The best restaurants serving Japanese food in London

This was our third visit to La Bibliotheque. The restaurant is a very welcome addition to the area and is deserving of its excellent reviews. It’s romantic and beautifully decorated, and the atmosphere is relaxed. The quality of the food on each occasion was really excellent, with dishes cleverly put together in terms of taste and texture. It is difficult to resist filling up on their truly delicious bread and flavoured butter at the start of the meal. On the three occasions we have visited there was no dish we didn’t enjoy,but the highlights on each occasion were the desserts, from a stunning beetroot cake with yoghurt to the incredible Tunworth ice cream with truffle and balsamic vinegar. Customer service really matters to this restaurant, and no review would be complete without mentioning Charlotte, who is a real gem and who looked after us brilliantly. We very much look forward to our next visit.

Real honesty, I don’t live anywhere near London but every visit I will hop on the tube or grab a taxi to take me there to eat. I won’t eat any other form of Asian food in London. It’s the best, even if it is small and compact, better small and busy than large and half empty. Great atmosphere and amazing service. Ps. Sorry only photo I took as I don’t like taking pictures of my food

Propietarios simpáticos Chicken Katsu y Tempura king gambas para morirse a un precio modesto. Cocinado con amor. Delicioso. Mucho mejor calidad y mucho más limpio que los vendedores ambulantes alternativos. Vale la pena una visita. Almuerzo hasta las 3 de la tarde.

Came here to start off our little Birthday day out to treat my girlfriend who loves all things Japan. And we both HIGHLY recommend coming here! Let me just quickly summarise this place for the readers out there: - Knowledgeable, friendly and highly attentive staff - Amazing selection of sakes, cocktails, whiskeys, etc. - Food that's fresh and really tasty (highly recommend the Chicken Fry!) A bit of a hidden gem in Covent Garden that we'll definitely be back to for the sake flights and sake school! If you've been thinking about trying Japanese cuisine, or already love it, just get down here and enjoy yourself!

I found the restaurant via Google and I truly hope more of you guys out there finds this small Asian pearl. We, a family of four with very different food preferences went from Doumo happy, all of us. We had sushi, gyoza, ramen and fried chicken. Everything very well prepared, good size and excellent service. Doumo is well worth a visit. We recommend it strongly.

The food was lovely, varied and our family enjoyed themselves. They caterer for mum who is a vegetarian. the fire show was fantastic and the staff were kind and accommodating.

Super bons sushis, tout frais, un délice… avec un service attentionné et sympathique. Le repas a plu à toute la famille…

Authentic local restaurant and delicious food. I ordered takeaway of chirashisushi and some sashimi, and everything spelt out quality. My favourite sushi place in the UK now.. sushi being one of my favourite food.

Buen restaurante asiático / japonés con un menú fijo para el almuerzo. ¡El vino es un poco caro pero es tu decisión después de todo!

Muy práctico y útil para tener otro sitio donde comer - menú está bien aunque en ocasiones la comida llegó un poco fría. Puede ser muy ruidoso cuando bar y fuera de las áreas están ocupados, así que no es para una cena romántica. Buen bistec y carne, una buena selección de vinos, en general el personal atento.

Les sushis sont très bons et le prix est vraiment correct ! Vous pouvez manger sur place uniquement s'il n'y a personne car seulement quelques petites places, l'endroit est fait pour la vente à emporter. Rien à redire, je recommande !

Another excellent sushi lunch at Kiyoto Mill Hill. It’s always been good but the new manager, Carmen, is now taking it to the next level. This is a really good local sushi restaurant. Congrats to the whole team.

Compared to other ramen places, the menu offerings were rather different with items like lemon ramen, basil ramen and mapo tofu as well as Korean dishes. Not uncommon but not many places offer them. Anyway, the lemon slices were functionless as you can't squeeze them. Other than that it was ok but the noodles they were different in the sense they were smooth and do not absorb the broth as easily as others. The tofu dish was super spicy if you are one of those who find grounded chilli powder hot. Overall ok but there many lots of annoying little flies where one landed in my tea after we finished.

We went expecting a conveyer belt experience (kids like it) and were very disappointed with the lack of it in Yo kitchen. This was the reason we travelled to Yo. We have some nice sushi places locally and the adults generally prefer those venues. Anyway it was a treat for the kids.... So whilst we got over it quickly, we discovered that the menu was pared down and very pricey. £6+ for the gyoza and £8+ for four pieces of maki. The gyoza were much better than those at Yo - these were pan fried and with a beautiful sauce. However, there wasn't really a choice of good sushi (about 5 options). The salmon maki was made with cream cheese. It was all a bit westernised/fusion... So we didn't order any. Kids menu was good value and plentiful. Kids enjoyed it. The food we chose was good, bit I don't think we'll be returning. I'd rather go to a proper sushi house or a better Japanese restaurant. I'd rather have eaten at ITSU.

We had coffee and Japanese cakes in the cafe by the entrance on the ground floor. The coffee was made freshly through a filter and was very smooth. The cakes all seem to be chestnut based and are served prepackaged but were very nice and something a little bit different.