Cocoro Highgate in Haringey

It is one of the best Japanese restaurants in London.

We just got takeaway, Tuna Donburi prawn tempura Donburi. They were absolutely delicious and authentic. We’ll definitely come back again x highly recommend x

**"Discriminatory, Unprofessional, and Terrible Service"** I had one of the **worst dining experiences** at this restaurant and feel compelled to share it. From the moment I sat down, I was ignored by the staff for **over 40 minutes** while waiting for someone to take my order. Shockingly, a white couple with their child, who arrived well after me, were served within **minutes**, while I continued to be overlooked. This felt like nothing less than blatant **discrimination**, as I am of **Afghan background** and have never been treated so poorly in a public establishment. Despite being offered a complimentary drink after I spoke to the manager, who barely seemed concerned, the **disrespect** continued. After paying for my drink, I was made to wait another 40 minutes without any sign of service, while other customers were attended to promptly. It's as if I was **invisible** in their eyes. I walked out again, feeling completely ignored and **humiliated**. This experience has left me incredibly disappointed, and I would strongly advise others to think twice before visiting. In a city as diverse as London, this kind of treatment is **unacceptable**.

I had a great experience at this restaurant! The sushi rolls and noodles were especially delicious, and the staff were friendly. The atmosphere was warm, and they also sell Japanese groceries and sweets. Highly recommend for anyone who loves Japanese food.

The food was amazing! Service was excellent. Best sushi I've had outside of Japan.

Authentic Japanese cuisine!! Very friendly staff and homely atmosphere.

A top restaurant in North London. The sushi and sushimi are very fresh and the food is delicious. There is a wide variety of menu items. Also, the staff are very friendly and helpful.Good value ❤

Ordered via Deliveroo. Very delicious and nice homecooked style food! Impressive

Cold ramen, salty taste, bin was the only place worthy of the tripe they sold. If yiu are closing just say, sorry we can't make an order to our normal standard. Dont serve stale rubbish. Never again.

Very nice Japanese restaurant, dishes are impeccable and so delicious.Highly recommend. Love it!

The best local restaurant (and shop too). Favourites are sushi, miso soup, spinach in sesame sauce, ramen.

I have had a few take outs from here. Super delicious chicken pad thai and fresh sushi. Very friendly and fast service. This is definitely high quality. Thank you!

Authentic. V tasty. new favourite Japanese restaurant in London

Very nice and cosy restaurant. I tried a bowl of sashimi with seafood mix and rice which was so beautiful and also delicious. For the price I was impressed by the quality. The service was quick and friendly. They also have a small shop part with some Asian snacks.

Lovely little gem, serving authentic, fresh and delicious Japanese food. Plenty of varied stock if you’re after Japanese groceries too. Attentive and friendly staff too. Really recommend the soft shell crab salad!

Amazing Japanese food. Lovely well priced shop. The staff are helpful and very polite.

Great little place to eat in for authentic Japanese food and a nice selection of Japanese and Asian groceries. The food was really reasonably priced, great quality and the menu has a great selection. I feel like I could come back like 4 or 5 times and have different food and be a long way of trying everything, will definitely have to plan in another visit. Had the Prawn and Vegetable tempura don. The tempura was light and delicious, the prawns flavourful and the vegetables fresh. Overall a fantastic quality meal. Plus a rice bowl is around £10 which is just great value.

Top ramen and sushi at decent prices. Food is served quickly and staff are always super friendly.

One of the best sushi, Japanese restaurants in the area. The sushi is great. The sake is very good. The lady who is behind the till and servers you is so polite and kind but Recently they have hired a new waitress she is not that much sweet and humble like the other lady she is a little bit rude. Just a recommendation for the manager there was one time that the quality of making sushi was not consistent and I have realised that the sushi chef is not one of those usual Japanese chiefs.

Fantastic food and experience we visit often and always very good

The best Miso soup I’ve ever had. Thank you! Can’t wait to come back

Exceptional and authentic Japanese food and services! Prices are very affordable in London’s standard. Would recommend anyone interested in Asian food to visit.

This is an authentic Japanese restaurant with a great variety of food.

Truly delicious, everything was perfect. We shared salmon sashimi, edamame, kaiso salad, tempura and ramens. Everything was fragrant and flavoursome.

Delicious tonkotsu ramen!! The pork was succulent, friendly staff, lovely cakes, and staff let me work there on my laptop for an hour. Thank you so much! I’ll be back 🤍

Over the expectation. Excellent food. So fresh and tasty.

Cute place coming out on Archway. Lovely choice and fresh food, with Japanese convenience/deli at the front.

The best, been coming for years and it never misses. Decent value as well!

Great service, yummy foods. Strongly recommended!

Delicious sushi, fresh fish, totally recommend!

Good food, the worth for money… the sushi was delicious ordered Bonita Philadelphia and Origami

Very nice and cozy restaurant with some delicious sushi rolls like bonito philadelphia and salmon rolls with cream cheese. The miso ramen bowl was just perfect with a sake on the side.

Amazing food. Service was also great

Japanese supermarket with quaint restaurant at the back. We ate in and ordered ramen and sides. Delicious broth, excellent prawn tempura, edamame beans, miso aubergine and a seaweed salad (served with a delicious dressing). Staff were super friendly and helpful. Food came really quickly and was presented beautifully. Would recommend and will come back soon!

My son took me to this wonderful place tonight as I was visiting London. He lives in Highgate. He had been before a few times. Highly rated. On entering he told me it was in the back of the delicatessen. It was packed. We had a variety of sushi, all of it was fresh, flavourful and presented lovely. Menu was very good. It was not pretentious but such genuine and warm service. So refreshing. We will be back again. Thank you so much for the whole amazing experience

Delicious and fresh sushi. Great service, super friendly.

A lovely neighbourhood place to eat – friendly service and great food

We had Fried Chicken Don & Salmon & Tuna Don for lunch. It was sooo delicious! I wish I lived nearby so I could come often but we stopped by for lunch while walking the Capitals Ring. Strongly recommend! 😍

Really tasty fresh food. Highly recommend

Really good food, best sushi for a long ways!

First time in this branch. Really enjoyed the food. Highly recommended.

Very good ramen, best we’ve had in london

Best donburi I've ever had. Thank you for the tea while I waited for my order.

Super good, delicious sushi. We had take away and the place was very busy so we had to wait about 45 minutes. But it was definitely worth the wait!

Really tasty; thoroughly enjoyed my meal. Fast service and friendly staff.

Genuine food with very reasonable price

Another fantastic meal in this little gem of a local restaurant. Fresh, tasty and good value. The mixed tempura soba is one of the best I have had outside of Japan.

Lovely place, lovely food! Have come here many times, and will do so many times more.

Really nice sushi very fast and v attentive staff

Cocoro is a great place to eat Japanese food. The prices are honest and the food quality is great. I highly recommend it. If you like good Japanese cuisine at a fair price, I recommend!

A hidden gem in london! The food tastes so good, is always fresh and affordable. The service is welcoming and attentive. I really will comeback more times (I did it twice haha)

Nice place with, typical Japanese taste and vibe! Really friendly personnel and atmosphere!

The black tuna was sensational. Salmon nigiri too.

The best sushi in Highgate. Fresh sushi, with generous portions.

Lovely atmosphere , lovely service, delicious food

A1 fresh food and service. Lovley clean place and tranquil atmosphere. Highly recommended

Fantastic food. I loved the Ramen + Karaage

Sushi is amazing and the staff are lovely. Really nice spot, very cool!

Such a great place. Great staff helped us choose our food as there was so much to choose from. Vegetarian friendly and for me the seafood was so fresh. Ordering the tonkotsu ramen later for takeaway because it was that good.

Amazing food, friendly service, definitely coming back to try all the lovely dishes they have on offer

Amazing authentic food! And great to have a little Japanese grocery shop here too.

Excellent food. Excellent service. I really like it here!

This is an excellent restaurant and deli. Delicious food, affordable prices, friendly staff.

Great food. Proper portions. Clean, excellent service. Everything top notch.

Good food, decent price. Would come again.

Sushi was excellent! So fresh and lots of different options. Very appetising food and the menu has nice photos to help you choose from. They even have ramen or donburi if you feeling like you need it warm and hearty. Nice intimate place but it is shared space with a store so not a proper restaurant vibe.

Beautiful, beautiful food. Thank you!

This is the best Japanese restaurant we've ever been to so far, at least in London. We Chileans know a lot about sushi, perhaps the greatest sushi lover nation apart from Japan itself, so hear me out when I say Cocoro completely blew our minds. We ordered two rolls as starters and then went for a vegetarian Yakisoba and a Miso-pork ramen. Everything was just perfect. But rolls wise, these have to be the best sushi rolls we ever tried outside of Chile. (For not Chilean ppl this might not make sense, but trust me, we know what we're talking about). Special mention to the kind staff, the service is surprisingly fast. Please come to Cocoro, you won't regret it, and you can actually buy Japanese products to take home too. Just perfect.

Great food, highly recommended!

Good spot. Food is done well, definitely reminds me of Japan.

Always very good customer service and delicious food. )

Lovely service, reasonable prices, tasty food. Highly recommend.

I am in love with this place, what a little gem in Highgate! Very delicious food, large portions and extremely friendly staff ;) Highly recommend the fried chicken curry and any of the fresh sushi! They even give you little gifts at the end as part of a lucky draw which was super sweet.

One of the best donburi in London hands down. Strongly recommend

This is one of my favourite places to go in north london ! The food is authentic and exciting and the service friendly and relaxed. 5 stars for sure .

Such a cosy , friendly place and authentically Japanese menu . 5 stars for sure .

Wonderful food, great service, very friendly service. Will definitely be back to try more of the menu. So many to choose from!

Great service and food was fantastic!

Great little supermarket and restaurant. The prices are reasonable too.

Amazing food and service. Rainbow roll and miso ramen were delicious. In a very relaxed setting and with kind people

Had the most delicious spider rolls, pork gyoza and lovely plum tea- really nice staff- great place!

A cute little Japanese restaurant in the back of a Japanese grocery store. The food was amazing and the service exceptional! We’re definitely coming back soon.

amazing food for a really good price considering its in london. huuuge portions and very friendly staff. the sake was amazing and very strong would definitelyyyyy go again and would definitelyyyyy recommend the warm sake

Amazing tonkotsu broth, can't wait to come here again to eat. The sushi is all hand made here

Really fresh and tasty food Pleasant and calm atmosphere Kind and gracious service Highly recommended!!

Great food and service. Totally recommended :)

Great dinner. The fish is fresh and had the best tempura! 5-star service too 🥰

It’s like going to Japan when you’re in this restaurant! Food is amazing, service is exceptional, price is reasonable. Highly recommended.

One of the best Japanese restaurants I've ever gone, delicious.

What should be quite kooky and charming for a shop/cafe set up was instead claustrophobic and disappointing. We had an early dinner and they only had 1 waitress who was clearly flustered and seemed a bit annoyed when taking our order. We wanted to add something to our order and I asked the price of one the items in the shop but she never got back to us on either. On the interior. We sat at the back right next to clearly a broken extractor fan which kept making loud clicking noises as well as a constant suction noise. Our table was awkwardly positioned and loose, so if anyone leant on it, it would literally lift one side. Also on the rear seats is a collection of electric sockets, like 5 of them and these are all positioned on the wall behind your back so you can't lean back comfortably. The mens toilet smelt pretty bad too. Just a shame as we had higher expectations.

What bad experience. Rude staff, long wait times even though the cafe was empty, low quality food, dirt everywhere. The place is filthy. Disgusting. I think the reviews have to be fake. How can they have 700 reviews when they only have 5 tables in the restaurant? Terrible

Avoid like the plague. Disgusting hygiene. Dirty reasturant. Freezing cold inside, waited 40 minutes for food even though there were only 2 other customers in the restaurant. They charged my card before giving me the receipt, then gave me the receipt and charged me a service charge! I went to the till and asked them to remove the service charge, they said they don't have a single pound they could give me and they also can't give refunds on the machine! This place is absolutely robbery, the inside is like a dump, freezing, the kitchen is filthy, I walked past on the way to the bathroom and it was gruesome.

Freezing - literally breath could be seen. Absolutely FREEZING. My partner had his food served in good time but I was sat waiting for 45 minutes for a simple rice dish. There are about 5 tables in the place. He had long finished his meal and I had to hurry my food down quickly before the street parking ran out. Added a cheeky 10% service charge without telling and then refused to refund it.

Had the black dragon roll, black cod, egg coated chicken rice and takoyaki. Very good qualify food for very decent price. Definitely recommend!

Excellent authentic japanese supermarket and restaurant.

Lovely place. Authentic and seems family run. Very good service and food. Managed to fit us in on a busy Saturday night. :)

Really cool, a little restaurant set amongst a Japanese grocery store. It works. The atmosphere is cute, the service is friendly and very helpful, and the food is great! Delicious. I've only recently discovered Cocoro, but I've already been here a handful of times, eating in and takeaway, and I've never come away disappointed. I love it, and am genuinely, right at this moment considering going back again!!!!

Regular customer here and it always delivers, is always DELICIOUS! Such a great local spot with fresh, great ingredients. Deli is also great!!

My first experience was a big disappointment. Placed four takeaway orders in short succession for a small group (yes, we did contribute to the problem). When placing the orders it suggested the food would be ready in 15 minutes; after placing the order we received emails saying that it would instead be ready in 75 minutes. Not a very promising start. Went there after 75 minutes: two orders were ready, but it took another 40 minutes for the other two orders to be given to us. In the meanwhile, the three ramen soups in the first two orders had become a cold mess. Weren’t offered any discount on the day, only a promise of a 20% discount if we will return within one month. The staff was very apologetic, the owner didn’t even bother to come and speak to us. While we were waiting, somebody else had similar problems (only part of a single orders ready and getting cold). I was told that the food is good, but we weren’t impressed (even leaving the ramen aside). Won’t be going back.

I needed a platter for sushi for NYE and Cocoro helped me with my selection and ordering so I could get it before our party. The sushi was fresh and really tasty. By far some of the best sushi I've had in London. Highly recommended.