Soho Japan

I am lucky enough to live opposite this restaurant and I think it fabulous!

The staff are very friendly and efficient without being obtrusive and the food is quite brilliant. I love the ebi tempura and the tokayaki and the variety and freshness of the sushi and sashimi is exceptional.

It's not the most inexpensive experience but the quality of the food ensures that you do get value for money
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Katy
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Monday, April 21, 2008

I've only ever come here for a takeaway, but I ate in for lunch the other day. Gorgeous food - I had the sashimi lunch. A bowl of steamed rice, miso soup, and a great platter of sashimi with big slabs of tuna, salmon, snapper, red mullet (i think) and a scallop. Service was fine (there's a little button on the wall to get the waiting staff's attention). I finished off with a green tea and red bean ice cream which was also good. The only dud note was the cold spinach side - it tasted like it was dressed with a thin peanut butter which wasn't to my taste.
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

I Went here for my birthday dinner earlier in the year, and it was the first time i have eaten here. I went with my uni friends and a friend of mine who came to visit me from japan. I left it to her to order, the dishes arrived relatively quickly but i was rather dissapointed by the meal. The takoyaki wasn't very good, and neither was our mains.

The restraunt did look very nice on the inside and out, it had a nice feel to it, staff were friendly but sadly the food wasn't as good as i expected (perhaps i went in with too high expectations are reading many reviews on here), that said the food was OK, im not trying to imply it was bad, but it just wasn;t as good as i had hoped.

Theres always been very many good comments about this restraunt and i am tempted to try it again and put the last visit as a one-off hopefully, will update again next time i do visit.
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Doffy
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Food 6 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 6
Wednesday, October 24, 2007

One of my favourite restuarants in London. Feels like a local; food is lovely, choice is varied, drinks list is great, staff extremely helpful and friendly, and incredibly relaxed. I've been going to Soho Japan since 2003 and it has never failed me!
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Monday, October 22, 2007

This is a really great restaurant. I have eaten here twice recently, booked by phone. The staff are very helpful and seem to be all Japanese, they are readily available to help and come around to check without interrupting. The main courses are very reasonably priced for this area in London and even the UK in general. There is a variety of drinks including asahi and saki, the glasses of Asahi are gigantic :). The main courses are very well presented and very nice. If you begin to order some sushi or onigiri this can bring up your bill quite a lot for a large plate to share, but well worth it freshly prepared by their sushi chef. There is no pressure to leave and you can sit around for many hours enjoying your meal. Well worth the visit!
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Conor
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 8
Friday, October 12, 2007

Went here for the first time after reading the reviews on this site. Absolutely fabulous! The food was perfect, the staff were friendly and the restaurant had a great atmosphere, allowing for the perfect evening!

Now my favourite restaurant...i'll definitely be back!
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John
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Ate here twice in the 3 days I was in London. Having spent a fair amount of time in Japan I can attest to the authenticity of the food. Great food. Excellant service...ask for Reo Nomura as your server.

I cannot recommend Soho Japan enough. Go Go Go and don't forget the Konomono and Shitake Gohan!
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Kirk Wentzel
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Wednesday, April 25, 2007

SIMPLY THE BEST!

Can't stop going back here. The closest thing I've found to some of my favourite restaurants in Japan. Food is prefect every time. Extensive menu. Great staff. The owner loves wine, so we are looked after there as well, which is unusual for Japanese restaurants. Plus, try Jun's Shiso Martini downstairs - the best new cocktail I have ever tried!

The aubergine with miso paste is amazing!

This place has the whole package.

Tsugoiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!
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Mr Keith
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, March 23, 2007

I was taken to Nobu for a business lunch and fancied a splashout with my girlfriend, but it was booked out - no surprise. I then spent an hour scouring this site for a decent Japanese restaurant. It seemed that everyone had reservations about every single Japanese restaurant in London.

Except this one. So I booked (one of the friendliest bookings I've ever made - a good start).

We were admitted by the chef into what looked like a mixture between a French brasserie and an Irish pub. Charming, but not what I had come to expect from 'sushi places'

On this site's recommendation, we ordered the nine-kind appetiser and then asked the waitress to recommend how much of each course we should order. All the staff were extremely attentive and friendly. Though the nine-kind appetizer looked and tasted great, I’d recommend going for starters you’d really like to try rather than pot luck. My girlfriend can be quite fussy and there were a couple of things on there which were too ‘scary’ for her.

The food was excellent and, I'm sure, highly authentic. The Japanese clientele has already been mentioned, showing it is a place for people who know their Japanese food, though those that don’t won’t feel lost or overwhelmed. The maki were without doubt the best I’ve ever had – including Nobu. Spicy salmon being the highlight Two downsides were the bean curd (tasteless, meant to be eaten with soy sauce, found it a bit pointless), though I believe this was a matter of my taste rather than poor cooking – and the scallops with garlic. These were so garlicky and served with mushrooms that it felt more fitting in a French restaurant and somewhat detracted from the experience for me. The baked aubergine and chargrilled duck skewers were fabulous.

All in all, I would gladly go back there. Nobu it is not. It feels like a local. Perfect for a romantic evening or a for a group of friends. For two people with cocktails, drinks, plenty of food, we came away for 70 quid. The price of two Nobu starters. Again, another review of Soho Japan without a ‘nice, but’…
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Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 9
Thursday, February 08, 2007

Ate in this restaurant last night on the basis of this website's reviews and was not disappointed.

There was an extensive menu and what we chose was excellent.

Would definitely go back again.

The place was filled with Japanese people which re-inforced the authenticity and quality of the food.

Also the food & wine was very reasonably priced.
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Friday, November 17, 2006