The best restaurants serving Japanese food in England

After seeing the multitude of positive reviews and lovely pictures in reviews I checked this place out. 10/10. Good selection of popular and authentic Japanese foods that appeal to our British palettes. Great decor and you can tell so much love and passion has gone into this restaurant. Service was fast and very friendly. No complaints

Soya es el restaurante favorito de mi hijo. Vamos regularmente y siempre nos encanta allí. Es barato, pero la comida y el personal son geniales

Nice atmosphere, friendly staff, and great drinks! However, the small plates were very small for the price, and the scallops were not cleaned well.

Very tasty for a reasonable price. Highly recommend.

We fancied something different and decided to order from The East Asia and we were really pleased. We ordered a delivery to Bracknell and was expecting the food to be cold by the time it arrived, but it was piping hot. Portion sizes were very good and food was really tasty. We got the set menu and the panang and green thai curry were both delicious. We also had chicken satay and chicken wings, however we weren't as pleased with those. Overall the curries, rice and crackers were really nice and we will definitely order from them again.

Preciosa comida japonesa para la noche de citas Restaurante era tranquilo, pero el servicio era amable y bueno delicioso - muy recomendable y vale la pena hacer el esfuerzo para llegar a

What a lovely experience. Warmly welcomed and patiently explained menu! Meat was plentiful and delicious. The menu was exciting with lots of things we fancied trying. Decor was fab. The sour drinks were delicious! One slight note, we ordered way too much food and would have appreciated the nudge that we could have ordered slightly less. We still would have spent a lot for lunch.

When we arrived the restaurant was empty and very cold was thinking of leaving but glad we didn’t Food was excellent no issues with any dish we all throughly enjoyed it

地下鉄、Swiss Cottageの駅から歩いて6、7分くらいでしょうか。日本の方がやっているケーキ屋さんです。 見た目もきれいで美味しく、甘さもちょうど良い、日本で食べるケーキと同じものが食べられます。日本のデザートが恋しくなったら是非行ってみてください。 今回購入したのはタルトとフルーツケーキ。 フルーツケーキはドライフルーツがぎっしり！

We stopped here for dinner and was going for some authentic Japanese food and we wasn’t disappointed. The sushi was delicious and served so fresh, my katsu curry was equally as good and we had a great meal.

Review written on 7 October 2021: I have been a customer of AtariYa in Kingston for many years ever since the shop originally opened, but my visit yesterday with a friend was most disappointing. In fact, we were so disgusted that we walked out. My friend and I were both wearing masks. I have a Japanese family and I have lived, worked and travelled widely in Japan for over 45 years and have friends who run top quality sushi restaurants in Tokyo and Narita so I do know proper Japanese food. My first disappointment was the lack of sushi Bento boxes. Previously, there has always been a really good selection of excellent quality all freshly made but on this visit there was very little on display and all looking rather dull. Apart from the lack of stock, possibly caused by the present worldwide delivery problems, I was disappointed to see items which appeared to be Japanese but were not actually made in Japan. That is extremely misleading. Inspection of some of the nori seaweed packets showed that they were produced in China, similarly, some items in the freezer which were made in Vietnam. I asked the male fishmonger (not Japanese) behind the sashimi counter about this but got no answer. Of course it is not impossible to produce good quality food which is not made in its original country but I go to a Japanese food shop to buy genuine Japanese food, not food produced somewhere else. I do not eat anything from China because I do not trust their production methods due to at least one scandal in Japan involving the use of pesticides on imported Chinese products. At the sashimi fish counter at the rear of the shop there seemed to be a much smaller selection than there used to be. I ask the male fishmonger, in Japanese, for a particular fish but he didn't understand me so I repeated just the name of the fish (shime saba) and he did point to the correct fish. However, although he was wearing a mask, it was pulled down, thus exposing his nostrils. A female staff member then appeared, also wearing a mask but also not covering her nose. I asked both of them why their masks were not correctly positioned but they just smiled (I don't know why) and pulled the masks up to cover their noses but it was too late. I told them that it was disgusting to be breathing all over raw fish while the Covid pandemic is still continuing but there was no proper reply from either. These two staff members were not Japanese and the very nice Japanese gentleman who has always previously run the fish counter was not present. Two English men then came in and looked at the sushi bento items but neither was wearing a mask even while leaning over the products. The products were in plastic boxes but that is not the point. It is absolutely unimaginable that any Japanese person, either customer or staff, would lean over any food, particularly raw food, in a virus pandemic without wearing a proper mask. In Japan, staff who are preparing food in public view normally wear masks, gloves, hats and a proper uniform but, of course, this is England. I absolutely cannot imagine what Japanese people think of such low standards. I complained once before about the poor attitude of an English staff member in this shop and received an apology from AtariYa. Obviously, poor hygiene is even more important so I will be writing again to the AtariYa management. It is very important that shops purporting to be Japanese do actually give a proper good impression of their products. Very few non-Japanese people have any idea what real Japanese food is and what I saw in the shop yesterday was simply not acceptable. Other reviewers on this site have made similar criticisms. I will never go to this shop again. Nor will my friends.

Came here expecting a bar/restaurant where I could sit in, but there isn't any! Whoops! Its just a sushi stall addition to a local grocery store manned by like six guys all talking over each other. The sushi is good though and they had a diverse selection for such a small stall! I did enjoy it even if I had to head back home to eat it.

Place is closed and up for sale, eyesore for the village

Bao where great but a very small portion. The sharing plates where all instantly forgettable unfortunately. All food arrived cold or cool at best. Previously visited at Spark and thought it was far better (Bao and Ramen on a few occasions). Total bill felt overpriced for the amount of food served. Disappointed overall.

I was really disappointed with the service at this restaurant this evening... it's advertised on tastecard with an offer of 2 for 1... however when we arrived we had a point blank 'the manager says no'. Now I understand there may have been a misunderstanding, but it was handled poorly and on principle we left. I was really disappointed as i really fancied sushi and I'm sure the food is delicious?! It's not about the money it's the principle... Don't advertise your restaurant on a 2 4 1 offer then not honor it? And if there is an issue offer a gesture of good will and management deal with it, don't send your poor waiter over with a message.