For the past seven years they've been serving up top class sushi on the South Bank. But now the owners of Hannah at County Hall are switching things up a bit, according to Code Hospitality newsletter. To start with they're moving the sushi operation to another hotel in East London. From the summer you'll find it in its new guise as Kokin at The Stratford Hotel (opens 1 May).
In its place, by the river, comes Donabe which is being billed as the city's first Japanese restaurant devoted to clay pot rice dishes. Of course, London has several Chinese clay pot rice restaurants, not least the say-it-like-it-is Pot & Rice in Chinatown. But this aims to be the first specifically Japanese operation.
In addition to tempura and some grill options, dishes are loosely divided into donburi (rice dishes) and donabe (clay-pot rice dishes), including:
- Smoked Negi Toro Don (Mr Hajime Tanaka's wild tuna & salmon roe)
- Oyako Don (chicken & egg rice bowl)
- Sea bream rice
- A5 Wagyu sukiyaki rice
"We hope to provide our guests with an authentic Donabe experience that’s rare to find in London," the owners say. Looks like this could be a new place worth checking out.
More about Donabe
Where is it? 3 Belvedere Road, London SE1 7PB
When does it open? Opened 5 April 2025
Find out more: Book online or follow them on Instagram @donabe_hannah
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