The best restaurants serving Japanese food in Bristol, City of South West

It's Itsu: on the one hand, sushi like this wasn't easily available in the UK just 10 years ago; on the other hand, it's still fairly inauthentic and average quality relative to the price. Hard dry rice, equivalent to lower end Japanese supermarket sushi (rather than decent restaurant sushi). Nice vibes though especially upstairs.

Wizzy is providing lunches until it closes on June 22! If you check their Instagram account before you go, you’ll know if there is lunch that day. As for dinner, it is available in two seatings every Friday and Saturday. The hours are incorrect. The lunch timings are roughly 12:30-13:30 but food may run out faster on some days. The lunch box is just £4.5 and you get generous portions and many options, different every day. It’s nourishing and delicious at the same time, honestly the highlight of my days working in the office! The dinner’s portions are huge as well, with so many courses. I’d recommend going there with others, but for lunch, it’s nice to go by yourself as well and have a chat with Wizzy who always has lots of insights to share about food, the environment, and her philosophy!

This place was BUSY!!! You could tell it’s a neighborhood favorite. We decided to wait to wait for a table. Boy are we glad we did! The ramen dishes were so flavorful. We went to go back later in the week and it looked like they were temporarily closed to mentally regroup. Props to yall and much respect for doing so. 🤍

I used to order from Tuk tuck thru Deliveroo and always loved it. Pad thai and dumplings are my personal favorite and I have ordered them for like many times. Yesterday we wanna try eat in and went to their restaurant and ordered all our favorites. And found a hair in pad thai along with noodles 🥺😒 we informed the waitress, they didn't react much as it seems like regular thing. Never apologized and took our plates silently. Didn't expected this and left the place disappointed. Will never visit tuk tuck or order a take away, you lost me Tuk Tuck. Definitely need to improve your hygiene standards and servicing skills. Update: Thank you for your reply. However, I must clarify a few points. We politely called the waitress aside, as we didn’t want to disrupt the experience of nearby tables, and informed her about the hair in our Pad Thai. Unfortunately, her response felt robotic, with no genuine apology or regret, as she simply stated, “Do you want a refund or a free meal?” After seeing a hair in our food, it’s natural for anyone to lose their appetite, so we declined both offers. The plates were taken away, and we were left waiting for any acknowledgment, which is a basic aspect of hospitality. Instead, the waitress returned from the kitchen, did not address us, and continued writing on the board. This lack of empathy gave the impression that she didn’t feel accountable for the situation. We understand that the fault likely lies with the kitchen, but as a team, it’s crucial to take responsibility for the overall experience. This feedback isn’t to place blame, but to share our perspective as customers. Not everyone is looking for a refund or a free meal. What we seek is a genuine acknowledgment of the issue and actions that show the experience matters. To us, this encounter felt more like a vending machine transaction than a restaurant experience. We hope this feedback helps improve future interactions for other customers.

Always excellent in any country. Did the recipes seem a little less seasoned than at W in London and Amsterdam? However location of this is in the center of Bristol. Always a nice environment and even if it was very crowded it was easy to talk in the group. Practical tables with hooks to hang bags underneath (unfortunately I discovered them at the end of the meal🙄😬), and there is also a shelf in the hidden space for bags and maybe a small jacket. Super helpful and present staff; ordering was quick and easy, and very attentive to those with allergies - a manager arrived at our table and checked each dish to see if it was ok for the guest. Spotless bathrooms. Excellent food and prepared with espresso so it doesn't necessarily respect the anti-first-meal-second structure but that's fine. Sharing and recommended! Power drinks fantastic.

I went here with a friend for a lunch break while visiting Bristol. It seemed quiet but we didn't realise that there were two other rooms, so it would be great for a group or a large party of people. Service was great, despite the fact that we couldn't use the QR code to order or pay. Staff were really friendly and didn't mind explaining the menu. We both chose the Sunflower bento box which turned out to be delicious. I've had Japanese style food from chain restaurants but this was so much more flavourful and different. I'd definitely go there again the next time I'm in Bristol. As an aside, I love the washbasin in the ladies!!

I feel like they must have paid for reviews as the food was shocking. My ramen was bland and tasteless while my bfs food was burnt and pretty inedible. We were served meat gyozas instead of veggie and by the time they brought out the vegetarian ones I was over the whole experience. Edamame was stone cold and not edible - basically paid a lot of money for food I couldn’t eat. Wouldn’t recommend.

They cook the skewers in the kitchen now instead of allowing you to cook it yourself at the table. Generally overpriced and there was little atmosphere.

Always worth a visit. Very decent ramen selection.

Rudest staff I have ever come across. We ordered a bunch of different items the chicken teriyaki noddles were amazing BAR that the rest was horrid. We sent back a cold, unseasoned, tasteless prawn tempura to be told no refund as that was our opinion! Are you kidding? Yes exactly correct it’s my opinion, I can’t eat the disgusting dish it comes off the menu simple! I have never been told that and considering our bill was 150£ the fish should have come off. The manageress then had the nerve to ask if we wanted to leave a tip. Shocking, rude, in need of serious customer training. Good luck but I will never return back.

Really disappointed with our visit. My wife is a big sushi fan, so I booked a table for lunch for her birthday. On arrival we were told a couple of things were off the menu, that’s fine, it happens. But when trying to place our order for sushi, we were told they aren’t doing sushi today as the chef hadn’t turned up for work… I asked when he might be in, and we’re told that he hadn’t responded to her text… this is appalling.