Omakase

• Endo at the Rotunda is closing for a big revamp

  

  Every year, just before the new Michelin stars are announced, there's some buzz about who might be getting a new star. And this month, when it came to potential new two starred restaurants, Endo at the Rotunda was definitely a name being bandied around.

  While they didn't get that

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• RAI omakase restaurant returns, this time in Bloomsbury

  

  RAI, from the same people behind Islington's Hot Stone, originally launched in Fitzrovia before closing last year. But now the restaurant is back again in a different location, just up the road in Bloomsbury. 

  The food is once again led by Executive Chef Padam Raj Rai (previously at Nobu, Sake no Hana and Tsukiji) and it'll be an omakase-only restaurant, with dishes in the

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• Test Driving Juno - a tiny omakase doing things differently in Notting Hill

  

  Pairing Japanese and Mexican influences, Juno is a six seater omakese restaurant in Notting Hill serving up an extraordinary food experience.

• Juno in Notting Hill will be London's smallest omakase restaurant with just six seats

  

  London's newest omakase experience is definitely coming with bragging rights. As there are only six seats at Juno in Notting Hill, simply managing to get a booking there is going to be an impressive feat.

  The new counter dining 'experience' is opening on the first floor of Mexican/Japanese restaurant Los Mochis in Notting Hill. The restaurant's executive chef Leonard Tanyag (ex-Zuma) will be running the show alongside

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• Iné is a new Japanese (and omakase) restaurant in Hampstead from the Taku team

  

  14/12/23 - Updated with the opening date

  Can London have too many omakase restaurants? It appears not, as the people behind Taku in Mayfair are getting ready to open a restaurant with its own omakase counter in Hampstead (taking over what used to be Goldfish).

  Iné will have an eight-seater omakase counter alongside booth seating if you want to pop in for

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• London's best restaurants with omakase menus

  

  Japanese omakase restaurants (which roughly translates as "leaving the menu up to the chef") have become a big thing in London of late. Long tasting menus, often sushi-led, are delivered in some of London's most beautiful dining rooms. Here's our pick of the best along with a guide to the restaurants where you can get the experience on a (slightly) smaller budget.