Jugemu Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Great authentic delicious sushi."
• "Amazing sushi made the traditional way! Listen to what the wait staff and chef say (no extra soy sauce, eat each piece in one bite) and you’ll be glad you did."
• "The chef at this restaurant is an artist. A somewhat pretentious, perfectionist artist, but nonetheless a superb culinary virtuoso."
• "Food made to perfection."
• "The quality and taste of the sashimi and the small dishes were excellent."
• "An out of this world taste experience provided by a virtuoso culinary artist on top of his game."
• "Chefs’ skill can make very normal ingredients became tasty food."

Cons:

• "The food, the sashimi feels overpriced, what I received was so tiny I feel I may have offended someone and not realised."
• "Although the venue looks authentic and the food is too, the portions are incredibly tiny and therefore extremely overpriced."
• "The food is average, all dishes are of the same sour and salty taste."
• "The omakase nigiri were forgettable and the hot dishes (miso aubergine and chicken karaage) were quite mediocre."
• "Many food is frozen or microwave."
• "The food was overall nice but overpriced concerning the size of the dishes we got."
• "Food portions were small."

Service

Pros:

• "Food was great, the price was reasonable and service was good."
• "The staffs are nice."
• "Service is very good. A true Japanese style, all staff are from Japan."
• "The guys in there were very sweet and not overly attentive, considering we were the only people there."
• "Service was slow. The owner was rude."
• "The service was attentive and friendly."
• "The staff were very pleasant and welcoming."

Cons:

• "パワハラとモラハラがひどい支配人。"
• "Awful experience! The food was good but the chef was so rude we felt very uncomfortable."
• "The prices are pretty steep, the owner was pretty rude too."
• "DISAPPOINTING - Discriminating service."
• "Waiters are very rude and asked us to leave the restaurant before 10pm."
• "Terrible owner/chef!! He is sooo arrogant and ugly inside!!!"
• "Rude owner / male chef - very arrogant and unfriendly."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Atmosphere is straight out of Japan too - small and cozy with great attention to detail on all the fittings and crockery."
• "Understated Japanese restaurant situated in a little Soho street in London, once you enter the discreet door you are in a nice and cozy space with a sushi bar to the right and a few little tables."
• "The atmosphere was calm in the hubbub of London which I appreciated greatly, and felt a lot like many of the little spots you can find in Japan."
• "It's one of the coolest places I've been to in London."
• "Jugemu is a gem in Soho."
• "Always a pleasure to come back here. Intimate setting."
• "Being here felt like I was in Japan In every way."

Cons:

• "The seemingly makeshift ‘kitchen’ area in the corner, surrounded by cramped bar stools, spit and sawdust floor."
• "Very little atmosphere leaving you feeling like an inconvenience than a customer."
• "This racism is appalling ruined my whole London experience."
• "Tiny 6sq shop which is crowded."
• "The chef returns to say we need to leave to make space for the next customers."
• "horrible experience. like many people before i have to you, this place is almost as discriminating as in Japan."
• "The Seaweed Salad was old and drenched in sesame sauce, the rice ball was really disgusting and outdated, I even found hair on it!"