OKAN Brixton Village Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Every dish I tried was a burst of exquisite flavors that transported me to Japan with each bite."
• "Hands down the best Okonomiyaki I've had outside of Japan."
• "Love the curry prawn udon 🍜 The okonomiyaki was also great, I ordered the one with kimchee and pork."
• "The harmony of okonomiyaki’s sweet teriyaki sauce, mayo and kimchi was 💯"
• "Absolutely delicious food. The aubergines with the miso yuzu sause is amazing."
• "An absolutely incredible spot for Japanese food with the Okonomiyaki being to die for!"
• "The flavors transported me straight to Japan, and the seafood was fresh and flavorful."

Cons:

• "The tofu and noodle Okonomiyaki was severely burned along the base so the tofu didn’t really have any taste other than burnt and salty."
• "Got the Yaki Soba Fried Noodles, tasted like a cup of noodles with a chuck load of sub par Japanese mayo and some other mediocre sauce tossed all together."
• "Food- to me personally, was quite salty, generally I really like salty food, but this one seemed a bit too much honestly, almost killing the rest of the taste."
• "The food was terrible."
• "Confused by the high rating. Okonomiyaki tastes so bad."
• "Below average food."
• "The food was really bland, not seasoned, small and overpriced portions."

Service

Pros:

• "The ladies making the savoury pancake are absolutely friendly and hospitable."
• "Staff was kind and friendly."
• "The staff truly cares about your experience."
• "Great staff and service, and quick too."
• "Staff were very friendly and helpful. Service was great."
• "The service is also fantastic, really welcoming."
• "Service: Very courteous"

Cons:

• "Service was very slow we waited there more than 20 minutes."
• "However, there were quite a few gnats which were annoying tho."
• "Nice food, but felt a bit on a rush to leave cos the waitress comes regularly and ask if you wanna order anything else."
• "Plus, they charged a 10% service fee, it didn’t feel like such a place to be charging that… I didn’t feel there was much of a service, just a casual marketplace eatery."
• "Terrible customer service. Order on UberEat the restaurant lost the order and sent the delivery driver with no food."
• "We also had to ask twice for cutlery to eat our food."
• "The servers are almost always extremely rude (except for the Japanese woman) yet expect their “optional” 12.5% tip."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "This authentic Japanese gift shop has a really relaxed retro atmosphere with lots of Showa era enamel signs lining the walls."
• "Also great atmosphere cause the place is inside the Brixton galleries, Brixton 'village'."
• "If you head inside (and don't look out the window) it feels like you are in a little restaurant in Japan."
• "Super enthusiastic, friendly staffs + cosy atmosphere, felt like I was genuinely in Tokyo."
• "The atmosphere feels really authentic, like you were sitting in Osaka and not in Brixton."
• "Sitting in this place I totally forgot where I was and surrounded by authentic decor and gentle Japanese background music I thought I was back in Hokkaido."
• "The decoration is Japanese izakaya style. Feeling relaxed to have a traditional Osaka street food at here."

Cons:

• "The restaurant like all restaurants in the market is very small."
• "Interesting place, rather small and was pretty crowded the entire visit."
• "It's a small crowded venue but squeeze into a table and order some yuzu honey tea and you'll have a great meal."
• "If you're looking for comfortable seating and decor this is not the place."
• "Cool place with some tasty okonomiyaki. Would be 5* if they had more seating inside, since it wasn’t that cosy to be sitting on a cold terrace."

Value

Pros:

• "Simply stunning and for a great price."
• "Reasonably priced so if you don’t mind the slow service do come here."
• "Price: Reasonable"
• "Best Okonomiyaki restaurant in London with a very reasonable price."
• "Amazing selection of Japanese food at a good price!"
• "Delicious & affordable 😋"
• "Very Reasonable prices."

Cons:

• "The food and sake was not cheap (considering this is a Japanese cafe) but reasonably priced."
• "Okan special okonomiyaki was everything but special. The price is higher than expected, unjustified I would say!"
• "It’s a bit overpriced."
• "But the price is not like street food."
• "It was a little expensive but at the level you would expect from a 'hip' London establishment."
• "It’s pretty overpriced for what you get."
• "Not good value for money in my book!"