All the good Japanese restaurants in London are fairly expensive.It is very difficult to get good value for money for Japanese in London.
Good Japanese food in London is generally expensive. Cheap sushi is available in Tescos, Sainsburys and other supermarkets but you get what you pay for.The most sublime, perfect Japanese restaurant I have had the pleasure of experiencing was Nobu in Berkeley Street, Mayfair. It’s very gorgeous place. But it’s very expensive. Average price: £56.The atmosphere is lively but not noisy. The food is amazing, tasty and very filling. The very dishes alone are gorgeous. Fish is the most exquisite. The yellow fin with jalapeno was sublime, the beef sashimi (like a ceviche of beef) delicious, tempura rock shrimp- divine! Be prepared to watch the bill add up quicky. The sushi and sashimi are good, the fatty tuna is wonderful. The 15% ‘optional’ service charge adds to your bill.
For celebrities I would definitely go for either the Ivy or Nobu. The Ivy being more English than the later. Here you can see Stella McCartny.
You can go to Nobu for a special occasion dinner. Nobu is the best Japanese restaurant in London.
Also try Zuma for modern jap fusion. Average Price is £40
For Saturday night dinner you need to book at least two weeks in advance. The food is very good, the scallops and the foie gras being worthy of a special mention. It isn’t traditional Japanese, and not what you expect but you should be pleasantly surprised. If I you want to eat sashimi etc I should go to Yo! Sushi. Honestly, the Nigiri and Maki I’ve had at ITSU are not much different and a tenth of the price.
Sumosan is a Japanese restaurant in Mayfair, not quite Nobu prices but pretty expensive. Average Price is £45.Incredible sushi combinations such as maki with truffle. The fish quality is great. Also you have to try sashimi salads.
Sumosan is in line with most Japanese restaurants in London with respect to price.
Misato is near Piccadilly Circus. This place comes to mind whenever I look for reliable and fuss-free traditional Japanese fare. Japanese rice and noodles dishes are delicious. It’s the really nice food for good price. The portions are huge. Chicken teri rice, pork & ginger rice, the ocean perch dish are tasty. Japanese persons don’t like Misato Average price: £18 Beware long queue. This place is not for a romantic meal for two or an important business lunch.
Try Miyama for sushi (their branch in the City also has a great sushi bar) This place comes to mind whenever I look for reliable and fuss-free traditional Japanese fare.
Miyama has lovely fresh fish. I remember the razor clam still “quivering” as it was sliced and handed over to me! I regularly go to the City outpost where at the sushi bar an a la carte order of around £20 - £25 is enough (for me anyway!) They have a Mayfair outpost as well but this may be a bit more spenny… Lunch is the time to go. It’s a great place for Japanese food. I advise you get appetiser, a choice of starter(inc soft shell crab, tempura etc) and main (sushi, sashimi etc), dessert and miso soup. The portions are great and it is better than some of the restaurants in Japan in terms of quality and value.
MJU in Knightsbridge is expensive but quite amazing..
I rate Roka, but it’s stupidly pricey.
Inshoku in Waterloo (on a street called Lower Marsh) is cheap and quite good.
Myabi Sushi in the Great Eastern Hotel. Average Price is £30 It is exhorberhant and the fish is lovely and fresh. The sashimi melted in the mouth and it was all amazingly fresh. It has excellent sushi and really friendly staff
Not central, but also doesn’t take very long by the tube - there’s a good sushi restaurant opposite Ealing Common station..
Ramen Seto is Oxford Circus tube
Japanese rice and noodles dishes are tasty. It`s cheap.
Yo! Sushi aren’t my favorite sushi restaurants I like the conveyor belts, and the way you can pick your different colored plates depending on how much you want to spend. I particularly like this Yo! Sushi because to get to it you go up escalators which have a fountain surrounding them where the water leaps up the escalator.
If you want to spend less, fill up on a noodle dish to start with.
Gili Gulu is a self service restaurant and if they appear sharp this is because the turn around is very high and they are busy. Atmosphere is fun as lots of people are having a good time
The food not so fresh and tasty. But the miso soup is delicious.