Dozo Soho Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Service was excellent with very attentive staff always making sure you're drinks are topped up and ensuring you are happy with the food."
• "Staff are so friendly."
• "Outstanding service!"
• "Staff are great and very good service."
• "The service is usually very good and attentive when it is not too busy."
• "The service was fast and servers were nice."
• "Service and staff were great and looked after us quite well."

Cons:

• "They didn't let us in when we said we were waiting on people also stating that all company had to be present first."
• "The lack of one star is because there is very limited seating so I was tucked into a larger table and subsequently often ignored often by staff."
• "Inexplicably bad service, unauthentic subpar food."
• "The staff were straight up very impolite, impatient and did not meet us with a kind atmosphere."
• "The service was absolutely horrendous - with staff rudely hurrying customers to eat."
• "Service was bad, all the staffs except the waiter with eyeglasses were unfriendly."
• "Great food, HORRIBLE SERVICE!!"

Food Quality

Pros:

• "They have some amazing rolls and super rice dishes."
• "Highly recommended!"
• "Delicious and reasonably priced food."
• "The sushi is really good and the price can be reasonable for the quality of the dish."
• "Everything we tried food-wise (especially the grilled prawn and unagi) was excellent."
• "The food is incredible and served magnificently."
• "The food itself is very tasty and good quality."

Cons:

• "About the food... it was just ok, nothing special, the sushi is not bad."
• "Ps: the food we had was only average or below too."
• "Food was fairly okay but the service was awful."
• "A not very Japanese restaurant: the beef tasted like Chinese takeaway, the fried pork chop was very thin, dry and bland."
• "The ramen was average, nothing special."
• "The beef ramen was tasting like burned food."
• "Sashimi no bad but cut a bit thick so it's more chewy. Ebi tempura really poor, it came last, soft and not very fresh, not worth the wait."

Ambience and Decor

Pros:

• "Very cozy place, kind staff and so many different options to choose from."
• "The decor and sitting arrangement is very compelling."
• "I also love the inside of the restaurant and the seats which are super traditional and make you feel like you're in a different country."
• "A very beautiful and different place to try japanese cuisine."
• "The restaurant itself is beautifully decorated, creating a comfortable and welcoming atmosphere for diners."
• "Nice atmosphere, great place to catch up with friends or for a date."
• "The atmosphere was buzzing."

Cons:

• "The design of Tatami is not really convenient."
• "It was crowded and had people too close to each other but if you don't mind that, it's great."
• "The beer was horribly overpriced."
• "Almost every dish we order were seasoned with some kind of sweet Japanese sauce which overshadow what the dish supposed to taste like originally."
• "The interior is very traditional Japanese so the seats are just seatpads on the floor with your feet under a table built in a raised platform."
• "The place was cramped and hot."
• "Seating was a little cramped and it's not so wheelchair-friendly."

Price and Value

Pros:

• "The lunch menu is very reasonably priced."
• "Definitely worth a try."
• "The Volcano Maki is to die for."
• "One of my favourite Japanese restaurants in London, with exceptional food."
• "I found it quite pricey but worth the quality of food we got."
• "Good value for the food we were served."
• "However, great value for money."

Cons:

• "Do note that they charge 20% VAT + 12.5% optional service charge so the price won't simply be under £10."
• "Price was a bit expensive for the portion and there wasn’t much rice in the donburi."
• "The amount of sashimi given in the Chirashi Don is quite sparse."
• "Price is slightly on the pricey side, but it's all worth it."
• "They gave us the bill when we haven't even finished our drinks."
• "The main downside is that it is quite expensive."
• "Was very expensive for sub standard food, awful presentation."