I used to live in Japan and when I open the door to this little store, a wave of nostalgia hits me…read morefrom the smell to the instant greeting chorus of "irasshaimase~". I can get most of my basic Japanese needs in here and at a better price to boot. Rice, mugi-cha, tofu, fresh shiso leaves, and two types of konyakku! They also have free rentals of Japanese TV recorded onto DVDs. In the back is a fish mongers and an authentic "choose your fried food" box with korokke, yakitori, etc. There is also a small self-serve bar of freshly made items like hijiki salad, fried tofu age, Compact but well stocked, and there is usually sales outside in front of the store! Bonus!

If you are looking for Japanese food, especially sushi this is the place to go. I promise you will…read morefind stuff you haven't seen anywhere else. They sell fish that you won't easily get anywhere else in London. Try the mackerel, the medium fatty tuna and the butterfish. You can choose to have the fish already cut into Sashimi. The shop is just amazing! It's not cheap, but the quality of the fish is amazing. Best sushi fishmonger in London!

Good food, good ambience, service is very fast. Plan to return to try their buffet nextread more

We saw they have all you can eat offer. So we decided try today…read more Honestly the food quality is good, but they are extremely slow. It's not worth to pay £24, but you can only order there times within 90 mins. Besides, they limited how many pieces of food you can order one time. we have been waited for almost half an hour and got 1 sushi per person. it's not all you can eat. The staff are not nice and not helpful at all. they keep serving the take away. we still hungry after we had [ all you can eat buffet]. They are extremely extremely extremely bad. it is ridiculous!

Popped in for lunch with a friend yesterday. Mondays are always slightly odd for eating fresh fish,…read moreas Billingsgate is closed, so how "fresh" can the fish be? you must ask. it was superb. We had salmon, salmon and more salmon. I'd say the miso soup ain't great and the green tea tasted like hot water, but the actual sushi... well, that was delicious. I went for the salmon set, and my friend ordered some individual bits. We both went back for more. Presentation is 5* and the quality was excellent. A very worthwhile stop - skip the miso and green tea tho'

My boyfriend and I stepped in for dinner last night and we had such a wonderful time here! Our…read morewaitress (possibly the owner?) was so nice to us! We ordered chicken katsu curry and bulgogi beef, both were great and tasted fantastic. Would definitely come back here!

I have to say that I always love going to this Wagamama when I'm in London. The ambiance is nice…read more The service is quick and the food has always been great quality. This particular time I had the pleasure of having the waiter Haiya (sorry if the spelling is off) He was excellent at helping me choose the right meals. I started with Duck Gyoza and Fried prawns which are not shown but they were delicious. My almost 2 year old loved them. The I got a main which was the curry seen with fish. Now I must say it wasn't what I was expecting. The menu did say *lighter fare* which I clearly missed. When it came out it was beautiful but I was missing the creaminess sweetness of a full coconut curry. It was a bit more citrusy and sharp. The waiter was so kind he offered to let me get something else and helped me decide. So I ended up with the duck and rice bowl which I loved! I added hoisin sauce and a little soy and it was perfect. At this point I trusted his guidance and decided to continue on for dessert. I was a little nervous of getting a white chocolate ginger cheesecake bc I'm not a huge fan of ginger, but he assured me it wasn't overpowering. Honestly, sooo glad that I chose it. It was absolutely divine. Also I have to mention from the start he directed me to the strawberry matcha latte which was also very good. I normally love Thai tea but they didn't have it and this was a very nice treat for a pregnant mama. I had to come give them a nice review bc I felt very attended to especially by myself with my toddler. We had such a nice time being out and when the food and service is exceptional you have to make sure you let them know. Thank you to Haiya. I'd highly recommend this Wagamama location!

I've been to this particular branch several times as its a consistent performer. It's always busy -…read morewell of course, who doesn't like a good ol' wagas? The staff are always friendly and fast! I don't need to go into details about the food because I've never had a bad wagas.

AWFUL SERVICE. Especially "Tina" I don't know who all these…read morenew staff members are but for someone who has been coming for almost a decade I'm disgusted with the attitude and straight up dishonesty and accusations when i questioned the a la carte vs buffet menu they responded with if you can't pay just say. I'm a high ranking city professional I don't expect to be spoken to like that by anyone let alone someone who is hired to give professional welcoming service. I fully understand why there's so many awful reviews. Food has also gone down hill completely as well

I would give this restaurant zero stars if I could. Before coming today, I read reviews saying the…read moreservice was BAD SERVICE ATTITUDE! , but I thought we would be ok. We booked the table for 5 people at 12.30pm. The Chinese woman with glasses (I forgot to ask her name) who I assumed was the manager because she was dressed differently, came over to teach us how to order using the QR code. I asked if there was Wi-Fi and if I could get the password. She said, "Yes! But why don't you use your mobile data?" I explained that my number was American and the signal was weak and slow. She then gave me the password, but I couldn't hear her, so I asked her to speak slowly. She rolled her eyes, started to get annoyed, and raised her voice. I told her it was my first time here and why couldn't she be more polite? How was I supposed to know everything? It's not okay to provide service like that. In the end, I didn't order anything, but my friends did because the kids were hungry. I just sat there and waited to go eat somewhere else. I would recommend going to another restaurant. There are plenty of Japanese restaurants in London. There's no need to eat at a place with terrible service, especially with a 10% service charge. Good luck to anyone who is willing to have a new bad experience at this restaurant!

Had a large group but multiple servers helped out with drink and food delivery. All food came out…read morequickly and everything looked great. Skillets were amazing, would recommend those along with anything including homemade gravy.

This is a Korean BBQ restaurant close to Finchley Central tube. Went for supper there one evening,…read morethe food was good but very spicy (even for my Korean friend). Prices were a little bit higher then I would expect outside of London, we paid 80 pounds for three people including one bottle of wine. I would go back there but probably in a larger group.

Very yummy sushi buffet and after 3 portions I felt full. However I was left with the impression…read morethat it isn't a truly "all you can eat" experience - you get 2 orders of the posher meals and 4 orders of sushi. It is truly very filling (I love eating and I was totally stuffed!) so it is undoubtedly enough, however I don't think it is an all you can eat. Be sure to read all the rules that are in small print on the buffet menu or you can end up with £5 per person taxation for leaving a piece of sushi behind you! Service was wonderful with polite members of staff, however a few of our orders were forgotten and we had to remind them to bring it. After that they came out very quickly so it wasn't a serious problem. My most serious concern was with the staff wiping the tables using left over customer tap water as a cleaning detergent, spilling a bit on the table and then wiping it - that is like cleaning your table with someone's saliva which is surely not very romantic! I would recommend Co-Op or Tesco multi-purpose spray, than you! P.S. the warm sake is divine!

We did the all you can eat deal for £16.80, which essentially has unlimited sushi plus several…read moreadditional options of hot food. I wasn't sure about this because I don't like sushi, but gambled that there would be enough other stuff to get full. In retrospect, I think it would have been a better deal for me to get a starter and a main, which would have been cheaper and probably filled me up the same amount, but it was nice and sociable to try things together. Also worth noting that they were fine with my friend not doing the all you can eat - she ate off the menu, which was good because some places wouldn't trust you to do this and make the whole group eat the same thing. Food-wise, it was pretty good - in particular, the chicken katsu was so crisp and delicious, and I was also a fan of the gyoza. The service was slow and forgetful - although they obviously meant well, we had to ask several times for items (drinks, sides, the second round of food) and there was an error in the bill. I did warm to the wait staff but it didn't feel very professional. I think they are quite new, so maybe things will improve once they are more experienced.

I'm giving this 4 stars mainly because I popped in here for a brief bit after a lunch nearby to…read moreinvestigate and it helped me reminisce about good time.. Kimura has taken over the locally famous Fuji Foods which for me did THE best sushi in all of London. Yep, as good if not better than Atari-Ya in London. Kimura has an almost identical setup inside and is staffed by mostly Japanese. I must say the staff upon entering were charming. One particular lady was just a delight to chat to (actually much better English than the Fuji staff haha). But she helped us no end and talked about the products I was gazing at. Ended up buying some Bulldog Sauce and Kipwee mayo which I had been looking for. Resonably priced too. One day I will try the sushi but that will be a very hard act to follow let me tell you. But it terms of service and Japanese products the more popular ones are there; with staff willing to go out of their way to help.

The katsu chicken sushi is my go to, love this place and get it at least twice a week. Nice little…read moremini Japanese market too.

I love this place. Love how friendly the staff are and how clean the place is. The food is just so…read morefresh.. I have been Japan and out of all the places I have been in London this comes the closest to feeling like your are in Japan. I had Japanese curry, prawn tempura and Japanese dumplings, nothing was frozen, was all made fresh. It's a little pricy but it's in high gate so everywhere is going to be a little more costly then your average place.. I have always said that I don't mind paying a little more over the odds if the food is good. Little Tip. If you get there 10 minutes before closing they some times give away free food when you buy something.

Absolutely brilliant, a hidden gem. Get in quick as this place will be queued out the door soon!…read moreAmazing sushi, dumplings and even ramen. We are lucky enough to live close and come here a lot.