Aburi Japanese Restaurant in Islington

Always bring my friends here since the food is amazing, love love lvoe

It was delicious and cosy place

Went there for a quick lunch being a uni student and the service was very welcoming. I had a miso ramen which was nice however I felt I was just given the fat portion of the pork on it. Otherwise the atmosphere is nice it feels like you have walked in to a restaurant in Japan. The only reason why I gave it a 4 star for atmosphere is because the kitchen can be tucked away or shown and displayed properly rather than having kitchen utensils on display. Overall a nice experience and will be going back.

Best food and friendly customer services. Just love it abd highly recommend it

First time In this restaurant,and might say there is no difference between London and Aburi. Swift service,great recommendations,they even got a sweet plum wine. Plus it’s in a middle of gorgeous “old town street” Cherry on a top they were only place who,helped me to charge my phone. Big up for that. For was great, as especially for a price which they ask for. See you next time!

the place is a little small but the food was fresh and good. Worth the price! tried the lunch set salmon teriyaki. generous portion as well.

One of my favourite restaurants ,the reason is they sell foods that look so appealing in its looks.😋🍱

The food is pretty good. But didn't like that they took 12.5% of service without notice.

I did deliveroo and absolutely enjoyed the food. It is rare to eat raw shrimp sushi in London so I was delighted to find them! The rolls were all very nice too. They gave us enough chopsticks and soysauce which also was a plus. They were a bit slow in preparation but we ordered a lot so😀

Delicious food served in big portions and service is welcoming.

Just the quality food is enough for 5 star.

Reserved a place but gave it to someone else despite coming on time. The waitress is super rude. Would not recommend

Amazing food and environ. The Chicken katsu was the best. Go starved.

Love their bentos and sashimi set! Reasonable price.

Nice service with fair price, good vibe in the restaurant, fresh quality and excellent taste ! Definitely come back for more !

Ordered sushi from here on Deliveroo - all the sushi rolls were drowning in sauce. Not sure why they do this. Soggy sushi doesn't taste great.

Excellent and authentic Japanese food, was my second time going in a week and I’d do it again! The sushi is very very good and I also liked the tonkatsu curry. Prices might be a bit high however it is so worth it, given how good the taste is.

Delicious local Japanese restaurant, far better than others in the area. The lunchtime special Chicken Teriyaki with Gyoza and miso soup is excellent: well cooked, good quality chicken, perfectly crisp on top Gyoza and miso soup as it should be. Highly recommend.

Really beautiful food. Massively impressed. The sushi, the starters and the curry were all fabulous.

Wouldn’t recommend this place. I don’t think the chef is Japanese, so you won’t be getting authentic Japanese food here. Also the waitress was quite rude. As I planned to leave, she noticed that I didn’t finish my drink and asked me if there’s anything wrong with it (in a very unpleasant tone) as if she’s blaming me for not finishing the drink?? She made me very uncomfortable and I will never go back again.

Small restaurant with a kind lady that manages the clients. The food is very good and you could really think to be in Japan. Broad range of choises for the meals. Good drinks and prices

Ordered bento, was roughly 23 with service fee. I'll say it's worth the price. Tempura was perfectly fried, sashimi was delicious and the slices were generous, fish and the sauce on it was also delicious. The price is a bit high but worth it.

Delicious food and very kind people. Highly recommend veggie tempura and sashimi salad.

If you ara around London and want REAL JAPANESE FOOD you most come here. A small place but delicious and reasonable prices.

The food is always incredibly fresh and tasty, the flavours are rich and consistent, the prices are fair, the service is lovely, honestly could never let me down

Never going there again, had a very unpleasant conversation with a member of staff over the phone blaming me for ordering and not showing up based on me saying my FIRST name only. I was regular customer for quite a while and it came as a huge surprise that they remembered me as a cheating customer I never was rather than a person that once ordered over 15 bento boxes and carried them single handedly, LOL. I totally understand the practice of blacklisting customers for certain things, but you need to be sure it's the right guy. I felt so insulted, ruined my day. Shame!!!

Delicious ramen; the soup was full of flavour and the prawn tempura was light and crisp. Would highly recommend

Excellent Japanese food at a reasonable price.

Real find. Friendly staff and proper カキフライ

Hands down the best chicken teriyaki bento I've had I've literally been here 6 times and ordered the same thing. Also get the Tori Kara soooooo gooood

Had a takeway tempura bento last week and was really impressed! It contained some slightly pickled/vinegared cabbage and some tamago too which was a nice suprise! Wasn't expecting it to be as tasty as it was so really quite happy and will be going again.

Fantastic meal here this evening! Lovely katsu curry and my mrs had the sushi which looked sooo good! Definitely going back!

Very surprised by this little Japanese restaurant, food was delicious and the ingredients tasted very fresh, me and my friends ordered the Donburi, chicken katsu curry and sashimi! Highly recommended. Very friendly staff as well

Fabulous little gem! The tempura batter was light, tasty and not overly oily, gyozas had perfect texture and juicy inside, and the rolls are out of this world. My favourite was the unagi rolls, unfortunately I was too eager to dig in and didn't take pics. I know I will be back for bento boxes next!

Friendly, decent portions, smells yummy and taste good. Though tad pricey for the location and takeaway.

Sadly the staff are a bit rude and I think racist. I was here for lunch, had my sushi served to my table. Was half way through eating it when a large group walked in. The staff member told me to move to another table quite rudely. Not wanting to cause a scene as I needed to be at my work appointment on time, I complied and moved to another table with my plate and drink. One of the people from the large group thanked me. Nothing said from the staff or owner of this. Really coloured my experience of this place. I don't subscribe to racism or rudeness in any form. So will not be back, as they seemingly favour and give precedence to certain customers over others.

Excellent sashimi, the lunch bentos are superb value, backed by friendly service. We loved the food so much that all 3 of us ended up doing takeaways for our partners to taste. If there was one thing to improve it would just be the jasmine tea, rest everything is flawless.

Good lunch place So glad there is udon 🍜🍜🍜

Good sushi and affordable! Restaurant run by a family, all of them are lovely. We also got some ramen for take away and the quality was pretty good. I would recommend for a quick casual lunch/dinner!

The food is amazing and Good service.👍

Simply excellent. Japanese food in London is abysmal compared to my home country so I was pleasantly surprised by how fantastic this place is. Portions are huge, the food is delicious and the owners are so friendly. Expect longer wait times because they make everything to order, but it's worth it! Can't find a single bad thing to say otherwise.

Great food and lovely people running the place. Generous portions in the bento boxes.

I was delighted when this cosy Japanese restaurant opened very close to my front door! And Goswell Road has certainly needed it, as we have few choices for smart eating out around here. Go at lunchtime if you can , when the Bento boxes are great value, be it with tempura vegetables in fairy-light batter, or salmon teriyaki. And their tofu in a heavenly broth is worth fighting for. And you'd never know the chefs are Chinese, not Japanese..

Very affordable, healthy, and good quality food! We loved the teriyaki bento box and enjoyed the free miso soup. Would definitely recommend this place for easy to eat Japanese if you are around the area.

Really an amazing place to eat Japanese food

It's a bit pricey but very delicious food

fresh and delicious，highly recommend.

Great food, amazing hospitality.

Dish i wanted to order was lunch or takeaway only (for no logical reason). So they would cook it for me but i would have to eat it outside?! Went somewhere else...wont be returning.

Small place but dishes are good.

Aburi is my fav japanese restaurant in this part of London. The fish is super fresh, the tuna especially is to die for. Staff are lovely, quick service and moderate price.

I like this place, it's pretty no nonsense. That price for the lunch bento is reasonable but the portion size is slightly smaller than at other bento places. I had really nice sales mackerel and the ramen was also nice. Food is good quality and delicious, also, they're open on Sundays which is great in this area of London.

Worst Service I have experienced, i was welcomed and made seat on one of the table which i chose. I ordered A Pint of Beer Asahi which came up not filled properly as per the standard and i i had to send it back and than the measure was correct. For food i ordered Spicy Tonkotsu Miso Ramen as i like Ramen, i said let me try the above one, it was not that good but will give an average rating. On the other tables for other customers in a bowl may be soup or a tea was served like a welcome drink and i was neglected and not served which made me felt why i came to this restaurant where i am not treated well... I went to the counter to ask for the receipt, being given worst service they put 12.5% service charge which i asked to remove as i was not pleased with the service they offered and they way they treated me being a customer. Also when i told the lady who served me about why m not paying the service charge instead of talking in English to the Chef, she started speaking in her own language which is not right and i was not knowing what they are communicating. Please avoid this place as the waitresses dont know to treat the customers. Thanks. I would go in Wagamama and grab food to go and enjoy it rather than expecting better service standards at this place. Avoit it

The food tasted awful. I'm not an expert in sushi and I enjoy a lot average quality sushi like the one from chains, but I couldn't even force myself to finish this one..

Great spot to grab a bite to eat for lunch.

This is a Chinese-run restaurant. I asked if the rice in a bento I was interested in could be swapped out for a fried egg, because I wouldn't be eating the rice, and the waitress went to ask the chef in Chinese. He was very rude to her when he asked why, and said "I have no time". They were all standing around doing nothing and it appears it didn't occur to him that I could understand their entire exchange perfectly. I didn't like his attitude so I left. The waitress was lovely and polite. Chef, I asked because I'm on a specific diet for this week, and I didn't want to waste your food. The silliest thing was that I was sitting facing a woman who had just finished her meal and had not touched her rice. So when I'm off this diet after this week, I'll know not to come back. Great job!

need to fix the open time. it says it is open all day but actually have a lunch break. it was really annoying considering there is nothing else to eat around here

A nice little Japanese restaurant, a little on the pricey side but really tasty food, I would recommend!

I saw the review they discount 20% if we pay in cash, but they didn't. Maybe now is changed. Good taste but every food was small a bit. Expensive. Staff didn't smile even though they take 12% service fee...

Not the most authentic japanese tried... just average

Whether authentic or not, topping Gyu Don with mayonnaise is simply awful.

I ordered via deliveroo food was disgusting two bento boxes missing food teriyaki no sauce stale chicken and salmon

Recommend katsu curry ..x very nice an friendly

Been there many times, good food, but price is not cheap.

A very small but clean restaurant that provides very fresh food closed to the escape room Angel. We ordered 4 plates to share between 4 girls for £61 and it feels just ok.

Found this little gem recently. The price is a little too high, but the food is addictive. Try the teriyaki salmon donburi.

Really love this restaurant. I've been here a bunch of time. Staff are super nice, food is amazing, and prices are not too high either. Quite a new place as well. Would recommend.

The first time I found a hair in the dish in London. I ordered a chirashi don. The solution they offered me is to make a new one for me, I agreed since I simply want to have a dinner. But guess what, the second chirashi don doesn't contain the same element as the first one. When I question them why the crab sticks are missing they said nothing and simply added to the don. Never trust a Japanese restaurant opened by CHINESE! I don't have the picture of the hair as I didn't decided to write such comment when they said they will make a new one. What really irritated and annoyed me is their attitude, when I found out there were something missing from the second don.

Fresh and tasty fish. Good for eating in and takeout. Will go again.

Really great food - loved the queen's roll especially. Planning our next visit already.

Amazing food, great service. I’ll definitely come here again.

Awesome small Japanese restaurant. Huge menu of delicious food. Everything we tried was spot on and miso soup on the house. Friendly service with a real family atmosphere. Loved it.

Tried takoyaki, back cod nigiri, salmon and tuna maki and some inside out tuna and avocado roll. Delicious

Can’t believe I have never been to this place! I work around this area and the food options for asian food is pretty scarce. So glad I found this place! Food is great, authentic enough for London. Sushi is fresh, portions are huge for the price, and service is adequate. Teriyaki chicken Bento set is only £7.50!

First time going here and the food and service was amazing! Pictured is the Chicken Katsu curry which was delicious and I also had the Geso Kara (deep fried squids) which were great starters. Would definitely come back here again.

Absolutely delicious. Come here often and tried different bento boxes and sushis and they have all been fantastic. Maybe even better than eat Tokyo. Service is good too.

Had several takeaways here and enjoyed them all, especially think that the £7.50 Bento boxes are great value as they come with Miso soup.

The food was decent. However, the service was literally POOR. There are some waitress. One of them ( i think she is Chinese) is giving the poorest service that i’ve ever got in London. If they wanna be a good restuarant, they should change the waitress at first. To the potential customers, please be aware of poor service i’m quite serious.

Donburi份量超多，一个女生的话可能吃不完一整碗。味道很好，价格也不错。

I live and work in the area and have been to their restaurant and also got take a way few times with my colleagues. Each time, food is good and they provide good service. Yes it may not 100% perfectly same as what you get in Japan but we are in UK and their price is very reasonable compare to other Japanese restaurant. I think they are trying very hard and we are happy with experience each time so I rate 5 star for their hospitality and standard of food against its price. I know there is no Japanese staff but doesn't really matter for me and my colleagues and we are Japanese :)

Food is of good value when they did their 20% off paying cash deal, but found a large fish bone as well as some cut up black plastic packaging wrap inside my sushi... May just be teething problems but I shouldn’t have to dissect each piece of my maki roll.

Lovely izakaya type place on goswell road. We tried the sushi, yaki tori, miso black cod, mango mochi... It was all delicious, and we'll be back to try more!