Ginza Japanese Restaurant

i was quite a regular customer in ginza till recently, i found the quantity of food has decreased yet the prices still rises. the food there is still quite good but what gets me is that everytime i go there the food just keeps getting smaller and smaller. the buffet which is on sunday is pricey for the area about £20perhead. in london you can probably get a better deal with more variety. buffet consist of sashimi:salmon , nigri: egg, salmon,squid, crab stick, prawn, prawn tempura and a little bit more variety. and what was the green tea ice cream in a cup has now become a single SCOOP of green tea ice cream in a martini glass with a bit of whip cream which they are trying to charge £4 i mean seriously im not very impressed!. this place has really been cutting back but come on this is just daft. it can be pricey and for someone like me that can eat alot my bill can come to £45 per head if im pigging out. and way too many people go there and it can get VERY LOUD, i dont want to be bumping into people i try to avoid nor do i want to over hear someones conversation.
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6 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 5
Saturday, June 18, 2011

I have been visiting this restaurant twice last summer for the Sunday buffet dinner and it offered a real alternative to the conveyer belt sushi restaurant and not bad value with a good selection with semi authentic Japanese food.

Went yesterday and it seems like entering another restaurant altogether, the staff was no longer responsive (need to ask for a green tea top up), not serving with a smile, the Hong Kong owner was no longer there, we booked the table specifying two adults + baby and got bench-seat table which was next to useless, having to harness my 18 month old all the time as the high chair broken. The food quality was much worse than before, especially the sushi and sashimi - did not taste fresh at all, the fried oyster was cold. Worst thing is that they stop replenishing the sashimi after 8 pm, that was the final straw for me.

It seems the place changed hands some time last year and the cost cutting mentality clearly shine through yesterday, which is a shame. Don't think I'll go there again in a hurry.
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2 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 2
Monday, April 25, 2011

The food here is amazing, wonderful and delicious! All the sashimi is served fresh and cold ,which makes it the best tasting sashimi that can be. All the hot foods taste quite nice but there should be more on the menu.
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Jay Todd
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Sunday, September 13, 2009

I went for lunch yesterday with a friend. We found the california rolls sushi very nice but pricey (at £7.80 each). We also had the grilled chicken bento box and mixed tempura. The bento box is not as impressive as the ones you can find in china town Japanese reataurant (bigger portion incl. pickels and salad etc) and the tempur portion was so small for the price they're charging (around £8.50). The tempura consist of 3 prawns and two slices of sweet potato! The bill including non alchoholic drinks came up to around £45 (without desserts), which we found a bit pricey for a quick casual lunch time bite. However, parking was easy to find and service was good as we were the only ones there. Won't be coming back there. Next time for a sushi, we'll get them from the Greenwich market where they're selling sushi meal box for £6!
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Marika
6 Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 3
Monday, August 31, 2009

My partner and I love coming here with his family, it is literially our local japanese restaurant because we go there at least once a month. Although it is run by Chinese, everything else is authentic. The sushi is always nicely presented and tasty that it melts in your mouth. I particularly love their caterpillar roll (soft shell crab wrapped in avocado) and dragon roll (tempura roll with tobiko). The manager (lady with glasses and wears casual clothes) is extremely friendly, she seems to like to get to know all her customers but not so much that she's invading your privacy. The others are fairly helpful.

We like to go there on weekends for their dinner buffets (I think £16 - 18pp - sorry I never pay for the bill) which includes your usual nigris/sashimi (salmon, tuna, yellowtail, mackrel, tamago) but they don't put out certain ones like tobiko or eel eventhough it's included but dragon roll/caterpilla roll/scallop nigri are not included. They seem to bring the sushi out every 10mins but it goes in like 2mins (maybe because we're around). Also included are some hot food e.g. chicken/ salmon teriyaki/ katsu/ fried rice/ noodles/ dumplings/ fried oyster, as well as miso soup and dessert (love their red bean jelly-cake with ice cream!). The bubble tea is expensive (£3.50) but I always get their honey melon bubble tea.

The restaurant is located on a corner so there are parking spaces on the side road.

Overall 10/10 because the sushi and service would never disappoint you everytime you visit!
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Eve
9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Thursday, March 12, 2009

On a sunday lunch, me and my couisin went there to try it out becuz of these good reviews and i've got to say, half of these reviews are right. food was great but the service was kind of bad, it took long to get the food out but i dont blame them becuz sushi takes long to make . we ordered 2 drinks buble tea, bubble tea was good but some of the tapioca pearls were under cooked, 2 starters 2 handrolls a dragon roll, 2 mains pork cutlet meal and beef teriyaki meal and for desert banana fritters. adding in total £55, so £27.50 each just about under £30 for a three course meal. oh yeh and i nearly forgot, the food portion is ok, like a main meal is served in a japanese box, size of a take away small foil box just abit bigger if you know what i mean. but overall i have to say 8/10
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Adam Tien
8 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 7
Tuesday, February 10, 2009