Miyama

I took my "important" work clients from Tokyo to Miyama a couple of weeks ago, and I regret that I even thought about taking them there... Probably due to the marble floor, wall interior, food got cold very quickly...the menu was nothing special. Nonetheless its location being in Mayfair, the quality of food they deliver is nothing but an Izakaya level (Sakura, or other normal Japanese restaurant)...I do not mean the food is particularly bad, but it is not what you expect from an established Mayfair premium restaurant.

Especially Miyama's out of date arabic (?) meets Japanese interior does not compliment the food or atmosphere at all...For anyone planning to have a great business meeting over Japanese food, I strongly recommend not picking this restaurant as a venue.
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3 Overall rating
Food 4 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 1
Sunday, November 21, 2010

A wonderful meal! The food was fresh and of good quality, in particular, the fish. The staff were polite and attentive. I also found the mains to be reasonably priced.
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10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Friday, October 22, 2010

I have to say the last reviewer must have been very unlucky as I believe this to be one of the best Japanese Restaurants in London!

This restaurants operates with Japanese Chefs which is crucial to the authenticity and quality of taste that Japanese chefs bring.

I actually run my own Japanese Restaurant in the North of England and so I can read between the lines and this place is run very well and serves unbelievably good food and has very reasonable prices.

Don't waste your money going to expensive places like Nobu and Zuma and visit Miyama's for the real deal!
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10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Thursday, April 30, 2009

What a disappointment. After reading such enthusiatic reviews I booked for lunch. I found the service very disappointing; some of the waiters were rude and others just did not care much about clients.

The ambience is ok; not glamorous but at least clean (even if I didn't like to see plates with california rolls and sashimi, ready to be served, left on a shelf in the room where everybody was walking-by...). But I go to restaurants more for the food than for ambience!; and here comes the worst point. The sushi, sashimi and grilled fish was very, very disappointing. Rolls were bland, not put well together (the see weed was already falling apart) and the rice too cooked.

I think there are much better restaurants in the area, with similar prices and much better food (starting from Kiku up to what I think is still one of the best Japanese restaurants in London, Matsuri).
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2 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 5
Friday, February 13, 2009