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The best restaurants serving Japanese food in Islington London

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5.0

161 Opinions

location-icon10 Wakley Street, London EC1V 7LT England, England
Japanese
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This is going to be an unusual review in that I can't think of another restaurant where I've enjoyed the food very much whilst taking an active dislike to the restaurant interior. The quality of food is all that really matters, right? If so, please read the next paragraph and ignore what follows it! My wife had already visited Tanakatsu several times with her friends. We both had a lunchtime bento box, which was expertly prepared with wonderfully crisp pork katsu, tasty salmon teriyaki on good quality rice, an excellent pumpkin croquette, a small selection of high-class sushi and a fine side salad on which you could drizzle the owner's "mighty dressing", served with miso soup. I really couldn't fault it. Another big tick from me for the modest 7.5% service charge. So what about the internal layout? It's actually quite spacious with plenty of natural light but the internal concrete walls were for me unappealing and the overall decor off-putting. Along two walls are some tightly spaced and rather small tables. The one we were shown to was unpleasantly sticky and our conversation drowned by an exceptionally loud man next to us conducting a job interview in a domineering manner. On the other sides were two long 'shelves' which I suppose was the inspiration for the unusual restaurant name ('tana' = 'shelf'). I can understand the logic - it makes it easier to accommodate solo diners - but surely the point of sitting diners side by side is that there should be something more interesting to look at than a very uninspiring street or concrete wall. Also it leaves so much wasted floorspace in the middle! Anyway if you think these observations petty and unnecessary - just go there and you'll have a really good meal.

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5.0

135 Opinions

location-icon42 Duncan Street, England
Japanese
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Came here for lunch and had the chicken katsu curry don (£11) with the hijiki rice upgrade (£1.80). Both were very nice and varied. Service was great. Service charge of 12.5% was automatically added. I would visit again.

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5.0

9 Opinions

location-icon64 Turnmill Street, London EC1M 5RR England, England
Japanese
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Primero déjame decir que la comida era de 5 estrellas. Yo elegiría dar 4. 5 sobre todo, pero obligado a elegir tuve que ir 4 porque algunos elementos de servicio no eran del todo perfectos. Kisetsu es la mesa del chef en Shosharu, que ofrece una fantástica experiencia gastronómica íntima con ingredientes de temporada y principalmente pescado. El menú de degustación de 15 platos siempre fue interesante, sabrosa y visualmente inspirador para combinar. Nuestro grupo tenía vino y emparejamientos de Sake. Los vinos en general eran muy impresionantes, particularmente un pinot noir francés y vino de postre raro. El sommelier ciertamente sabía lo que hacía, aunque en varias ocasiones le había explicado el emparejamiento al grupo sin que nos diéramos cuenta (tal vez no corregir la etiqueta para ser demasiado asertivo para ser justo, a pesar de que fue hablado suavemente). Los sakes fueron muy interesantes, probé con mis amigos y todos menos uno fueron muy impresionantes. Podría escribir sobre la comida. Realmente tan impresionante. Una vez más, esto fue de cinco estrellas, pero a veces el servicio se sentía desarticulado y había un extraño inconveniente, como equivocarse al emparejar los pedidos u omitir la factura de las cajas bien presentadas al final. Una de las parejas también llegó tarde, así que no comenzamos hasta 30 minutos después de nuestra 8. 30 reserva, lo que significaba un final pasado medianoche. En general, excelente, elimine algunos de los fallos técnicos y esto realmente será una experiencia gastronómica excepcional.

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5.0

7 Opinions

location-icon30C Great Sutton Street, England
Japanese
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Amazing sushi, really friendly staff and reasonably priced. Amazing sushi! Tucked away down a side street. Highly recommended.

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5.0

5 Opinions

location-icon84 Rosebery Avenue, England
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Taste sensation! Just my sort of food! We visited for the Saturday brunch which was a rollercoaster of exciting small dishes. Can’t wait to come back and try every dish on the menu.

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5.0

3 Opinions

location-iconStudio 7, The Studios Islington, England
Japanese
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I was fancy a Japanese so I looked the closest one and I found this place, so I decided to go. The atmosphere is quite relaxing and warm. The lady that runs it is very nice. The food is incredible good and the prices are decent. If you are looking for authentic Japanese food, in a friendly atmosphere for a decent price, do not think twice!

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5.0

2 Opinions

location-iconHolloway Road, England
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Nourriture très bonne même excellente , bon rapport qualité prix, restaurant calme et personnel adorable. Nous recommandons x10000 ! bravo et encore merci

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4.8

229 Opinions

location-icon12 Jerusalem Passage, England
Japanese
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This was my fourth visit to this wonderful 7 seat sushi bar. Yes, it's a bit of a pain to get a slot but not that big of a deal - just follow the instructions. The restaurant is extremely transparent about their rules, the time dinner with take (3 hours, in our case) and exactly how much it will cost you - there are zero surprises. The host/chef couple are extremely friendly and helpful and the food is outstanding. At more than £200 p/person with a carafe (!) of very nice sake, it's not a place we can go very frequently, but for a treat, it can not be bested.

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4.6

501 Opinions

location-icon246 St Paul's Rd, England
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Best Japanese food restaurant in north London. Every dish is delicious and will recommend to all my friends

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4.5

824 Opinions

location-icon28 Camden Passage, England
Japanese
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The sushi is excellent but had a very disappointing experience here today. My wife is allergic to shellfish so requested a substitution in the set plate of nigiri. The chef rudely refused, only offering to sell it without the shrimp and clam. So essentially a £33 platter missing a fifth of the fish. There’s a better way to handle things for sure but no solutions were offered other than a more expensive plate. Have been here a few time before and this was so incredibly disappointing from a customer service perspective. Probably won’t be back.

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4.5

643 Opinions

location-icon422 St John Street, England
Japanese
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The nigiri sushi is fresh and delicious, the wasabi is ground by hand, and the chef's workmanship is top-notch. Watching the chef make it is an artistic enjoyment.

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4.5

984 Opinions

location-icon9 Chapel Market, England
Japanese
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This restaurant was extremely expensive for a whole in the wall with no atmosphere. Save your money and go somewhere that has alittle more wow.

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4.5

984 Opinions

location-icon9 Chapel Market Angel Islington, London N1 9EZ England, England
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4.5

189 Opinions

location-icon11-13 Theberton Street, England
Japanese
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Delicious tapas, nice wine et great atmosphere. For sure, that's not fine food but the products are good and the cooker is talented. Whatever, I love thise place!

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4.5

162 Opinions

location-icon326 Upper Street, England
Japanese
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Incredible food! A lovely warm atmosphere and the staff are very nice. A very good selection of gluten free options, and they have gluten free soy sauce too! Great choice for coeliacs/gluten free - I’ve been here many times and will continue to come back.