Flesh and Buns in Camden

Really enjoyable 2nd time to visit when in London and highly recommend

Staff were outstanding, very happy to help and went over and beyond our expectations. Thank you all for making it such a memorable dinner experience with our friends!

Absolutely one of the nicest places I’ve eaten whilst in London. Amazing service, gorgeous food, the beef dripping chips were a highlight. Everyone at our table loved their food. We will definitely come here again. Staff were first class

Have certainly paid more for less. This was my second time here but this time I was the one who recommended as a place to eat. There are clear signs at the entrance letting you know that Flesh and Buns is cashless which has not been an issue with anyone I visited with. Went quite early in the evening (17:30) so noise level may be different if at a busier time. I don't recall the noise level of previous visit which was later in the evening. We were first asked if we wanted any water for the table and when said yes was offered a choice of still or sparkling bottled water which is charged for. I think you can ask for tap water but I am not certain. On this occasion I decided not to drink alcohol but I have previously tried a sake from their large range which was nice. I was told on this time that the red wine was very good and worth noting. Ordered individually this time as the tasting menu was more than what most people wanted. Previously had tasting menu which is 5 courses, where everything that came was delicious. Of particular note the chicken wings were among the best I have had. But it was the tenderstem broccoli I opted to order as a side with this meal, great chicken wings are becoming easier to find but great tenderstem broccoli not so much. The person who ordered the lamb found it to be a bit salty, but enjoyed the raspberry and mint sauce that came with it. Was careful to save room for desert. The S'mores are a fun experience.

atrocious portions for the price. ordered like 5-6 entrees and only one thing tasted great - the beef short rib. the portion was terribly small. I wont recommend

We had a fantastic time at Flesh and Bun as part of our special trip to watch spirited away. Our server Mal gave us fantastic sake recommendations and the big B was amazing! We just wish we had more time to sample the desserts but we lost track of time and had to leave for the play. The team and ambience were amazing and I'll definitely be coming back again with more time to sample desserts and sake!

Really delicious food! Staff were really attentive and helpful. Definitely coming back

My friend and I had a wonderful dinner at flesh and buns. We were celebrating her 30th, and the staff went above and beyond to make the evening special, with sparklers in the cocktails and dessert. The food was excellent as always, and the sake was brilliant too. We'll definitely be back!

We went for the tasting menu on a Friday night. It was fantastic, delicious & great value for money. Maria was also a fantastic host! Highly recommend.

Our waiter was amazing and super attentive. We really appreciated all he did for us, taking the time to explain the menu, making sure we all had drinks and water for the table, and being patient when we were considering different things. The food was also delicious, everyone commented on how tasty it all was. The only small downsides were a lack of spoons for sauces, but also the restaurant was so hot it was almost unbearable. Thankfully our waiter kept bringing lots of water as we were all absolutely boiling and sweating! The restaurant desperately needs fans or some kind of cooling system, especially as it was warm in London but not that hot. We all said how relieved we were to be outside again, to feel some cool breeze.

Excellent food and excellent service! Was a boiling hot day though and it felt like there was zero air conditioning and heating on. Did speak to staff and they said no air conditioning and they were struggling too. But excellent service and food overall so worth it

Had an amazing time, the food took a while to come but we did order the big sharing bao plate. The servers heard that it was my birthday and brought out some delicious sorbet with a candle. Was very appreciated thank you

Lovely experience for my son's birthday. Excellent service with very attentive staff. I requested a quiet area because of being hard of hearing and it was perfect. They even brought a little ice cream with a candle and sang a happy birthday song for my adult son, despite not ordering desert just to mark the event: what a really sweet gesture. The food was really good and very well served. Thank you to all the staff for making that special day so pleasant. We could not have asked for more.

I’d consider myself a regular and every time I come it just tops the time before. Special thanks to KT and Tariq for being wonderful hosts and really taking care of us during our dinner. Will of course be back

Food and service were very good! It was very hot in the restaurant, definitely needs some A/C

Food was really fantastic, low lighting gave great ambiance. Over all good experience. However, my guest and I felt we kept getting interrupted by the waiting staff, we seemed to be approached every 5-10 minutes. The restaurant also did not take cash which was not advertised.

Great experience, lovely food. One dish came out wrong which wasn’t an issue at all. However they still gave us complimentary buns and a couple of small drinks. A silly comment but the tables for two are so long you end up feeling isolated from the person you went with. Overall great food and experience. Really enjoyed it. A tad over priced too

Food was excellent. We each had a single dish and they were all equally delicious. Service was excellent - efficient but unobtrusive. The waiting staff were helpful in allowing us to move to a more appropriate table. The only criticism was the music which would be more appropriate at a festival or rave. We were meeting a friend for lunch. We haven't seen her for a couple of years as she comes from Perth, Western Australia. So we were looking forward to a chat. However the insistent beat of the electronic music made it almost impossible to have a conversation. The staff did try to turn the music down & the table we moved to made it much easier to talk. We managed in the end. I don't think our age group is the demographic the owners are aiming at! I probably wouldn't book again unless the music really was a background hum.

Excellent food, there was a super friendly and helpful Spanish Manager from Asturias (I did not catch her name). Ambiance a little dark but its ok.

The food was great but the portions were small and price was high. We paid £94 for mixed set, 2 chicken yaki, 2 glass of malbec, a bottle of water and an edameme. I have shocked after checked the bill since the a glass of malbec was billed as £11 which was written £7 in the menu. I can not say anything bad about the food but we felt we paid overpriced bill. In addition the waitress was asking and pushing us ordering anything else was not good behaviour. We spend less than 40 minutes there, paid the bill and left forever.

We’ve been to Flesh n Buns before and found ourselves needing dinner before a show. Food is good but tables were far too packed in, which ruined it for us. We could all overhear each other. I was closer to the 2 people either side of me than my wife! I get the economics, but it is a fine line and it does affect the experience. I’d think twice before going back. There is lots of other places in the West End. Next time i’d probably make sure it was at a time when the restaurant was going to be quieter and didn’t feel like we were all sat on top of each other.

RG was a great help - we followed his food recommendations and had a really great meal.

Nice restaurant, staffs are friendly. Food is good especially the buns.

RG was our server who was lovely and attentive but when he was not immediately around there were plenty other staff happy to assist . My only slight criticism was there was 4 or 5 different people coming asking if we were ok etc. Lighting would be better slightly less dim. Food was lovely! The duck leg was juicy and tender, cooked to perfection. The veggie hot stone rice was a great amalgamation of ingredients! The ingredients were then mixed in the hot stone bowl at the table. The chicken yaki skewers were also full of flavour. Furthermore, the drinks. The mint fizz was awesome but there was a lot of ice…and the Havana 7 Rum I expected to be a golden rum but it was a white rum yet it was still nice. Reasonably priced.

The restaurant has a cool vibe and the service was attentive, friendly and prompt, but I don’t understand the hype about the food. It seemed gimmicky and the food was okay. The “sashimi” was cut into thick slabs rather than thin slices, which may be a better value, but was odd. The various meats were heavily salted and sauced. The cocktails were unbalanced.

Strange place, service hit & miss. Zero guidance on what to order from server, had to ask a number of times for the same thing. Then had way too much food; and they wouldn’t let us take some home. Loud annoying music, couldn’t hear anything (and i’m not old) - dark moody lighting. Better places, with better service, atmosphere and value for money. Food was good but frustrating to waste so much.

Had the 9 course tasting menu, would thoroughly recommend. Very good value, the food was great, especially the pork belly. Be prepared to eat with your hands

Amazing food thoroughly enjoyed. The only issue I had was we alerted the team on booking and via phone that it was a birthday meal twice, but nothing was done for the celebration which was a bit disappointing.

Tables were slightly packed together besides that everything was outstanding

Great as always! I will definitely come back. Everything was amazing

Music is really loud so if you’re in the booth tables you’ll struggle to hear each other and end up yelling across the tables 🙄. They need to figure the ambient lighting, again the booth tables are the worst to get, so avoid at all costs. Service was rushed and they charged extra items from a different table to our bill. So check your bill!!!

It was amazing! My glass was never ever empty! The sushi & sashimi, & all the food was great. I highly recommend. I hadn’t been in a while & it was better than i remembered. The staff are top tier!

Fabulous food, Atmosphere & service!! An absolute must

The food, service and atmosphere were fantastic. We came 2 years ago and it was still good then.

Enjoyed our meal, great selection. Music was definitely to my taste, which was great but just too loud to have a conversation, so that’s my biggest negative.

Fantastik Food , atmosphere and service! Will definitely visit again

This is one of my favourite bottomless brunches that I've been to. On paper the amount of food doesn't sound like much but we were so full before the bao buns even came out! The staff were so kind and generous with their pours of prosecco, we were always topped up and they couldn't have made us feel more welcome. Thank you for helping us celebrate Father's Day!

Delicious food and fun cocktail! The smoked rib and crispy duck was our favorite.

Great food, wine was okay…but overall a little too expensive for what it is

Tasting menu was good value in the context of the rest of the menu. Extra buns were £1 each which seemed a lot. Food was nice but nothing blew us away. Staff were lovely and service was good. Would probably try other restaurants first before coming back

Food is obviously the main attraction here. Once again it was amazing, with the wings being a highlight. Service was fast, efficient and very friendly.

The food was really good. Recommend the Korean fried chicken wings and the poke bowls Service was fantastic, really good Waiting staff. Attentive and knowledgeable. Thank you

Highly recommended both for food and service, absolutely amazing. Felt well looked after

Very good price:quality! Food was great as well as the service. Recommended.

Amazing food and cocktails, service was excellent

Great dining experience and excellent friendly staff

I booked a reservation for my 24th birthday last minute. Plenty of reservations available last minute, the atmosphere was lovely, the waiters were VERY attentive within 3 minutes of sitting in my seat I was attended to by at least 3 different waiters who all offered me a beverage and gave me complimentary birthday shots 🥳. The prices for the value definitely make sense, I recommend the maki sushi, Japanese fried chicken flesh and bun combo. The Korean wings were coated to perfection & most of all so succulent 🤤. Shout out to Roshana my waiter was she was a delight, very observant of my table, anytime a dish needed to be cleared off the table she had eyes on 24/7. Genuinely liked a little bit of everything from my experience, my photos will speak for me ☺️ will be returning again in the summer with a bigger group of people. Cocktails 😍🍸 I recommend - Ichigo Basil Martini - Lytini (‘twas sold out) - Yuzu Margarita (served frozen)

Great spring dining menu - so much choice - so tasty

Delicious, interesting food. We were a group of 8 and enjoyed ordering a variety of dishes, sharing them all.

Amazing, wide selection of dishes and none of them let us down

Amazing I won’t lie ✨ will recommend this to more people

Great meal. Really enjoyed the Korean wings. Bao buns good too. Good mocktail.

The food was excellent, service was great and overall fantastic experience.

A very enjoyable meal last night , food very tasty and service excellent from the lovely waitress . We had the mixed sushi set starters and mixed share bow buns , the starters were fab and the mixed main course very tasty … We will defo be back !!

From start to finish the restaurant staff delivered an unforgettable experience. Our server RG was outstanding answering all questions and recommended drinks and food. He made our 20th wedding anniversary an absolute pleasure. The manager came over to introduce himself and added to the experience. The food was delicious. We regularly go out in town and the restaurant was the best service I have ever received. We would 100% recommend. I’m looking forward to returning again with family, friends and colleagues. Thanks again RG

Really good food but not excellent service for the price

Amazing friendly and helpful staff serving beautiful food. I strongly recommend this place to anyone who appreciates exquisite sushi and chicken wings.

Service was on point! The servers were very nice and catered to my every need! I enjoyed the sake aswell although the bottle was quite small. The food coming out of the kitchen let them down. For a place called flesh and buns I was not expecting to receive probably the worst bao buns I have ever had. I’m by far not a connoisseur in the area but the food did not match my expectations. The starters were nice though. I got the wings, edemame beans and prawn tempura sushi which was really nice. The mains let them down. I ordered the crispy duck bao bun. They came out with a duck leg and asked me at the table if I wanted it shredded. I agreed, so they proceeded to take two forks and shred the duck right in front of me. I Thought that was a bit weird as it was reminiscent of times where I cut up food for my 2 year old. The boa buns I got were way too sweet for me and were extremely delicate. The filling provided especially the duck was lacking flavour. My wife got a salmon bowl which she couldn’t finish because she simply didn’t enjoy the dish. It didn’t look great to me.

We had an amazing meal and the staff were friendly and the service was awesome. We got some complimentary food and a round of drinks at the end of the meal..

Super service and food, consistently great after mean years.

Excellent service. Very anttentive. Amazing food. Highly recommend.

Great service and amazing food! We came with our kids and they loved it so there is something on the menu for everyone.

We were really disappointed with the mains . The pork belly and steak - the accompanying fillings and sauce were not pleasant at all and the steak was chewy and hard to swallow. For the price and reviews I had seen I was bitterly dissatisfied

Had the set menu, which made our lives much easier Food was very good, just not cheap

With so many other choices in Covent Garden I would skip this one. The basement setting is not cool enough to be hip and the fish is tasteless. We tried rolls, sashimi and ceviche and everything was ok but not good. The service on the other hand was excellent.

Bloody awesome evening, food amazing! Try the lucky cat you won’t regret it!

We shared the large meat plate in 2 and was enough, thanks for not being stingy on portions!!

Lovely meal for my birthday, we got the bao platter which was lovely but the food was more room temperature when it arrived, cocktails were amazing

Reasonable pre theatre menu but crowded and slow service on drinks. We had our starters long before our drinks arrived and the staff were of varying standards. Disappointing overall. Used to be better.

Very poor service and charged incorrect amount. Not a great experience.

Brought a friend here and we had a lovely time. Lovely food and atmosphere. Good service. Reasonably priced for food and drinks.

We have been here a few times as we love the food. The lamb dish never disappoints. It's delicious. The miso glazed aubergine poke bowl was very good too. Spicy tuna sushi was ok and so was the chicken yaki (skewers). We wanted to try the Japanese soufflé cheesecake but it was very dry and tasteless...we sent it back and they were very good at offering us a different t pudding so we had the delicious salted caramel donuts. Service was very good and attentive and we were invited to a frozen margarita to make up. We would still come back but order only the dishes we know we love. Baos and poke bowls are always great.

Great Japanese Chicken Wings, mediocre sashimi plate (def not worth almost 40£) I would say go for the non-sushi plates, as they are way tastier than the actual sushi. The bad review is due to the appalling service. We had 3 different waiters who consistently brought us the wrong plate. We had to physically switch plates with the table next to us, as the waiter got it confused 3 times in a row. Plus, our third waiter barely spoke engish and couldn't not understand the issue. Would not recommend.

We liked this place. The staff was super friendly and nice. One of the drinks we ordered with the pea flower gin was really outstanding. We had the rice cracker, shishito pepper, a cuke salad and squid starters. The crackers were great the salsa ordinary and did not detect shiso in the avocado. The cuke salad was good but would have liked more cukes to lettuce ratio. The squid was ok, not great, and skimpy but the yuzu mayo was really great. The peppers were ok. We had miso eggplant, pork belly and duck. The eggplant itself was good, not so crazy about the miso preparation. The pork was great and the duck was also very good. We weren’t crazy about the plum sauce; it needed something. These dishes would have been improved by some green onions and a bunch of cilantro. We had the cheesecake dessert with whiskey ice cream. Found the cheesecake bland but loved the ice cream . They very kindly brought the child with us a sweetly decorated scoop of mango sorbet which she loved. This restaurant is rated 4 1/2 stars. I would rate it 4.3 based on our visit but we might have ordered more adventurously with out a child in tow.

Went a month ago and loved it so came back with whole family and my parents. Everyone enjoyed it. I recommend everything but especially sizzling beef hot plate in poke section.

It was all great. We enjoyed the food and the s’mores were a hit with our teenagers!

Lovely meal. Good value tasting menu. Friendly attentive staff. Really nice evening.

Lively cellar restaurant with Japanese fusion feel. Food generally very good - especially the Chicken wings, Crispy duck and pork in buns. Relaxed and informal

A beautiful pre show dinner. Could not fault the food - it was absolutely outstanding

Sashimi was nice but cut very thick the seabsss was uneatable as so thick and chewy. The buns are great but one between two would be enough. The chips and dip were great. You can’t take the food home really as they don’t have take away boxes Tables way too close together and the squashed everyone on one side of the restaurant when the other side was empty Toliets were no very clean. The concept is great but execution needs improving.

I used to love this place but this time the staff kept trying to take out plates before we were finished, took the plates of those who had finished eating while someone in our group was still eating. We ended up leaving after 45min because we felt so rushed. Shame.

Food is delicious and menu is great. Service is really hit and miss depending what table you’re at - definitely some servers are overstretched and there is no oversight of diners experience

Excellent food, service amazing, we were served by Jabang and she was brilliant, attentive and had great suggestions. only down side - they had no containers to take left overs home with, I hate food waste and it was sad that the left overs would go in the bin. Every over restaurant I have been to recently support this and some even suggest it before I ask.

Excellent service from a very friendly waitress, food came quickly, delicious, served hot and well presented. Pricing was reasonable for 6 of us and they brought ice cream with candles and a free drink to celebrate a birthday at our table. Overall, a lovely experience and yummy food

Pre theatre menu is excellent value. The food is good. Tables were extremely close together so it was like being in the conversation both side of us despite being on a table for two.

It was a last min Reservation and walk-in, but end the end it was a Stellar Win! The staff was amazing and the food was phenomenal! I’ll def be visiting again and recommending!

Why hadn’t I been here before?! Great concept to pick your ‘flesh’ including veggie options and make your own Bao buns plus sushi, sashimi, poke options too. I really recommend the hot plate beef with rice dish. Sizzling and delicious! Great value too.

Delicious food. The pre-theatre express deal was very much worth it.

Great place. The cocktails were super. The food was very tasty. The only downside was there were too many tables and so close together. I sat on the back row table for two and I was less than half a meter from the person sat on the next table. It was a real shame as it spoilt our evening. Also be aware this place is quite noisy. I wouldn’t mind the noise if I had a bit more space to enjoy my meal and company.

Always a great pre theatre choice for us. Great value too even on the a la carte. The sea bass is a definite winner.

We visited this restaurant early March 2024. We did have a booking for one of their other restaurants - but they were so accommodating and understanding on our mix up. Maria (manager) gave us a warm welcome and provided us with a fantastic service. We were celebrating our engagement from earlier that day. Without any hesitation - we were provided with beautiful frozen Margaritas and two glasses of bubbly on the house. We were delighted to receive such amazing customer service. Pros: - food is fantastic (sushi) - exceptional service - prompt and perfect wait times - friendly and warm welcome Cons: - does not appear to be wheelchair accessible - little dark but creates an intimate environment Massive thank you to all of the team - massive credit to Maria for her service and welcome. You made our day extra special.

9 course brunch was awesome. All the food was incredible especially the chickn.

They do not allow people to get boxes to take home leftover food. Very annoying.

Overpriced food, service was not great tables are too close together making it tight to fit in

Food was lovely. Service was great. Maria was amazing.

Service was very good! Made the meal feel extra special

The music played in the restaurant was extremely loud techno beat. Definite turn off, won’t be going again.

We had a delicious meal made special by birthday celebrations from the staff. Thank you! Lovely fun buzzy place….

Great dinner. Great value for money. We chose the winter menu. Service was outstanding. Eliza was really efficient. Goodness top notch

We had high hopes as we love this cuisine, but the food felt pretty underwhelming, especially with the prices. There just wasn't enough of it at a good enough quality to justify the cost. We left looking for dessert elsewhere! Staff we incredible though, and the atmosphere is great for couples or groups.