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Umu

Umu

14-16 Bruton Place, London, United Kingdom

Fish • Wine • Meat • Sushi


"BULLET FRAGMENTS inside of food are COMMONLY found here......BEWARE! I went to this restaurant to have a dinner with my close friends. We ordered the Keiseki course meals and sushi we wanted to eat, but the Keiseki course dish tasted terrible for a very expensive Michelin two-star restaurant. A more serious problem with the restaurant, was that one of my friends found something like a piece of iron while chewing on one of the Charcoal Grilled meats. It was about as big around as a pencil eraser. We were puzzled and informed of this to a server working at the restaurant. The server initially thought it was edible gold and said it could be eaten. However, soon after he saw it closely again, he said that the piece of iron was a fragment of bullet. Since the wild-hunted animals were caught with a gun, he explained that it was quite common to find bullet fragments while eating such meat. Another server reacted the same way. The response of these servers has embarrassed us as much as a piece of iron from the food. Later, a manager of the restaurant came to us, but he started explaining to us as if he were not very timid. In Britain, he explained that if you get a bullet fragment while eating wild meat, you're lucky. I was not sure whether he meant that we were lucky because we found the fragment of bullet before eating or that we were lucky because we found a piece of bullet inside of food. As we all know, the major issue was that eating bullet fragments could be bad for a person's health, however, they were neglected to mention in advance that they cooked out of game meats and there might be bullet fragments. According to the manager, in the past, it had happened to some of the other guests, but everyone thought they were just lucky. Later, the manager apologized reluctantly to us for this bullet fragment which came out of the meat, but I asked him to leave us alone. It didn't look like a manager-like behavior at a restaurant that received Michelin 2 stars."

Ichi Sushi and Sashimi Bar

Ichi Sushi and Sashimi Bar

200 Westminster Bridge Road London, SE1 7UT, SE1 7EW, United Kingdom

Fish • Sushi • Coffee • Japanese


"the restaurant was nice and the food was good. but there was a waitress that was not very pleasant with us. I think her name was maria claudia. we arrived at the restaurant 45 minutes before our booking and asked if we could sit earlier. there was a warmer who told us to go in and choose a table, but I wanted to check with the waitress first. I asked maria claudia, and she said, without checking anything and rudely, that they have kept and cannot put us before our reserved time. although the restaurant was completely empty up to two tables. that has not disturbed us, as we knew that our booking was still 45 minutes away, and it could actually make reservations before us. We sat but exactly opposite the restaurant and could see the whole restaurant and tables. we waited 45 minutes, and during this time only one or two tables were used and the rest was all empty. but we went to our reserved time. after visiting the menu we had few asking for the waitress, so we called maria claudia. she seemed to answer as if she really didn't want to answer our questions, she always looked away and rolled the eyes here. we asked them about an article in the menu, if it can be exchanged for something else, they answered no I don't think that 's what's on the menu, so I asked them not think, or are they safe? she said I don't think we can do it. So I asked her politely to check with the cook, she agreed, but never came back to inform us. we were then served by two other waitresses who were both very professional and nice."

Atari-ya Sushi

Atari-ya Sushi

75 Fairfax Road, Camden, United Kingdom

Fish • Sushi • Coffee • Chicken


"When I went to buy a sashimi fence in the evening without a reservation, I was told, ``Please come back in 20 minutes as we are preparing food for customers who had reservations.We will take your order in 20 minutes. ' 'When I went there 20 minutes later, they said, ``Please come back in 20 minutes. ' ' I was told, Please come back in 50 minutes, so I gave up. I should have just declined from the beginning and said, ``We 're fully booked for customers who have reservations today, so if you don 't have a reservation, we can 't accommodate you. ' ' Moreover, when I left 20 minutes later, the receptionist was checking to see if the Japanese chef was available, and yelled at the receptionist in audible way, saying, We 're busy right now! In 50 minutes! Ta. It 's a very rude restaurant that doesn 't even ask if the food is delicious. When I went without a reservation in the evening, I was told, We are cooking the food for the reserved customers at first, so please come back in 20 minutes. We will accept the order in 20 minutes. When I went 20 minutes later, I was told Please come again in 50 minutes and gave up. From the beginning, you should say, Today is full and busy for reserved customers, and it is impossible to take orders for those who do not have a reservation . Moreover, when 20 minutes passed, the receptionist confirmed with the chef and yelled to the receptionist so that I could clearly hear I 'm busy now! 50 minutes later! It 's a pretty rude shop before whether the food is good. We don 't see such a rude chef in Japan so don 't misunderstand if you are not Japanese."