It is a brilliant place to have a drink downstairs with bits of wasabi.
Loved this place. I got to sit down stairs with my friend which was lovely and quiet. We were by ourselves so it was great for us to have a chat.The food was great and the service was good. Nice place!
Beautiful Japanese dining experience!
I had the edamame, spinach seasame, chicken gyoza, Japanese omelette, Inari for start: and everything was so perfect and tasty.
Also had the spicy salmon, tuna avocado, and shrimp tempura and asparagus rolls. I couldn’t pick a favourite because each and every was delicious with fresh seafood. Quickly swiped out all of them!
Then had the chicken katsu with rice and the teriyaki chicken donburi. The katsu was perfectly fried, one of my favourites. And the donburi literally took me to the authentic flavours of japan.
Accompanied by hot sake. Oh! Lovely experience, great food great hospitality, worth visiting again!
excellent sushi place.
cozy and reasonable price.
fish are all fresh and very healthy.
Chef's selection of sushi is nice value and good volume.
Really fatty salmon.
you can have healthy salad with lots of colorful vegetable.
all of my female friends are really delight.
this is real Japanese healthy cuisine with nice atomosphere.
thank you so much.
Cocoro brought me back to the days I spent travelling in Japan... It's an unpretentious venue when looking from outside, which offers you the best Japanese food has to offer. From the sushi to the ramens, not forgetting the Anko pastries for dessert (the traditional red beans paste)... all wrapped around a true Japanese-style venue and a very welcoming staff. To take the most out of your visit, I recommend you to stay downstairs, with the added benefit of the extra privacy created by the tables' layout. Can't wait to my next visit!
Filipe Passos-Coelho
+4.5
As a fan of sushi, this was a nice discovery. Well prepared, and done quickly. I recommend the basement-level part of the restaurant for a more authentic experience, shoe-less included. Just be aware and patient with the staff, as their command of English is not phenomenal: don't let that put you off.
Flavour: 4/5
Price for portion: 2.5/5
Service: 4.5/5
Venue/ambiance: 4/5
X-factor: ramen toppings
Overall experience: 4/5
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Way back before the ramen revolution hit London, my first experience of ramen was at Cocoro. It’s a Japanese restaurant just off Oxford Street and on its full menu, they offered ramen. My memory of the ramen was a nice soup but dry pork chashu. Just for ramen wars, I decided to return to where it all began.
Cocoro is a neighbourhood gem. I discovered it several years ago walking down Marylebone lane. It is unassuming in appearance from the exterior and looks incredibly small when you first walk in. However, there is another floor downstairs where tables are real Japanese style i.e. shoes off and sitting on the ground.
The menu is extensive and authentic, serving everything from sea urchin to takoyaki to natto, as well as any dish you would expect from a Japanese restaurant in London.
Everything is extremely fresh and beautifully presented. My favourite dish here has to be the butterfish tataki with truffle jelly. I haven't seen this anywhere else, so I highly recommend trying it.
Ok but a bit pricey given that much better quality food is around the corner at Atariya. However, the restaurant decor is nice and you can sit down for a relatively quiet meal, although you will have to pay for this privilege. Not much though for their corner of town.
Good food in Marylebone. We went for a dinner after shopping. Sushi was amazing especially dragon rolls, which was well presented. Usually I would not really expect on delicious deserts in Japanese restaurants, but after having Yuzu cheese cake, it completely changed my theory!! Yuzu is citrus in Japanese by the way.
Reasonable, for the area but don't go out of your way. Having nearly died with shock at the prices at Defune, round the corner, I thought I would try this little place on Marylebone Lane. It's not fancy but it's fairly reliable. They do get things a bit wrong and sometimes there is a communication issue but it's good value for the quality of cooking even if it's not the very finest of Japanese cuisine.
They do a lot of set lunches and it's a great little lunchtime place. I have eaten there in the evening and it's worth sitting at the sushi bar and speaking to the sushi chef to try and get the best cuts.
We went there for sukiyaki and sukiyaki only. Heard that they had a sukiyaki all-you-can-eat, which was also the thing that attracted us in the first place, but they don’t seem to have this offer anymore.
Loved the flavour, definitely one of the best we have ever tried in Europe. Meat could be fresher though.
Tried their takoyaki and desserts as well. The former was very meh, the octopus bite was so tiny that you couldn't even taste it... the latter was surprisingly good.
Very limited seating space too - reservations sound like a wise choice.
This authentic Japanese restaurant has many Japanese food options at the heart of London! The service is fantastic even though the dining space is limited. Highly recommended!
For the quality of the food and services, amazingly inexpensive. I had a tuna domburi and tempura set for my lunch and it was wonderful quality and very good portion size as well. I was with my work colleagues and some of them were severely delayed like 30 mins or longer. We ordered everything including meals for the delayed colleagues and asked the staff to serve when they eventually will come but no idea when. The staff somehow served fairly immediately when they arrived. Perhaps they were already cooked and reheated just before being served but my colleagues never complained or anything so assuming the food was fine. Really impressive services. Staff members were friendly and polite as well as efficient.
Fantastic food, great service and authentic Japanese feel to This place makes me want to return to this restaurant. Fresh seafood, and great selection of Japanese wines, desserts too
Had an impromptu late lunch on Sunday, so glad we did as I’d forgotten how good it is! Amazing food, amazing service and very authentic. See you soon.
Good sushi, generous portion for this price in London. The staff are Japanese and they are very friendly and polite.
Excellent restaurant, cozy atmosphere, attentive service, reasonable prices and had a wonderful dinner. Sushi was fresh, rice was very good and overall a great experience! Will certainly come back again!
We were seated in the basement in a typical separate Japanese low table but with a place for the feet.
The dishes were unbelievably umami!
The service was friendly and explanatory. They only forgot one dish but we didn't mind at all.
Really extensive menu rare for a good restaurant,great staff
Nice and busy atmosphere!
Authentic Japanese restaurant using fresh ingredients with reasonable price.
Everything is perfect, from sashimi to dessert, even the tableware and sake cups are fabulous.
Highly recommend Tako Wasabi, foie gras don, chef's special nigiri, miso glazed black cod and Hamachi Kama.
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