Shibuya Soho

Excellent Japanese take away food. Great for lunch. Best to go around 1pm when the queues are…read moreshorter.

Great takeaway Japanese food. My favorite is their salmon teriyaki dish. The queues can look long…read morebut it goes very fast. Each dish is £7.50, which is a bit expensive for the bowl of rice and salmon you get, although quite delicious. Service is decent, although a bit expedited.

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Abeno

4.4(127 reviews)

0.4 mi•Bloomsbury

Table service was great. We got in just before closing and they were still very kind and…read moreaccommodating! Great experience! A great little place.

We enjoyed very attentive service, great recommendations, and delicious food. We hadn't…read moreexperienced a cooktop Japanese meal prior to visiting Abeno. While this dish was delicious, the highlight was the house specialty, noodles and vegetables wrapped in an egg pancake. This was a great spot for a light meal before (or after) the British Museum! Definitely a new Japanese food experience for us, as we are used to tempura, sushi and rolls.

Osaka okonomiyaki and Sapporo Mix okonomiyaki

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I got the seafood Sapporo mix deluxe.

Tanakatsu

4.7(7 reviews)

1.8 mi•Barbican

Incredible spot! Found it through Yelp, and it's in a very unassuming area, but when you walk in…read moreit's packed to the brim with people! Recommend a reservation if you're coming during peak dinner hours. We all tried their Katsu dinner sets and sushi, all of which were amazing. The katsu and katsu sauce were the highlights for me! It was nice how the set also came with a pumpkin croquette and shrimp tempura as well.

This place surprised me! I'd never had katsu before, so I wasn't sure what to expect. My first few…read morebites I also wasn't sure, but once you mix everything together it really tastes great! I had the chicken katsu curry and I loved it once I mixed the chicken with the rice and curry and the cabbage salad with the sauce that they give you. Make sure you use the sauce! It really did make a difference to me.

Lovely Japanese dish

Cool shop cards!

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Farewell party for company people with Sushi

Hare and Tortoise

3.9(44 reviews)

1.2 mi•Blackfriars

This branch is near the river and is located underground with no windows. Black decor throughout…read morewith a serene sense of Zen and calmness. Small attractive tasty dishes. Generally good service and ambiance. Grilled salty mackerel is very good, as is their crispy soft shell crab (a classic dish). Calamari is excellent though be warned: it's spicy! If you are a fan try their tuna tartar (see photo).

A little hidden away, but definitely worth the descent into the catacomb-like interior…read more The vibe is intimate and the food is a legit take on Asian Fusion; mostly Japanese-inspired, but definitely with a bit of Chinese and Thai in there. The starters alone are worth a trip, and there were so many I wanted to try, they're actually all I had. Don't judge. They were amazing. The Pumpkin Croquettes were a slightly sweet and crispy version of traditional croquettes, deep-fried to perfection, with a light and smooth finish. Two will set you back a mere £3.10. While the spring rolls are good, I highly recommend the Vegetarian Duck Rolls, made with slightly sweet tofu skin, spring onions, cucumber, and Hoi Sin sauce. Three of those healthy rolls are a whopping £4.60. Finally, the Chicken Yakitori was also a dish worth it's weight in pounds, char-grilled to perfection and doused in a sweet yakitori sauce. A few skewers costs around £4.10. The rest of the menu is not only enormous, but sure to please any seafood-lover, especially sushi. They serve just about any Asian-inspired dish you can think of, including salads, ramen dishes, rice dishes, noodles of many different varieties, tempura, and sushi rolls, with a perfectly-paired sake menu to boot. But really, those side dishes are to die for.

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Ribon

4.1(16 reviews)

1.2 mi•Blackfriars

Thanks to Katie B for stepping in as interim Yelp Ramen Club organiser in Josy A's absence…read more Ramen Club 8.0 took place at Ribon and Katie went to great lengths to make our booking and also to make sure that they had ramen available - for large parties, it's best to warn them as they only make a limited amount of broth each day When you get to the restaurant, don't be put off by the fact that the ground floor looks shut because it is shut! Descend the stairs to the subterranean dining room. Our party of 15 took over most of the main dining area though there are private rooms, which also offer karaoke The starters were my favourite part of the meal with the black cod and chicken karaage being top of my list even though the portion size was tiny for the cost. As far as ridiculous prices go though, I think my glass of orange juice from a carton for £3.30 was criminal - I can get 2 litres of Tropicana for less. Other starters like the pork and kimchi were rather bland The ramen was a disappointment. The broth was rather bland and the chashu was dry. Perhaps in keeping with the rather mean attitude to the volume of food served, there was no egg. In an age when Bone Daddies and other ramen joints in London have raised the bar, bowls like this won't cut it any longer It was a really fun evening but the food wasn't up to scratch, especially the ramen. Roll on, Ramen Club 9.0!

Thank you Katie B for being a star and getting such a huge crowd of us involved in ramen club!!…read moreRibon was a strange ramen experience...ramen is only listed as a side note on the specials menu, but after seeing a photo of their ramen in the magazine "zoom Japan", I was keen to try it. Ramen: The miso soup was really good; hot and delicious... BUT my noodles seemed like over-cooked, squidgy cup-ramen noodles. I liked the toppings, but I was sad not to have an egg, and the cha siu was forgettable. So all in all the ramen isn't as good as many of the other ramen-joy-lands in London. Plus they took aaaaages to make, even though Katie had told them in advance that we would order lots of noodles. Izakaya menu: We also tried the agedashi dofu (really nice, but without much dashi!), the karaage and the gyoza. They were all lovely, and the general izakaya menu sounded full of tasty dishes. I'd be up for trying more of them. Other: A group of my friends from Japan have been here several times, and they all really liked it... so I know this place could be amazing. I'll have to come back to try non-noodle items, and to have a sing in their karaoke booth.

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Charco Charco

5.0(5 reviews)

0.7 mi•Bloomsbury

This meal was amazing. Had beef and some huge prawns. Staff was wonderful and helpful. They…read moreexplained everything to us without making us feel ignorant. Highly recommend!

Anytime a bbq place uses charcoal is a good sign. This one has very fresh meat. And the server…read morecooked for us to perfection. Highly recommend and uni, ikura, and wagyu don.

Front of restaurant from the street.

Australian wagyu and Argentina prawn

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Martini! Delicious!

Kintan Japanese BBQ

3.9(62 reviews)

0.9 mi•Bloomsbury

The food was sooooo delicious! As there is a bbq in the middle of the table, it does get pretty hot…read moreso be sure to wear layers you can remove! The service was great, though just be aware that it's safer to book a table than show up hoping for the best! Ambiance was good, fairly dim lighting but can see the menu easily and good music! Highly recommend!

While some restaurant get positive this one is thumbs up. Food are great and staff are respected…read morefull. Clean environment.

Grilled eel over rice & bbq #TusedayLunchSet

Bbq

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Misato

4.0(220 reviews)

0.1 mi•Leicester Square

I have to say, the plain decor/ambience here really belied how delicious the food was. I ordered…read morethe large pork katsu curry rice, which similarly looks plain but was unexpectedly good. The katsu itself had really tender meat with a nicely crispy exterior without being too oily. The curry had a lovely, rich flavour that complemented the katsu and rice well. Price point was fantastic -- I'd love to come again to try some of their yummy curry and noodle options.

Misato is a Japanese restaurant located in London's Chinatown. Most of the reviews made Misato seem…read moreto be a pretty promising place to dine for sushi. We decided to hop over there to try a few of their rolls. Unfortunately we were in a bit of a time crunch and would have appreciated if they offered takeout/ take-away, however, they do not. Only dine in is available here... which is kind of out the norm coming from the US. This restaurant is quite authentic though, owned by Japanese! We were hoping to find Caterpillar roll or some roll with avocado and protein; they do not have a wide selection. We ended up just getting an avocado roll, which was simply sushi rice, seaweed, and avocado.

Salmon sashimi & grilled salmon bowl

Spicy Tuna

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Salmon/sake bento

Sushi Tetsu

4.8(23 reviews)

1.4 mi•Clerkenwell

•££££

For his birthday, my friend's only wish was to come here for an omakase and I cannot stop thinking…read moreabout it! I had to make about 200 calls to get a reservation but it was worth it. There are two sittings for omakase each day, one at 5:30PM and one at 8:30PM. The interior is very intimate and each sitting serves 7 people only. Bookings are made at least two weeks to one month in advance depending on their policy which changes from time to time. They only accept reservations through phone calls and based on my experience, it was pretty hard to get through so I'd definitely recommend reading through their website for what to do to secure yourself a reservation. My friend and I both got the sushi & sashimi omakase, which comes with three plates of sashimi, 7 pieces of sushi (all seasonally selected!) and a sweet tamago at the end. The sashimi and sushi are all seasonally selected and exotic! I got to try gurnard and turbot sushi which I've never had raw before! The fish is not only high quality and delicious but prepped and presented beautifully too. The variety of condiments selected for each sushi was carefully thought out, elevating each mouthful. The service was impeccable as was the food. The chef's wife and the waiters always came to check-in with us and walk us through the proper dining etiquette. Under the chef's wife's recommendation, we also shared some sake and plum wine. It was lovely watching the chef prep and make each piece of sushi, exhibiting his intent and passion with every movement. The whole session lasted a little over 2 hours and we enjoyed every bit of it! I highly recommend checking out Sushi Tetsu at least once in your life! Not to mention the omakase was only for £96 (excluding alcohol and any service charge), which is cheap for the amount of food you get and cheaper than many other omakase meals found in London.

Went for dinner with a friend, who had to call 139 times to get a reservation. But it was worth it…read moreall. She had omakase, whilst I had a la carte. I had a combination of octopus sashimi, tuna sashimi, squid nigiri, sweet shrimp nigiri, jumbo shrimp nigiri, scallops nigiri, tuna rolls, razor clam rolls and yellowtail hand roll. Everything was remarkably fresh and perfect, down to every ratio of sushi to rice and the temperature. Afterwards, we commented whether we would ever be able to have sushi elsewhere. Ambience was very cozy and intimate. Maximum seating of seven seats, hence very difficult to get a spot. Felt like I was in a local restaurant in the heart of Tokyo. Perfect for an intimate date or professional meal. Service was also top notch. At times, I felt they were a bit too mechanical, but I guess precision and propriety are part of the Japanese experience. Would go back in a heartbeat.

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Kanada-Ya

4.3(203 reviews)

0.3 mi•Bloomsbury

4-ish stars rounded up. Pretty solid ramen shop!…read more I ordered the gekikara and it was pleasingly spicy; not chugging-water-spicy but still in-your-face-spicy. :p Very flavorful broth but as a nitpick it was a tad overly salty. Decent chashu pork belly; tasty but not the most succulent. Well-seasoned tan-tan minced pork but on the dry side. I requested kata (firm) noodles but the noodles were pretty soft.....still enjoyable to eat though. As for my drink I had the homemade jasmine tea lemonade. Kinda over-brewed-bitter lol. Very polite and attentive service (pretty much boosted my rating)! Overall I'd say this spot is a recommend from me if you already happen to be in the area.

The ramen shop is a bit tight but does have lots of seating. The service is good…read more The ramen. This a tonkotsu shop so the noodles are thin. The soup was really decent. I got the Cha-Mori. It was not worth it. The slices of meat were too thin. The regular tonkotsu x would have been good enough. The hanjuku egg was not worth the extra as well. Instead of paying extra for the meat and egg, order a bowl of rice. There is plenty of small chunks of chashu and would go well to eat together after the noodles are gone.

Outside of the place

Tonkatsu w/soft egg

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Gekikara

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11 years ago

Good place for desserts

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