The best restaurants in United Kingdom serving Japanese food

What an amazing restaurant! Super friendly and fast service. Get the kupi mayo as a side for the Japanese fried chicken :)

Great atmosphete, polite attentive service, great food.

A great little Japanese restaurant. The food is lovely and reasonably priced, there is a bewilderingly wide range of options (the menu is a minefield for the indecisive 😏), and the staff are friendly and helpful. If you like Japanese food, you shouldn't be disappointed. It's a very small restaurant, with only seven or eight tables. This does also mean it's cosy - there is (by necessity) not much space between tables, so it's not an intimate dining experience. Kazoku is rightly very popular, so you'll need to book well in advance. They also do take away. They deliver, but it often takes a _long_ time to arrive (2h+ is not unknown) so order early. The food has always tasted better when I've eaten it at the restaurant, though - I don't know if this is purely psychological :-) _May 2025: Quick update - we visited again recently and it was clear that the volume of take-away orders they were trying to service was significantly impacting their ability to maintain a reasonable wait time in the restaurant. I had to wait the best part of an hour for my food and my dining companion had nearly finished her food by the time mine arrived. Also there is a constant stream of delivery drivers walking into and out of the restaurant, which is fairly disruptive for such a small premises._

Possibly the best Ramen outside Japan ..

If you are looking for a tasty food, Authentic, just Visit Noodle Bath. There no better place. The Authentic servise, quality is the best!!! B

Quite possibly the worst meal we’ve ever had. Sloppy Paella with lumps of fat, not beef. Steak was a lump of fat. Seabass was a tiny piece of fish covered in some cheap sauce. Calamari was awful. Drinks and service were fine. Will never be returning and recommend everyone to steer clear.

Best restaurant in Putney by far!!! Amazing flavoursome food, fantastic service and atmosphere 👌

Friendly, attentive staff, delicious, tasty food at reasonable prices, will definitely return

Mi pareja y yo llegamos aquí a las 1655 para nuestra reserva de 1700. Cuando entramos, había cajas aplanadas por todo el piso y un caballero de pie en el mostrador de recepción. Intentamos explicar que teníamos una reserva, pero su inglés no era genial. Entonces una mujer vino por detrás de él y comenzó a gritar: "¡Cerrado! ¡Fuera! ¡Cinco minutos!". Muy, muy, muy grosero. Todavía no sé por qué perseveramos y, posteriormente, nos arrepentimos... Después de ser echados afuera en el frío para permanecer de pie durante cinco minutos, regresamos adentro y estábamos sentados. Puedo decirles que el restaurante se ve profundamente más desastroso que las fotos en su página de Instagram. El lugar podía usar una pintura fresca, los menús estaban cansados y algunas ventanas rotas. Además de esto, había obreros (supusimos fontaneros) subiendo y bajando las escaleras y caminando por el restaurante mientras estábamos sentados - ¡bizarro y no mi idea de una buena experiencia gastronómica! El menú también era extraño. A mi pareja no le gusta el sushi, y la mayoría de las otras comidas que se ofrecen no eran las más tradicionales de la cocina japonesa. ¿Los currys Teriyaki no venían con arroz y el pollo katsu venía solo sin salsa? ¿No hay cajas dobladas? Pedimos frijoles edemame para la mesa y estaban mal cocinados. La tempura de cangrejo de cáscara blanda que pedí para empezar era muy grasosa y no sabía muy bien. ¡Creo que me sirvieron gambas! Pedí un trozo de sushi de seis y los rollos más pequeños que he visto se pusieron delante de mí. Sin exagerar, no eran más grandes que monedas de 20 céntimos, así que me decepcionó mucho lo que estaban cobrando por ello! Sabía a media en el mejor de los casos. ¡Mi compañero pidió el pollo katsu y nos horrorizó descubrir que estaba crudo! Lo llevamos a la atención de la camarera y se disculpó. Aunque apreciamos las disculpas, no nos gustaba que ignorara nuestra solicitud de pagar e irse y continuamente empujando el menú bajo nuestras narices para tratar de hacernos pedir algo más! Eliminó el cargo por pollo y servicio de la factura con más disculpas, pero aún así nos sorprendió y nos decepcionó mucho. Sólo pagando por dos Cocas - Colas, edemame, el cangrejo y el sushi - nuestra cuenta todavía llegó a la friolera de 35 libras! Ahórrate el trabajo, no había nada bueno en esta visita. ¡Vete a otro lugar, y a una parte mejor de la ciudad también!

Absolutely the best sushi place in London! All the ingredients are incredibly fresh and delicious. The staff is kind, and the restaurant feels cosy and calm. I definitely want to come back again soon. 🤩😋🍣🍱🍤🍛🥟🍙 Kids love Udon, tamago sushi, fried tofu sushi, gyoza, Tori-kara age and pumpkin Goloke. I enjoyed wakame salad, Il-ma sushi deluxe and udon.

Avocado maki was so good I had to get it again 😋sashimi was delicious too

Food was excellent, brilliant atmosphere and VERY welcoming staff. It was the first time I have tried this type of food and my wife and I celebrated our 18th Wedding Anniversary there and were offered a glass of Prosecco each. They made this evening special for us.

This place - what a find! He does eggs on toast with add-ons, and wow does he do it well. The coffee is also absolutely stellar. Prices are very reasonable.

Nice rooftop bar, great view and position.

I had to change the review I wrote 2 years ago as my recent experience wasn't a pleasant one. I have been really enjoying going to Koyo and often find staff friendly. The boss Alex is very nice and very pleasant to talk to. So I went there again with my friend recently, on Saturday 10 May, and was served by a rude young man. I politely pointed out that my friend may find the high chair by the bar uncomfortable and asked if we could sit on the table if no one was there. Instead of responding to me in a polite way, he told me to feel free to leave if not happy. I was really taken back and I never had such experience before in Koyo. There is a way to say things in a nice way, not to be this rude and arrangont. I have to say all othere staff were nice at that night but I am leaving this review as I wanted Alex to read it. Rude staff can ruin the reputation of a restaurant and this is true in many cases in the customer service industry. Perhaps the young man on rota in that evening coule do with more training on customer service and actually change his attitude.