Tenshi

Tenshi is a japanese restaurant, just five minutes walk from Angel underground station. they take great pride in their sushi. Their hot food is delicious and they cook with a traditional a flavours and some diverse options rarely seen on London restaurant menus. We had takoyaki, it is very tasty, vegetables with chicken gyoza, yakitori tare, these were generous and the presentation of the sushi was spectacular, as for the grilled fish, it really was the most light, fresh and exquisite dish.The atmosphere was lively and chilled out and decor was dark. The staff were friendly, polite and attentive with many regular customers. The price was reasonable and very very good value for money. We had a good time and we will come again.
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Michela
8 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Thursday, May 23, 2013

We have eaten at Tenshi a number of times over the past two years and just love the food and the authentic atmosphere. We have also recommended this busy little restaurant to friends and family and have had nothing but good feedback. On our latest visit just last week we were pleased to see some really nice improvements to the way Tenshi is run, with some interesting changes to the menu and pleasing tweaks to the decor. The waitresses were extremely helpful and the prices were still very reasonable. A great, unpretentious place to eat in this bustling part of Islington. Ten out of ten on quality and value for money.
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B. Calder
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Friday, September 28, 2012

I love Karage I ate here on my first day in London. However, on my second visit, the taste was not as good as my first day visit.... On my last day in london, I thought I would really like to eat that yummy karage so visited this restaurant again. But sadly I did not get served that Karage any more... taste was different again... and too crispy this time...
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3 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 2
Saturday, January 14, 2012

Had a lovely group meal on Thursday night. Large tray of various sushi and sashimi, some tempura, and delicious sauces and dips that we hadn't tried before.

Presentation was gorgeous, food very fresh, and service staff friendly and efficient.

A really enjoyable experience, and not very expensive.
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N Rossi
8 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 8
Wednesday, November 09, 2011

I visited Tenshi for the first time over the Bank Holiday weekend. Nice, busy atmosphere, friendly waitresses and sushi was really fresh. Surprisingly wide choice of dishes for a small restaurant and food was good value.
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10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Sunday, September 04, 2011

Wow, tenshi getting the low score on London-eating. What a shame, I see some people had AVERAGE experiences and rated the food a 0 or a 1. That makes sense………

The thing I love about tenshi is that it has the most complete menu of any Japanese restaurant I’ve ever been to in London. You can get all the regular stuff like sushi, bento, udon tempura etc but then on top of that you’ll find okonomiyaki, takoyaki and the like. Both of which are great and better than other examples I’ve eaten here. This place is actually great. Sushi rice is seasoned well and the rolls are exceptionally well made. Great eating. Perhaps they had a previous chef who turned out bad food, which would account for the low scores from older reviews, but for the last year in which I’ve eaten there the food has been excellent.
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The Hungriest Hippo - View all reviews by this user
9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 8
Thursday, July 21, 2011

I am so appalled by my experience at Tenshi today. My pregnant sister and I went in for lunch, ordered a bento each. My sister's bento came with avocado maki rolls and salmon maki rolls. Being pregnant and not allowed raw fish, she asked if she could substitute the salmon rolls for vegetarian ones. The waitress said no. I asked if she could ask the chef. She did. He said no. I commented on how UTTERLY unreasonable that was. I said if they couldn't accommodate our wish, we would have to leave. She said OK. We left, cancelling our £30 order. I am still so gobsmacked, there are simply no words. I won't be going back there, that's for sure.
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Gabrielle Koonin
0 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Friday, July 08, 2011

Tenshi was an unexpected surprise on bland Upper St. - with an extraordinarily expansive menu, from sushi/sashimi to bentos and beyond (if you've visited Japan all your favourites will be there - tako-yaki, agedashi tofu, tendon, ika geso age, kaki fry etc - well, all my favourites anyway!). What is more, all dishes were accomplished and deemed 'very authentic' by my Japanese partner (who is by no means easy to impress). In fact, he suggested going back in the evening very soon (truly unheard of!) as alongside its great food, Tenshi feels like a real Japanese Izzakaya with a wide range of beers/wines/sakes to match. For our family, Tenshi will be now provide a good alternative to Akari on Essex Road....and really deserves to succeed, in my opinion.
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Shirley MK
8 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 8
Monday, April 25, 2011

Not too good for a real Japanese restaurant. They need to raise their standards although it must be hard to find good full-time Japanese chefs these days because of new strict immigration laws.

Spicy tuna was too spicy, I couldn't taste the tuna at all. Was disturbed also by conversations from the kitchen about anime.

However good value for money, I should continue supporting.
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6 Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 7
Tuesday, March 01, 2011