Yakisoba Yakisoba
YO! Sushi

YO! Sushi

Main Concourse, Victoria Station, Terminus Pl, London, SW1V1JT, W1C 2AA, United Kingdom

Tea • Sushi • Asian • Japanese


"As mediocre as YoSushi is, I am so glad they 're right around the corner from my office. Anyone who knows me can vouch for my random and insatiable sushi cravings at least once a week, so even though it isn 't spectacular, Yo will sell me the raw fish on rice that I so desperately need. The sushi is of a quality just greater than the supermarket variety. Edible, sometimes quite yummy, but barely actually sushi . The fish is ok, the rice is decent, and the variety is fine, but when compared to *nice* Japanese places with career sushi chefs who have been doing this all their lives, you can see that Yo is in a completely different ball-park. Quite good for what it is, but you should be sure you know what it is before you get your hopes up too high. The hot food is a bit better than the sushi, with katsu, yakisoba, and various other cooked items available most of the time. My main caveat for this branch of Yo would be the totally awkward waitstaff that serves the dinner rush. We sat through the most bizarre and confusing explanation of their hot-food ordering policy that turned out to be a complete fabrication, and I 'm still not even sure I understand what he was trying to say. A few minutes later, there seemed to be an extra dish of chicken teriyaki floating around that someone had ordered but not claimed, so the waiter came round and put it down in front of us. You want? Um.... no we 're ok with our noodles and nigiri, thanks. You sure? You try and if you don 't like, I don 't charge you. No, thanks very much but we 're just finishing up. It 's nice chicken with sauce. You try it. *walks away* It was clear that they had made an extra order of the stuff and they were trying to get rid of it. I don 't know why they didn 't just put it on the conveyor belt because it did look nice and someone would have undoubtedly taken it. My husband tried a bite and told the waiter it was too sweet for him. I said, Dude, I would have eaten that! and he confessed that it wasn 't actually half-bad, he just didn 't want the aggressive salesman to win. So, Yo is decent as long as you take it for what it is. The real thing that keeps me going back is the copious amounts of vouchers they keep emailing me; I would have a hard time justifying the expenditure for such a mediocre dining experience if it wasn 't for the 40% discount coupon they were kind enough to send me. Keep it up with the vouchers, Yo, and this could be a lasting relationship. More out of need than out of want, you understand, but as long as I can have some raw fish on rice for less than the sticker price, I 'll be there."

Fukuoka Japanese

Fukuoka Japanese

373 Stratford Road, B90 3BW, Solihull, United Kingdom

Soup • Asian • Lunch • Chicken


"We decided to visit Fukuoka for a special birthday meal. Admittedly we are not loyal customers to the restaurant but having visited the restaurant a few times over the years and both loving Japanese food , we were willing to go here again. From the minute we arrived, it was noticeable that it was quiet. Of course this was to be expected as it was a Sunday night. On the other hand by 8:40 pm, and aside from the odd person coming in for a takeaway, we were the only ones left in the restaurant. Perhaps this wouldn’t have been so bad if the BGM hadn’t been faint, or at least we had been positioned with some level or privacy instead of being overlooked by the staff on duty behind the counter. Our waiter for the evening arrived at the table asking if he could take our orders for drinks. We did so, only to find out that the plum wine, our original choice, had sold out for the evening. Slightly disappointed though not overly fazed, we picked something else from the menu. Our waiter was admittedly attentive and polite. However aside from serving our food , he wasn 't willing to particularly engage in a friendly conversation or at least create a welcoming atmosphere towards the only two customers eating in the restaurant . As we waited for the drinks, we looked through the menu and picked out our food choices. It took nearly ten minutes for our drinks to arrive. Of course from where we were seated, we could see and understand that our waiter had to take a phone call in between grabbing our drinks. We ordered our starters consisting of what should’ve been chicken karaage and pumpkin croquettes, as well as our mains; two bento boxes. One which was chicken teriyaki and another which was beef. The awkward atmosphere intensified after our starters arrived within fifteen minutes. The waiter had mixed up our order of pumpkin croquettes for prawn tempura. We weren 't willing to cause a fuss and so we kept quiet about the wrong starter. As it happens, the tempura prawns were by all honest confessions, okay. My mother cannot eat seafood and so she stuck to her order of chicken karaage. Having eaten karaage at several Japanese restaurants in the past and even often having made Karaage from scratch, she was disappointed by her starter. Trying a piece for myself, I couldn’t help but agree with her. The chicken was similar to a frozen nugget rather than having a soft and crumbling texture, and whilst the spicy mayo was certainly nice, it did little to disguise the bland batter used. Within less than five minutes of our starters arriving, we were shocked that our main courses had arrived. Of course while we did understand that the restaurant would be closing in around an hour and the kitchen wanted to complete any outstanding orders, we unsurprisingly felt rushed. Our mains were decent though not exceptional. Thankfully we had a rough idea what was being served in the bento boxes. However we did both observe after leaving the restaurant that the waiter had not at least explained what made up their bento boxes, or even double-checked if we had any food allergies after taking our order. Perhaps the best parts of the bento boxes were the teriyaki meats and beansprouts, alongside the pickled ginger. However aside from these sections of the bento box, the rest of the meal was unimpressively adequate. Our rice portions were generous but soggy and while the hosmaki rolls comprised of cucumber and salmon were generous also, they were worryingly bland, chewy and difficult to digest. My mother had to politely take a big gulp of her drink in order to avoid spitting it out after trying one of the cucumber hosmaki rolls. After our main meal we decided to go for dessert comprised of two seperate orders of mochi ice cream; a mixed plate- consisting of coconut, mango what should 've been raspberry from the menu though presumably substituted , toasted sesame and then a small plate of green tea ice cream mochi in order to share between us. Aside from the teriyaki and the beansprouts, the ice cream mochi was arguably one of the best parts of the overall meal. However it is fair to say that with all things considered for two drinks one non-alcoholic and one alcoholic , two starters, two mains and two desserts, our meal was certainly not worth the extortionate bill for average service and an ' 'okay ' ' meal which lasted less than 50 minutes."