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Been here twice in the past month. Food is very fresh and unique. They have ipads for ordering and service take out orders. They don't take reservatio…
Smriti Das
Sakata Bar & Grill
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Great ambience.Good food.Would recommend all those japanese food lovers to go here and try it out. I ordered the tonkatsu ramen and the chicken gyoza …
Prajay Khubchandani
Sakata Bar & Grill
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One of the few good places in London for somewhat authentic Asian food. Sakata offers everything from sushi, to ramen, and curry. Would definitely rec…
Serenity Chen
Sakata Bar & Grill
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10 Reviews on “Sakata Bar & Grill”
First time I tasted black sesame seed ice cream and it was as close to the authentic Japanese flavour in Canada! The sushi itself is fantastic itself. We had a good experience and didn’t receive leftovers with a bland taste. Loved the presentation style as well.
I came here for dinner for a friend’s birthday and it was good but not terribly great. I am a vegetarian so I would have liked to see a few more options in the ramen selection for vegetarians. I had the veggie platter which was pretty great value for money however.
The food is better than any other Japanese restaurants in London. Standard menu is fairly priced and nicely portioned. For the foodies you can ask the owner to provide you with a selection of the catch of the day that might not be on the menu or mentioned. Of course you might be paying a lot extra but it usually is worth it. Music sucks sometimes.
We had a really nice dinner here – the service was prompt and the food was delicious. We came for the ramen, but the sushi and Japanese cheesecake were definite highlights as well. Decently priced – would definitely recommend!
Came here on a Sunday night before returning to school. Initially, we had planned to go to Mongolian Grill, but as they didn’t accept the Western One Card and we didn’t feel paying the full price for stir-fried food, we moved here. All of us ordered ramen (three original Tonkotsu, one miso Tonkotsu). The service was average, but the food was really good! My egg was quite disappointing, as it was cold and hardboiled; however, the broth, bamboo shoots, and noodles were very delicious! We left extraordinarily satisfied.
I’ve had rather polarizing experiences dining at Sakata Ramen and Sakata Bar & Grill.The bar and grill location seems to have their shit together. I have been thrice, each time the food was good. In particular my last visit stands out as it was easily one of the best meals I’ve ever had at a restaurant. The oysters and clams were fresh and well dressed. The teppanyaki is always cooked to perfection, the sushi and sashimi, of which there is a rich variety, is fresh and well assembled. If you haven’t tried the seared monkfish liver, it’s a definite must. The takoyaki is always piping hot and perfectly cooked. Octopus with some bite but not too chewy.The service was also great. Basically every experience I’ve had at the bar and grill location has been great.Sakata Ramen, on the other hand, despite having an identical menu and being operated by the same people, is a different story. I’ve been twice. The first time I had tonkotsu miso ramen, which I had already tasted at the Bar & Grill location, and as expected it was quite good. Rich sticky broth, great chashu, well seasoned egg, the works. The one complaint I have about my first visit would be the service. A male server, whose name I do not know, decided it would be appropriate to loom in our periphery whilst he waited for us to order. This made the experience feel rushed and uncomfortable, as this server was ever present, twiddling his thumbs in quiet anticipation and watching us as we studied the menu. He warned us about our order, asserting that white people generally have difficulty with some of the toppings we had selected, In particular soft boiled eggs, which are sure to confound and disgust the average Caucasian. Even after our repeated insistence that we were familiar with and indeed enjoyed the hanjuku eggs, he elected to present them to us in a separate dish. (which I understand is now common practice at Sakata but at the time was presented to us as a sort of compromise)I visited the establishment again this past Monday and had a different experience. Excited for a bowl of rich, flavourful broth, I was met with an obscene concoction that would be best described as salty water with butter. I hesitate even to use the term ‘salty’, as it was poorly seasoned. The noodles were not boiled in salted water, which I’m not sure is common practice where ramen is concerned, but would have helped compensate for the fact that they were suspended in a mostly flavourless liquid. The egg was perfectly cooked but poorly seasoned, the chashu was thankfully good as always. After eating the BBQ meat I promptly paid for my meal and left, disgusted, with most of my order untouched. The waiter loomed, ever vigilant…I’m just very unsure now, I will definitely be avoiding the Queens & Richmond location in the future.TL;DR:–Sakata Bar and Grill is awesome in every conceivable way. Sakata Ramen seems comparable but has a very annoying wait staff and jarringly inconsistent levels of quality. I hope someone from the restaurant reads this and talks to the servers about that looming business. Majorly unprofessional.
I’m sad to say that as an Asian I have never tried ramen until now, but this is some next level noodle soup. I ordered the spicy ramen (so hot and so delicious), the yam fries (basically seasoned sweet potato fries, they were really good) the pork belly skewers (OMG YOU HAVE TO ORDER THESE. They’re worth the $5 and oh so juicy). I also tried a few of their sushi rolls, better than your average AYCE but not the best I’ve ever had. The service was also very diligent… Almost to the point when they were awkwardly interrupting conversation just to refill my water for the 5th time but better than not refilling it at all! Overall I would say that ramen from this place has made me a ramen lover for life and I will definitely be back to try their other noodle soups! 18carrotgold.com