Restaurants that offer California Maki

Ichi-Riki

➤ 17B Strutton Ground, Westminster, London, SW1P2HY, SW1P 2HY, United Kingdom

Sushi • Asian • Japanese • Vegetarian

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"Tucked away in a basement on Strutton Ground, this tiny little establishment appears to be pretty authentic. Despite it being a random weekday evening, it fills up very quickly and by the time we’re heading up to leave, it’s pretty much full. We arrive a variety of elements to share and everything arrives promptly. The soft shell crab tempura is lightly battered, hot and fresh, but it does lack a certain wow factor. However, the selections of the different types of Sashimi we’ve gone for are all fresh and light and very clearly of the highest quality so we find ourselves ordering a few more of these to keep us going. The chicken gyoza is better than most other dumpligns I’ve tried, served warm with a very comforting and nourishing filling, they bulk out what is otherwise quite a light meal. Service is a little slow, with the size of the place, there’s only one girl busily running around trying to get to everyone, but the food is absolutely top notch. Worth going with a few more people and ordering up a larger selection!"

Ohba Leaf

➤ 50 Topsfield Parade, Tottenham Lane, London, N88PT, United Kingdom

Ramen • Japanese • Delivery Services

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"The service at this restaurant was extremely disappointing. It took 45 minutes for our ramen to arrive and we had to ask three times for a glass of water."

Teatro Rotana Doha

➤ City Centre Rotana Hotel 2nd Floor, West Bay25522, Doha, United Kingdom

Bars • Wine • Wings • Chicken Wings

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"We had a fantastic evening at this restaurant. Our group was a bit lively because of the special occasion, but the staff were amazing and very accommodating. Our group said it was the best party they've ever had. A truly wonderful place."

Shogun Sushi Noodle Bar

➤ 196 Wharfside Street The Cube Birmingham, West Midlands B1 1RN, United Kingdom

Sushi • Casual • Japanese • Chicken

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"The experience was mediocre. Unfortunately, we were isolated from the rest of the table. We were seated in an awkward spot between two groups, leading to us feeling excluded. The chefs focused their attention on the other diners first before cooking for us. The food was decent, but it was clear that some chefs were more enthusiastic than others. It was unusual to be asked to move to another table for the final course. Overall, we left feeling quite disappointed."

The Crispy Duck

➤ 21 Whitchurch Road, CF14 3NB, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Sushi • Agemono • Yakitori • Appetizers

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"My wife and I had a wonderfully relaxing evening at The Crispy Duck, a high-quality Pan Asian restaurant located just outside the city center. I was pleasantly surprised by the exceptional service and atmosphere. The food was delicious and we thoroughly enjoyed our dining experience."

Tenkaichi Sushi Noodle

➤ 236 City Rd, Cardiff, CF243JJ, CF24 3JJ, United Kingdom

Sushi • Asiatic • Seafood • Fast Food

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"Open every day for lunch and dinner, this hard working Japanese restaurant deserves every ounce of the success it has. The food here is delicious, colourful, and relatively nutritious, while the setting is fairly simple, clean and informal with long tables and benches often shared with neighbouring groups. On the menu there's a choice of authentic Bento Boxes, Ramen, Yakisoba udon, Sashimi, Rice Gohan and various salads and side dishes pretty much everything you'd expect from a Japanese restaurant in the UK. With Bento Boxes from about £10 upwards, and Ramen from about £7, it's very reasonably priced as Japanese restaurants go. The only thing they don't do well is desserts but that's a common theme across all Japanese restaurants I've been to in the UK with Tenkaichi offering just one choice: a Japanese red bean pancake roll served with a plum sauce. It has firmly established itself as one of Cardiff's best and most reasonably priced Japanese restaurants, and as a result is hugely popular at lunchtimes as well as in the evenings so you may have to wait a short while for a seat at times. They also have a separate (but similar) takeaway menu."

Benihana Chelsea

➤ 77 King's Road Chelsea London, SW3 4NX, United Kingdom

Soup • Sushi • Steak • Japanese

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"Birthday Treat On 14/08/24 I family and a friend attended here. I gave my name to Daniella and she said our friend was waiting downstairs. I was wearing on my head a happy birthday head band. My name saying happy birthday was not put up on the screen. Later Daniella approached me and asked if I gave my name and I said yes I asked why my name and happy birthday was not on the screen. She said she will put it up after several hours it was not up and I told the lady manager that I was disappointed with the appalling customer service and will not pay service charge. She said ok. I asked if there were any complementary dessert for the birthday person and I was told I have to buy my own dessert. My family member bought the dessert and I told the restaurant that I cannot have milk however, when the dessert came it contained milk. The lady manager came and said oh you dessert with a candle contains milk and it was taken away and gave me another without milk. When the final bill was presented service charge was still added. The chef Edele was excellent and very respectful. My happy birthday greeting with my name was on the screen when we were ready to go home. I would not return to this restaurant again because of bad customer service,disrespectful to me and ruin my birthday."

Cafe Sante

➤ Chalky Ln, Hook, United Kingdom

Cafe • Wine • Asian • Coffee

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"After the hype and interest my friends and I felt lucky to get tickets and were looking forward to the evening. The highlight was the greeting from Flash the reindeer a real crowd pleaser and pull even for those older children! Sadly it went down hill from there and we were all thoroughly disappointed with the lack of stalls and variety offered. The Xmas floristry displays whilst beautiful were we felt overpriced and as a result didn't see any sold which is sad based on the effort. Food and drinks vouchers overpriced for what was available (limited) Great to see the Brain Tumour raffle was successful. More stalls, better affordable variety and no voucher system. out of ten sadly 2 was expecting it to be so much better from Four Seasons who normally do things extremely well."

Sushido

➤ 4 Beeches Walk, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Sushi • Asian • Chicken • Japanese

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"our first sushi experience was a more successful at sushido. the service was excellent with daniella time to explain the different menu options. the food was extremely deliciously presented extremely well. we paid more than what we usually did for a meal...out, but it was a special occasion that was worth high-quality fresh food! They also kindly brought out a delicious dessert for my daughter, as it was her birthday that was a nice, nice note. we would like to come back!"

Sushi Life

➤ United Kingdom, 5, Cardiff

Sushi • Asian • Fusion • Japanese

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"We order takeout from Sushi Life about once a month, but decided to dine in today. The service was excellent, the food was fantastic as always, and we were never disappointed. Without a doubt, our favorite sushi restaurant in Cardiff. We will definitely make an effort to dine in more frequently in the future."

Silk Restaurant

➤ Courthouse Hotel London 19 - 21 Great Marlborough Street London, W1F 7HL, FSA Food H, United Kingdom

Thai • Steak • Indian • Japanese

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"I had a virgin experience bought as a Christmas gift for a 3 course a la carts meal and champagne cocktail in the Silk restaurant.Upon arrival it seems only 1 of those 3 statements appears to be true. We were told our meal wouldn’t be in the silk restaurant but in another restaurant Wala but would be served the Silk restaurant menu.We got in the restaurant and saw only 2 other sets of diners.We chose where we wanted to sit and were given menus and the champagne cocktail arrived. The menu was disappointing to say the least.Not many choices and from reading other reviews hasn’t been updated for a long time. We both chose the scallops to start, it arrived and was nice enough although very small portions.We both had the Thai chicken curry for main as this was the best option on the menu.It arrived, nothing special, boiled white rice in a heart shaped dish and the curry, no accompaniments.We had to ask to order drinks, the waiter didn’t ask if everything was ok or if we needed/wanted anything else. Then dessert arrived.We had both chosen the mandarin cheesecake as there were only 2 options and cheesecake is my husbands favourite dessert.What we got was a slither of cheap frozen cheesecake with a soggy base and virtually no taste.My husband didn’t eat his and when the waiter came to clear the plates told him how disappointing it was. The whole experience was a let down from start to finish really.You’re not getting the ‘experience’ being sold by Virgin as you don’t even get to eat in the right restaurant and the food is passable at best. The whole meal lasted less than an hour and we couldn’t wait to leave. No atmosphere or ambience .The staff don’t seem to care that things aren’t very good and I would tell people not to dine here or buy this ‘experience’ from Virgin either. All in all very poor and disappointing"