Taberu Japanese Restaurant in Oxford

The sushi was disappointing, lacking any real freshness or flavour, and the noodles were equally underwhelming—overcooked and far too bland. Overall, not an enjoyable experience, and I wouldn’t recommend it if you're after quality Japanese cuisine.

If your ordering food, make sure you order an hour before you start getting hungry then it might arrive before your starving

A well priced restaurant with good food. There is a combination menu deal with a main and a side for £11 (if I recall correctly?)

Light cosy atmosphere with nice sushi selections

Delicious and lots of vege options. Everyone loved their food and nothing was left! Very helpful staff.

Beautiful food we had chicken ramen, tokoyaki (octopus balls) and the Cowley rolls - all wonderful and really quick service

The sushi was amazing . The sushi rice was cooked to perfection and honestly the best sushi I have had so far. The ramen however was flavourless with the meat in the ramen having too much fat. But I would love to come back and try something else👍🏻

Very nice service by Kinga and Agata, food and service top class, the atmosphere was also great

This is a hidden gem amongst a sea of options in Cowley. The best part is that the food tastes great and you don't have to shell out too much. The staff are very polite and the choices on the menu cater to all needs - vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, meat lovers and all. Overall, a decent selection of dishes and fresh flavors.

the best soup udon i've had in england hands down, highly recommend their duck and mushroom udon. their takoyaki is also very good. prices are very affordable, i come here every time i crave japanese food.

A wide range of really tasty food, and good veg options too! The chocolate mochi are the best I've ever had <3

Nice Japanese restaurant. Highly recommend the Taberu roll. They should have a mixed sushi platter though.

Me and my partner have been here numerous times and every time has been amazing. The food is the best sushi in oxfordshire, not Oxford, Oxfordshire! The staff are so so lovely every time. I have zero criticism

We tried to tell the waitress that the salmon on the sushi was no longer okay, but she didn't understand. The rest of the food was okay but unfortunately we wouldn't recommend the restaurant. It was very cramped and uncomfortable.

Authentic, tasty Japanese food - Particularly liked the ramen, spiced enough to feel it, and not too much so you can taste. Kind staff, overall relaxed ambience.

Such a lovely place! Food is so yummy, restaurant is clean and the staff are great - wanted to especially shout out Lyla and the other waitresses, they were amazing!

Fantastic little restaurant. My only issue is the physical menu was a little unclear with what was a starter, a side etc.

Great lunch Very reasonable price

Lovely little find, didn't book ahead but they fitted us in, super friendly staff. Food came out fast, fresh and everying was delicious, especially the crispy prawn sushi roll 😋. Reasonably priced, couldn't fault a thing. Would highly recommend

Great food with friendly staff would recommend

Absolutely delicious food with lots of cool sushi that I've never seen before. The atmosphere was cozy with soft music, and the waitresses were attentive without being intrusive, and I struck up a wonderful conversation with one of them about the book I was reading. I ordered the tamago, ikura, tobikko, spider roll, tako, apple gyoza, and some iced green tea. Everything came out incredibly fast, but I wasn't rushed to leave. One of my favorite places in Oxford, for sure. Highly recommended! EDIT: I came a second time, and the waitress remembered me! We had a really nice conversation about the books I'm reading. I ordered a pumpkin koroke katsu and salmon avocado temaki this time, and they were just as lovely as the dishes I had the first time around. I also forgot to mention before that the menus have photos of all the foods, which is so incredibly useful and something I wish more restaurants did. Sometimes it happens that even though I had a great experience the first time, I have a poor experience when coming back to a restaurant the next time, so I'm glad that wasn't the case here. I really recommend this restaurant!

We dined here last night (3/8/24) with our two children. We all absolutely loved it. Our waitress was amazingly friendly. Our food was tasty, quick to the table and when we ordered a few more things they were so helpful and quick with the service. We will come back next month!!! We can’t wait!!!

A nice Japanese restaurant in Oxford Authentic Japanese flavor, highly recommend the ramen Though the shop is small, the ambiance is good and the service is attentive Tonkotsu Pork Ramen £10.5 Satisfaction: 4⭐️ Beef Gyudon £10.5 Satisfaction: 3⭐️ Kids Menu Chicken Ramen + Gyoza £11.9 Satisfaction: 3⭐️

Great food & very kind staff :)

The American version of “sushi” — only good if you don’t like good sushi. Fried, deeply tough meats (gyoza are never steamed), octopus tastes old and thrice overcooked. I felt vaguely nauseous. Tea is only matcha in a can; when checking ingredients there’s no matcha in it. Just ambiguous mixed bitter tea. Plum wine was awful.

Great food, great staff, the black sesame ice cream is to die for

Dining at Taberu was fantastic. The staff provided excellent, attentive service, and the food was delicious and beautifully presented. The elegant ambiance made it even more enjoyable. Highly recommended!

This is our favourite place to eat! Good vegan and vegetarian options and the food is always fresh, service is wonderful and atmosphere is peaceful. Perfect for a romantic date.

The spicy ramen is so good! 100% recommended.

Amazing food and not insanely expensive, this place is great.

Very nice Japanese restaurant with sushi and traditional japanese food. Staff is very nice amd food is excellent.

Although the food is not completely Japanese style, they have the heart to do the best. Also, I enjoyed the food and services very much.

Absolutely awful customer service. I walked in and there was no one queuing. Not one staff member made an effort to greet me, nor asked me to wait. One of the staff members made eye contact but quickly scuttled away. I waited for nearly 10 minutes actually witnessing staff have a casual chat! Never visit again.

Visited here twice,First time I’ve tried shrimp udon,it have really nice soup base also chewy udon. Second time I ordered takoyaki and pork ramen.The takoyaki was freshly made and taste really similar to Japan’s one. The ramen soup base was nice too. Going to visit again.

This place is absolutely great. The staff was one of the nicest I have ever experienced in any restaurant before. The food was really tasty. What a great experience would really recommend 👌

The food was amazing. We got a wide selection of sushi as well as the seaweed salad, edamame spring rolls, and pork katsu. We also had the apple gyoza, chocolate mochi, matcha ice cream and black sesame ice cream for dessert. It was all absolutely delicious. My brother spent 6 months in Japan last year and was really craving some sushi - this absolutely hit the spot for him! The only problem is the music which is quite loud and mainly centres around club bangers which makes the atmosphere feel a bit odd. It would be really nice if they perhaps played some Japanese city pop or shibuya pop in my opinion. My mum loved the music though (she runs exercise classes) so each to their own!

Food, atmosphere was great, although I felt a bit rushed by the waiter. Also find a bit odd the way they treated the allergens questions, I basically got a big book in my lap to dive into the information.

The Tonkotsu Pork Ramen is soooo good!! 😍😍😍

Great meal at Taberu last night with friends. Service and food were both excellent. Recommended!

good prices, pretty authentic japanese food. nice for dates or small groups!

Really good food. Great price. Would recommend the Yuzu Sake for ending :)

Amazing food! Service also great! 100% recommend

Nice place serving authentic Japanese dishes. Can't fault any of the food we've ordered, all freshly made and nicely presented. We've ordered okonomiyaki skewers and volcano roll for starters which were both very tasty, loved the presentation of the volcano rolls. For mains it was tonkotsu ramen and salmon teriyaki bento box. The ramen was excellent, with nice and silky broth and super tasty and tender rolled chashu pork belly, yummy. Bento box was lovely as well, salmon done perfectly, well done, flaky but still juicy. The staff is professional, attentive, and very friendly. Taberu is definitely a place to return to when we'll be in the area again.

I came here with my friends always delicious food lovely people working here always smiling 😊 😍

The best sushi place in Oxford !!! The staff are lovely and the food is amazing 🥰 well done 👏

The staff where very nice , the place looks very nice too and the food was greate

Fried Prawn Sushi and Octopus balls are the must try delicacies. The ambience is well suited for Dates.

This place was recommended to me a lot especially to have ramen. I had chicken ramen and I have to say I’ve had better ramens. The broth was very thin and super greasy and did not taste like how it should be. I really want to go ahead and try their sushi next time. But I would not eat ramen if I go again…

Me and my mom decided to come to this restaurant as we were wandering around and stumbled upon this place. We were greeted and brought to our tables with very nice service. Chahek gave us a wonderful experience and dining, the food was brilliant and very customer welcoming. The staff are ready to explain and help with the dishes if unsure, the chefs are very efficient and can make the food within minutes. it was a overall a good experience.

Moved away from the area but I miss ordering from here so much. Such good quality food!

Cowley maki is delicious Spicy tuna maki is somewhat delicious The yakitori is somewhat delicious but greasy The seaweed salad is not delicious at all The japanese soda (ramune) is nothing special I would come back to try more makis next time

Fantastic service, excellent food. Run by a very kind and competent lady. Just go there to experience the quality yourself. Thank you Best Petero

Had a quick dinner here. Food was good, service was great! Everything came in less than 10 mins. Would recommend.

Great food, and attentive service. Generous portions of quality sashimi. Love their lunch menu!

I pay the service fee but the waiter asked me to take my rubbish(used tissue) away. I feel that I’ve been racially discriminated against. Say Japanese restaurant but discrimination against Asians. If you are an Asian, DO NOT come to this restaurant! Re: In fact, I remember there does not exist any other customers in the dining hall, except me. And the respond said their staff wanted to protect others safe. Unbelievable!

The food was cold, not fresh as it should be. However the service was attentive,warm and friendly. As a Japanese restaurant I would expect food to be top quality and unfortunately it is not the case. Not bad tho

Had some difficulty with my order; called them up and received the correct order within 15 mins. 👍👍👍

Food is so delicious, restaurant is nice and clean staff is so kind always explain everything. I’ll be back soon

Delicious Japanese food which we shared amongst our group. Friendly service too. Thank you

The place is pretty small but the food is delicious ! Very nice selection of Japanese dishes although the sushi selection could be broader.

My top sushi choice in Oxford. Taberu roll and spicy tuna roll are my staples, though they have loads of other options (great ramen and bento boxes). Always quick delivery.

Decent sushi - great salmon rolls - good prices - overall nothing special

Yummy Japanese food, especially the miso soup and the Katsu curry

Food is consistently amazing, would happily recommend. The staff were also really attentive and patient with our toddler. Making the children chopsticks for her which she loved

Terrible. Awful customer service.

Cosy japanese restaurant (that's right there's more than just sushi!) Very nice people with even better food!

Used to be our favourite Japanese restaurant until I caught Salmonella there. They did not apologise, admit fault or produce the refund they promised although there was no doubt that i caught it from under cooked chicken Yakitori. Generally good food, but they have acted terribly with no honour or compassion. Cross with myself for not reporting the incident at the time as I didn't want to get them in trouble. Misplaced loyalty.

Absolutely delicious food, great service, reasonable prices and lovely environment. Can't recommend enough 🤩

very expensive. very not Japanese. it is good western sushi

Very good food, a bit expensive

Cosy little Japanese restaurant, and over of our favourites. The food comes when it is ready, so don't expect starters to come out first; order what you intend to as you go. Although you can't book online, they'll take a booking over the phone.

Three of us were at a loose end on a Friday night in a busy Oxford, and wished for a meal at about eight in the evening. Everywhere was very busy - and noisy - and we were starting to despair when we found Taberu. It too, was busy, but also quiet and the food was magnificent. I ordered Tuna Sushi followed by Beef Guyani on rice with a side of crispy spring rolls. It was quite simply, glorious - and very filling, as were the dishes chosen by the others. The service was attentive, swift and invariably courteous. We all agreed that this had been a most fortunate choice. One of us requested a business card in order to publicise the restaurant. The Waiter apologised for not having one, but produced a slip of paper with the details together with a smiling face and message "Thank you for visiting us" - a lovely touch. All in all it was a beautiful experience and we shall definitely wish to repeat it. Thank you very much, Taberu!

The best sushi restaurant I’ve ever been! Always so delicious, fresh sushi! Soy sos, ginger, wasabi is always on the table and you can use as much as you like it. First class service, very nice, smiling and helpful waiters 👌🏻always I’m getting my order as fast as possible. I am coming back there every week! If you want to eat the best sushi in the Oxford, you should choose Taberu! ❤️

A week ago I celebrated my 21st Birthday with the loveliest dinner in the upstairs private dinning room - I truly can't recommend this experience enough!! I called the restaurant to book which was a smooth and easy process which to my pleasant surprise did not require any deposit despite it being a large group of us (the room has a capacity to seat 16). Upon entering we were led through and up the stairs to a the room which was nicely decorated and not too stuffy as to allow for a comfortable experience although there were 16 of us in the room on a summers evening. I was then introduced to our lovely waitering staff for the evening: Lila and Abhijit. They were dedicated to ensuring that our party were as comfortable as possible and did their upmost best to accommodate all of our requests. Their service was impeccable and the evening was magical because of them. I had eaten lunch at Taberu a couple of times prior and the food had always been top notch. The dinner menu similarly did not disappoint!! My particular favourites were the fried vegetable gyozas (some of the nicest I've ever eaten) and the Cowley Road sushi roll. To top it all off, the staff accommodated that my parents pay us a quick visit in the middle of dinner to make a toast and to cut cake. My parents called prior and the staff were incredibly helpful and nice to them so it ended up being a surprise to me (a testament to the smoothness and skill of customer service as Taberu) !!! Thank you Taberu for making my 21st celebrations so special :)

Yummy fresh food friendly service

Gyudon (beef rice) Nice but rice can be more sticky.

Always a pleasure to eat at Taberu, amazing service and a small sozy atmosphere inside! The food is extremely flavourful from the authentic starters to the delightful mains

The food was absolutely outstanding.The waiters and manager were very kind and friendly. There were many options and the California rolls were my favourite. Agatha the manager was so lovely, welcoming and helpful. Excellent and fast service and reasonable prices for authentic Japanese food. That is why i am rating it 5 stars. I'd recommend you to go there as it was a fantastic meal and I will definitely come back.

Set lunches are really good value for Oxford. Wakame salad also recommended.

charge a discretionary service charge that isn't discretionary.

The best sushi we've ever had in our lives! An amazing range of sushi, incredible staff, super speedy food, with everything being affordable too! We will be coming here endlessly.

Great food, atmosphere and staff! They even charged our phones for us and filled water bottles. Would absolutely return!

Recommendable. The staff is lovely, the food is delicious. They serve you quickly and the menu is varied without going overboard with multiple options. There are vegetarian options and it's cheap! Compared to sushi prices, it is very cheap and very good quality. Excellent presentation and very friendly waiters who are attentive to the table all the time. The place is a little small, to say the least. Not recommended to go with children (or babies or strollers). I also don't think it is highly recommended for people with disabilities or wheelchairs. I will repeat and it is definitely one of my favorite restaurants in Oxford.

This Japanese restaurant is amazing! The atmosphere is so cool and makes you feel like you're in Japan. The menu has tons of yummy traditional and modern Japanese dishes that look and taste amazing! You've got to try the sushi rolls - they're made with super fresh seafood and seasoned rice that's just perfect! And the ramen is so filling and the broth is full of flavor! The staff is really nice and they know a lot about the food. Everything is served so pretty that you'll want to take a picture of it! Definitely go check it out!

Lovely food, welcoming staff, and nice atmosphere. Really enjoyed the mochi - least chewiest mochi we've ever had - highly recommend.

Went for what was meant to be a nice meal. Food didn't disappoint but we had a constant cold draught from the door, the smell of urine and toilet cleaner in the air and delivery services speeding past us every two minutes. So if you don't mind that it's a good place but make sure they give you a decent table.

Highly recommend ramen! The texture is smooth without sticking, and the soft-boiled egg tastes just right. In comparison, the edamame spring rolls were slightly inferior. Tangyang chicken nuggets were mediocre. The lights were relatively dim, and when walking on the street I thought there were no lights on. The service is great. Will definitely come again for the ramen. Update 7/3/2023: The bean curd rolls are very delicious. Spider roll tastes good but has a little too much sauce. Okonomiyaki skewers: average. Chicken katsu udon: The noodles and soup taste very good, the fried chicken coating is a little thick, but overall it is still very good.

Food is delicious! Not hugely authentic, and definitely tweaked to suit western tastes, but still a lovely sight for hungry eyes!!

Excellent food, friendly and prompt service. Good variety on the menu, will have to go back to try more!

Had Valentine’s Day dinner! The sushi was delicious and so were the ramen and rice bowls!!! Would recommend as the staff were extremely friendly too.

Food is quite good for the price, Takoyaki is also quite good. Weekend waiting staff are perhaps a bit inexperienced.

Bit pricey but still one of the best in Oxford.

Quality food, selection and great service.

I've been to Japan a few times and the majority of my Japanese friends and I agree this is the most authentic Japanese food you'll find in Oxford. The food is always delicious and served in good time, with lots of options for sashimi and sushi. Highly recommend the scallop nigiri - it has a very mild fish flavour and the meat is so buttery-soft it melts in your mouth. Refreshing Kirin beer comes in a frozen glass which is exactly what I'm looking for when it comes to Japanese beer. If you've never tried sushi or ramen before and want to play it safe, I recommend starting with salmon or tuna nigiri, karaage or yakitori fried chicken, and chicken or tonkotsu (pork bone). Tonkotsu broth is thick, rich and meaty which is perfect for a winter day, and topped with lovely chashu pork. Chicken katsu curry is always an easy go-to if you don't like noodles or fish.

My girlfriend is a chef from Italy (so has high standards). I’m a Brit and would be happy with beans on toast. We ordered from here using Deliveroo and both agreed it was the best Japanese we’ve eaten in a long time. Everything tasted fresh and authentic. We will definitely order from here again.

Ordered from Taberu. Taberu did not deliver despite saying they did.

I visit Taberu often and I have to say, as a vegetarian - although I love their miso ramen, the avocado sushi is the best dish on the menu. It's so fresh and perfectly ripe, and the combination of the creamy avocado with mayo on the top - the soft, sticky rice is just unbeatable. The presentation is beautiful as well, with the sushi rolls neatly arranged on a stylish plate. The staff at Taberu are always friendly and attentive, and the atmosphere is cozy and intimate. I highly recommend trying the sushi at Taberu - you won't be disappointed!

Not pretentious, just straight forward amazing food. I had the beef Gyudon meal deal with chicken gyoza and my wife the chicken teriyaki bento. My wife said she wants to give a 5 star fish review for this, even before we left. The kids menu was perfect.

two white waiters are v rude. I feel being microaggressed. Been here before, poc waiters are very nice and courteous. Good food tho.

Today was a very cold day and I was glad that it was very warm in here. I ordered Eel Dragon Roll and a Beef Teriyaki bento box and the food was delicious. The steak was well tender and juicy and the rice was very good.