Sushi Bar Tokiya

The ambiance isn't particularly appealing and the service might seem slow to some people, BUT the food indeed is authentic and very well hand-made. Both my wife and me enjoyed it already for two times to our hearts' content. In particular the Grilled Salmon Sushi was just mindblowing. I do hope they keep up their business and maybe invest a bit in their speed ;)

Unfortunately, the food wasn't at all what I was expecting for a Japanese restaurant. The rice didn't even taste like Japanese rice is supposed to taste, the miso soup was flavourless, and the sushi, well, it was almost impossible to distinguish the fish from the other ingredients in the sushi roll. You're obviously not putting enough fish if people don't know what they are eating....tuna, salmon, mackerel?....it was almost just rice....but as I said before, not even the rice was right.

Went there today with a friend. First off, the lady takes ages to even look up for attention. She was so devoted doing her job, and it takes forever. She did give a friend note that the sushi will take a long time as the sushi queue was long. Reading the review here sounded the place offers good sushi. In a way yes. This is the first restaurant that has the gut to put wasabi within the sushi. Quite authentic. But the quality of the food totally not correlated to the price you pay in a negative way. My friend tried his all time favorite teriyaki chicken (rice is separated) , the chicken was tender with a good lean and fat portion. However, they put in way too little sauce, and the rice i ate was half cold. I had regular sushi set, miso soup, and another roll. For the price, i expected much higher quality. For the price more expensive than Wasabi, the portion is not only smaller, it has way less ingredients in it. Otherwise, i would just go to wasabi and even the half priced sushi is better than some of the sushi in Tokiya. Then the sushi set and the roll. The nigiri sushi was disappointed with the price. The fish is room temperature, and the rice was warm. And for the price is totally not worth the roll with eel. It was small, and the rice is slightly dry. Finally not to mention it took another ages to get her attention to signal we want the bill. Then we waited so long that we had to walked up to her to pay. I am so disappointed in the service, the price, and most importantly the food quality.

I go for the sushi...what's written on the chalk board. It is some of the best I have had in London. The gyoza are also good, as is the seaweed salad. Yes, it is small, the service can be well meaning but awkward; and sometimes my wife and I are the only ones there. It ain't a party place, I suppose. But the fish (at least that on the board) is so fresh, we are always amazed. That's the fourth star.