic, not over the top. Sashimi was super fresh and delicious. A little skimpy on the daikon oroshi serving with the shrimp tempura. The only off note is that probably in an effort to be generous on the sushi portion, the salmon and tuna (but not the bass) were quite thickly cut. Of course no authentic Japanese restaurant will ever serve a portion of four (which would have been the way to provide similar weight of fish and more expected sensation)... so I guess that's a minor quibble. If I were a regular, I'd be tempted to go ahead and order the larger 5-pieces, and ask the chef to cut 6-7 thinner pieces.

I don't really understand how this chain has become such a large presence in the UK. Even by…read moreBritish standards where locals will often tell you that the historic impression of their food being bland and uninspiring is overblown and will recommend countless places to you that unfortuantely confirm the impression to be true, I have yet to meet one person here who enjoys Wagamama. "Oh that place is terrible - you should try Bone Daddies!" If you've been to Bone Daddies you'll know what an indictment that is of Wagamama. I mean what else can I say that probably has been written about countless times in other reviews? It's pan Asian (problem #1), some things are fried in a pan, there's noodle dishes you can get and all of it sucks. It has sucked for what, 20 odd years now? Every once in a while (~five years) I will have no other choice (e.g. airport, tagging along with colleagues, drunk, etc.) but to eat here and every single time I am in awe at how truly forgettable it is. How one company can render the tastes of cusines that are normally so delicious to be so bereft of flavor is truly a marvel in mass produced sludge. It must be the marketing right? The playful name? That the locations look inviting? It has to be something other than the reputation that gets people through the door.

Food is alright, Service is fine, but could be better. Atmosphere like in every Wagamama. I usually…read morego to this one when i am in area.

Amazing service and delicious food. I love all of the entrees we ordered, everything was unique and…read morecooked to perfection.

I'm gonna rate the Chicken Katsu curry as it's what I usually get…read more The best thing on the menu surely! I've tried the udom noodles and other rice dishes which were OK but the katsu beats them all. Just an amazing dish. A must try for anyone visiting Wagamama! The service has always been great. I would love to see a lunchtime special some time soon. The place is always packed which gives it a nice atmosphere. I used to be but not anymore a big fan of the Japanese styles 'canteen' seats but after a nice big meal all I want to do is lay back onto my chair. Overall - Great place!!

A great place to grab sushi on the go, they have a huge selection of everything from full platters…read moreof sushi and salad all the way down to Shraps (Sushi wrapped in Nori). They've got a really airy seating area and great fresh coffee. The only down side is that it's not particularly economical. But then I guess that's completely subjective! If you want some sushi on the go, I recommend them.

Pretty good sushi to go or eat in if you want too. The…read moreprice is fear and they don't charge you extra for wasabi, soy sauce or ginger :) The hot dishes are good and sometimes if they are not on the display you can ask them to make it for you! Too bad that they don't open on during the weekend I would love if they do! I guess that after 3pm they have a especial discount too!

We were looking for a quality Japanese restaurant to celebrate a birthday dinner, and when I found…read morethis one it sounded great... but they were all booked up for the evening when I tried to book a reservation. We decided to stroll over in person and see if it was a possibility anyway, and they were friendly and accommodating -- offered us a table as long as we could vacate in 1.5 hours (after which we could move to the bar area if we wished, which has open seating and full menu.) We got cocktails (the geisha one was very good) and opted for the Hana menu, a pre-set chefs menu that was just perfect. Everything on the menu was delicious, beautifully presented, and a great variety of food: sashimi, tempura prawns and vegetables, wagyu beef, eggplant, miso, a variety of sushi rolls, and dessert. Perfect amount of food and very luxurious. The only reason I dock one star is because it is pretty expensive (but any high-quality Japanese place is going to be pricey... this one is just a little more than average, with the most overpriced items being the wine, sake, and cocktails), but the service, atmosphere, and food were great.

London Restaurant Month has come back around again so myself and some friends decided to take…read moreadvantage. This years venue for us would be Sake No Hana, the little sister of Michelin starred Chinese restaurant, Hakasan. Sake No Hana is modern Japanese cuisine done very, very well. I'd had plenty of "Japanese" food in my life; sushi, chicken Katsu etc. I had never been to a proper Japanese restaurant and had high end food. This was my chance. The deal was as follows: 5 courses from a set menu and half a bottle of wine per person. All for the princely sum of £35 (excluding service). As you can see from the menu you pretty much get a choice of vegetables or fish. For my choices I had the maguro tartare to fukiyose, the fish gohan selection and kisetsu tempura moriawase. First off was the best miso soup I had ever had. On the menu it is misoshiro - white miso soup. A great, light starter to get your appetite going. With small strips of inari and seaweed. The next course was 3 small portions; a tuna tartare, fried rice ball and vegetable crisp "salad". Much like an amuse bouche, it continued the theme of getting us ready for the main course. The vegetable crisps were lovely; earthy and crunchy. It included carrots and lotus root, which I had never tried before but very much liked. The tuna tartare was fantastic. It was peppery and brilliantly seasoned. The rice balls were a little stodgy but the accompanying sauce was sweet and rich. Next was the sushi course. 6 pieces, 2 each of spicy maguro maki (spicy tuna, tobikio and cucumber), chirashi maki (salmon, white fish and shiitake) and inari maki (fried tofu and caramelised onions). As you can see it was beautifully presented and it wasn't long before they'd all been polished off! The main for me was tempura prawn and vegetables. Crispy and not at all greasy, this was the best tempura I'd ever had. I especially enjoyed the squash which was nice and sweet with that perfect crispy exterior. Both of my friends had the salmon. There's not a lot to say about it other than it was served on a large leaf and cooked absolutely perfectly. Dessert was the same for all of us. A delicate sponge cake soaked in a syrup and served with preparations of peach; raw, sharp peach, raw, soft, sweet peach and peach sorbet. I was a big fan of this. So much so that when one of my friends wasn't keen I ate his too! Sake No Hana is a wonderful, modern restaurant with fantastic food and brilliant attentive staff. My glass, wine or water, never ran dry and they were always on hand to help. In fact, I don't think I've ever been to a restaurant that had such a high customer to staff ratio! It's definitely a dining experience I would recommend even if it's not one that I would probably do again. Nothing against the restaurant at all, more that I like to explore and try new things. If you can visit Sake No Hana on a tasting menu or similar you would be silly not to give it a go! Either that or at least go to their amazing bar!

Nice food and good service. A lot of choice with different tastes, good for family din inread more

Unfortunately this branch has gone downhill in service since I last ate here. There was a queue on…read moreentrance and I guessed it was busy as usual on a Saturday evening with families and couples. Well, it was busy, but the queue was due to unprepared tables...and several of them. Staff were unwilling to take a full order at one time which I found odd. Waiter would only take the drink order and I had to wait a while for the same waiter to come back to take the food order (how strange!). I usually order one of the specials for mains with udon instead of the usual soba noodles. On this occasion my waiter said they couldn't accomodate my request as they were too busy! Very poor showing in summary from this usually reliable quick food joint.