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    Moshimo

    3.3 (72 reviews)
    ModerateJapanese, Sushi Bars
    Closed 12:00 pm - 11:00 PM

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    Rachael H.

    This place is one of my favourite restaurants in the city. The food is absolutely top notch and the service is brilliant. Unlike certain other well known sushi restaurants, the food here is actually fresh. The food is so fresh that it tastes like it has come straight from the sea. I would say that after being to Japan, this is some of the best sushi outside of the country. The portion sizes are perfect and the selection is great. They have so many good dishes to choose from on the belt that you barely even have to order off the menu - although if you do, you will not be disappointed as the hot dishes are delicious. I would highly recommend getting a membership card for here. It cost £12 a year and gets you 50% off on a Monday and Tuesday - so you make it back on the first visit.

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    Chrystel K.

    Ordered the salmon teriyaki. The salmon was over-cooked and very dry. I have definitely tastes way better salmon teriyaki than this. I think the gimmick is the conveyor belt of sushi that travels around the room and the modern decor. In general it is ok ... but definitely not the best.

    Essi S.

    I went for lunch in Moshimo on my day visit to Brighton. It's a fun place with the traditional conveyer belt squirming across the whole restaurant transporting small plates of sushi to hungry customers. It works both as an awesome decorative element as well as a practical food dispenser. You can compile your whole meal from the belt if you like or you can order food from the menu - or combine the both as I did. The belt is pretty great because you can immediately start eating and don't have to wait for anyone to serve you - this is particularly convenient if the wait staff is no where to be found or if you are really hungry like I was ;) I ended up ordering some nice scallop and tuna sashimi with a soft shell crab tempura. I also had some salmon and tuna nigiris and kimchi salad from the conveyer belt. Everything was good but nothing too special to be honest. I'd say the scallops were the highlight of the meal for me. The service was not very good as we had to wait to be served quite a while (thank god for the conveyer belt) and when we did get service it wasn't very polite or nice. What also brought the dining experience down was that we ordered some mineral water with lime and ended up with not only the totally wrong drinks, but they were really bad tasting too. I was actually told that the service is always bad there, but I can only base my opinion on my own experience and that left a lot to wish for.

    Faroes
    Shannon G.

    Usual Order: Matcha Iced Tea, Aubergine Dengaku or Seaweed Salad, Faroes (Assorted Vegetarian Sushi) A loyalty card will cost you 10£ but will enable you to get 50% off for you and a pal (less percentage per person if you bring more than 2 people) on Mondays and Tuesdays throughout the year (and EVERYDAY in January). It pays for itself with ONE (two-person) meal so it makes no sense not to have one, really. The restaurant is decorated in a traditional Japanese style (tatami room). And in the summer has a lovely outdoor patio area. It also has a conveyor belt of assorted sushi but I rarely order from this as the other food on the extensive menu is so delicious!

    Aisling B.

    I have been here a few times and have always really enjoyed it. Sushi can be tricky when it comes to gluten free eating. Soya sauce isn't gluten free, for example. Nor is anything with imitation crab, or anything deep fried. Moshimo do have gluten free soya sauce available if you ask, which is great. They do also have gluten free items on the fun conveyer belt... but I'd say you'll have a better time ordering something off the menu instead of staring it down trying to figure out if the thing passing you does indeed have a bread-like coating on the little thing inside the roll. Not as much fun, but much easier and safer! I love their outdoor area in the summer with the neat little picnic benches.

    Qype User (char-l…)

    A rainy day by the sea. How very British. Empty stomachs and not a clue where to find what we were after with which to satisfy the rumbles we circled the lanes trying to find something other than a sandwich shop or an Italian restuarant. We were after something oriental. We asked a chef standing outside one of the numerous Italian joints (why so many in such s small area?) and he pointed across the road to this bizarre building saying 'well, there is that place, it's call Mish Mosh or something, I think it's chinese' Moshi Moshi was in fact serving sushi. Such a shame that after all that effort it turned out to be sadly disappointing. My girlfriend ordered (I have no knowledge of what's what on a sushi menu-) and I can't really remember what we had. I do remember the scottish salmon sushimi- we both agree that this was the best thing we'd ordered- and the thing that the restaurant had no hand in making. The staff were grumpy and deeply lacking in energy and enthusiasm which quickly rubbed off onto us. I did like their aprons though.

    Rich M.

    It's been going since 1994 and looking at their site has the smug air of a company almost more concerned with it's eco-credentials than the food it serves. That combined with the fact it was owned by a certain Heather Mills and was known as being the perfect place to take your little organic food eating, no sweets allowed, organic cotton only, home schooled, able to have an adult conversation in a restaurant despite only being five rather than running round like normal horrors little Edmunds and Alices and I was really ready to bury it. So why were we there? Because the sushi, apparently, was to die for... We gave them a tough enough challenge, arriving mid afternoon after a busy Saturday lunch service with the vestiges of the lunch service still being cleared, and the last Alices and Edmunds were flinging their final maki roll at doting mum and dad. It's a conveyor restaurant, with a central preparation area and a hot kitchen though a hatch. The restaurant itself is a copper green cube sitting squat in Bartholemew Square. Despite having just finished lunch there were still a fair and reasonable selection of dishes rolling round. The fish on the nigiri was fresh and sweet, with a nice bite to the rice. A couple of thick shards of mackerel really stood out, still gleaming on the outside, straight from the sea. As well as your standard conveyor belt fare they also have a large hot food menu with some exciting seasonal treats on there. As well as the expected udon noodle dishes, several gzoya, the ubiquitous terriyaki and a pork tonkatsu there's also a marinated Korean pork bulgogi served with a spicy Korean sauce and a terrific sounding Cornish catch of the day (more of that lovely mackerel) dry fried in salt and sansho pepper. For me, there was only one call for an extra dish alongside the nigiri and sashimi and that was a whole softshell crab, sliced in two and cooked in a tempura batter. It was a great choice. A light greaseless batter coated the two halves of crab and the piquant thin chilli sauce offset the rich crab, cooked lightly enough to retain its taste of the sea. A perfectly reasonable, though unexceptional chocolate mousse finished us and we waddled out onto to the blustery seafront, leaving the staff the relax for a few hours before another onslaught of middle class Brighton media refugees and their offspring.

    Herring "Kabayaki" donburi and the Tempura platter. Oink!
    Alexandra B.

    I really, really like Moshimo. I've never had anything but super fresh sashimi, nigiri and handrolls here, in addition to piping hot meals ordered off the menu. This review is more of a cumulative one, rather than detailing a specific experience. This isn't haute cuisine, and the full experience is a completely different animal from, say, a Michelin-starred restaurant in London. However, for me, it really is as good as it gets for Brighton and Hove in the way of reliably good sushi plus overall affordability if you're a member, hence the 5 stars. I've been coming here for the past three years, and make wild use of the membership card. It's £10 to buy, and is only good for a year, but you get 50% of most food on the menu on Mondays and Tuesdays, and the way my partner and I eat, the card pays for itself twice over in a single meal. It gets really packed on these days though, so if you go at 6:30 on a Monday, be prepared to queue. The salmon sashimi is like buttah! Butter in delicious salmon form. I get really twitchy about fish that isn't fresh or has the slightest fishy flavour, and that's something I've never encountered here. We also tend to be really happy with the crab and avocado temaki, aubergine dengaku, chicken kara age, and the many rolls that come out on the conveyor belt. The menu changes seasonally, and there are quite a few vegetarian and vegan options, which I appreciate. There is a focus on sourcing the food locally and sustainably, so you can feel reasonably virtuous too. I wouldn't write home about the cocktail selection, but they have some refreshing matcha iced tea, as well as Kirin on draft. If we do opt for dessert, we go for the mochi, because they're small, satisfyingly sweet, but not rich. Most of the time, we're so stuffed with sushi, that it's difficult to even contemplate dessert! The service is good- not overly attentive, but they don't leave you high and dry either. Occasionally you might need to flag someone down for the bill or to order, but most of the time, waitstaff come by to check on you and are friendly. Going to Moshimo just feels really homey- it's not pretentious, but we know that when we go there, we'll leave very happy (and maybe go back the next day for a second round).

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    great sushi if not a little expensive but then I always think sushi is overpriced for something so tiny. Go there if you love sushi.

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    Great place to to eat sushi, love the atmosphere and the food is yummy. Makes a nice change from always going for pizza!

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    very nice food and great saki. woudl i go again definelty

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    I am not a particular fan of Japanese cousin, but my son and my husband both really like it.

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    Quality, uniquely brighton sushi place. Love it!

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    E-Kagen Sushi & Noodle Bar - Kimchi Ramen

    E-Kagen Sushi & Noodle Bar

    3.7(18 reviews)
    0.5 mi
    £

    By now, everybody knows why high end Japanese cuisine is lovely - delicacy, craft, freshness,…read moresubtlety - the adjectives come tripping freely from the teased and delighted tongue. E-Kagen serves the other thing - the big, robust unsubtle Japanese food that fills you up and isn't nearly so polite about it. As such, despite being older, it is still among the more exciting places to eat Japanese food in Brighton. Wonderfully cheap, the ramen has punch, depth and comes beaded with soul-nourishing grease. I'm obsessed with Kimchi and the Kimchi ramen is orientalist soul food: hot, filling, spicy and with half a boiled egg in it. The perfect Sunday breakfast with the second best people watching in North Laine. Don't bother with the Sushi - I'm sure it's fine, but it feels like a necessary addition to a menu forced to court expectations - go for a proper hot meal and leave stuffed and happy.

    I have mixed feelings about E-Kagen. I used to be a huge fan but been slightly disappointed with my…read moreexperiences the last couple times i went. Firstly, the food is great. I love their age-tofu, their kimchi ramen, and their katsu curry with egg. Their ramen is really standout, very fair pricing and fresh. Their sushi is good quality, some of the best quality you can get in Brighton, but portions are SMALL. If you are hungry or a big eater, be prepared to shell out lots of ££ if you're there for sushi. Problems - their weird and ever-changing opening hours. I feel like they change them all the time! I feel like I can never plan to go there because I'm not sure it will be open. Service - is friendly, but sporadic. I mean waiting forever to get tap waters, having to ask for share plates and the server being confused, and the last time i went the missed out on one of our mains (mine! :() so i had to wait another 15 mins while everyone else ate. All the problems being said - I still go back because if I want ramen or sushi, this is still my favourite.

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    Bincho Yakitori - Miso butter sweet corn

    Bincho Yakitori

    4.8(5 reviews)
    0.5 mi

    A surprisingly good yakitori restaurant in the heart of Brighton. Probaby closer to a 4 than a 5…read morerating but given the relatively slim options for this classic Japanese cusine in England it is absolutely worthy of your attention. Upon entry the interior will already give off some good signals - it looks and feels like you'd expect a proper yakitori place would be. It's also quite busy so clearly this is not a hidden gem for the locals. The food and drink was really good. Chicken was juicy, tender, and cooked to perfection; normally I don't like sauce on my yakitori but here what they used was subtle and tasty. The typical asparagus and bacon sticks with bacon however were were really, really good and may be the best versions of these classic skewers that I've ever had. Sake selection was also on point and not outrageously expensive like it is at other locations around the country. The server recommended a great one to me and was very well informed on the selection. What's not to love? This place appears to be often packed and if you're sitting at the bar expect to be squeezed in amongst other patrons. Very recommended if you're in Brighton!

    There has been a lot of hype surrounding Bincho Yakitori, and my god do they live up to it!…read more They have a great bar which you can sit by and watch the chefs work, sadly there was no space (we luckily got a last minute reservation on a saturday night at 9pm) so we were seated at the back of the restaurant, quite a tight fit as our neighbours pinged their lemon slice over to our table, but no problem, the atmosphere was great! The concept is all small plates with the idea to share with the rest of the table. I definitely over ordered. My eyes were certainly bigger than my belly! To start we had pickles & kimchi - I always order these at other asian places. We then proceeded to order pretty much every vegetarian dish (my partner had the pork belly and chicken thigh skewers and said both were amazing). I asked our waitress how many she suggested, she told us 2-3 dishes each to start with then we can aways order more if hungry. But we are greedy greedy people so ordered an astonishing 9 dishes, it was definitely too much! Luckily I took it all home in a box and had it for lunch the next day. My favourite dish was the miso aubergine and the green salad. The green salad came with crispy lotus root and tamarind. Great sake selection, I opted for the nigori cloudy sake which was served traditionally in a glass, which is inside a masu - which is essentially a little wooden box. You may think this is strange, but the wood adds to the flavour of the sake. You can either drink straight from the box, or pour into your glass when you've finished the glass. Also had a great selection of Whisky which we of course sampled. Our bill came to just over £100 for 2 of us, and I am not ashamed to say £50 of it was all on whisky! I will definitely return, and maybe order less dishes, but still the same amount of whisky!

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    Kantenya - storefront

    Kantenya

    4.0(1 review)
    0.7 mi
    ££

    I'm picky about my Asian markets, and this is the one I end up going to most frequently in…read moreBrighton. In tandem with my biweekly organic japanese vegetable box from nama-yasai, this supermarket tends to have everything I need to round out my Japanese pantry. There's little in the way of goods from other Asian countries, so while the cuisines often share ingredients in common -- soy sauce, sesame oil -- just note there's not much Chinese fare on offer, and just a scant smattering of Korean seasonings that are popular in Japan. Among the items they have in stock that you will likely find it difficult to find elsewhere (and I say this because I tried to find them elsewhere) are: - Katakuriko, or potato starch, commonly used similarly to how corn starch is used in other cusines and of course gluten free! - Konyakku, a block of yam cake seasoned with seaweed (like shirataki noodles, which they also stock, but the solid block form can be harder to find) - Mountain vegetables, used in stews and one pot meals - Chikuwa, or grilled hollow cylindrical squid cakes - Frozen sushi grade fish - Japanese style cake mix and pancake mix, which are different from one another, and used by a ton of recipes on cookpad website They also carry fresh Japanese foods made in house, of which the harder-to-find offerings would be takoyaki (fried octopus/squid inside spherical dough), onigiri (rice balls with a filling in the center), and mochi/daifuku (a type of dessert made from sweet rice pounded into a dough and a sweet filling in the center). And while I mean no offense to E-Kagen, here are things I don't recommend you get there, or which you can't get there: - Umeboshi (japanese pickled plums), because they're not the tastiest and overpriced for the small quantity... see if you can get the jarred Clearspring ones from Infinity foods instead. - Umeboshi purree, because it's common in Japanese recipes to request chopped Umeboshi to be added to something, especially a dressing, and it's cheaper and faster to use this item instead... E-Kagen doesn't carry it, so you'll need to go to hiSbe for it. - Shiso-ume seasoning, commonly used with rice... E-Kagen doesn't carry it, but neither does anybody in Brighton. Le sigh. - The selection of fresh japanese vegetables is limited (this is true of anywhere in Brighton) and you will probably need to go to Japan Centre in London for what you seek, or order a vegetable box like I do. Credit card minimum is 10 pounds, and they charge extra for packets of condiments if you are buying any of their ready made food (e.g. packets of soy sauce and wasabi carry a charge). The staff is always very friendly and you can ask them if you're looking for something specific, though sometimes the answer is that they don't have it!

    Goemon Ramen Bar - The always excellent chicken kara-age (aka Japanese fried chicken).

    Goemon Ramen Bar

    4.6(16 reviews)
    0.5 mi
    £

    Successfully converted my girlfriend to the religion of Ramen! 5/5!…read more Arrived at 8pm without a reservation and it was pretty busy. Two other groups were waiting for tables. Always a good sign! Made a reservation for 8:45pm and went out for a drink. Make sure to make a reservation on Fridays! I ordered a Tokyo Tonkotsu (large with no extras) and a Kirin beer and my girlfriend ordered a Wakame Ramen (medium with extra pickled ginger) and a plum wine! The ramen was really really good. It looked like Jason Pollock splattered my t-shirt with Pork Bone broth afterwards! The large portion for more than enough (and we had just finished a long walk and we're starving). I would recommend adding extra pork but that's the only thing I would change. The extra pickled ginger also supposedly went really well with the Wakame (chicken) ramen. I will be coming back here soon and bringing the rest of the family!

    Not bad for a random ramen spot on the English seaside…read more The Tokyo Tonkotsu bowl is less like the complex, thin broths at self-aware ramen shops across NYC and more like the hearty, no-frills ramen I had in Japan (e.g. Tenkaippin!) - so unctuous and flavorful that the broth is undrinkable at the end. I was expecting something more watery and clean-tasting from the vegetarian soy milk ramen. What came instead was thick and rich, nearly as heavy as the tonkotsu (minus all that salt). It had no soybean flavor, but I can see it being a holy grail for vegetarians who want to experience the luscious guilt of a fatty pork broth. I'm still conflicted (my palate wanted soy milk!) but it was certainly tasty. The karaage was not what I expected either. It's more a boneless tebasaki - fried chicken morsels given the Japanese chicken wing treatment, coated in a thin, sweet soy glaze. I liked it but was craving the typical, dry karaage fried lightly in starch. I do wish the bowls had been served hotter. They use thin noodles (apparently made in-house?!) and wanting to retain the noodle consistency is one excuse for serving a broth less than boiling hot, but the noodles got soggy quickly anyway. Manager and staff are friendly. Actual Japanese people come here willingly! 10% student discount helps with the £8 pricetag.

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    Goemon Ramen Bar - The Tokyo Tonkotsu. Pork broth, pork chashu, seasoned egg, spring onion, onion, black garlic oil, fried onion.

    The Tokyo Tonkotsu. Pork broth, pork chashu, seasoned egg, spring onion, onion, black garlic oil, fried onion.

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