Eat Tokyo

This has been a favourite of mine for ages. The sushi is good and it's great value. However, they have become a victim of their own success. You always have to book and on my last visit, we booked a table at 7 and as soon as we looked like we were about to finish eating, they took away our plates and handed us the bill for £50. I wanted to order another drink but we were pressured to leave. At 8, they came up to us, interrupted our conversation and asked us to leave as they needed to give our table to other people. We are regulars and wanted to relax, talk and drink but the staff were just rude. Only allowing you an hour at the table is unacceptable. I used to recommend Eat Tokyo to everyone but this is the last time we will be going there.
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Amanda
5 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 7
Thursday, March 28, 2013

From the irashaimaseh welcome you receive upon entering, to the cloth curtains, the hot sake, the plastic enclosed menus with pictures, you might think for a moment that you are in the back streets of Hibiya rubbing elbows with some Japanese salarymen. Eat Tokyo is the real deal. Don't get the normal things you get in your bog standard Japanese restaurant. Go off-piste. Kaki fry (fried oysters), nasu-dengaku (aubergine with miso paste), the cucumber and seaweed salad, soft shell crab, a myriad of tofu, in addition to very high quality sashimi, sushi (the rainbow roll gives you a greatest hits of different types of fish). Of course you can if you wish get everything (tempura, ton-katsu etc.) you can get elsewhere, or a bento. However each dish chosen at random stands alone. Together, it is a non-stop tasty delight. This is not the refined elegance of Nobu, or a typical mass market sushi place, or a place which caters to deep pockets. It is a wonderful, natural, unpretentious place to get great food with friendly service at a reasonable price. Highly recommended.
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Eric Pettigrew - View all reviews by this user
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 10
Monday, February 06, 2012

In my opinion, "Eat Tokyo" is a very nice restaurant.

My favourite foods are tofu, miso soup and sushi.

The fish is very good because the quality is high!

I like Eat Tokyo!
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GIULIA (aged 11, from Rome)
9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 9
Saturday, August 27, 2011

One of my local haunts. This place is great, i usually go for a salmon jiu, and a bento box 2 hit combo accompanied by some rolls. Rolls are a bit pricey but the rice dishes are good value for money. The waiting staff are all very friendly. Rice is seasoned well enough and everything is presented well. Food arrives quickly and tastes great.
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The Hungriest Hippo - View all reviews by this user
9 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 8
Thursday, July 21, 2011

I had a nice lunch at Eat Tokyo in Notting Hill Gate. I have been to Soho branch countless times but this one is much better quality.

I had Sashimi Bento(£10). Sashimi was very fresh; Agedashi-tofu was freshly cooked; Miso soup was decent with "Umami"; Rice was just right texture. Bentos here are great value.

A la carte is also good value, but if you want to fill you up(especially guys), you end up spending more, so I will recommend to order a Bento.

I certainly recommend this restaurant to anybody who likes simple Japanese food. I wish they create a Bento with Sashimi, Tempura, Salad and rice for around £12...
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A Japanese girl
8 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 10
Sunday, April 17, 2011

this restaurant is fantastic. great value for money, plain but cute atmosphere and the staff are lovely (although it can be hard to get their attention, so order your drink and once then relax and enjoy). i recommend everything, sashimi is excellent and you must try the sparkling sake ;)
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rach
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Friday, February 18, 2011

Really great value and I have to say that the fish is (while not the best ever) head and shoulders above other restaurants of its kind. (Hi Sushi etc)

Ive eaten in a lot of izakayas all round Japan and it has a very authentic feel on that level. The chefs are Japanese and as such the sushi rice is pretty decent.

Waitresses are not great (though not rude) and I had to wait a while for my meal but once it arrived I was more than happy.

This is not Japanese fine dining but it is great value and pretty authentic as far as the kind of place it is trying to emulate.

If youre hungry and want decent quality Japanese food then this is definitely worth a look.

I will certainly be returning soon.

PS I had the Sushi Bento (£15) great value .... reeeaaally great value.
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Will
8 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 9
Wednesday, February 09, 2011

We visited this restaurant at lunchtime, when it was fairly busy. As other reviewers have said, it's falrly shabby though clean. You get more food for your money than at any other Japanese restaurant I've eaten at in London, and the quality is pretty good. The staff were very friendly but forgot to ask us if we wanted drinks. They made up for it, though, by making us up a nice parcel of the food we didn't manage to eat, to take home.
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7 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 9
Monday, November 15, 2010

When Mr Costa at Costa Fish and Chips closed, I was devasted. No more local chippy in the neighbourhood. Eat Tokyo took over and I was very pleased to have a local Japanes which is not the wannabe chic Feng Sushi. I've been there a number of occasions and never had any complaints until tonight. No complaints about the food but the appaling and shambolic service that the 2 waitresses provided. It was busy for a Tuesday night. When we got there, we were told to wait for about 20 mins, which was fine. A few minutes later, 2 women walked in and very quickly got a table. Admittedly, they bull dozed their way from wanting a takeaway to "we'll have that table that's just come free". When I asked the waitress, she merely said that they were willing to take a smaller table. Well, funny that as we weren't even given the choice! Never mind, a table came free and we were asked to sit down, whilst the table was still dirty. We ordered and waited patiently for our food. Our miso soup, didn't turn up until I had to ask very much later. We ordered prawn tempura which also didn't turn up, but I had a sneaky suspicion, ended up on someone else's table. We also ordered 2 additional dishes but only got one.

We decided to ask for the bill, which was checked and charged for a non existent prawn tempura and service. We did not pay for what we didn't get ie. the missing dish and the appaling service.

I want this place to work as the food is lovely and would give Feng Sushi and Itsu a run for their money. But if they keep up with the clueless service, they will drive away their customers.
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juniperchick - View all reviews by this user
6 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 8
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Just had a quick takeaway tonight from there salmon terayaki bento box with egg nigri. Total £9.00 ! Which Included rice miso soup 2x salmon nigri, salad, deep fried tofu (or tempura which they said was unavaliable??) and my salmon terayaki.

7/10 overall. Food very good , portion size good. I did have communication problems with waitress did not speak or understand English very well. Do not offer a delivery service although they said next month!

Anyway menu seems a bit confusing, food looked fresh with chefs preparing sushi at counter. Looked quiet tonight though but will be giving it a few more go's.

Good luck to them as area needs a simple good quality fair priced Japanese food. Would recommend it to most.
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Ryan
7 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 8
Wednesday, June 16, 2010