Saki II

I went there the other day for the first time and must say I would have rather gone hungry then spend my money there. It's run by Chinese people and it even looked like the 'sushi chef' was Chinese, having saw him converse with the other staff in what sounded like Chinese.

Though not wanting to judge the place on its front the food was simply terrible. I had tonkatsu ramen which was simply an offense to the real tonkatsu I've had in Japan - now I don't expect miracles out here in London but it was completely different to the tonkatsu ramen, nothing resembled it at all. The soup was weak and tasted more like watery miso soup and the meat was just shredded pork - not served like it usually is which is in slices not battered. I then had a gyoza side dish which was average and had half the amount of meat you'd get anywhere else.

My girlfriend then had the chicken katsu curry which came with an inadequate amount of rice and a very average sauce. It left us both wishing we'd made the effort to go into central to try our usual Japanese restaurant, Ryo.

Atmosphere wise it was nice, not too bad at all but nothing to rave about whilst the staff were friendly enough.
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4 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 2
Thursday, September 09, 2010

Run by Chinese staff, the taste of food is not very authentic and portions are quite small. Ambience is not great resembling more a canteen than a restaurant.

Definitely not the best choice for a Japanese restaurant.
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Frank
3 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 3
Saturday, January 02, 2010