Taro - Kennington Reviews Summary

Menu Variety

Pros:

• "They have a great menu, their fish tastes so clean and fresh, their sushi is so creative!"
• "My top 3 of the best Japanese restaurants around London. It’s very authentic, has a vast menu - from sushi, sashimi, tempura sushi, to hot food don, ramen, udon, teriyaki."
• "Extensive menu, with plenty of sushi and bento options."
• "There’s a great variety of food on the menu, suitable for sushi lovers but also accommodation good for more tame eaters with delicious dishes like Katsu curry and cucumber rolls."

Cons:

• "As common for older Asian restaurants, their menu provides a large range of dishes which normally find me lost, but many dishes are similar and provide a myriad of styles to a choice of for example a chicken rice dish, or perhaps you'd prefer chicken in a bento with other dishes."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was delicious, fresh and super tasty. Definitely a place to come back."
• "The food was very tasty/fresh, and very good portion sizes!"
• "Really nice quality food from this Japanese restaurant located on the corner of Kennington Road and Kennington Park Road good quality ingredients are being used."
• "Very tasty, fresh, high quality Japanese food. The sushi is so delicious and they have a good variety."

Cons:

• "Fried chicken could be better, by perhaps marinating the chickens before they were deep fried or seasoned better. It was quite tasteless."
• "The yakitori were overcooked; there was none of that sweet smoky flavour."
• "Just ordered via Deliveroo a tempura prawn bento box. So disappointed by the size of the fried prawns, their smallness are just ridiculous."

Service Quality

Pros:

• "The service is top-notch, deserving a solid 5 stars."
• "The staff were super friendly and welcoming, even the people from the kitchen get involved in say hello to everyone who comes to the restaurant."
• "The staff were attentive and very warm throughout."
• "Great value for money. Large portions and fantastic quality. Had 4 of their sides to share with my coworkers, one of which I readily recommend - the fried octopust balls - beautifully balanced!"

Cons:

• "Only minor downside was that we visited at around 7pm when the restaurant seemed quite busy, especially with delivery orders to manage as well."
• "Service was a bit slow however."
• "The room was cold (the door did not close properly and at time there was a cold wind coming through)."
• "Service was a bit weird at the start - repeating our order a few times."