Oka Barnes in Richmond upon Thames

A lovely little restaurant with great atmosphere. The menu is comprehensive fusion, Asian, Japanese. Suits all tastes. Excellent value for exotic choices.

Came here for my birthday dinner, ran a little late and staff were really nice and accommodating of us running late. Took pictures for us and we’re very friendly! Food was absolutely delicious especially the Tuna Sashimi and Yummy roll.

All dishes ordered were nice, marmite chicken was cool to try. The portions were a bit on the smaller side for the price, however I ordered the miso salmon and the fillet was huge, just didn’t come with any rice. A good place to go if you want something slightly fancier and are prepared to spend a bit more than usual.

My food was delicious as was my husbands we will be back !

Oka is always great. Try seabass from specials - it is amazing!

The staff is very nice and the food is delicious. A perfect place to enjoy food with family and friends. Enjoyed the food.

We have been going here since it opened, great food and great staff. HOWEVER, last three visits card did not go through on payment. We were told first time that "this happens and if bill done in two parts it's OK" it happened again on visit 2 but then visit 3 same thing happened. Was made to feel like criminal, a harsh " card is void" answer, we had used card all weekend in hotel and restaurants no problem. THEY have a problem, we managed to pay but it is clear there is an issue here, service generally awful. Sort it out! I live locally and everyone will know about this pretty soon. I don't expect to go to a restaurant and be unable to pay. No apology just rude. Another decent Barnes restaurant bites the dust.

Excellent sushi, small but not too crowded place and punctual and efficient service

Was a bit too sweet for my taste. Attentive service

I can see previous comments about this restaurant being children unfriendly. That was my experience as well. I took my 11 year old son for dinner for his birthday. The Manager gave us the coldest greeting and sat us in the cold outside although there was a free table for 2 inside for the whole duration of our dinner. The Manager was also rude to her staff which was uncomfortable to witness. Food was great and the waiters were nice.

I devour lots of sushi and other jap food often and in large quantities and this was quite good actually

Delicious sushi and the Tempura was extraordinary good. Flora, the waitress, was very friendly and welcoming. I would definitely visit this place again.

My son went there with his two friends and I was shocked to hear they were charged a "table fee" of £7. They ordered water and the waiter didn't clarify tap or bottle, just brought a large bottle.

My wife and I had a lovely meal last week. The food is delicious the portions are good and the service is friendly and courteous. We'll definitely be going back.

I can't think of anything else to say except WOW WOW WOW. What a great experience. Everything from entry to exit was much better than expected.

love this place, staff are always lovely. my favourite local restaurant and although i only go once every 3-4 months, it never disappoints, came here 3 months ago with my long-distance boyfriend (who is a trained chef and he also loved it!) and just placed an online order. only thing id say is there isn't too many vegetarian options (as someone whose a vegetarian). but otherwise, highly recommend.

Good food, nice atmosphere and great service.

Great, fresh sushi and efficient, friendly service. We have eaten in for lunch (when the restaurant was quiet) and also had Deliveroo a few times. We tend to like the typical, popular dishes and they have never let us down. Also, they have a great cookie ice cream pudding - as if you weren’t already full enough with their yummy sushi! We are repeat customers. Love it.

We have always loved this cute little restaurant, and the food was absolutely delicious, well all apart from the baby squid, which was just strips of squid and a bit tough to be honest. The problem was the restaurant was freezing! It does an amazing trade in takeaway, but unfortunately that means the door to the street is regularly opened, letting in blasts of freezing cold air. The miso soup, salmon rolls and the tempura are amazing. Please just sort out the temperature in the restaurant some how.

I went to eat at this restaurant and everything was fabulous. I wasn't sure of what to have as a starter and asked one of the staff members for her suggestions. She suggested the baby squid, and I made a comment, " Are you only saying that because you work here or.." and she said,"No, it's really good, and she likes it. " We then decided to have it, and boy, was I NOT disappointed. It was just delicious!!. The funny part about the night was that she was standing in the front looking all nerve racked, waiting to see if I liked it. We made eye contact and had a laugh about it , and I told her, "I now trust your judgement." Very lovely staff, especially the young lady who served us. She should be Promoted!!

Waited ages for our food even though it was two thirds empty and the 6 other people who’d arrived after us got served before us - I chose marmite chicken which I’ve had before - awful very small and dried out amount of chicken too much rice and my sister had the salmon which wasn’t much better! We ordered coffee it was undrinkable! So sad as we’ve been there a lot but it’s gone downhill for sure

Asked politely if our 8 year old daughter could eat a ham sandwich at our table whilst we ate - menu is not very kid friendly. Was treated like a child by manager who rudely told us: "This time only"! Left without ordering. Also noted cheapest white wine on the menu is £12 for a glass!

Really great service from Oka tonight there was a mix -up with our order. Efficiently sorted out and new order delivered even though we live outside their regular delivery area. Very impressed. Thank you

About my lunch today, I ordered “chicken panko teriyaki” but what I received was disappointing, they served half-kilo of rice, a small piece of broccoli and just a pinch of pickles. The chicken had an odd texture and an overpowering garlic taste. I’m dissatisfied with today’s dish.

Love the food and regularly go in person to the Kings Road branch and order takeaway via the App locally in Barnes all the time. The front staff in Barnes branch are not as friendly and if you have any issues with delivery you are made to feel that, despite the fact you have paid over £100 in one go and do so on a weekly basis, you have done something wrong! The reality is that if you order from a takeout so regularly like we do then from time to time there will be an (easily resolvable) issue. I don’t like being photographed in my pyjamas on my doorstep holding closed OKA bags as ‘proof of delivery’ when I haven’t denied delivery occurred!

What a beautiful place, delicious food, good services and a wonderful atmosphere. I recommend it

Really good food. Miso soup, marmite chicken, miso black cod and cookie dough are especially good

This sushi is life-changing! I recommend the baked cookie desert; it is nothing short of sublime and there is great tempura too.

Oka is always a perfect treat for us as a family. Attentive service, good food and always a smile in the team's face. A pleasure to come every week for our family day out.

V nice waitress and decor lovely only thin being tempura a little thick and does but flavour good!

Oka Barnes is a gem of a restaurant with a wonderful ambiance and ample space. The atmosphere is warm and inviting, making it a delightful place to unwind and enjoy a meal. What impressed me the most was the affordability of their menu. For just $40 per person, I was able to indulge in a sumptuous feast of starters, sushi, refreshing drinks, and delectable desserts. The value for money here is exceptional. Located on a charming road, this restaurant offers a picturesque setting that enhances the overall dining experience. Whether dining in or ordering for home, I strongly recommend Oka Barnes for a satisfying culinary journey.

The perfect cozy place for good causal dinners with friends and family - exceptional food and had best bulgogi beef + the vibe were excellent.

Great food, welcoming atmosphere and lovely staff. The salmon bites were amazing and the spicy edamame is the best!

Went here for dinner with my daughter. Small yet cozy and very fresh sushi with friendly services for an honest price. The sashimi was also delicious!

Best pan-Asian food, the beef bulgogi is addictive but I would recommend trying everything, best cuisine and lovely staff, my favourite local restaurant

Really nice Asian cuisine, sushi was excellent, service really good and very reasonably priced

The perfect cozy place for good causal dinners with friends and family - exceptional food and had best bulgogi beef + the vibe were excellent.

Definitely one to avoid. Unhelpful staff, dull environment, and boring food.

Friendly staff, quick service, quality food

This was our second visit to Oka, this time with friends, and our daughter. We loved it. The sushi is phenomenal and went down a treat. My daughter loves the teriyaki chicken, I could eat the bang bang cauliflower every day, and the salmon was great. We lived it so much we're bringing my mother here for her birthday treat (her 2nd visit). I can't wait.

Excellent food at compatible price. No other restaurant in Barnes area can provide such tasty food. Excellent customer service.staff very professional and well aware of the needs and expectation from the customers. Very high standard of hygiene A GREAT PALCE OF ENJOYMENT AND AMUSEMENTS. All the best OKA. Keep it up.

Great food, welcoming atmosphere and lovely staff. The salmon bites were amazing and the spicy edamame is the best!

Great place for sushi, always fresh and very kind staff. A must to visit in Barnes

Oka has fantastic food and great cocktails. I recoend the tuna tataki, dragon rolls and the tempura sea bass (which is great if you're hungry).

Food was delicious but service was truly awful. Went to celebrate my sons birthday with a sushi feast at his favourite local restaurant (we usually have takeaway) - and alongside the sushi, ordered the cooked salmon dish for my nephew. They unfortunately brought the wrong dish and we had to wait a very long time for the right dish to come out by which time, the remaining five of us had almost finished (our many sushi dishes) and my nephew had to eat his meal alone. We understand mistakes happen and would never normally complain about this kind of thing but there was not one word of apology from any of the staff - including the manager who served us. He made us feel as though we were putting him out by simply asking where the food was after quite some time and was pretty rude generally. In light of this, it was a very disappointing birthday dinner for my son - so much so that would never eat in again…

I've been to Oka many times over the years but hadn't visited for a while. We popped in on Wednesday evening where we were accommodated inside without a reservation. The food and drinks were as delicious as ever and our server, Flora was super friendly and helpful. We will return!

The food was spectacular - excellent presentation and flavors. Patricia, our waitress was genuinely happy to see us. She was charismatic about her dish recommendations. We loved everything OKA.

We've ordered from the restaurant's website and had the food delivered. Everything came in perfect condition, the pieces were organised by type on the boxes, not mixed. Very tasty, fresh ingredients. Many sushi restaurants fill the pieces with rice, this one you can actually see a good amount of fish Great sushi, we will repeat Thank you everyone! 5 STARS

The maki rolls were nice and fresh but the miso soup wasn’t what you would expect and lacked seasoning. The sashimi could be cut in smaller pieces.

Amazing food, great staff, beautiful restaurant!

I visited the restaurant last night with a friend. Such delicious food and so much choice. But what really stood out for me was the staff. They were all so friendly, and we had such great service from our waitress. Can’t wait to visit again.

I found the food good but I don't like the service. I've been there for dinner 3-4 times and I always felt unwelcomed - like if I'm a nuisance to them. My partner shares the same view.

A nice place to eat even if it is a little cramped. The service was good and the location is great. My food was nice and very well presented. The only reason why I have not given five stars is because from where I was sitting there were two staff members in my direct line of view, one was on their phone and the other was fast asleep!

The food is outstanding (superb tempura, lamb, sashimi) but the service is even better- my mother has a severe honey allergy and they made sure they checked every dish with the kitchen before letting us know (for each course) there was no honey in any of the dishes. It may seem basic, but most restaurants fail to properly check or keep you updated. Will definitely be back.

Nice food, odd smell in restrooms.

It’s a suitable place for leafy Barnes now feeling more of an isolated village than ever cut off from Hammersmith due to the bridge closure not to mention pointless road works to the east delaying my bus journey from Putney inordinately. At 2pm there was a cluster of diners sitting at tables outside and a gentleman inside with pieces of white plastic in his ears talking about suspended access to one of his bank accounts. The manager stood behind a counter and a waitress took her time to clear tables and take orders. There is a set menu featuring two courses for £18. I contemplated ordering salmon sashimi (four pieces as opposed to give on the a la carte) then kung pao chicken, but then spotted prawn tempura on the main menu which I chose followed by beef bulgogi. The six long battered prawns served in a bucket with sweet ‘n’ sour and soy sauce were superb as well as a superbly generous portion. But I was less excited by the beef bulgogi, but entirely a matter of personal taste not being an enormous fan of edamame beans (unlike my wife). A double espresso was exemplary. By the time I left a couple of boys visited for a meal who were I think the manager’s sons.

We went for lunch today. The staff were very nice however it was quite difficult to order vegetarian food. The lunchtime menu didn’t have a vegetarian option on and some of the dishes that were vegetarian such as egg fried rice weren’t marked. We have wanted to visit here for ages but I found the place looked very tired. The skirting boards in the toilets very brown behind the loo and I noticed in the main restaurant the decoration was tired and it looked a little dirty around the place. I know things have been very difficult for restaurants but I feel like Oka needs a little tlc. I would say the Korean cauliflower was delicious!!!

Good food, but ordering can take up to 2hrs to arrive with zero communication

Lovely food and efficient service. Menu has enough options without being overwhelming. I had the tempura sea bass which was lovely. Kids chicken option was good too.

I have been twice to this restaurant and every time it is delicious. Their food is very tasty and fresh. Service is also good.

Awesome place and the best staff!!!!!

Food is fantastic. Eat in atmosphere is cold and a little harsh. Take away is massively erratic - great when it arrives. Last attempt at a weekend we had to cancel after 90 minute wait.

We had a reservation for a significant family birthday dinner on a Saturday evening. We arrived on time - the table wasn't ready so we were sent away. We returned 20 minutes later. The restaurant was full -there was clearly no table for us but the staff completely ignored us, the 4 members of staff present stood together looking at as and smirking as we waited with our four children just inside the door in front of a full restaurant of diners - I asked a waitress why no one would tell us what was happening - she was very offhand and just waved at the man behind her and told me he dealt with the bookings. There had clearly been a major mess up with our booking but worse than that the staff were incredibly rude and unprofessional in how they dealt with it. They were smirking and sniggering, looking at us but refusing to communicate with us or own up to the mistake. Extremely unprofessional. After pressing them several times as to whether they could sit us they finally confirmed that there was no table available, despite the fact we had made a booking 5 days earlier which had been confirmed both by email and over the phone to make arrangements for a birthday cake! Incredibly disappointing - we have never been treated so rudely in a restaurant. A 50th Birthday dinner was ruined and the staff could not have cared less. A shocking experience - I would suggest avoiding this restaurant at all costs.

My wife and I absolutely loved our food, but the truffle salmon was on a different level.

Delicious food and friendly staff.

Top delicious variety of menu as always thanks to the waitress. She was very efficient

ohadk2013 I hope you read these. We ordered a takeaway at 7.45pm last night. We were told that it would be an hour. We phoned after 1 hour 15 minutes and were told the food was just coming out of the kitchen. Completely untrue. The...

The best sushi I've eaten by a long way with an amazingly varied and diverse menu. Perfect place for lunch or dinner with attentive staff and efficient service.

Food was fantastic. Strange situation where we booked a table for 6. Unfortunately they were not able to do so. We could only get one table for 4 and another table for 2. They sat us at opposite ends of the restaurant even though the restaurant was nearly empty. It was still nearly empty when we left. Had the restaurant been busy, I would not have thought twice, but it was odd. Not cool. Not accommodating. Was my daughters birthday and she really wanted to go there. Disappointing experience.

Lovely food, generous portions, got my Japan fix while not being able to travel!

Fantastic little restaurant with delicious Asian fusion food, great service in really pleasant surroundings.

We love OKA food brilliant , shame about some of the staff , one in particular absolutely no personality, dead as a door nail , has no people skills at all ...this lets the place down 🤨shame .....

Calm, friendly, discreet service. Excellent quality fish - particularly the tuna!

What can I say ? The food is made with love, nicely fish packed, The quality is there, homemade wasabi sauce, delicious. Please have sweet soy sauce it would be so nice.

I went here for a celebration dinner never having been before; I'm happy to say it all went smoothly! The food was good while not outlandishly priced (which is common of Japanese food in London). The wait staff was attentive to our needs and always...

Great food and Daniel had an excellent knowledge of wines and was a delight to talk too! 5 star.

Fresh and delicious food! Although I personally don’t like Asian Fusion quite much(I prefer to east authentic Chinese, Japanese or Korea food), but I can tell from their food that they have put a lot of efforts for making the dishes more enjoyable. The service there is also very nice. Highly recommended!

Great food and customer service, both in the restaurant and on deliveroo

Fabulous, fresh sushi, sashimi and kimchi miso soup. The presentation was immaculate

Really nice to be back in a restaurant. Friendly, quick service and delicious food. Especially the Prawn Tempura and Beef Ramen.

I reached out to OKA to help me with a special request putting together a custom sushi "cake" for my partner's birthday. To say the least, I was not disappointed (see pictures!!). The staff were extremely attentive and I got to speak to the chef directly to discuss the ingredients and decorations of the cake. They even added extra details like gold leaf and floral decorations! The cake was delivered at a specified time to our doorstep with sushi condiments and a sparkler candle included. My partner and I are very impressed with the service and attention to detail. Thank you so much to all the staff that helped make this happen!

Had a take away two nights ago for the first time. So disappointed. The food arrived cold (Deliveroo) and we were so disappointed with the quality of the food. The soft shell crab was the worst I have ever eaten and expensive for the amount of food we received. Everything arrived in plastic containers. This place needs to do a lot better if they want to offer takeaways. Has put us off going to the restaurant. There are much better places in the local area.

Absolutely loved it! Will be heading back again soon!

All of our family love this restaurant. Staff are welcoming and professional. Buzzy atmosphere. Food is consistently good - as well as the traditional sushi try the Korean cauliflower and the marmite chicken!

Food is always good, except if you are ordering takeaway at the moment it can take 2hrs or so. I'm fine with it taking a long time but we were told max 1.5hrs and it turned up after 2. Along with this there was some plastic in my food.

Fantastic set lunch - had to fight my husband over the Korean cauliflower & absolute bargain @£16.50 for 2 courses. Nice service & will go back to try other things.

Ordered online. Had a few issues but they were eventually very apologetic, explained was a one off issue and gave food for free. Food here is very good. Even as a takeaway.

Delicious , Fresh & well presented .

How could I missed it all those years

Excellent amalgamation of Asian flavours. Even with classic dishes like teriyaki it is executed wonderfully. One of my frequent haunts.

We came by for late lunch on 1st Aug and had a great experience. The food was great, cocktails were yummy (lychee mojito was a bit too sour because of the many many limes but still enjoyed it). What really made it special was the friendly service. It’s a shame we didn’t get the name of the gentleman who served us, he was great, friendly and cheerful, attentive but not too much in your face, just perfect 👌🏼

Such a lovely place to dine in Barnes. Good service and well made food.

First off, no main vegetarian option available, this is 2020. The dish they cobbled together on my suggestion was tasty, but the service was curt, unfriendly and unhelpful. For what it is the price is steep. We also needed to remind the waiting staff a couple of times for things. Unimpressed, could have been a lot better.

Oka is just perfect every time. The sushi is fresh and delicious and I've never had a bad meal there.

Nice staff, good food and vegan friendly

Go anywhere else...At Oka the food never fails to amaze but avoid the Barnes restaurant if at all possible. Carnage. Kings Road is superb and the staff are brilliant. At Barnes it’s chaos, wrong orders, incompetent staff, long delays and inaccurate bills. Cannot fault the...

Good quality fish and sushi, website not accurate for prices.

Delicious food and great service!

Delicious food and very friendly staff. Highly recomended!

Soft shell crab was fresh and light