Pham Sushi

I have been coming to Pham on whitecross st for 5 years. It has changed a fair bit in terms of position,decor layout, people and service (which is a bit flakey sometimes), but for me the most important thing is the food - and it is good. The second most important thing is consistancy - and it is.I think it is more of a lunch place than evening place, especially on a Friday or Saturday. Go for the rolls, sashmi and tempura
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Graeme
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Food 8 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 5
Friday, August 08, 2008

I have been to Pham at least 20 times and have never had a bad experience.

The food is of an excellent quality (and i eat in alot of japanese restaurants - including UMU, Nobu and UBON - Pham in my view is the best). Pham is great value for money and service is of a high standard. The only negative is that it is very small and therefore occassionally cramped, the interior is quite basic as well - but these are not major problems and in a way all add to the experience.

Would definately order the rock shrimp tempura, the scallop sashmi plus the yellow tail jalapeno.
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nikki
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Food 10 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 8
Friday, June 20, 2008

I am a local resident and have eaten in Pham Sushi a number of times and always enjoyed the food and service. However, last night was different.

I had booked a table for 7.30pm on Saturday night some days before. On arrival I was asked if I would vacate the table before 9pm. I said 'No' and pointed out that none of this has been mentioned when I had booked the table.

We ordered our food and the staff brought both starters and main courses together in an obvious attempt to get us out the door for 9pm. We stayed until after 10pm. I think their behaviour was poor. The restaurant wasn't even that busy. I know restaurants have to try to turn tables over twice in a night to make more money but they can't do this in such a blatant and abrupt way. I won't be going back.
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Malcolm
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Food 7 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 3
Sunday, April 06, 2008

I found this place after looking at reviews of sushi places on this site and wasn't disappointed.

4 of us arrived at about 6pm on a saturday and were seated straight away. some people arrived after us and couldn't get a seat, but the customers ebbed and flowed and other seats became available whilst we were there.

We didn't really know what we were doing with the ordering, but our waitress was very helpful and guided us to a very enjoyable meal (i wouldn't have Sea Urchin again though).

We paid £30 each for a large ammount of sushi etc and a bottle of saki, and we all felt we'd had a pretty spectacular meal.

Top place. Recommended it to everyone i know.
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Dominic - View all reviews by this user
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Monday, March 17, 2008

Myself and my partner are always on the look out for great sushi. After reading all the reviews for this restaurant, we thought WOW, must be really good.

What a massive dissappointment. It wasn't the service (they were friendly), nor was it the Chinese restaurant (yes I said Chinese !!) dated decor that was dissappointing, it was the quality of the sushi. It was not terrible by any means. But having seen the reviews, I would have to say that this restaurant fell well below the mark. We would rate this a fair 6 overall.

I suspect the hype about this place is to do with the size of sashimi that is placed on the rice. I would say it is quite a large piece of sashimi which is where all the good ratings come from.

Would we go there again? Probably not. It was very middle of the road sushi.
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Chills&Spills
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Food 5 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 6
Friday, February 01, 2008

top nosh.........
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jc - View all reviews by this user
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Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 6
Friday, January 25, 2008

Don't believe the hype about this place.

We ate there last night and everything but the gyoza way below par. There were four of us dining in and not one person had a meal that you could honestly say was good, which is a bummer as since Noto has closed (another barbican japanese joint) we have been on the lookout for something new.

I can't understand why i've heard so many people talking about it ... admittedly none of them had been, they'd just heard it through the grapevine.

The myth ends here.
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Food 1 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 1
Friday, January 25, 2008

Having recently been to Tokyo my perceptions of sushi have radically changed. I always loved it but now I'm a bit more discerning and know a little more about what should be part of the authentic package. This place is one of the best sushi restaurants I've ever found in London and is well worth the trip.

It is 'authentic' - fresh fish, good quality rice, etc - without trying too hard to be Western or to be overtly Japanese. Unlike the places in Ealing (eg Sushi Hiro, which is also excellent) it has decor which is actually attractive and, more importantly, it takes credit cards.

We had some superb sushi and sashimi. £25 (including two beers) was enough to stuff me full. Two of my companions had the set dinner (£30 each, with beers on top) and had a huge amount of food - about five courses, I think - which seemed worth it if you want a bit more of a blow out.

Heartily recommended, I'll definitely be back.
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Pete
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Friday, November 16, 2007

Superlative sushi, best I have tasted outside of Tokyo, and even then I'd have to say this was pretty damn close in quality. Mains are good but can't touch the sushi for pure brilliance - recommend those looking for a full meal stick to the nigiri, sashimi and sushi rolls, maybe a bento box if looking for a bit more variety. Have only been once so far but will definitely be making a habit of Pham Sushi.
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Pauline
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 8
Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Well I'd read the reviews, and the two of us went with an open mind on Saturday 4th August 2007. When we got there I was impressed but surprised that I'd seen mentioned that no bookings were required. The time was 6.50pm and we were asked if we could vacate the table by 8pm it would be fine as they were 'fully' booked. We looked at each other and said, 'We're sure we could cope with that', as we'd looked forward to this.

My friend sat down and she said, 'I like this place' and I totally agreed. Nice decor and the best of all was that the people were friendly. We had two of No.59 off the menu (aka you have to visit to find out!), a bottle of Califonian Grigio and two glasses of Plum wine (you need to have that!), oh and a glass of water.

The service in no way reflected we had around an hour left. The drinks and food arrived. Everything was beautifully presented.

Another couple walked in whilst we were seated and recognised as frequent customers. I was pleased to see that they also were advised the 8pm completion time so no favouritism - very professional. Both the waiter and waitress said goodbye on our leaving.

Conclusions: Would we go again - You bet we will! A great find and happy we saw the positive comments.
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TwoForFood - View all reviews by this user
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Friday, August 10, 2007