Tokyo Diner in City of London, Westminster

It feels like being in Tokyo, excellent food and fish, free water and tea throughout the meal and a very welcoming place, MUST TRY 👍👍👍

The Best Japanese in London. We had chicken curry and it was amazing. out of 10

Authentic, quiet, and cozy. Had a lovely time over a hot sake. Chicken katsu don is the move.

Everything was just PERFECT! The food the service the Japanese tea they serve for the entire dinner! I recommend go go go (there are no photos cause it looked too good to wait)

Amazing dinner! Wide and traditional menu, with so many different options include a little of sushi The traditional food is very tasty , very genuine and authentic jap. The sushi is still good but not the best, mine nigiri were too cold, probably because stored in fridge some hours before Despite all the staff is japanese, is a little rude and not so friendly as a real japanese style, but still ok

Have a delicious diner in it 😄 go go go

Great atmosphere and service! The chicken Kara-agé was great so was the soup noodles broth, sadly the extra chicken pieces were bland and slightly cold. Extra rice is free for curry and there is no service charge. Great place nonetheless!

Found this place by accident walking through China Town. What a hidden gem! I ordered the soba noodles and veggie sushi and hubby ordered katsu curry and chicken. Big portions, decent prices, and warm atmosphere. Loved the Jasmine tea as well. Next time I’m in London I’ll definitely go back.

Excellent service. Good ambience. Such a shame that Tamago Don was below average. It was not authentic Japanese rice. They don’t accept tips and larger portions are free on rice dishes.

Delicious! I was so happy to find a traditional Japanese restaurant. There's usually a line outside, but we were lucky and moved fast, honestly,I don't care would do this like again and again!

Tried the katsu don and the chicken katsu curry. While curry was okay, the katsu don was delicious. Portion sizes were handsome. The staff were friendly and provided prompt service. I'd love to go back and try some sushi next time.

What can I say...! Optimal. The staff, the food, the environment. It feels like being in Japan (for those who have been there). I would have liked to come back every evening to taste the whole menu :P

Surprisingly good restaurant, the food was delicious. Highly recommended!

Had their nigiri set multiple times and the fish is always so fresh. Staff and atmosphere always welcoming and friendly, it feels like a really authentic japanese restaurant. They dont accept tips either amd theres no service charge

So yummy!! Food comes really fast and Japanese tea is free. Such a great and friendly service. I go here every time I visit London😊

The food was authentic and delicious, with every dish full of fresh flavours, and the service was attentive. Highly recommend for anyone looking for a top-notch meal!

I just don´t want to talk about how much I loved my Soba soup because I want to find always a table in this place.

Simple and effective Japanese cuisine, Udon, Soba...etc. the room is not very big but the service is fast, we did not wait long before getting a table. おいしいでした、ありがとうございます😊

If you want to try Japanese traditional cuisine, this is a must when you are in Chinatown.... Lovely atmosphere, very courteous staff. Will be back shortly 💕

No nonsense food place, cheap as it gets and tasty

The food was excellent and reasonably priced. Massive queue outside showed how popular it is.

The food was excellent and the service was excellent. ❤️Highly recommended!

hadnt been here in a while, first came about 30 years ago, its still as great as iy was back then - a special place

Always authentic excellent food and service. Worth the wait in the cold for a table.

Exquisite traditional japanese restaurant. When popular it’s a bit of a wait outside, but it definitely is worth it. We had the Curry Katsu and the Chicken teriyaki, with 2 hamachi nigiris on the side. Everything was just delicious, perfect rice. Of course they are going to give you free green tea when you arrive :)

I am delighted to have found this address in London. The restaurant is very typical Japanese and the food is excellent. I was able to taste several things and everything was very good. I will come back very soon!

The food was great, and came out pretty fast. Everyone was very friendly and nice.

Amazing quality food that is authentic. Had the Chicken Curry Katsu.

Quality fresh food. Prepared and served with love.

Excellent experience. Very yummy bento box! 🍱 We'll be back! Wonderful service.

We ate this noon. It's a different and super cool place. We loved the food. Very healthy and very good price. It surprised me. We ordered sushi, tuna tataki (it was incredible) and the price was really surprising €61 for 3 people. I recommend it 100%. Mandatory stop if you go to London. One of the best Japanese restaurants I've ever been to.

Very good restaurant, price for quality and quantity is very correct.

Love this place. Haven't been for several years and I'm pleased to see the place hasn't changed one bit. Brilliant, simple, tasty food and plenty of it served by really lovely staff. Free green tea was most welcome! Definitely my first choice for dinner in Leicester Square/Chinatown.

Delicious food! Nice atmosphere. Free tea. Large rice portions are free. And they care about the environment!!

Wonderful place! Cozy, authentic and beautiful. Highly recommend choosing to sit on the second floor. It is also a sustainable and responsible business. My favourite sushi place in London 100%

Eating for less than 20 pounds in London and eating well is a fantasy. Tokyo Diner is a place run by Japanese people that is managed in a Japanese way (no tips, you can ask for extra rice, they give you free tea when you sit down). The katsu curry is rich and filling.

really quiet and nice place to have food with friends. the food is simple but delicious and the portions are fantastic. if you’re in chinatown this is seriously a place you should stop by. it’s affordable and delicious.

One of the most authentic Japanese restaurants serving traditional comfort food. If you want a quiet and relaxed dining experience with Japanese home-style cooking, this is the place for you.

Lovely authentic Japanese food, great customer service, friendly staff and delicious foods, reasonably priced and beautiful restaurant. Well worth a visit! (P.s I moved the seaweed.)

Lovely little modest place. I had the chicken teriyaki bento box which was delicious and very satisfying. Would definitely return.

Excellent food, it is homely and savory. The chicken katsudon was amazing! Simple, but good quality. Nice servers and a lovely vibe this place has.

Best Katsu curry in London! Fast service and reasonable price. Nice touches such as complimentary tea. We enjoyed loads of food so spent £40 a head with drinks though if you’re having a regular meal probably spend around £20. I was surprised by the fast service, cheap, and delicious food! Katsu curry is a Japanese curry served with a crispy cutlet! The sushi is also delicious so I highly recommend it!

Authentic Japanese cuisine in London

I have taken numerous people to the restaurant over many years. The staff are polite and helpful. The tea is exceptionally drinkable, the food very reasonable, a nice calm atmosphere, it's clean. I almost always end up with the curry which I love and because I don't get to come to London very often now, if I am very very hungry with Tofu (the portion of Tofu is large). I have been very comfortable eating here alone.

I really wanted to love this as it was highly recommended by a friend. I did enjoy the atmosphere, and the servers were very polite. Upon arrival I was welcomed with hot tea and a small bowl of crackers. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy the food and found it bland and forgettable. I might come back and try a few other dishes, but not any time soon.

A surprise Saturday afternoon find. All we wanted was a quick, hearty meal and not pay the ridiculous tourist prices of Chinatown. This ticked all boxes. A friendly welcome to a clean restaurant- actually it reminded me a bit like a cafe - but don’t want to under rate the venue. We were served promptly and very pleased with our choices of the noodle broths. Along with one side of crispy chicken. I’ve lived in London all my years and must have walked past Tokyo diner many times - and not really noticed it. Will definitely recommend and be back again

Traditional Japanese cuisine. The interior is very Japanese as well. Air conditioning.

Super friendly staff, great food and a cozy atmosphere.

Small but quaint and pleasant inn. Excellent food and friendly, courteous staff. I recommend it

Very good food. We came here for lunch, and received free snacks and tea. The place does not accept tips or service charges. The prices are affordable, and the food is fresh and tasty. We tried the sushi, and the soba. The fish broth was very tasty, while not overpowering the rest of the ingredients.

Iconic authentic little Japanese restaurant with queues every night but a great system so waits aren't long. Delicious food. Very relaxed ☺️

Delicious and very fresh food and high quality service, I highly recommend! The sushi was delicious.

It's closed...Friday at 1.30pm. The website says it's open from 12pm. So does the sign on the door. But it's closed.

Excellent Japanese restaurant in China Town, simple and tidy and with excellent value for money.

Authentic, delicious, and lovely staff

The food was great, we had tofu katsu ju and tonkatsu don both were great. Free tea is nice and service was very quick.

A small, nice surprise in the middle of China Town. Rounding up the good reviews, I went in here and got a spot straight away (despite Saturday evening). Authentic food and free Japanese tea. Ambience not really romantic, but very authentically Japanese 🇯🇵 do not accept tips 💁

A good place to eat Japanese, cheaper than London standards. Advised.

Homely Japanese restaurant. Very friendly staff and delicious authentic food.

Incredible tasing food. I considered it expensive but well worth it.

Amazing, authentic Japanese experience. Just after entering the place you feel like you were teleported to Tokyo. Great, tasty food, very friendly staff. I really recommend this place!

Lovely food. Worth visiting. Gets very busy.

Delicious, fast and cheap, I recommend it.

I enjoyed the still atmosphere in this restaurant, the simple but delicious dishes (I had the cold soba and the miso soup), and the hospitable authentically japanese service.

It was delicious! And it reminded me a lot of my vacations in Japan. The food was amazing, the staff was so kind and friendly and all over it was a very good choice to have dinner there!

Strongly recommended, quite authentic Japanese dishes in the center of London's Chinatown! Many classics such as gyudon, curry rice, oyako-don, etc. are available, and the portion sizes and quality were excellent. I appreciate that the oomori size is free for rice based dishes. My girlfriend is a vegetarian and she enjoyed the tofu curry, and found various other options too. Finding hiya-yakko in London is an unusual surprise and there is also a selection of sushi but it isn't the menu focus. It's nice to talk to Japanese-speaking staff as well, thank you for the kind service. It's a restaurant with a nice atmosphere in the center of London, and we especially recommend oyakodon🥚!

Amazing food, fast and tasty, the curry was fantastic !

Easy. Delicious. Actually Japanese.

Real Japanese restaurant. Good value for money, excellent services, quality cuisine. I recommend this restaurant

Great food with walk ins accepted. Open late. Very decently priced for central London. The tofu was so crispy and tasted great!

i got chicken katsu curry and i loved it. the staff was super nice and the service was really quick, my food arrived within 5mins! they also served me complimentary green tea as soon as i arrived. great atmosphere overall, would def visit again :)

Amazingly authentic restaurant! We had the Gyu Udon and it tasted like being back in Japan. The Kitsune Udon was delicious. The staff are lovely and generous. Highly recommend, we will be back.

The food is good quality and good value. The service is prompt and you are quickly brought a complimentary green tea once seated. The bill is provided whilst you’re eating and you pay when you exit. This whole format means you’re in and out quickly which I like. It is always quite busy as is the surrounding area so it’s a fun vibrant place to people watch.

My sister wanted to eat at this place and it was a great success!! The service and food are spectacular, I hope we can return soon and try more things🤗

Perfect location, really authentic cooking, awesome food and very friendly service. Don’t hesitate!

Very good food, very fast and attentive, somewhat tight place but well decorated.

Doesn't get more authentic than this! All the Japanese staple dishes. Even waiters are from Japan. I loved the little button-operated automatic door.

Warm cozy atmosphere made even warmer with the free green tea, I think it was the best Green Tea I have tasted‼️ The waiting staff's service was exemplary, made the entire experience so much better, and for the food I will say that the Chicken Katsu Curry is definitely the best I have ever had, ever. Will be coming again, thank you‼️

Proper traditional Japanese restaurant, the staff were very friendly attentive and helpful, especially helping with allergens. Food was very tasty, arrived quickly and bottomless green tea was fab.

We came here for a quick dinner before a show and it was perfect. True Japanese thoughtfulness and the food was exactly what we were looking for.

the free upgrade to a larger portion of rice is a steal. unfortunately the salmon don only came with five thin pieces of salmon💔

soba noodles were alright but would definitely come back for the sashimi!!

Very nice food, great atmosphere, super cute waiters

The restaurant is small but nice. It has its own charm. That's probably why it's so popular. Despite the "long" queue, you get a seat quite quickly. (Assuming you are 1 to 3 people). For people who are picky eaters, it may be rather difficult to find something to eat. The service is also very good. All the waiters understand English, some better, some worse. I have to say that most of the waiters are also very attractive/handsome. (Especially today lol)

The texture of the chicken (with soba) is the most terrible one I have never try.... and the Karaage seems fried more than 2 times...not really taste of Japanese Karaage the service is nice and environment is nice.

Good pretty and cheap. Combination difficult to find in London.

oh my god what an amazing place! huge selection of amazing, authentic dishes in an amazing atmosphere. the service is really fast, the food is always delicious and filling, this is one of those places that i always suggest when meeting up with friends or if friends are visiting. get the cold udon noodles (zaru udon), or the soup noodles, they are so good! their bento boxes are great too, and my friends have all said their sushi is amazing.

Have been here several times and the food is always excellent.

Definitely recommend this place if you're looking for good Japanese food! The food was amazing, I had the chicken katsu and the portion is perfect, you can always ask for free extra rice aswell, which is nice! The moment you get seated, they serve you with (free) Japanese tea and some salty snacks, the service is amazing, fast, and they're very kind. They also speak both Japanese and English fluently. It's quite small, but very cute. The interior is a typical traditional Japanese place which is very adorable! The pricing was also very affordable in my opinion, would definitely come back sometime if i'm in London again!

The best Japanese food I’ve eaten outside of Japan itself. No frills, closest thing to an izakaya you’ll find in London.

Simple authentic food and menu, reasonably priced, and not too busy!

Most authentic sushi restaurant in London. It was amazing.

Das letzte mal war ich vor einigen Jahren hier essen, und bin daher auch gezielt wieder hingegangen. Und was soll ich sagen: Ich werde wiederkommen Da ich viel in Japan gewesen bin, war es mir eine Freude, dort auch wirklich auf japanisch sprechendes personal zu treffen, die sich begeistert gezeigt haben, in ihrer Muttersprache angesprochen zu werden. Mein Sohn hatte eine Portion Udon-Suppe und ich Eine mega leckere Lachs-Reis-Schüssel. Dazu gab es Tee (gratis) und ein Asahi. Trinkgeld: In Japan ist Trinkgeld unüblich. Die halten das hier genauso. Auf jedem Tisch steht daher ein kleiner aber freundlicher Hinweis. Sollte jemand dennoch etwas da lassen, wir dies vollständig an Hilfsorganisationen gespendet.

Unpretentious but good neighborhood Japanese cuisine. The service is impeccable.

It's the second time I've eaten at this restaurant. The place is very welcoming as is the staff. We ate delicious, the dishes are abundant. They gave us jasmine tea as a courtesy.

Amazing Japanese restaurant where everything seems fresh and really tasty! The Diner curry is a bomb and not too spicy, just as it should be ! The Kastu Don is really good if you're hungry 😋 In the heart of London and an animated Chinatown, you definitely should try it ! And for the best price you can have, what can I ask for more ? Congratulations for all the staff, from two frenchies 🇫🇷 !

Our favourite Japanese cafe in the UK. Lots for vegetarians

Great place in the Chinatown neighborhood to eat good Japanese food. Very quick service, their sustainability policy on tuna is also appreciable, the free water, the larger portions of rice are always free. Honest price, in the order of 50 euros for two people. Good selection of beers.

Nice and quick, tasty meal, not overly expensive either.

Never been to Tokyo but this is what I imagine its like