Ten Ten Tei

I regularly go to tententei and I am british born japanese so I believe I understand and knowing well about japanese food.

This restaurant is my favourite japanese restaurant in London.

Staff are nice not constant smiley but I mean I don't really care how they interact with customers as long as I could get nice meal and served well.

The price is very valuable compare to other fake japanese restaurant or other genuine japanese restaurants. Originally japanese dishes are not suppose to be expensive nor rich but home made comfortable meals it has to be.

Many of the other japanese restaurants makes the atmosphere exaggerated as it is not suppose to be and the taste of the meals are not good as you think.

But in other hand, this one is very home home atmosphere, quick serving, cheap, fresh, and most of all delicious!!! it has no fake elegant atmosphere or anything at all but very japanese old style. Loving it loving it. Every time friends come over and ask me to take them to japanese restaurant, this is the only place I ever take them to and they LOVE it.
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yuki OUCHI
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, November 18, 2011

Superb quality food combined with great service makes Ten Ten Tei the best japanese I've ever been to! My sushi was freshly prepared, succulent and the eel simply took my breath away!

Went with my son, who had the Chicken Teriyaki lunch meal - even as a cash strapped student he says he would visit again! £8 for 3 courses and constant green tea re-fills is great value.

To some of the negative reviews below all I can say is you've never been to Japan or Japanese cuisine is above your McDonalds lifestyle!

Ten Ten Tei is amazing value, the food is simply amazing and the pricing seems like robbery! Would recommend to everyone and everyone.
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James Cartwright
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

i go here for the grilled salmon head, and its excellent. Everything else is average but the prices are reasonable. Is the rice seasoned well? Not really but that there salmon head is yummy and such great value for money!
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The Hungriest Hippo - View all reviews by this user
7 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 10
Thursday, July 21, 2011

Please ignore the invalid opinions of the reviewer below. I have been to Ten Ten Tei on several occasions and for me it is the best Japanese restaurant in London. The atmosphere is very authentic, the staff attentive and friendly. The sashimi is exquisitely tender and well-presented. My own favourite is the tonkatsu set meal.

The restaurant is always full of Japanese which is surely the best proof of its authenticity. I hope this restaurant continues in the same vein for many years and that people aren't put off by the occasional buffoon who has no idea what Japanese cuisine is (see below).
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domroberts - View all reviews by this user
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Monday, July 04, 2011

Oh my god worst ever! never will go back there again.I admit we must got in wrong time just before last order but still we could deserve better service? push to order as soon as we got in and as soon as we start eat waitress kept coming and check table every 2mins to snatch to any empty plate.then food oh my god I had worst salad ever which was actually thought was soup noodle? salad actually soaked in really salty sauce eeeek was not dressing sauce. spinach with sesami was really bad too it was another nightmare isn't that supposed to be crushed sesami with spinach?instead,yucky sweet sesami sauce on spinach .I'd rather go macdonald seriously.yuk!!!
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eloise
1 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 0
Saturday, February 12, 2011

My wife and I popped in here before the theatre on the Tuesday after New Year's and, though not heaving, it was far from empty. A pretty good sign so early in the year.

The service was very friendly and efficient. My wife asked about one of the soft drinks on offer and was brought a shot glass to taste it before she ordered which i thought was a nice touch.

The decor has a lived-in appeal perfectly suited to its Soho environs, and also the perfect antidote to some of the soulless sushi chains you see around.

But it wouldn't be anything if the food wasn't up to scratch. Thankfully it lived up to its surroundings. We ordered the sushi set dinner and weren't disappointed. Deep-fied tofu was glutinously addictive. Miso soup was great and authentically flavoursome. Tempura veg and prawns wasn't the best I've ever eaten, but more than serviceable. The star though was the nigiri and maki selection. The tuna was superb; ruby-red, yielding and so fresh-tasting it was practically still swimming. The eel was also a particular highlight and the california futomaki was exquisite.

A wonderful ice cream to finish and we were pleasantly full and ready for the theatre. With drinks and service it was till under £50, which for the quantity and quality of what we ate was a bargain.

Highly recommended.
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beerofthedark - View all reviews by this user
9 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Friday, January 08, 2010

After having travelled to Japan; I can definitely say that with Ten ten tei you get a 100% Japanese suburb experience. Same atmosphere and same quality on the food. The day menus are pretty good for the value and the sushi is quite good, although not the best I´ve eaten in Europe.

I recommend to try any ramen or soba as it´s totally guaranteed that you get the same thing as in Japan!! And, a very good sign, you can always see Japanese people eating there :)

However, is not a place for all you Posh people looking for a modern, minimalist thing.
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Daniel
8 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Thursday, September 10, 2009

I was just disappointed with their attitude. Although they came to clear our table many times, they tried to remove unfinished dishes and beers. Not only once by mistake, 4-5 times!!! Nobody was queuing to have a seat. They were not closing yet and we were not only customers.

Although somebody reviewed they could not understand his English, they were not listening to my Japanese as well. Just they do not know how to service.

Taste was nice as this price. However, I seriously recommend other Japanese restaurants.
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Akio
4 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 5
Sunday, February 22, 2009