Reviews Panton Yokocho

Came in for a quick bite, was surprised to see how spacious this noodle bar is. It’s great not to see table crammed in against each other. The noodle was good. I thought it would be a quick and cheap bite but the service took awhile and the price is just the same as you would expect anywhere else in London. My partner went for the vegan cheese ramen. For me, it’s bizarre. It’s just a tomato spaghetti with too much sauce.

Very atmospheric place. Authentic Japanese food with the music, decoration and style. Food is simply delicious. We have had different dishes and all of them were melting in the mouth. They provided an outstanding service whole night long. Honestly, even after being in many Japanese restaurants this one remains in top 5 list.

I visit every-time I’m in London and the food is always great, really love their ramen specifically the Spicy Tori Paitan Ramen if you like spicy food. The service however isn’t as great as before. It takes a long time to get their attention, place an order or to even ask for the bill and it wasn’t a busy day when I went. I’ve had better service before but hopefully it improves going forward.

Was walking around Piccadilly circus area and passed the Japan Centre, which contains this restaurant and also a Japanese grocery store! Even on a Saturday evening the restaurant wasn't busy, I got a table instantly. The food came fast and was very good ! You can order yourself through a QR code or through the servers. The service was friendly, and I liked the ambience and aesthetic of the restaurant. Would definitely recommend it!

We loved the food and the atmosphere couldn't be better. However, as tourists that never visited this place before, we were expecting to have staff take our order and we were not given any indication that you had to place your order and pay scanning a qr code. When we placed the order, the staff just served our food and that was it. Kind of a cold way to treat a customer.

I love this place, the ramen are always delicious and the karaage chicken is probably my favourite in all of London. However, it always seems likes there aren't enough staff based on how long someone remembers to pay attention to the door to seat arriving guests. Countless times I've been left standing waiting to be seated, with staff glancing over but never approaching and then going off to do other things, which is never the best way to start a meal.

We were sort of reluctant to visit Panton Yokocho because of the ratings on Google, but we still decided to give it a try. 🍜 The food was really excellent. Ramens were great, there's an open kitchen and you can chose toppings, firmness of the noodles, or even ask for extra noodles to finish your broth. Chicken karaage was also very tasty, well marinated and crunchy. 🍣 The Salmon Poké was also very tasty, and with a good quantity of salmon too! 🇯🇵 Very nice atmosphere, pretty quiet, with lots of vintage japanese decorations and popculture references. What a place! Loved the details. 👨🏻‍🍳 As for the part that, in my opinion, is why the restaurant suffers from some bad reviews - the service. We were greeted pretty nicely by our hostess but, once we were seated, we were left on our own for about 10-15 minutes. There's a QR code on the table so it might be the reason why no waiter came until we asked twice for someone. Once we ordered, the food came very quickly. But we felt very unwelcomed by R...sh, crew leader working that night. At the end of the meal, when we tried to redeem a discount we were eligible to (TheFork app), he tried to deny us the discount by stating that only set menus were eligible for TheFork discount - which turned out to be false. Ultimately, R...sh did apply the discount, but battling on the check is never a nice way to end an evening... ⭐ I still put 5 stars because 1. Food was great - and affordable for this part of London 2. Everyone can have bad nights and we're human - so maybe the crew leader wasn't in his best mood. 3. The crew was really nice, especially the incredible José that pretty much saved the evening with his positive attitude, great service, and way of presenting the plates !

very beautiful interior. the melon soda takes you straight back to japan! it was so delicious. the ramen broth is also very rich, the eggs perfectly jammy. overall i would definitely return here !