Bentoya in Edinburgh, City of

Reminded me of my trip to Japan last year around the same time. Really nice and cosy atmosphere and great choice of Japanese dishs and drinks

Pretty disappointing experience sadly. We were seated downstairs in a very cold room, ordered the wagyu beef which was so chewy we had to send it back. We then had the katsu instead and that was pretty dry and served only with rice and what seemed like half a raw egg. The veg tempura though was delicious.

Really a delightful experience! Wonderful service…. Excellent SAKE and Delicious Food! Yay!! Definitely Try It! Great Spot!

I was very disappointed with the A3 wagyu katsu curry with rice. Wagyu cut had tendons across the piece and made it impossible to chew properly; definitely not possessing the culinary skills to handle wagyu for £32. Rice was a bit soggy to go with curry, another miss. Sashimi was ok but the white squid and octopus on white crushed ice was totally not eye-pleasing for Japanese presentation. Tables were closely packed together, too close to be comfortable really.

One of the best experiences. The food was perfect, the place was cozy with beautiful Japanese aesthetic, impeccable vibes, the staff was kind.

Best place for sushi I have found in Edinburgh!! So many options on the menu and they are alllll delicious :) everything is very reasonably priced as well

Very good restaurant. Quick service and very good food for a fair price. I recommend

Never disappoint. Always the best place for sushi and remen in Edinburgh

Fantastic service, great food and nice atmosphere

Genuinely good food. A bit expensive but worth to try for a date

Unreal food and lovely relaxing atmosphere. Staff were also very friendly and attentive so highly recommend 🙌🏻

Really tasty and authentic food and atmosphere. The service is attentive without fussing and the restaurant is well priced for really good ingredients.

Ramen and sushi very good. Very attentive and polite service. I liked it a lot

Good atmosphere and friendly staff. Food was good but some of the competition for me is slightly better.

My photos didn't do it justice! We were craving from East Asian food and came across this place. It was very busy but they managed to squeeze us two in without a table reservation. Friendly and attentive staff. We ordered salt and pepper calamari, ramen, and a salmon bento box that came with a miso soup. Everything was brilliant. My salmon bento box was amazing and memorable. The salmon literally melted in my mouth. Fresh Scottish salmon indeed. Thank you for the enjoyable dinner!

Very very tasty food. My food came very quickly. Really recommended, very tasty. 🥰

It was loud and crowded, tables put very tighy together and music blasting. The service was okay, they were fast. But the worst part was the food... We both got sick on our stomach after eating there, better to have gone for a mcdonalds than this place. At least I wouldn't feel like throwing up 15 minutes after aeting. Taste-wise, too salty. Bad experience all in all.

Best Japanese restaurant I've been to. Visit at least a couple of times per month, staff are always first class and always remember our order!

I went here on a casual date here with my girlfriend and it was really nice. Not too expensive and you get what you pay for ( I was stuffed afterwards). Ps the food comes really quickly and the serve was really friendly :) would defo recommend

Great food, really nice. We just popped in for a pre-theatre snack / meal and were pleasantly surprised.

Great food, and friendly service!

Superb food, great friendly service. Strongly recommend it! Had both the Gyu Beef Don and the Salmon Bowl. Book it in advance. Cheers from Brazil! 🇧🇷

Amazing experience, can you eat good sushi in the UK? Yes, I would say, you will find the answer in Edinburgh in this fantastic restaurant, a few steps from the center in a very well-kept and clean internal location, the quality of the dishes is really high, from rolls to ramen, I highly recommend trying the sashimi, the price it's right with the quality shown and the service was really great

Such a sweet place. The surroundings were really pretty and the staff were very attentive and friendly. The food was delicious - I had the pumpkin croquettes, cucumber maki and grilled cheesy dragon rolls, all of which were really tasty. The torched salmon on the rolls was especially memorable. Warm sake was great too. Would love to go back next time I'm in Edinburgh.

Lovely aesthetic restaurant and food. Lots of options of food on menu

Came here with my boyfriend and we loved it! The waitresses were attentive and kind, the food was delicious and it’s a really cute, cosy place with a quaint atmosphere. Perfect now that it’s getting colder. 10/10

We ordered wagyu sukiyaki and a large sashimi platter. There were fish bones in the sashimi and small black flying insects in the ramen. Apart from giving us a new ramen, there was no sign of anything. Unless you actively call the waiter, you will never notice. You, we have to clean up the dishes after we finish them. The restaurant that used to be good is getting worse and worse. I feel very sad and will not come again.

The food and service here is always top notch! And brilliant vegetarian options. Very cosy theming and decor. Love this restaurant!

Great food and service in early evening on a Saturday.

Favourite sushi restaurant in Edinburgh. It’s small, so make sure you make a reservation and you’re ok with tight tables seating but very worth it for the amazing sushi they serve!

I’ve visited Bentoya just before a theatre event, I was short of time so did not manage to enjoy their full line up to my liking but the 3 items I had were great. I have started with the chicken yakitori - this arrived within minutes of ordering and it was the perfect first bite to diminish the initial hunger. As seconds I had some of their sashimi offers - as I did not have time I only went with 2 kinds which were the salmon and the fatty tuna - salmon was fresh as you’d expect it to be from Scottish salmon. The fatty tuna was surprisingly good - also tasted fresh - a bit on a colder side to what I prefer but if I was not in a rush I would have left it to get to a bit closer to room temperature. Last I finished with the A3 katsu curry - which was really good and fatty as you expect it from wagyu. The atmosphere is great as well- just make sure you book ahead of time to guarantee a table. When I’m back in Edinburgh next I’ll definitely come again.

Une carte qui donne très envie ! La nourriture est excellente et les serveuses très sympa. Elles ont été à notre écoute même si on ne parlait pas très bien anglais. Le lieu est très mignon et bien décoré. Je recommande fortement

Absolutely lovely restaurant and they also have a few other restaurants which are also good. Good staff and excellent food

The food was very tasty and the service was great!

Small, cozy place with excellent quality dishes.

Really good food, a wide variety of dishes. Food came fast but service was a little slow, it was a busy night though! Really nice decor and atmosphere, good food presentation! Avocado Maku: good presentation, really creamy and tasty. Tofu Katsu Curry: Panko coated tofu was amazing with the sauce. Potato and carrot makes the meal really hearty!

I've been there twice, it's a lovely wee place, the food is beautiful with a fair selection, staff are friendly and prices reasonable. They have a bottle of (maybe tap) water at each table, which I think it's very nice. I'm not sure if booking is mandatory, but I'd advise you to book as it is small-ish and pretty busy.

Food was good but service was bad! Staff are not listening and the delivering of order was not consistent! The Other table ordered late by 40 mins with same item but they were served first! Very bad service! They were only catering the other locals but not us. Visit here if your not hungry.

My favourite sushi spot in Edinburgh. So underrated! Service is great and the food is always high quality.

I simply fell in love with this restaurant when you arrive at the reception and the service is wonderful, not to mention the food, WOW, it comes in large portions, for the price, the flavors are fresh, everything is made very quickly, I didn't have to wait long even though the restaurant was full of people, I will definitely go back, everything was wonderful.

Lovely food and friendly service. It made for a perfect present Ed fringe show experience

Absolutely amazing and fresh food, fast and friendly service. Must try authentic Japanese

Absolutely delicious! Great menu, the food arrived promptly and the staff were very friendly and efficient! Ramen was to die for and so were the starters Absolutely recommend!! Will definitely be back. Thanks Bentoya Team😊👍

Great sushi and other japanese fare. Wife and I have been here many times but I always forget to take pictures so I haven't reviewed it before now. The food here isn't trying anything new, but it does what it does well. Not even going to pretend to know how to spell the japanese names for the dishes, but we had; Fried Calamari, lovely buttery taste pairs well with the spicy mayo. 7/10 Octopus balls, crunchy on the outside, gooey on the inside. Great stuff 8/10 Miso soup, their miso has a great depth of flavour and I get it basically every time, 8/10 The venue is fairly small and usually pretty popular so you might struggle to walk in without a booking if you're a larger group, but for a group of 2-4 you should have no issues. It's a little bit on the pricey side, but if you like good japanese food this is place to get it.

Full of delicious food, friendly service.

Food has lost a lot of quality and they completely changed recipes for much worse (the Teriyaki Salmon Donburi was probably the worst of them all, and the Spider Fotomaki cannot match the previous Spider Roll). Very disappointed. Not going back after many years of being a loyal customer. My previous review years ago was 4 stars.

Bentoya used to be great, my partner and I have been going there since 2017. The menu has changed recently and the food has, sadly, lost a lot of quality. Great dishes, such as the Spider Roll have been removed and the replacements are not nice. They also used to do a delicious teriyaki salmon on a hot plate. That was changed a few years ago to a donburi, that was nice until this new change adding raw egg and removing peppers and soy. The quality has also dropped, the salmon is often burnt and the gyozas aren't as good, I think they switched brand. It feels sad as we used to love coming here to celebrate but we are very unlikely to return.

Lovely small restaurant. The Crispy Ebi Roll sushi was very good! The Chicken Katsu curry was pretty average. The Crazy Tonkatsu Ramen was okay. However, the pork in it was not appetising to eat. Great service though and highly recommended for the sushi.

Every time we want sushi 🍣, we go to Bentoya❤️ Delicious, friendly staff, good location.

Great authentic Japanese food. Nice service and good environment. Highly recommend. Sorry to be only passing by.... I would like to have this place as my regular weekend restaurant!

Helpful staff and a great variety of food in a cosy environment. Would definitely recommend the new vegan sushi rolls inari and enoki. They were fantastic!

The food is tasty enough, but it did not amaze me. Perhaps the flavour combinations were unexpected. I had a Tokyo roll and an Eda Inari roll. Also had some pumpkin croquettes, which were good but it's hard to go wrong there. The rolls seemed a bit too pricey for the ingredients used. I would definitely come back to try a bento box or a wagyu sandwich but perhaps not soon. All in all a solid choice although not mind blowing.

Thank you for having a vegan menu available! There were so many wonderful options!

Very nice food, a comfort after a long tiresome day traveling edinburgh. The price of food was reasonable and the ramen was cooked well. Sushi was nice as well.

Stunningly fresh, great service. Delicious seafood

Literally the best restaurant ever. Good prices and service is 10/10

The food is good and Samantha provides excellent customer service. Overall, my experience is great.

Interesting and tasty food from a great menu.

The food was mindlessly soooooo delicious , I guess I might not forget the taste , should I say I don't want to , way traditional ramen and octopus balls were crazy good and the gyoza was so crunchy outside , gave me best ramen foodcoma., was indulged in eating them , forgot to picture much

Really good Japanese place in Edinburgh. Tempura prawns and chicken kaarage really good. Wagyu don really great, beef soft and melt in mouth. Pan fried gyoza really good, nice texture rather than deep fried or steam other places do. Sear salmon nigiri was excellent. Only downside was sashimi didn't seem too fresh. Will definitely try again.

What a fabulous little restaurant. We had two nights in Edinburgh and arrived very late on the first night and Bentoya was the only place that could still feed us and with a smile. It was SO lovely we cancelled our reservation elsewhere for the following night and went back. 100% recommend.

Very reasonably priced sushi, which was all fresh and tasty. I ordered the teriyaki salmon donburi which was very good. the waitress also recommended a saki which turned out to be very tasty. Would definitely recommend if craving some authentic Japanese food in Edinburgh!

The restaurant is very beautiful and the food is delicious. The eel rice is a little fishy but still delicious.

Amazing everything. Thank you to Linn for serving us and the remaining staff all very friendly and kind. Food was magnificent 😋

Cozy place with great food and nice drink selection (incl. Soju and Japanese beer). Great place to enjoy Japanese food 😋

Always lovely, excited to come back every time :)

Amazing as always and Lynn was very kind and took care of every detail.

Very good food and the service ✨ i really recommend this restaurant

It’s delicious. Come and eat it.

Amazing place, I love the service and the food. One of my fav restaurants

Very good Japanese food. Recomended

One of my favorite sushi places in Edinburgh! There are a lot of options so you can find everytime something new to try. The service is fast and friendly.

Very good food, well presented and prepared. Brilliant Japanese restaurant, exactly what you want. Even able to accommodate larger groups if you let them know in advance.

Authentic japanese kitchen. A Mix of izakaya Style, wagyu grille and traditional regional japanese Styles. Duck was tasty and the Sushi Rolls and sashimi absolute fresh prepared. The sake assortment is original japanese taste. Japanese Whisky a try. Delicious and personal.

Staffs kept pushing us to leave even we didn’t finish our drinks. Foods are not bad, sushi rich is not sticky enough.

I was a regular customer and i ordered a lot from deliveroo. Lately they have put up the price which is fair but they are doing really bad in packing. I ordered a bento box today from deliveroo but the soup spilled all over the bag, it actually got into the bento and partly cooked my sashimi. Understandably it is part of the driver problem, but the server can wrap the soup with kitchen film rather than just tape the the top. I am quite disappointed

Superb little restaurant. Perhaps the best sushi I've ever eaten. Very nice atmosphere.

The Food and Ambience was pretty okay. But the service felt unprofessional and was provided with no cutlery. Had to ask separately for a bottle of water which should have been a courtesy to be provided first. I had high hopes and would not recommend anyone visiting edinburgh.

Outstanding food. Dozens of vegetarian and vegan options, clearly labeled.

Tasty and fresh sushi in Edinburgh. Fish was so fresh and you could taste the fresh vegetables in the potstickers

The sashimi was beautifully presented, fresh and delicious. The cutlet and yakitori also tasted like Japan. All the store staff were kind as well.

Amazing Ramen,Sushi & Tempura Simply best in Town and service from Ewejin was amazing Great place to be !!!

We were there last Sunday and got the last table, luckily without a reservation. A very cute little restaurant with nice service. Ramen soup was very tasty and the sushi was also very good. Going there again today

I went in with a craving for rice or noodles, but the sushi looked so good that I couldn't resist. I wasn't disappointed - looked great and tasted better. The chicken gyoza were excellent too. Very good - I'll be back.

This is very good japanese restaurant in Edinburgh. So gd that we came twice. The sushi was gd. We also tried stir fried noodles and bento. All were very gd. Highly recommend to make reservations as the place was full most of time.

First visit on Wednesday before a show at the Usher Hall. It's a compact but airy little restaurant with nice seating and decor. The staff were very attentive, polite, and friendly. Super varied menu with a lot to choose from, have to say I got distracted by looking at everything coming out of the kitchen. I ended up going for ramen, which was beautiful. It had a superb mix of flavour and spice. Will be sure and come back. Thank you

The food was fantastic, with generous serving sizes, and the service was outstanding.

Food was amazing.kind and friendly staff

The blandest ramen I ever tasted

Really lovely small restaurant. Staff were so nice and helpful and the food was delicious. Great vegan selection, ask for the separate vegan menu. We would love to go back and try more :)

They serve the real Japanese food! The ramen is delicious and I drink all the soup after finishing the ramen, so you can imagine that was amazing. The sushi was great too. The staff were very nice and friendly. Really worth to come back again.

£12.50 for a portion of noodles that was half filled not even a full portion. They said they don’t do the 10% discount anymore only for students. I’ve been a regular customer as I live nearby but this has now become a joke. You keep raising your prices and cutting from the portions. You will end up with no customers this way. Shame

The food is so good that I ate here twice this week. Staff are lovely and the food is excellent. It’s not a big restaurant but even without a booking they found me a space on Saturday evening. Earlier in the week I had ramen when dining with my friend, the second time I opted for sashimi (chef selection) and some crispy salmon skin maki and miso soup. I would recommend this restaurant to everyone and look forward to eating here again when I’m back in Edinburgh!

I've tried the sushi, ramen and some appetizers. Delicious food and good atmosphere.

Comfortable seating and cosy atmosphere, the menu had such an incredible selection we didn't know where to start but I can't recommend the Wagyu sushi and Red dragon roll enough. The Spider rolls and chilli squid were really popular with our party too, the portions are perfect but we couldn't stop ordering and eating. Thanks to their FOH team for a fantastic service.

Our final evening in Edinburgh and Littlest Foodie was missing her favourite Japanese Fusion food and found this restaurant only a short walk away. The interior is very sweet with a Japanses feel and the staff all have the same Kimono on over their own clothing which lends itself to an authentic Japanese experience. If you're wanting a fine dining experience you will be disappointed, but if you're young and enjoy Japanese Fusion food you're going to love it, most patrons were young and there is a great young, fun vibe here. Service is super speedy but if you ask them to slow down they are happy to do so and let you go at a slightly slower pace. Very reasonably priced, the food is very fresh and well cooked. I tried a couple of dishes that I hadn't heard of and really enjoyed everything.

Army style food. Two pathetic pieces of lettuce under hot food in a plastic container? Nasty chewy chicken?

Restaurant is very beautiful and the service is exceptional. We had sukiyaki with wagyu beef and it was amazing. Takoyaki is also very good.

Fast service, great food. Did find some confusion over orders and things didnt turn up, but not a huge issue

Absolutely fantastic, wish I lived closer