Taro - Soho Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The service was fast and friendly."
• "SUPER quick service. We were served our mains within literally 5 minutes of ordering."
• "Service was good."
• "The staff was great, attentive and helpful."
• "Service was really fast, I got all my food less than 5 minutes after ordering."
• "Staff are super friendly and service is quick."
• "The service was quick, our waiter was smiley, friendly and knowledgable."

Cons:

• "I communicated this to the staff and they did not even apologise, or respond. Very rude."
• "Service was quite slow despite a few customers, and the waiters seemed distant."
• "Really bad customer service, really rude."
• "Service is inattentive. I had some special request with seating and was almost ignored standing there for three minutes."
• "Asked to be moved and they were so incredibly rude and said the other tables were bookings."
• "Service is the one thing I have seen go down hill, in the past the staff were all Japanese, these days there aren't any Japanese staff at all, and they are often slow and impolite."
• "It was incredibly hard to catch a waiter's attention and they forgot our requests on more than one occasion."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food comes quickly and is usually tasty."
• "Food was delicious. For two of us, we had a bento box, seafood ramen and nine pieces of sushi for £40 including service charge."
• "Really enjoy the Dragon Roll and Saba (mackerel) sashimi (acquired taste)."
• "Very impressed with the fresh and delicious dishes here, served in generous portions."
• "The food is always insanely delicious and comes out within about 10 minutes."
• "The food tasted delicious. The takoyaki were some of the best I've had in London and the fish tasted fresh."
• "Amazing Japanese food. The seafood was really fresh."

Cons:

• "All the meat products are chucked unceremoniously into a deep frier."
• "Slightly disappointed by the food quality - tried the bento box with miso soup and agedashi tofu for the table. All we’re ok but not great."
• "The sushi was terrible, the noodles even worse."
• "Food was quite bland, nothing really exciting unfortunately."
• "Rice in curry was super dry but the chicken was rock hard."
• "The only tasty food were ebi tempura & chicken katsu curry that’s it."
• "Food was stale, lettuce was super old, dry chicken and noodle soup had no flavour."

Price

Pros:

• "I would definitely come back since the price is actually really good for such a big bowl of ramen."
• "The prices are super good too, between £10-£20 for a good sized meal."
• "It's not expensive at all, considering the location."
• "Prices are very good for the location."
• "Very generous servings for decent price."
• "The food is great and also good value for money, especially in the soho area."
• "Good prices for the amount of food, I couldn't finish!"

Cons:

• "Honestly I was astounded that my small lunch that I ate in 20 mins was so expensive."
• "The price is reasonable, although not as good value as it used to be."
• "Had the chirashi bowl and salmon sashimi, I'd say it wasn't worth the price tag."
• "It’s a bit expensive but I will say it’s worth it."
• "Definitely overpriced as well."
• "It also cost £43 each with no alcohol so I don't see as good value for the quality."
• "The bill came too expensive for the quality of the food."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "I found the atmosphere, for a Thursday evening, lovely and intimate."
• "Can get a little cosy and loud when busy but to me, that's part of the charm."
• "Lovely experience eating here! A godsend after a long morning of walking around Soho."
• "It's always got a fun and exciting atmosphere."
• "The restaurant was buzzing lots of tables packed in. I quite liked the vibe."
• "The atmosphere is cozy and unpretentious."
• "The atmosphere is very authentic."

Cons:

• "I was kicked out by the staff saying they were not opened yet."
• "The restaurant wasn’t occupied at all! Really really bad atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere, while not being completely terrible, was quite awkward at best."
• "Food was great but one of the waiters was a total creep, kept staring at my partner’s body."
• "Alright food, alright service, but it’s VERY noisy all around just made me very uncomfortable."
• "My other side was another couple and our tables were literally 1cm apart. Imagine the overlapping noise."
• "Booked in advance for a birthday... Was so awkward and difficult to talk."