Kulu Kulu Sushi Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Sushi quality is absolutely the top."
• "Good variations between nigiri, sashimi and maki and the bite sizes are huge."
• "The fish was fresh and tasted delicious."
• "The sashimi and sushi is really good."
• "Definitely tasted fresh and made with care."
• "The fish is always fresh and the variety of the dishes is good."
• "The sushi is always so fresh and delicious."

Cons:

• "Some looked and tasted (fried stuff were soggy) old."
• "Every food looked fake and stale."
• "Pieces of fish on rice they call nigiri are absolutely shapeless, rolls absolutely gigantic and fall apart when u bite it."
• "Old sushi rolls and cold dishes keep going around till you are famished."
• "Sushi was the most bland and flavourless sushi I have ever had in my entire life."
• "Well over priced stale fish are served in here."
• "Some of the stuff on the conveyer did not seem fresh - like it had been there all day, especially the fried stuff."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff is super nice and efficient and you feel very welcomed here."
• "Staff friendly and helpful."
• "The staff were helpful and professional."
• "Staff were so attentive it almost felt like I was back in Tokyo!"
• "Service is very good and you feel like you are in a small restaurant in Japan as it is frequented by many Japanese."
• "Friendly & attentive staff so overall a very pleasant experience and highly recommended."
• "Service is responsive, and staff are friendly."

Cons:

• "The person in the cash point kept apologising but showed no sign of understanding about my complaint."
• "On a very quiet weekday evening with one other couple, the service was surprisingly inattentive and took far too long."
• "Service being inattentive when it does get very busy."
• "Service was a bit slow (no sign of waiter for a drink or anything else that required ordering, until after I was completely finished)."
• "Staff weren’t consistently attentive but they were absolutely very helpful and resolved anything we had an issue with right then and there."
• "I did not enjoy moving seat several time in 20 minutes as staff were trying to accommodate a group of 6 people that wanted to be together."
• "One of their menus, Kimchi from the conveyor, tasted like cigarette."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The conveyor belt aspect is fun."
• "Nice atmosphere."
• "Quiet place in a very central area, I never queued not even during the weekend."
• "The atmosphere is cozy and charming."
• "The place has the feel of an authentic Tokyo sushi restaurant."
• "It’s kept it’s small restaurant charm."
• "Super pleased with the food and atmosphere here."

Cons:

• "Decor is old and simple."
• "The interior is somewhat bland."
• "Don't come here for the atmosphere though, the interior is somewhat bland."
• "The food was very salty which was unusual."
• "Price are good but quality is not enough....rice overcooked, still water served HOT, not very clean place, poor choice of plates."
• "The counter seats are quite narrow so if you are a bigger build you’ll feel tightly packed, but it’s not that bad."
• "The toilet is a bit tricky to get to and is not suitable for someone with walking disabilities."

Value

Pros:

• "Great conveyor belt sushi restaurant and reasonable prices for central London."
• "With individual small plates you expect the final bill to be really expensive but it’s surprisingly reasonable when you pay."
• "Excellent. Great value for money."
• "The sushi is bigger, better and you’ll spend less here."
• "Prices are surprisingly reasonable."
• "For £20 (including free unlimited green tea) you'll be full."
• "Sushi at a reasonable price."

Cons:

• "This place is not cheap."
• "There is too much rice on their sushi and overpriced in my opinion, for what they're offering."
• "Really bad.. And it wasn't cheap."
• "The only downside is that the price has increased quite a lot in recent months making it less good value than before."
• "Price is reasonable but I prefer to go to more elaborate restaurants where you eat non commercial food."
• "Prices are higher than other sushi places around but it was tasty & a nice experience."
• "Price per plate is overpriced for almost anything that isn’t nigiri or veggie forward."