Bonzai Sushi Bar in Leicester

Very tasty, especially the set with a large shrimp, we didn't have to wait long, the atmosphere is great, there weren't many people, maybe because we were there on a working day.

Loved it! I have been dealing with morning sickness so made a staff member aware and asked for a bag incase I didn't make it to the bathroom, she checked up on me throughout the time we were there and brought over a glass of water. They let you take any left overs in a box and I loved all the sushi and the miso soup! The only thing both me and my partner noticed was that the takoyaki was a little bit raw in the middle but it was hot all the way through so in our opinion it was not dangerous just a little but of batter, over all it was an amazing experience and we will be going there again!! 9.5/10 for the whole experience!!

My favourite restaurant! They are amazing with allergies (I am allergic to a lot of stuff) and because they prepare everything fresh, they are able to alter stuff for me! Food is always 10/10 delicious. We always get a mixed selection to share and the staff are so lovely, friendly and again great with allergies

My favourite restaurant! They are amazing with allergies (I am allergic to a lot of stuff) and because they prepare everything fresh, they are able to alter stuff for me! Food is always 10/10 delicious. We always get a mixed selection to share and the staff are so lovely, friendly and again great with allergies

This is a fabulous little sushi restaurant, that sells more than just sushi. Staff were very attentive and ensured we had everything we needed for my son's birthday, even decorated around the table for us. Food came out hot and was delicious. We will definitely be back.

Absolutely amazing place! Must visit if you love Japanese cuisine. We had bento boxes and I couldn’t finish mine it was a super generous portion! And staff very genuine and polite! Highly recommend

Really nice food. Just not quite as nice as the one in Nottingham. And no lunch menu! 😔

Do you think this eel rice worth £15?! It is more like egg rice rather than eel rice.

So happy and satisfied with the services and hospitality offered by the staff at Bonzai Sushi Bar at Leicester! Truly incredible! Highly recommend 🙌🏻

I had a lovely time at Bonzai, we came for a birthday and the staff were incredibly kind and went above and beyond for our friend. The food was also amazing, will definitely be back

Food is nice, staff are friendly. Just a few things If they could improve would be perfect: 1) no heating in the restaurant, So a bit cold When sitting in 2)there is only one toilet shared by males/females/disabled, it's not convenient and the hygiene is not great. 3)maybe short of staff or sth, the service is slow and food preparation took Too long time.

The restaurant itself is fine (although there was a small scaffold tower up in the middle of the restaurant) and the service was also good. The food was quite average though. We had the Bonsai sharing starter which wasn't expensive at £16, but there were a lot of mini spring rolls and similar triangle filo parcels in it which didn't really taste of anything. Then we had the Deluxe sushi sharing platter. Whilst generous in terms of its size, it was let down by the fish and rice. The texture of the tuna for example felt a bit tough and grainy which is either down to quality or storage. The rice was quite stodgy and didn't taste like it had any seasoning in it. The uramaki and the salmon & squid (or cuttlefish) nigiri were the nicest items on the platter. There was soy sauce and wasabi on the table but no pickled ginger was served with the sushi as you would expect. I'm sure we could have asked for some but we didn't.

Amazing Japanese food! Definitely going again. Helpful staff & highly recommend, the best noodles & best sushi!

Nice sushi place, open late, never too busy, usually can walk in. Used have issues paying now that's sorted and they have a card machine. Food is great. Recommend the 'white tiger' and 'bonzai roll'. The 'Takoyaki' starter is incredible just be careful you don't burn your mouth.

Amazing sushi! Really recommend this place, staff were lovely as well.

Very nice food and very good with my allergy. Lovely vibe and friendly staff. Food is absolutely lovely. If your ever in Leicester you must visit

Rainbow sushi is sooo nice. Fried noodle is nice too

Really good for a sushi experience! The service was good and quick! The platters of sushi take a bit of time but they are really good! They don't take card unless you do a bank transfer and they take cash! Definitely worth going again!

I had a sushi+nigiri set and a glass of wine. It was very good. Staff is very friendly. Place looks nice but I think they had water leak problems when I was there which causes unpleasant atmosphere (buckets and signs around the place). To sum it up, I will definitely go there again to taste ramen and unagi dishes.

Fabulous food Wonderful service 10/10 experience We were greeted at the door, given reccomendations, tried the most gorgeous food and had a free taster of Japanese wine!

We always love coming here for a treat! The food is amazing and the portions are so large. I have to eat Gluten Free and they advise me and provide gluten free soy sauce! Fantastic!

I had a great experience. I loved the sushi; and the staff were pleasant too.

Quality food with quality service. Japanese culture is great.

Had sushi the first time and now I’m addicted 🥰🥰

Great food and service! The staff were so friendly and attentive

food is good service was awful all the sushi restaurants they give u loads of ginger and as much as u like but here only one little condiment not even full and i asked fof another one and was and extra £1 for tiny bit disappointed

Visited a few times, really great food and lovely staff.

Fantastic sushi, plenty of options and always fresh and presented nicely. In my opinion, the best sushi in Leicester. I highly recommend crispy chicken skewers and teriyaki beef rolls!

Food was great, environment was spotless and staff was patience👍👍👍🏻

This place is honestly my go to when i’m in leicester! one of the best sushi restaurants. Sushi is very high quality and made excellently. Staff is very lovely and the chef and servers are brilliant, especially as i have a seasme seed allergy and they take it very seriously and i have had 0 issues the countless times i’ve been here. Couldn’t recommend this place enough!

We waited for an hour and the dishes were still not served. After asking the restaurant staff, she said that the chef had forgotten to cook and would start now, saying it would be ready in 20 minutes. Twenty minutes later, it was still not ready. When we asked again, the chef said if you don't want to eat, you can cancel the order.

Great service and yummy food. My favourite has to be Chrunchy Tuna and alaska.Really enjoyed it. Will be going again. Thank you

Nice restaurant in leicester,highly recommend☺️

Having dinner with my family last Saturday was a great experience. Although the restaurant was busy and we had to wait for a while, But it was definitely worth it. The food was totally terrific and the staff was friendly, even though they were busy but still will come check us. We will definitely come back next time and recommend it to others.

Nice food and customer service 👍

Amazing food, lovely staff and everything about this place is a 10/10. Very cozy in the winter too!

Ordered Calamari roll, salmon bento and seafood noodles. Yum! Will come back again. 😊

Absolutely terrible!!! I used to enjoy the sushi here, it’s really good… HOWEVER on arrival yesterday I witnessed one of the chefs spitting into something whilst making eye contact casually. Maybe she forgot where she was? I asked the waiter who was about to seat us what it is she’s spitting into, food? The sink? She said Yeh the sink. I mean….. Eat there at your own risk. Hygiene is important and spitting is disgusting, let alone in a restaurant whilst cooking. I will NEVER eat here

Absolutely terrible!!! I used to enjoy the sushi here, it’s really good… HOWEVER on arrival yesterday I witnessed one of the chefs spitting into something whilst making eye contact casually. Maybe she forgot where she was? I asked the waiter who was about to seat us what it is she’s spitting into, food? The sink? She said Yeh the sink. I mean….. Eat there at your own risk. Hygiene is important and spitting is disgusting, let alone in a restaurant whilst cooking. I will NEVER eat here

Great service and yummy, fresh food. Really enjoyed it. Will be going again. Thank you!

I used to be a regular, but stopped coming 6+ months ago due to the hygiene of the tea pots of the green tea I thought it was disgusting. I thought to give it another shot today, I was even more disappointed with the Ton Katsu Don rices and Unaigi Bento's rice. The rice was hard and didn't even feel like I was having sushi rice it wasnt soft and sticky, felt almost like ordinary rice and hasnt been cooked properly. The worst part about the Bento box the tofu was sour, so I believe its beginning to go off and they still served it. Then towards the end some of the rice in the Bento box tasted weird like soapy, I hope they have been rinsing their dishes properly after wash, and they must have forgotten our Bento box as everything was almost finished and it still hasnt arrived, we had to chase it, and even after chasing it didn't come till 15mins later. Finally, the Teriyaki Seafood Udon was absolutely brilliant in flavours, however the beansprouts within absolutely ruined it, as it wasnt fresh so it tasted funny. I hope there's improvements can be made as you used to be my favourite sushi place. Overall, the service was lovely, nice staffs, very polite and helping.

Great menu selection and friendly service. Would visit again.

We love this place. Amazing food, great staff, always happy to accommodate.

Superb sushi, we particularly love the Rainbow roll. Lovely staff who are very attentive, quick service and food. Worth every penny for great quality sushi.

El servicio bien, el sushi estaba bien aunque nada especial para lo caras que eran algunas piezas..he venido varias veces porque tiene bastante donde elegir.

Service was great, staff was lovely. However, this was the worst ramen I ever had. Noodles were overcooked and were falling apart, broth had no taste, egg was overcooked and old, and the pork was so hard I couldn’t even bite throughout it, this is the first time I left a full dish and just didn’t eat it. Takoyaki was great.

Very nice dining experience, will definitely come again!

10/10 food 10/10 service 10/10 music choice!!! Would highly recommend

This Japanese restaurant is great for casual night out, and party too, you can book a party at the back, i had my birthday party here. It was great. Food- every time we come here they never fail us it's always delicious that's why we keep coming back Noodles ahhh so perfect Highly recommended the tepanyaki noodles and the soup noodles. It's got full of flavours, Sushi was freshly made. Value of money it's very good, portions are good. Highly recommended it We love food and we always look for full of flavours and this is the place for a very good food. You should try you won't get disappointed.

Chose this sushi place for lunch, had an incredibly lovely waitress look after us, cannot fault the service. Unfortunately, I ended up having very bad food poisoning after eating here, possibly due to how warm it was in the restaurant. From what I could tell, the rice was freshly made meaning it was still warm when it was made into sushi which may be what caused the fish to go bad. I imagine it was a one off but did ruin my personal experience of the sushi bar. Mostly thought it was important to leave a review so the restaurant can avoid this happening to customers in the future!

The restaurant was quiet. I booked a table for one and placed my order 20 minutes later. The waitress asked if I would be prepared to wait an extra half an hour for my mail because they were really busy. This was not people in the restaurant. This was takeaway orders. I said I was not happy to wait another half an hour and to be fair my first course, arrived fairly soon after. Whilst eating my meal two Islamic fully clothed, women entered the restaurant and having moved table 3 times placed themselves next to me within a few minutes of sitting next to me, One of them called me a filthy tramp because I had looked at her. She demanded to be moved and was moved again to her fourth choice of place for the evening. I waited for my second course which never arrived and went to pay, and as I did so I was abused again by these two Muslim women. The staff at the restaurant, raise their eyes in disapproval, but did nothing to prevent the abuse. I did nothing and said nothing to offend either of these women, but quite clearly whatever I did or said they would’ve played the race card and I would’ve been the underdog. Very disappointing evening with no support from the restaurant staff

Very yummy food, would recommend, I felt very comfortable been a lone customer

Food was fresh with good option and good service

Food is absolutely amazing. Can’t wait to go back.

It is very great place to share a good moment with friends and family. Very cosy and calm place and the dishes are very good. I recommend this restaurant

Staff were very rude and grumpy. Bad service - we weren't allowed to sit on the table we requested, nobody came to ask us how the meal was. The meat for the bento meal was also tough and overcooked. Won't be coming back again.

Food was absolutely incredible! You can’t order badly here at all

Lovely place, and so tasty food

Love this place.... always lovely service and the tastiest and most genuine Japanese food

Food is great and fantastic service

Fantastic food and great service. Second time and will come again and again

Unbelievable dinner, Prawns we’re great!!

Delicious and tasty sushi and chicken noodles, friendly staff and overall very good experience

Customer service was great and the food was brilliant. First time trying sushi. now I’m a fishmonger.

Great service and great service and great food

Awesome experience, I came in to eat with my family and the staff were nice and friendly. The sushi tasted healthy and delicious. Would recommend!

Incredible food and great service

Great venue to take the family out. Good food.

Sushi was delicious! Ordered the ‘korean spicy’ fried noodles. However, they were not nice, the sauce was overpowered with ginger! That is all you could taste in the whole dish! Service was good :)

We came for the sushi dishes, we didn’t order any of the hot and noodles. Plenty of booth seating mostly, staff were friendly, the food was good, the quality and portions of the fish meat was also very good. However, there were issues: Wasabi was weak. The fish meat was always cold, I found it quite jarring against warm rice. It may have be a choice of the head chef, but I always believed sushi meat should be served around room temp. Incorrect items came a few times, at one moment one of the staff were trying to convince me a very yellow salmon looking meat was tuna. At the time, they did not accept card.

Good food test delicious staff friendly restaurants clean

Nice food but service was a bit poor. Prices were reasonable for what we got.

Great food and service! Enjoyed our evening there!

Incredibly slippery floor, heating wasn’t working and food rating is 4 but the food was good

Friendly staff, and very nice and tasty food. Comfortable and relaxing ambiance. The food took some time to come out but the quality was very high which was very impressive considering the only had one chef in the kitchen.

Nice friendly bar/ restaurant serving Japanese and Korean staples. I enjoyed kimchi edamame and salmon teriyaki with a cold Kirin. All very good and fairly reasonable price too.

excellent food and very good service. We had the set menu which included a selection of hot and cold starters, plus a range of main course options. All delicious. The only gripe was the restaurant itself - it was a very cold day and there didn’t appear to be any heating on. There was also a huge pile of dirty crockery, despite there only being a few customers.

Visited Bonzai on Saturday early evening as a party of 4 and was met by a friendly hostess at the door. Ordered and food began arriving within a few minutes. Food was all fantastic, for sushi it was flavoursome without being overtly fishy, so you can tell the ingredients used are fresh. The ramen was delicious. The only downside were that drinks will run your bill up quickly as they were very expensive for canned drinks. The Mrs had a double archers, which ran to £9.60 before they charged for the lemonade. Brilliant place to eat, have multiple times been before, and will definitely be going back. Thanks for a great meal Bonzai.

Best sushi bar in Leicester. 20/10

The food was excellent, although the wait for the meal was long.

Had such an amazing experience here today! I came here to celebrate a birthday and it was such an experience! I would absolutely recommend if you enjoy sushi or Japanese food! They have the best dine in sushi options!

We ordered delivery and the sushi was great as always. So, congrats to the chefs. You never disappoint. Too bad I won’t be coming back to the restaurant unless the Manager is sacked. He used to charges us “service fee”. I know that that’s normal for businesses to do nowadays because of the inflation. But this happened before the UK started getting high inflation and it wasn’t advertised anywhere on the menu or the restaurant itself. Not to mention that he used to make us pay in cash almost every time with the excuse that card reader was broken. Very shady individual.

Absolutely DELICIOUS food. My girlfriend started crying it was so good. Super lovely staff, 10/10. BEAUTIFUL.

This restaurant has one of the best tasting sushi’s and tempura are just great tasting food in general. (Clark age 11)..

Super jedzenie i obsługa. Polecam

The best Japanese food I’ve eaten. Portions are big and service is good.

Best Japanese restaurant in Leicester hands down 🥰

Very nice place, nice service and delicious food

Very exquisite food, true fine dining... However, terrible song playlist. I cannot get Meghan Trainor out of my head

Another honest review. I don't like sushi or noodles but I asked my daughter to choose somewhere to eat. Her choice was sushi. I planned McDonald's after we finish. To my surprise I enjoyed it. We had a tofu to start and I had tapanyaci noodles, the fine noodles. I also tried à piece of sushi. I really enjoyed it. Definitely no space for McDonald's. I will definitely go to this place again. I will try sushi again. The decor of the place was nice. It would look great with the fairy lights on. Staff were very nice to us. Cash only.

Been here with a family without booking, but table been found for us.Great location, near city centre. Sushi was fresh and nice. Good range of food. Stuff was great full and helpful. They have delivery service too which we use week later. Not expensive for sure. We will bist again and will continue order for home delivery. Thank you

Really good food Love the Bonzai Dragon

Absolutely divine the food is always banging but the other those chicken gyoza was so fresh I was so happy with the food amazing I totally recommend!!

We had been wanting to treat ourselves to a sushi boat for a long while, and it did not disappoint. Although were motivated to go by the sushi, the garlic butter udon nearly stole the show; I definitely recommend. The only downsides are the fact they only take cash, which we had to go source, and the music was a tad loud.

Im a delivery driver and its the second time im waiting for my order and they said i have to wait for one hour... They dont carr about driver and dont respect them

The place, atmosphere and hygiene are good enough. The downside of the place itself was that the entrance we would see glasses of water and bowls that didn't quite look good. The sushi and the gyoza trays we ordered were divine. Very fresh The miso ramen tasted good but the meat was way too chewy and that was very disappointing. Overall it was a good experience

The food here was delicious and definitely worth the price, some of the best sushi I've had in Leicester!

Cash only. Sushi better elsewhere. Mains not too bad. Be careful of the flooring it's like an ice rink

THE ROLLS IN THIS ARE UNBEATABLE! My favourite has to be the mango and tempura prawn 🤤🤤🤤 Also the rock shrimp 🍤 ARE A MUST ORDER -I HAVE DREAMS ABOUT IT HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PLACE!

Great food and ambience with nice staff. The bento box was generous in its portions, too. The only sticking point was the lack of a card payment option, but hopefully that's temporary.