Service was spectacular, I wish I could remember my servers name, the entire team magnificent. Food…read more- Best sushi I've ever had! Hands down! Dark but open restaurant, everything was divine

This place was great! They were on it from the moment I made a reservation. We mentioned that there…read morewas a gluten-free person in our party and they called to confirm the level of intolerance to make sure the restaurant was an appropriate place and could accommodate. Interesting set up. Most of the tables are shared tables. It's loud but quite hip. Great service food was extremely fresh and amazing place for someone with gluten intolerance .Many things to choose from on the menu. Great location, walking distance from our Soho office. I'll be back.

After a long day of touring London we didn't feel leaving our hotel so we opted to try the sushi…read morerestaurant located off the lobby at the Park Plaza Westminster Hotel. We didn't have a reservation but they seated us immediately. We explained to our server that my wife is GF and she was very accommodating. My wife had the Seaweed Salad and I had the Crunch Prawn Roll and Salmon Teriyaki Roll. Both were good in size and fresh. They come with wasabi and a fresh wasabi relish which was amazing! I wish they sold bottles of it as I would have brought it home with me. For a relaxing meal with a cool vibe and atmosphere,Ichi Sushi is a good choice.

Love the view of London from this hotel sushi bar! Service was great and I was able to enjoy some…read moregluten free items that the server suggested. It was the perfect way to relax after a very busy day of site seeing.

Having done the research, it was with high expectations when I finally step into Kikuchi. Memories…read morereminiscent of Tokyo's sushi bars/restaurants surfaced as familiar smells and sights assailed my senses. We sat at the counter this night (with the counter only reserved for guests who order the omakase tasting menu). On a whim, we decided to order the sake tasting menu as well and were delightfully surprised by their selection - neither my wife nor I are huge alcohol drinkers and we were very pleased with their selection (+ point no. 1). The first dish was the sea bream in salad. The salad was doused with the chef's own plum sauce which went very well with the sea bream that was topped with uni. So far, so good (+ point no. 2). The second dish was the sashimi - 2 pieces of Hamachi, one huge razor clam, and pickled ginger. Both the hamachi and razor clams were fresh and a bit of lime and wasabi went very well with the crunchiness of the razor clams (+ point no. 3). The third dish was the customary grilled fish. Now, I'd name the dish and we did ask twice, but we didn't hear properly so it was something like Eel cheeks (?) but if that piece of meat was the cheek of an eel, that eel would be (holy f**k)-sized. The dish was done to expectations, skin crisp (check), sweet flesh (check), lightly salted (check), grated radish (check) (+ point no.4). Now remember, Kikuchi is a SUSHI restaurant. With the right notes made with the first three dishes, I cannot understate the level of expectation that I felt towards the sushi part of the course. Would the rice be prepared with red or white vinegar? How long would the fish be aged? How would the shari perform with fish taken from this region - would the chef be able to adapt? To cut a long story short, the sushi part of the course was a let down. For starters, the rice was not cooked in vinegar (or maybe the chef had an off-day). The chef then lathered the fish with copious amounts of sauce - all I could taste was salty, rice, and fish meat - the taste from the aging of the fish were all masked. And the uni........ Now uni needs to be done correctly else it will taste rotten. Yeah, the uni just did not work. So to cap it all off, it was an experience. Would it be an experience I'd like to repeat? No. Is it value for money? For £300 and for me, sorry, no. However, do note that they did do things like the sashimi and the cooked stuff quite well, so there's that to look forward to.

This place is definitely not worth it for sushi. The fish was of mediocre quality, ikura tasted…read morehorrible, and worst of all the neta was assembled onto cold shari (rice). #whotheheckeatcoldsushi???? Sushi is supposed to be served at room temperature or whichever temperature is optimum for that particular fish! But definitely not cold!! Service was impeccably slow ==' Overall, for this price it is not worth my time and a waste of calories. For traditional sushi lovers, i recommend Sushi Tetsu. And for fusion, try Dinings.

The place is small and the tables are uncomfortable to sit at. The rolls are small as well. Service…read moreis quick and polite. Fish itself is pretty good. I would stick to nigiri rolls next time. Unfortunately this time they didn't have either otoro or chutoro so I had to resort to a roll, of which two pieces were all tail and impossible to eat.

Ichi-Riki Sushi is an intimate sushi restaurant located in central London. Part of its charm is the…read moreentrance; a sign on the street guides you down around a dozen stairs into this unique gem. We went on a Friday night and were seated in 3 minutes. Kim was our server, he was wonderfully respectful and attentive. We ate salmon, tuna, white tuna (butterfish), octopus salad, sea bass, shrimp, miso soup, and chicken karaage. Everything was delicious and tasted fresh. The table's favorite was the shrimp and salmon nigiri. We have eaten sushi all over the world and Ichi-Riki will be remembered as one of our favorites due its unique setting and delicious food. Here to find only the best around the world. - The Toro Cuisine finders

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.

Disappointing experience, good food, terrible service, and zero respect for customers…read more We were given a 1h15m dining window, which we accepted. The ordering was slow, and despite writing our order out in the Notes to avoid any confusion, dishes still arrived wrong. It took a lengthy conversation with our server before she even understood what had been sent out incorrectly -- time we simply didn't have. We raised the issue and noticed them we wouldn't be able to finish in time given their mistakes. Their response? After 1h 15min, staff swooped in to clear plates -- while one of our friends was still eating. And they still charge a service fee for this? The food is the one saving grace, but the management is chaotic and the attitude toward customers is unacceptable.

A very authentic Japanese restaurant on the outskirts of London. I sat by the grill bar where I…read morecould watch the chef grill the meat before me. The hamachi kama was nicely charred and still very juicy on the inside. The skewers (yakitori and beer tongue in the picture) were also very tasty and the meat was very tender. They also had a decent drink menu with several sake options and mixed drinks like Japanese fruit sours. They are reservation only but their online system is simple to navigate. I look forward to visiting this restaurant again to try their other skewers!

As we look for places to eat amongst coworkers, we decided to go to a Japanese place. Not being…read morefamiliar with places to eat here in London, I looked to Yelp, and of course someone from our hotel recommended this place too. So I can say it wasn't bad at all, but it wasn't the beat Sushi I have had. I would go back for sure as the service was good, minus my coworkers chicken dish took forever to come out, as we kept having to check on it. The Uni was definitely not a bad batch as it had a sweetness and creamy texture that I would expect. Amaebi was not the larger shrimp with the fried heads, so not what I was expecting. As for the Natto Rolls, I could tell you that our young waitress made a surprising face, which made me laugh, as I could tell she was from Japan, as I was told not many Japanese even eat Natto. Of course I had to ask later and she is not a fan. Hahaha... I enjoyed it though. Enjoy.

As another reviewer says, this is an undiscovered gem! Hidden away inside an arcade, it was filled…read moreon a weekday evening with mostly Japanese patrons. Plenty of wait staff who were quite attentive, including some who were preparing table side shabu shabu (cooking thinly sliced meat and veggies in a broth). They have a huge menu with an unusually wide selection of small dishes as well as the usual entrees. I ordered their ten piece nigiri (17 GBP), grilled miso black cod (12 GBP), and salmon belly age dashi (cooked lightly in a daikon soy based sauce) (7 GBP). All were excellent including with fresh not powdered wasabi root. Super affordable, high quality with great service -- what's not to like!

We were lucky the quality of the sushi was alright when we went. However, service sucked. The…read morewaiter dodged us a few times when we asked for the receipt. Also, this place up charges like crazy. Not worth €5 for 2 slices of rolls per plate. We spent €60 between two people. Not worth it.

I am a huge fan of conveyer belt sushi, and they had a good selection and the food was good.read more