Tokyo Diner

I recommend this restaurant!!! Tokyo Diner is a real Japanese Restaurant.

I am from Paris, i've tried many Japanese restaurants in Paris and London as well and i can say that this one is typical. The food is yummy, the staff very very nice, they give you some tea for free, and the atmosphere is warm and japanese!!!

I love this restaurant!
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Alissa
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 8
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

I'm actually a bit surprised Tokyo Diner's got such good ratings here. It's a very nice restaurant, but I feel it's very overrated.

I have been there for quite a few times, with friends or on my own. I think it's very good food they serve, but not among the best. The service is absolutely dreadful, mainly due to the lack of staff I feel. Atmosphere is quite cool and unique, but it's too packed and tables are way too close.

Actually this is how I feel about most restaurants in China Town. They know they're going to get transient customers so they don't really make an effort to produce good food and do good service.
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Jing Tang
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Food 7 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 7
Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Went to Tokyo Diner recently... very very disappointed...

the food is no where as nice as it used to be.. and it's quite pricey relative to other eateries offering similar food. there's no service charge on top, and green tea's offered free of charge, so I guess that helped to balance off the higher price tag vs other places.....
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CQ
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Food 5 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 6
Thursday, February 05, 2009

Just visited this place and it was simply great. Very nice atmosphere and the food was really delicious. Would recommend to go. It is for very reasonable price - especially daily menu from 12 to 6pm (after 3pm it is even £1 cheaper) so if you are budget traveller visit it between 3pm to 6pm and you can have great food for less then £10 including whole menu and tea for free. Really lovely place with nice atmosphere. It is real value for money. I think they were even voted by Times magazine between top10 as place value for money!
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Petr
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

The Tokyo Diner is a little gem of a place, just off Leicester Square. The food is excellent, and remarkably good value for Central London. The attitude to service charges is very Japanese, too: they actively discourage leaving tips, and any "inadvertently" left behind are donated to good causes.

I'd strongly recommend the bento boxes, particularly the salmon teriaki, or vegetarian, ones, and the sushi is very good, too, prepared by a proper sushi chef, not catering school graduates.

Service is attentive when needed, discreet when not.

Before the smoking ban, upstairs used to be very smoky and unpleasant for non-smokers, but now the whole premises are bright and fresh.
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Jon Green - View all reviews by this user
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 9
Monday, November 03, 2008

The most AWFUL service tonight..the waitresses messed up our orders, we had to ask three times for a spoon and they forgot the miso soup and the beer . Then they charged us for two miso soups instead of one, which was written in the receipt, and when we told the waitress that the price was wrong, she swore and kept throwing around everything, slapped the card back into my boyfriend's hand...the WORST attitude and very very rude.

Leaving the place we both wished that we had made a formal complaint to the restuarant...NEVER EVER going there again. EVER and we DO NOT recommend this place to anyone.
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Food 2 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 0
Tuesday, October 14, 2008

I think this reviewer must have had a very bad day at the office!! I'm not an over salaried Londoner but just a person that enjoys good food and service at a reasonable price. I have been visiting the diner for many years and it is still my favourite food haven just off Leicester Square. A must visit on your trip to London
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Caroline Bigham
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Sunday, May 18, 2008

My girlfriend & I went here last night and loved it. Simple decor, friendly service and good food and without inflated London prices. We will be going back there again. Try the Chicken Katsu Curry, really good.
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Chris
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Friday, April 25, 2008

I've been coming here for years now so it seems like an old friend. The food is good for the price and the selection is fairly wide so most preferences can be accommodated including vegetarian. I recommend the curry katsu and the lunch bento boxes as being particularly good value. The sushi is better at more upmarket restaurants. Don't be put off by the cramped conditions: there is more room upstairs and downstairs. As the place is open from 12 noon to midnight, I value its convenience for a bite to eat whenever I am in the West End for shopping or shows.
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Anne
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Food 7 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 8
Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Absolutely love this place. The food is great and service is nice and speedy if like me you've only got a quick 30 mins for lunch and you fancy something warm and hearty. The bento boxes are brill as is their katsu curry. Little pricier than most other Japanese places nearby but the portions are huge and you get free tea refills. Highly recommended for a quick lunch break or a shopping pit stop on a saturday afternoon.
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Veronica
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Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 6
Monday, February 18, 2008