Sushi Wa in Islington

We had the sushi & udon set, chicken teriyaki bento, cheese cake and plum tea. The quality of food was high. Not an average Japanese restaurant but one that cares about the refined taste of Japanese food. The staff were very friendly and helpful. Baby needed to be changed and they offered me to do it in their staff room. Will highly recommend!

People are kind, foods are perfect, want to go there everyday.

Delicious food with good portion sizes. Food came out quickly and the service was great!

I enjoyed a delightful dinner with assorted sushi, rolls, mochi ice cream for dessert, and cola. The ambiance was perfect, featuring a Japanese-style garden interior, soft background music, and an open kitchen where I could watch the cooking process unfold. It was a truly wonderful evening.

Sushi Wa is simply the best! It's the highest quality sushi I've ever had in London, and the freshness and taste are absolutely exceptional. The eel rolls and salmon rolls were incredibly delicious, and every single piece of sushi was top-notch. On top of that, the agedashi tofu, spinach, and seaweed salad were all so tasty as well. The restaurant itself is spotless, and the owner is incredibly kind, along with the staff who were also very friendly and welcoming. I’m definitely going to visit often from now on. You absolutely must try it—highly recommended!

Pleasant service and good food, not too expensive and convenient for archway tube

Food at Sushi Wa and service was excellent. Staff were friendly, attentive and swift. The food was very fresh - tempura crispy. The sushi was good sized portions. The only issue was it was empty except for another table so not a lot of atmosphere. Although it was the first rainy/cold night since summer on a Tuesday night so I expect that had a lot to do with it. Having said that, there were a lot of customers coming in for pickup orders. I would definitely return.

Very help staff food is alway good

I really enjoyed the combination of sushi and Korean dishes at Sushi Wa! Yuri has provided an excellent service!

Very nice place, the food is tasty and service is amazing :) 10/10

Just popped in for lunch. Delicious sushi and bento boxes and very reasonably priced.

Great little gem, quality ingredients and swift service. A favourite stop over on school run home

Lovely, friendly service. Food is always perfect. Thank you!

A great restaurant, used to frequent when I lived in the area. Best bibimbaps I've ever found in London.

Such a lovely place with great sushi. 100% recommended

Excellent service and the food was lovely just a bit pricey for what you get

Ordered on Deliveroo and the food is fresh and well-presented! I’d recommend the Philadelphia maki. The salmon don is fresh (though thinly sliced, see photo), and the Tteobokki + fish cake is soft and chewy (portion a bit small, guess it’s more of an appetizer/ snack).

Ordered sushi set for delivery. Sushi was great, delivery was fast and prices are very reasonable. I’ll def order again.

Good local sushi restaurant. Good lunchtime deals

Really good food, friendly staff and responsible prices. Would recommend especially as their vegetarian option was really nice

Tidy, tasty, good price for quality ratio. Would recommend this place for sure👍

Perfect sushi, lovely customer service.

Lovely food, relaxing atmosphere and spotless clean place. Probably the best Sushi place in North London. Highlights were tempura, bibimbap and maki rolls.

We tried the salmon bento box and chicken ramen, and both were delicious and fresh. We would definitely return if given the opportunity. Highly recommended!

First time visit for me, a work team lunch. It was perfect tasty and good portions. Very nice decor. I’ll be back with my family.

It's delicious Japanese food. I originally wrote this years 6 ago and we’re still fans!

Great food at Sushi Wa. Rainbow roll and Alaskan roll were great. Chicken satay was great. Sweet potato tempura was great and enjoyed by all. The chicken Udon could have been more flavourful. Staff was kind and accommodating. We got there at 6pm and it was before the crowd started picking up so it was great timing for a big party of 13. Service was quick!

Best sushi place in Archway!!! Very high quality, Korean dishes are also fantastic!!

One of the best Japanese restaurants. friendly and amazing costumer service. Excellent food quality. California Roll my favorite. Chicken Katsu Curry highly recommended.

The salmon teriyaki bento is especially good 👍

Best Japanese Curry Rice! Serving size is also good for the price!

The best sushi 🍣 place in Archway.

Very good food, the menu offers a lot of choice, the ambient music is lovely, calm and relaxing, and the staff very friendly

My favourite sushi place in London. Too many sushi places are overpriced fine dining, this is affordable and approachable eating.

Clean and food are delicious...

Really delicious. Throughly recommend.

Food is absolutely fantastic, always make a point of going there when back in London. Sushi is excellent and wonderful bento box combinations. Highly recommended.

We love this place. A wonderful, local & independent Japanese/Korean resturant with a superb range of meat/veggie/vegan dishes with really affordable prices. Service is great & staff are super friendly. The Bibimbab is epic, always my favorite.

I go to Whittington hospital Wed and Thur to work. I found this hidden germ a few month ago, I am now regular here. I love the food, absolutely lovely. I recommend spicey squid bento, my favourite. If you like spicey Korean, it will satisfy you. I also like sashimi bento box as well. Last Wed, I had beef bibimbap which was served on a hot stone pot, it was fantastic! The chef knew me by then and gave me some pieces of Sashimi as a compliment. You don't get this kind of service in central London any more. Very nice Japanese waiting lady, very professional and attensive. I personally hope this restaurant does well and have more customers they deserve.

Delicious authentic food! I reccomend you get the sushi here. Served quickly with good portions and our service lady was really friendly. They have seats outside too. Reccomend.

Nice and comfortable vibe, just 500m walk from Archway station. There is a mixture of Japanese and Korean cuisine here. Fresh made Sashimi and Nigiri, good service as well

So so good. Had lunch and dinner here whilst waiting for my partner to give birth at the Whittington. Wish I lived closer.

Loved it! Super delicious and satisfying food. Loads of yummy veggie options as well as a good balance of meat and fish. Quiet ambience which is perfect for a good chat with a friend or a date night. Service was friendly and polite but not overbearing. Reasonably priced. I will be returning and recommending to others 😀

Perhaps this is due to cost of living crisis but their fish to rice ratio has been way off. Used to be a good local sushi joint but now I’m not quite sure if I will reorder where there is Mitsuryu, Maido etc around the area.

Lovely sushi place in Archway, ppl were very welcoming. We ordered a few hot dishes and they arrived quickly. Inside there are a lot of table and the place was super quiet. The food was nice and tasty.

One can get an average meal here, not that I will bring friends to come back again.

Good sashimi! Clean and cosy. Ramen was a good size in very nice bowl. Lovely staff there, very welcoming and friendly.

Amazing amazing amazing food! I enjoyed eating in immensely and order from here quite often. It’s all incredibly well prepared and always leaves me feeling satisfied when i’m done. i just love it.

Super authentic Japanese food. 10/10

Delicious sushi and other Japanese dishes at a very reasonable price. Good service. Would definitely recommend. We attended with a group of 12, so they are able to cater to groups up to about that size (any more and we would probably have had to split tables).

Delivery an hour late. Refused to do anything about it

Avoid this restaurant!!!!!!!! Very poor experience. The restaurant is only 6 walk away my home, they took 2 hour to delivery my food. I called the restaurant to ask where was my order, the customer service was very rude. I ordered unaju don and chicken katsu curry. The unaju don is just in a little box, with half of salad and pickle radishes. Even my cat needs more food than this and it takes 17p. Chicken katsu is very thin, I think they use one chicken breast for the whole evening.

We love Sushi Wa but have had an awful experience ordering take away. It took over 2hours to come. I called after 1hr40mins to enquire and was told it was 10mins away, had to call again at 2hours. Has now arrived cold. Will not be ordering take away from them again.

Don't ignore this restaurant. Amazing!!

I had sushi, green tea doriyaki and sake cocktails. The cocktails were amazing, sweet but at the same time balanced, I was seriously impressed! The green tea doriyaki it was warm and super tasty, for me it was the first time I tried a doriyaki warm, I usually got them cold but this one was so soft and the green tea cream....wow!! The salmon sushi and the tempura prawn were brilliant as well and the salmon was very fresh! The gyoza were tasty too. The atmosphere was very nice, with comfortable seats, nice decorations, quiet...top for a romantic date! In terms of customer service it was excellent as well, the waitress took care of every order, looked after us but was discreet at the same time. Price wise for such a quality of food and place it was pretty good!! I would definitely recommend this place and I would definitely go back there again to try the Korean dishes!! :)

Beautifully presented and tasty food. Fresh and flavourful. Wonderful service, prompt and courteous. Will be back

My family enjoy eating in this restaurant for many years. Although it usually takes us 30 to 45 minutes to get to this restaurant, we love their dishes, their service and cleanliness. There are countless meals we have taken in there and we have never been disappointed once.

Great food. Love the Korean chicken

Amazing! Loved the rice, perfect. Fresh salmon was so worth it. Thanks!!

delicious food...nice setting. try the beef bibimbap, agedashi tofu, tempura, K wings... will definitely visit again.

Super tasty food better than most of the places I've tried in North London. Kimchi hotpot won't dissappoint

We booked a table here based on good reviews and recommendations. Sadly our food was disappointing and very oily.

Absolutely love this place. We’re so lucky to have this place on our doorstep on Highgate Hill. I love the mix of Japanese and Korean food. Choose anything from sushi, sashimi to chicken Katsu curry and bulgogi. The staff are so polite, friendly and attentive. Keep up the great work. See you guys are Covid lockdown 2!

Very tasty. Very good service. Very reasonable price.

I tried the gyoza selection and chirashi. Both were very good. Service was nice. The restaurant was pretty quiet. Good value/quality ratio.

Ordered a beef teriyaki. What I got was 7 strips of almost pure fat. Disgusting. Threw it all. For the price you pay, I expected much better quality. Never again.

Food wasn't great. Was expecting much better, especially with the high rating. Expected tastier and fresher sushi. I had the sushi bento box, the gyoza was the best bit.

Este restaurante japonés casi siempre está lleno por las noches y puedes terminar esperando tu comida durante mucho tiempo. Sin embargo, la comida es buena: sushi, salteados, tempura. . .

Tasty Korean dishes and friendly service.

They are registered for half price in August. Enjoy .

The Sushi is the best in the neighbourhood and have never been disappointed with any of the food I have ordered. Modern decor and friendly staff make this a nice occasional place to eat. Was given hand sanitiser and left my name and number on entry in case of a Covid incident so hopefully I won't get a call from them anytime soon. Once you visit Sushi Wa I promise you will return.

Pedimos sushi a través de Uber Eats, la entrega fue de muy mala calidad, el pescado es fino como el papel y las gambas simplemente rebozadas. Pedimos los platos más caros, sus exclusivos rollos de maki, terrible, solo arroz. El sabor del arroz era bueno. Sin valor por dinero.

Staff friendly with speedy delivery if your order, nice environment

Sushi was really well made and delicious!

I liked it... simple and efficient...very good food

Great food and reasonably priced... honestly some of the most well Japanese/Korean food I’ve ever come across. Most of the staff are very friendly too.

Best Japanese and Korean food in the Highgate area. Highly recommended.

Lovely food, always a treat to eat there. Never disappointed. Sushi is superb.

Very simple, very quite, very good... also cheap. It's perfect if you are around

Fantastic find. Great quality sushi and sashimi

Good reliable food and very friendly service.

it was very nice. food was good, atmosphere was cosy and i even had a nice chat with the manager's son about history!

Wow! What a pleasant restaurant. The food and service are first rate!

Seven Sisters in Highgate Sushi Wa was a new experience for me. A friend suggested something different from the norm. We came on Wed night which for the restaurant was quiet and lacked atmosphere but it meant our table got full attention. Selection of sushi was good and in particular the Seven Sisters was impressive so much so that we ordered 2 plates. Lots of flavours and eye catching presentation. Staff were attentive and it was worth the trip.

Waiter was very helpful with us re what was gluten and vegan friendly. Food was decent.

Este es mi restaurante favorito en Londres. Siempre llevo amigos y visitantes a este increíble restaurante donde cocinan con ingredientes naturales sin MSG y sin sabores artificiales. La comida es auténtica y hogareña. El propietario y el personal son amables y atentos. Olvídese de los elegantes restaurantes y restaurantes del West End. Dirígete hacia la colina desde la estación de metro de Archway hasta este hallazgo secreto, pero no le digas a muchas personas que es agradable que no se llene demasiado porque siempre quiero encontrar una mesa en mi restaurante favorito.

Really good food. I especially enjoyed the chicken and the dumplings. The staff are kind and the atmosphere is nice.

Went here recently for our anniversary and had a really nice meal. We got the £25 fixed menu so we could try a bit of lots of different things and they were all fantastic. The staff were really friendly and attentive too and the open sushi kitchen is a nice touch. We'll be going again very soon!

Mi novio y yo siempre venimos aquí. Buena comida de calidad, personal encantador y a un precio razonable. Siempre nos vamos sintiéndonos llenos y felices. Definitivamente lo recomendaría.

Great resteraunt, food is really nice and staff friendly. Eat here once a week. Would recommend the chicken teriyaki!!

Excellent for lunch with delicious bento boxes. Staff are always so nice!

Best bento box I've had. Service is excellent and the food is amazing. Worth the travel to Archway!

Amazing people and polite too Wonderful Korean and japanese dishes!

Always superb and delicious. Service is amazing!

Really good food and good service. Very clean and lovely decor. Had the chicken udon and ganjang chicken. Really great option for a cold wet day! I highly recommend the place!

Fantastic local restaurant fabulous fresh food and. deliver locally!

Incredible authentic food, our family are huge sushi fans and this is our go-to local place with delicious sushi but probably even better hot food in comparison to other Japanese restaurants. Amazing teriyaki chicken, sweet potato croquettes, grilled ausbergine, and vegetable tempura just to name a few. The best Japanese I've ever had outside Japan (and I've been to quite a few), all at a reasonable price.

Great food and choice. Great service. Reasonable prices.

Unexciting bland quasi Japanese /Korean restaurant nothing to write home about

This is a very good Japanese restaurant, and the prices are not outrageous. I always find that their sushi and fried goods (ebi tempura, karaage etc) are better than their mains. I would give the sushi and fried goods 5 stars and the other mains 4 star. I also appreciated that they had drinks such as Calpis. It is very quiet inside.