Tosa (East Finchley)

tasty Japanese food and reasonable prices. Why people write reviews and moan about prices is beyond me; prices are listed on menus and we have a choice.
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sceej
7 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 7
Tuesday, March 08, 2011

A good Japanese restaurant with a very good value for money lunch set at £10, including rice, miso soup, salad and the main. I think this is the best lunch set in town!

The evening menu is a bit pricier than the lunch set but to be honest its no more expensive than other similar Japanese restaurants in London of similar quality. The only complaint I have is that the katsu is sometimes overcooked and dry at times.

The people who complain about the price obviously have no clue about what to order and just order the stuff they know "Tempura" and "Teriyaki" and not venture into other cheaper but just as tasty dishes. eg. the hirei-katsu is well priced and is the best type of katsu so why bother with the tonkatsu?

Most westerners will never realise that these dishes need to be eaten with rice and that is the reason for their bill being high as they just eat the main dishes.

To summarise, all the ignorant complainers should learn to eat food as it is supposed to be eaten and not in your own way. If after that you still are not happy then its just a matter of taste.
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Ken
8 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 9
Monday, September 20, 2010

this restaurant is mediocre and far too expensive. Not worth a try unless you are fairly new to Japanese!
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Rahul
4 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 3
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

EXCELLENT RESTAURANT. NOT TOO EXPENSIVE AND FOOD IS SPOT ON. CAN`T WAIT TO BE BACK. SERVICE COULD BE BETTER THOUGH.
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james
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Saturday, September 11, 2010

Nice food but extortionate prices!
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Bobby - View all reviews by this user
2 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 0
Monday, August 23, 2010

A gem! This is a very authentic Japanese restaurant with excellent cooking and reasonable prices (relative to the quality of the food). Not particularly atmospheric but the service was good. Everything we had from the menu was great, with particularly good tempura and yakitori. Will definitely be going back.
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9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 9
Tuesday, June 15, 2010

My experience of yesterday at this local eatery was horrible. We were 10 minutes late on our booking and they had given our table away to someone else. They made us sit upstairs which is a horrible place without any sense of decor or ambience.

The Yakitori was not nice at all and everything else tasted very basic. The prices are extortionate for what you get and I feel the only reason this restaurant is well regarded is because of the lack of other Japanese restaurants in the surrounding area. We told the staff of our experience however they were too busy to bring it to the attention of the manager.

Avoid this restaurant if you do not want to be dissapointed.
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Vishu
1 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Friday, June 04, 2010

Great restaurant, people are nice and friendly, food is really good. Decided to try something other than pasta and fish. Really different. Great place to have lunch at.
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10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Thursday, June 03, 2010

Oops! It seems the last reviewer must be very very close to the restaurant!

I am sure all restaurants have good days and bad days. I have been to this restaurant twice on their good day and on Saturday, which was clearly their bad day. The restaurant was not full at all however the food took ages to arrive. The staff stand at the far end and speak to each other (in i guess their native language) and have a giggle.

The food is normally of a good standard however the service and the atmosphere is a let down.
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Chin Tan
2 Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 3
Monday, May 24, 2010

All of the bad comments are all absolute rubbish, how would you feel running a restaurant where you have to serve 50 people at one time and satisfy all of them? It's just not possible. There is a set lunch for £10, coming with rice, salad and soup. Great stuff, I recommend the Yakitori Lunch, Absolutely perfect. Staff are chatty and funny and always helpful.
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10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Sunday, May 23, 2010