Worst food Ever! Hands down! Ordered to go and got to home see this inside a bowl of oil! And I asked for No AVOCADOS and they purposely put them inside! The tuna was Grey and smells off! And strangely put in a mini cup on top of hot crispy so it was cooked on the bottom. Ya wtf?! read more

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We went here based on the good Yelp reviews and we were not disappointed. Only reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is it was a little pricier than it should have been. The server was definitely 5 stars. We go to sushi quite often but there's always things we don't know, and she explained questions we had about the menu in a very non-condescending way which I really appreciated! She was fast and very friendly. We ordered a medium fatty tuna nigiri, avocado roll, california roll, and a tuna roll. Everything was very good. In particular, the tuna roll was much better than we are used to. We usually get a pile of mushy tuna in our roll, but you knew exactly what you were eating in this roll. This place definitely hits the spot for a sushi craving! There is more seating downstairs, so don't turn away based on the small upstairs. Also, the restroom is modern and very clean - always a perk! read more

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Went for the first time last night and I was really impressed! I've eaten my fair share of sushi in London and, in general, I've been disappointed. Ohisama? Definitely did not disappoint. It's not the closest place to us but we happened to be in the area and wanted to give it a whirl. We loved the sushi bar seating; though, if that isn't your thing they have a dining area downstairs as well. The space isn't humongous (sushi bar - 8-10 seats and downstairs seating for about 20) but it does seem that they have a lot of takeaway orders (10% off the eat in prices) as there were a constant stream of phone calls and people coming in to place orders to go. We started with the seaweed salad (£5.00) which came with a fantastic miso and vinegary dressing as well as 4 different types of seaweed. A really light and refreshing way to start our meal! We opted to then have the spicy seafood soup (£5.00) as we both LOVE spicy and since it was a cool London night something warm would hit the spot. While the portion was small there was a good amount of white fish - flaky and well cooked - along with various mushrooms, tofu and seaweed. It wasn't necessarily spicy (it seemed to be just an addition of some shichimi) but had a nice seafood and miso soup base that we both enjoyed. After our starters, I ordered the super deluxe chirashi (£26.00) which was FULL of fresh seafood. It's definitely a bit more of a pricey place but I'm willing to pay more for higher quality. I've been to places in London that are cheaper but the fish quality just isn't that great. Every piece included in the chirashi was incredibly fresh and well cut. Also, the rice underneath was well cooked and slightly vinegary with a smattering of pickles and tamago throughout the rice. I was in heaven. Adam ordered one of the sushi specials, Jo (£24.50), which came with various pieces of sushi along with some salmon and tuna maki. He agreed that the fish was fresh and the sushi well made. When we have a craving for sushi, this will definitely be one of the top places in London we think of. read more

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Really good authentic sushi. I got the avocado ura maki, nato hoso maki, vegetable tempura roll and the nasu dengaku gunkan. They were all great, I definitely recommend getting the vegetable tempura roll and nasu dengaku gunkan. Wasn't too impressed with the Nasu Dengaku appetiser as it swimming in a very watery sauce and lacked flavour. Overall it's was very good, will definitely be coming back here again read more

OHISAMA SUSHI - Nasu Dengaku Gunkan, Natto Hoso Maki (actually comes with 6 pieces not 4) & Avocado Ura Maki - Sushi Bars Near Me - London, XGL

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Oh my GOD, this place is amazing. Must try super deluxe chirashi here, it contains so many incredible fishes and they are all fresh and tasty.i tried so many places in London to find the best sushi place now I come to the right place. Rice, wasabi , fish, service and atmosphere, I had to say everything here is perfectly right. read more

OHISAMA SUSHI - Super deluxe chirashi. Yummy - Sushi Bars Near Me - London, XGL

It was decent, small place, and the service was a little slow considering there were 4 people behind the sushi bar and 6 people sitting at the sushi bar. Coming from California where sushi bars are amazing and plentiful...it was ok. Nothing to write home about, not a lot of variety nor were they very willing to do custom rolls. It was almost like my custom roll had to meet their approval before they would be willing to try it....not willing to go outside the box. That's ok, I will go back to California where I can have sushi my way, and it isn't a special order! We had mochi for dessert and it was just ok too! read more

Delicious fresh fish, but disappointing service. Waitresses were young giggly kids who were chatting among themselves while standing beside you when you're trying to eat. We sat at the bar and the sushi chef right in front of us was chopping loads of onions which made our eyes hurt. The chirashi was delicious though. read more

I'm disappointed in myself that I waited so long before I reviewed Ohisama. I'm going to leave experience aside this time: The vocal and irritable couple next to use really didn't help the situation, neither did communication breakdown with the waitress. But these are things I'm happy to overlook for the sake of food. Let's deal with the food: We ordered the Omakase A which was 8 pieces of sashimi, 7 pieces of nigiri (or gunkan) and 6 rolls and also a mini chirashi. As you may know from previous review, the biggest pet peeve I have when it comes to sushi is bad rice. Not to worry, the rice here is perfectly cooked and seasoned. This automatically makes everything better. The omakase and chirashi was handed over to me from the other side of the sushi counter. The rice was sticky, but singularly defined, it had just enough seasoning to bring out the taste of the rice and not the vinegar, sugar or salt. I wasn't told what I was eating when the omakase was handed to me, but each piece looked absolutely exquisite. The white fish sashimi was unlike any other that I tasted, where most were spongy and "fishy" (the bad kind), this was still fishy but had a distinct, almost buttery flavour to it. I moved along the nigiri steadily, and all where incredible, the fish and the workmanship is second to none here. What really stole the show was the seared fatty tuna / otoro. It was so good, I had to order it again despite it's off-putting appearance.. This place is what I've been looking for - beautiful, delicious and fresh sushi at a reasonable price. It's a shame my greedy self wouldn't let me stop. I will be back shortly. Please don't book when I'm trying to. Finders keepers. read more

I went in for a good sushi meal on my own and ordered some Yakitori, the mushroom soup and a chef's mix. When the waitresss accidently gave my Yakitori to my neighbours, I didn't notice and just got the soup as a starter. They noticed and gave the yakitori at the end of the meal and refused to have me pay for it although I insisted. By the way, did I mention the sushi was superb? read more

Excellent sushi. The service was good, considering the place was full (we went on a Friday evening). The waitresses struggle a bit with English, but they're helpful and cute. The sushi is the best I've had in London. The ingredients are fresh, there is a good selection and everything tasted superb. The prawn tempura, spicy salmon maki rolls and prawn maki rolls are to die for. Will definitely come back. read more

Amazing sushi, and I can confirm everything in the previous review. The chef did work at Nobu for 16 years, which is confirmed by the high standard of sushi and menu items. It was also confirmed by the fact two of his former colleagues that still work at Nobu came to see him while we were there and we chatted with them quite a bit. Hands down the best sushi I've had in London at surprisingly affordable prices. Highly recommend the following dishes (also on the Nobu menu and you could not tell the difference in a blind taste test) - yellowtail sashimi appetizer, rock shrimp tempura, crispy rice, scallop and shrimp roll, spicy tuna roll, doctor watsons roll. This is still in the soft opening phase and is still BYOB until they get their liquor license. However, they do take credit cards at the moment. As mentioned below, staff is *extremely* slow and there is a bit of a language barrier, but the food more than made up for that so I had to give this five stars. read more

I'll keep this simple: Great sushi, inexpensive, friendly if slightly awkward staff, clean, bright (almost too bright) space. They happily prepared all of our rolls without mayo and never chased us out despite our table overstaying their opening hours by at least 45 minutes. Not exactly romantic ambiance, but the quality of the fish more than made up for it. read more

This place is about a 3-5 minute walk from my office, and it totally hit the spot last week when I felt the need for sushi. I thought the place was tiny, but it turns out there is additional seating downstairs. I think there are maybe 7-8 seats at the sushi counter, and one table for two upstairs. I was getting takeaway, so no matter. The menu is pretty extensive, and the sushi is made to order. I had a very fresh and delicious spicy tuna roll, followed by avocado and cucumber. Nom. For about £4.50 a roll it probably doesn't get better. Friendly service, good menu, very fresh and delicious sushi....Perfect. read more

So I heard that this is the best sushi in the area. And yes, there's definitely a great selection and their sashimi was delicious. However, we ordered this for the office and I felt like it tasted weirdly greasy. I just didn't really like the texture in my mouth. I felt like they added something into the sushi that just shouldn't be in there. Maybe mayo or something tasteless like that? Anyway, I will taste again because people keep telling me how good it is. I will make wiser choices in flavour next time. read more

This is the best sushi I've had in London - probably because it reminded me of sushi you get in CA (i.e fried with mayo). It's a small space (one table and room for 8 at the bar). We got the crispy rice with tuna, spicy tuna roll, mystery roll, lobster with butter lettuce, and rock shrimp roll. I will go back to try more! read more

OHISAMA SUSHI - Mystery roll (salmon and avocado with a spicy mayo), rock shrimp roll and lobster with butter lettuce roll. - Sushi Bars Near Me - London, XGL

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Normally, I'm not the kind of person who leaves a review, because, I mean-- who has time for that kind of stuff, right? Well clearly I have enough time for that because I've been waiting for 45 mins for only TWO tiny rolls... And they ARE TINY. read more

Very friendly staff with generous sashimi on the sushi rice ordered! Would recommend to those looking for a quiet, relaxing atmosphere to dine. Worth visiting! read more

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This is the sushi the best I have ever tried in my life! I'm not a major sushi lover however this restaurant has changed my outlook completely. DO NOT HESITATE YOU NEED TO COME HERE!!! I'm definitely coming back again read more

I ADORE THIS PLACE!!!!! This place is the lottery of sushi, CHEAP and DELICIOUS. How this is possible, you may ask, I actually don't know, cause cheap sushi usually ain't that good, and Nobu can only be done post sale of my corneas. Don't let the tiny entrance scare you, and let them take you downstairs. Order, order and order with confidence, because this place is special and it's so reasonably priced that you will wonder how it is that it is still there and not being invaded by the various yummy mummies of Marylebone. A must for sushi-lovers on a budget! read more

The restaurant has only been open for a couple of days, but the sushi is delicious! The head sushi chef previously worked at Nobu for 16 years here in London - pretty impressive. When you walk in it looks like the restaurant consists of only a sushi bar - not so fast! There's extra seating AND another sushi bar downstairs. Definitely do not judge this book by it's cover - way more room than you'd expect. Only reason I rated this 4 instead of 5 stars is because the waitresses hardly spoke any English and were VERY slow. Yes, I'll cut them some slack - they've only been working there for a few days, but their attentiveness needs to improve. Overall: High quality sushi for an affordable price! read more

OHISAMA SUSHI - Salmon Avocado & Spicy Tuna Roll - DELICIOUS!! - Sushi Bars Near Me - London, XGL

Holy shite! This place was incredible. I can't speak to London sushi standards, but if this place is anything to go by, sushi here rules!. I shared a mini chirashi bowl- yum!, fatty toro sashimi- omg butter in my mouth, a (!) foie gras, eel and jalapeño roll which was remarkable. A perfect blend of complimentary and contrasting flavors and textures. And la pièce de resistance- a dragon roll with eel. This guy was 20£ on his own and arguably you can go to an all you can eat sushi dinner for that price in most cities. But they adorned this dragon roll with banana leaf face, ginger tail and saucy dragon feet. The myriad fish (all ingredients really) that comprised it, as with everything we ordered, were fresh and delicious. My boyfriend who merely "likes" sushi doesn't find it to be as immensely satisfying as me, or most sane people and sees it to be more or less the same anywhere he goes took a bite, shook his head, paused and said it was incredibly delicious. To top it all of (normally I wouldn't add anything to do with a television in a restaurant as a positive note) they had muted clips of Jiro running on a discreet tell in the background. In conclusion, definitely on par with and even surpassing some of the better sushi restaurants I've been to in the states. And if you want to step away from uber traditional nigiri / sashimi (if not- go now to okrura) and you want to have some "special rolls", far better than any sushi I've eaten in Europe. Disclaimer: I haven't eaten thaaaaat much sushi in Europe. But trust me man, this place is great. read more

very good. im a Japanese food fan. i tried many Japanese res. in London. this one really get a good label. must try super luxury sushi rice. read more

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My friend and I chanced upon this place while looking for a quick dinner bite. One thing I could say is that service sucks in this place. There is minimal effort to please a customer in this place. No effort to make your stay comfortable. And they have a service fee. I ask the waitress if this is a forced tip and she said it is separate. And this place is expensive. The miso soup, salads and drinks are at least two times more than other sushi places like Dinings which is just a few minutes walk. The sushi is unremarkable. It has similar prices to Zuma and Nobu but the taste of what I ordered does not differ much from Yo Sushi. I will tell my friends to avoid this place. read more

Our family went to this Sushi restaurant for lunch. The food is ok but the problem is the portion of food. There were four of us and it cost us more than 80 pound including service charge (we didn't order any drinks). The portion is abysmal and the noodle which costs 14 pound was not even enough for my two year old son. It was such a rip-off. read more

This restaurant had some positive feedback and I decided to try it. It was mentioned that this restaurant is managed by a long tine Nobu chef. I asked the staff and they said that the Nobu chef left a long time ago. One thing I immediately noticed is that the prices are quite high. A small bowl of miso soup is £3.50 and the green salad is £7.50. A can of Fanta costs. £4.00. A decent dinner for two here will easily cost you in excess of £100.00. The thing is that this is not a fine dining place where you are sort of pampered. This is a bar type place with some sitting downstairs and where your only chance to talk with order takers is when your order is taken and when you pay the bill. It seems the staff do not care to make your visit enjoyable. I tried the black cod roll. It has a sweet, tangy and oily texture on it. The otoro tartar is not the best that I have tried. The color seems to indicate it was not pure otoro. I noticed that they do not make their own tamago as the one on display is still sealed on the packaging by the supplier. A good sushi restaurant should make its own tamago. I wanted to try the sashimis but it was a bit late and I noticed the displayed fillets of fish were in bits and pieces. The rice cubes on skewers were good. I liked the combination of flavours and the crunchiness. I also tried the pickle selection. Maybe the taste was new to me but I did not finish eating them. They seemed dry or old. I have been to similarly priced sushi bars here in London and this restaurant definitely fare way below than them. read more

BAD service. They made us wait so long for our food, and then one of the rolls was wrong. To make it worse, everyone else was served except one person and halfway thru their meal she still wasn't served her food. For the amount of time we waited, the food wasn't worth it. Too bad. It was a thursday and we arrived at past 6. read more

After seeing the Yelp reviews, I decided to give this place a try on my trip to London and I have to say, I was gravely disappointed. Out of several pieces of sushi, only the hamachi tasted fresh. The rest of the pieces were either lacking in flavor, tough, or tasted old. The service was friendly, but extremely slow with no other customers present. I would not recommend this place. read more

Awful service. Unfortunately this restaurant is ruined by awful service and abusive staff. The food itself is great - amongst the best sushi in London but when we complained politely to the manager about the service after our meal we got a torrent of abuse. The manager swore at my family multiple times, all because we politely complained. This totally ruined our experience, which is a shame as the food truly is excellent. read more

Had a business meeting across this joint and we were looking for a place for lunch. A quick check with google gave us mixed concerns but our hungry stomachs prodded us anyway. First, the ex Nobu chef is not connected with this place anymore. There was a twentyish Spanish speaking chef who had to ask someone from downstairs when we asked for some of our dietary concerns. Second, this is an expensive restaurant even by London standards. Beer and fizzy drinks are 5x supermarket prices. I was expecting more for the prices but the makis do not differ much from Yo Sushi and Wasabi.. Third, the servers do not anything to please you or make your visit pleasant. The servers speak minimal English and cannot seem to explain the menu. After 10 minutes, we have to remind the server for our green tea. Apparently, this restaurant prioritizes takeaways because, even we were only 5 in the bar, food was slow. Our skewers took 20 minutes but nobody warned us about it. The dragon roll was pretty but took 30 minutes to be served. Fourth, we ordered crispy rice- the rice cubes were good but the yellow tail tartar that went with it tasted off like it was old. The tuna maki was dark almost blackish. Overall, it was not a good visit. Maybe we caught them on an off day. But an expensive restaurant like this should not have one. read more

Food was hit and miss. I visited this place for lunch on Saturday. I had sushi and my boyfriend had hot food. It took ages - nearly an hour later (it's lunch time!), my sushi arrived. My boyfriend had to wait over an hour, finally arrived. It was one of the worst food ever. (I'm Japanese, so I know what is good or not). I could tell they totally forgot. They didn't even say sorry when they brought his food. Worst service, I'd never go back there read more

Had take-away from this place and it didn't disappoint. Fresh sushi and an amazing selection of Yukimi Daifuku mochi icecream which is incredibly hard to find in London! Read my full review here: http://www.whiskersandlions.com/2014/03/ohisama-sushi-marylebone.html read more

Visiting London on vacation and enjoy sushi from different countries. I would have to sAy this restaurant has continued with England's reputation of lousy food. The place was plain and dark. I had the yellow tail and scallion roll. Inside out. Which were double the price of regular roll but not much larger then rice on the inside. Spicy tuna rolls not spicy and jalapeño and yellow tail was fair. All and all I would not return. read more

I was so looking forward to trying this place. There was an 'opening soon' sign for mmonths. I went there for lunch in the opening week and it was disaster. They sent us downstairs, then told us to come back up, then sent us back down and back up again and then had us standing around for 15 minutes. When they eventually took our order another 15 minutes later (they didn't even give us menus) it took over an hour for any food to arrive. The food was incredibly tasty and fresh, but not worth the time I waited given I was on a lunch break. They weren't apologetic and didn't offer any money off. read more

Ohisama is what it presents itself to be: an unpretentious classic sushi bar. Featuring a promising and diverse menu, we decided to order six different options to sample . Our favourites were the fatty tuna toro tartar with caviar and the chef's speciality mystery rolls as they were full of flavour and a variety of textures. However I was slightly disappointed with the rest of our food as it lacked freshness (particularly the spicy salmon and the sea urchin uni) and originality in flavour. read more