Sushi

Featuring the lunar cycle as its theme, this high rise omakase restaurant turns out to be a lot of fun for the dinner guests.

We'd been wondering what would happen to Roji omakase bar, since chefs Tamas Naszai and Tomoko Hasegawa moved over to open the excellent Himi in Carnaby - and now we know.

Next door to Chisou in Mayfair, Roji won't be relaunching as an omakase bar. Instead, much like Himi,

An eagle-eyed Hot Dinners reader got in touch this week, pointing out that changes seemed to be afoot on St John Street. On closer inspection, it looked as though someone was moving into the old The Gate site on St John Street.

Well, we did some digging and it turns out to be the new home of popular Islington sushi restaurant SASA. As owner Mark Tan-Pham explained to us, the move wasn't planned, but they're delighted not to

6/5/25 - updated with new opening date and soft launch details

Not content with having one of the hardest-to-book restaurants in West London in Dorian, or the viral sushi experience Tuna Fight Club, the team responsible for both of those is now gearing up to open a sushi bar in Notting Hill.

Eel has taken over an old antiques shop on Talbot Road. It'll be a 10-16 seater restaurant that they're describing

You may recall a few weeks ago we reported on the changes afoot at South Bank restaurant Hannah which was morphing into a claypot offering Donabe at the same time as moving their sushi operation to Stratford in the form of Kokin.

Now we can reveal exactly what they have planned for their foray into East London.

Kensington's restaurant scene is on fire right now and nowhere is that more obvious than on Kensington Church Street. Hot on the heels of Krokodilos and Passyunk Avenue opening their doors comes a

The founders of Roji have switched their attentions to this more casual Japanese affair just off Carnaby Street. We took a seat at the counter to check out what Himi has to offer. 

When we heard that the family who own the London and New York branches of Le Relais de Venise l’Entrecôte were opening a new restaurant in London, you can be sure we sat up and took notice. Romeo San sees the Elghanayan family branching out into Japanese food, with a temaki bar in Marylebone.

"Our handrolls are made with the finest ingredients," says founder Yasmine Elghanayan. "The dining experience is

Los Mochis London City is offering an immersive experience where diners get to see a whole bluefin tuna broken down for an omakase dinner. We managed to get some seats at the sushi counter to see what exactly goes on at an evening like this.

The arrival of an affordable omakase experience in Soho is to be celebrated. We grabbed a seat at the counter to see what Sushi Kyu is serving up.

Updated 16/8/24 with opening date

Eagle-eyed Hot Dinners readers have spotted that there are signs of life in the currently empty restaurant site that used to be Neighbourhood on Islington Green. Turns out that it's going to be the next branch of the popular sushi spot Sticks'n'Sushi.

It's a large old space so there's going to be an open plan dining room, space to eat up at the kitchen counter

It's one of the most highly-rated sushi restaurants in London. But when Endo at the Rotunda reopens next month following a five-month closure for refurbishment there are going to be some key changes you need to know about.

The first is that it's going to be even harder to get a reservation. Before there were seats for 11 guests up at the omakase counter. Now that it's been reduced in size to increase intimacy between the

It's been three years since London's first dedicated Japanese hand roll restaurant (Temaki, in case you're wondering) opened in Brixton. Now we've got a new one to try, this time in Covent Garden. Ukiyo is a counter dining spot in The Yards development in Covent Garden that's serving up temaki and sashmi. The chef behind it definitely knows what he's doing - Konstantin Tskhay used to be head chef at

Popular sushi and robata restaurant Roka is celebrating its 20th birthday this year. We made a return visit to the OG Roka on Charlotte Street to see why it's lasted so long. 

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