OKO is an informal, no frills and supposedly fast joint for a quick Japanese style bite.
Having just opened their second place now at the end of 2012 I decided to give my local Sauchiehall Street branch a shot. I went for some vegi dumplings to start. At just shy of 5 human pounds, a tad expensive considering the quality. I've had some stunning dumplings in Glasgow for cheaper, i.e. Opium or Chinatown restaurant. These unfortunately were not a patch. Nowhere near as fresh and fragrant.
My main was quite simply deep fried chicken pieces with lashings of what tasted like Thai sweet chilli sauce. Now, I'm not saying I don't like Thai sweet chilli sauce, in actual fact I would be happy to jump into a bath of Thai sweet chilli sauce, but to have a main meal comprising 50% of Thai chilli sauce is highly uninspiring (and terrible for you teeth). Mmm Thai sweet chilli sauce bath.
Service was pretty slow, atmosphere, well, Moon-like I guess and overall, rather expensive I would say.
If you're after Japanese, I would recommend Nanakusa just up the road! read more