Silver Fox

Does anyone know of and/or have any recommendations for an all you can eat sushi in London? Or a buffet style sushi restaurant?

dnajockey

Sorry not to specifically answer, but good sushi in London is very expensive. Maida Vale has two very good ones (Murasaki and Maguro), Hanway street by Tottenham court road tube has a very good one (Kikuchi), but not all you can eat. All you can eat places in the past I have tried have been very poor quality. Push the boat out ! :-)

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I agree that all-you-can-eat sushi places tend to be of low quality, you wouldn't find Japanese people eating there, because they tend to be run by Koreans or Chinese (sometimes south east Asians too). This is also the case in most western countries.

It's not a buffet but I would recommend Asakusa in Mornington Crescent.

I also had a good experience in South Kensington, it was a conveyor belt buffet where they charge by the plates at the end. These are also usually not run by Japanese people, but this one was. It seems to have closed down or changed management during the pandemic though, as I can't find it on google and the ones in S Ken now have poor reviews.

Silver Fox

Mornington Crescent! No! That kills two birds with one stone! What rules will we use?

Joking aside, that looks good, thanks.

mjm

Any place that sells curry, yakitori, tonkatsu etc. and sushi is not a sushi place. Hard pass recommended.
If you want a sushi shop, the best thing to do is go to a sushi shop that sells only sushi.
If you just want sushi and are not fussed about the quality, any of these places will do.
And then on your next trip to Japan you can have real sushi to refresh.

DavidJE

I don't know of any all you can eat sushi restaurants in London. Certainly not central London. If you want something cheap but ok, then there are a few take out style chains - Yo Sushi, Wasabi and Itsu. There is also a more premium restaurant group called Roka which is quite good and Shoryu (a bit cheaper than Roka). Both have central London locations. For a cheap(er) dinner I generally go to Tombo Cafe in South Kensington. For something special head to Akira in Japan House.

13901

All you can eat sushi is the best way to get a lovely case of the brown rains IMHO.

I like, as a sushi bar, Makoto on Turnham Green Terrace. Japanese, run by Japanese, frequented by Japanese. And they do other dishes too.

mjm

Looks pretty good actually. The deep fried and grilled stuff has no place on the menu of a sushi restaurant but the other donburi are all in line with what one might expect and look nice. The "inside out rolls" are always a source of amusement, but l know they are popular overseas and they do taste good. This is a place I would like to try. And fortuitously, it is close to the home of a friend I will be visiting in a couple months. Thank you for the tip

13901

And prices are actually decent, especially at lunch. Anyway, since we're on the topic of Japanese foodstuff in West London, Tetote Factory is a great Japanese bakery in Ealing. They open only a few hours a day, not every day, but there's always a queue of Japanese "locals". Recommended to me by a former colleague from JAL.

Silver Fox

After much debate, the proximity to Ealing Common tube means we might give this a go: Kiraku London | Japanese Restaurant if anyone has any experience of this place. It's apparently popular with the Japanese locals too.

GregWTravels

An all you can eat place, though not primarily all-you-can-eat-sushi but does have a small sushi selection, is Aroma in the W12 Centre at Shepherd's Bush. It isn't fantastic, but as pan-Asian buffets go, it's alright. Closest tube is Shepherd's Bush on Central line / Overground.

Well, if we are on the topic, then I'll put in a recommendation for Tosa on King Street in Hammersmith (it's on the border between Hammersmith and Chiswick). It's primarily a yakitori place, but does sushi/sashimi and other main dishes as well that have always been decent when I tried them. Closest tube is Stamford Brook on the District.

13901

I second that! The ramens are really good and the prices affordable. And the man who I think is the owner looks a bit like Daniel Craig's and Jason Statham's father if the two were brothers.

mjm

The pictures on their site look like what you get here for sure, but the prices, oy vey! Japanese bakeries here make amazing bread products and it is nice to have the selection. That said, there is no comparison to the bread products available in Europe or America. And most places offer the same stuff. When in Europe or the States I always splurge and also ship a bunch back to be frozen and enjoyed over the next few months. Rye bread, decent sourdough, etc.

13901

Hey, you're in London! Frankly the prices aren't that different from what other specialised bakeries / places like Ole & Steen charge, and at least you know the guys at Tetote do it themselves.

mjm

Not yet, but working on it. End of April. Can't happen soon enough. The prices are ludicrous for a Japanese bakery and the stuff used to make the goods is not priced equivalently higher in London. And Ealing? Not the highest rent part of the city. I'll turn around at Acton usually, getting too far out past the Bush at a that point. . I think there is perceived scarcity on the part of the customers or a hunger for goods which if in Japan make sense but overseas (as a Japanese resident) here are too many much better bread options. There is no comparison to a Danish bakery. With London's bakery options that are not Japanese I never miss the baked goods at home (Tokyo) at all. Still it will be a longish trip and I do find myself with an afternoon to spare in April and will have wheels so who knows?