My friends and I stopped in Shibuya Soho for a little post-dinner treat ahead of seeing a musical at a nearby theatre. Upon entering the store, there were cases with croffles and cakes on display and some seating. What we got: - Strawberry Shortcake - Lemon Poppyseed Roll cake - Matcha Roll cake - Tiramisu Croffle Final Thoughts: The cakes were all quite good, but I thought the croffle would be made fresh or at least warmed up which it wasn't. The cakes were also served on paper plates which I think took away from the ambience of the cafe a bit. Overall okay and the other photos I've seen of bingsu and food look good so I'd come back to try again. read more

Shibuya Soho - Strawberry Shortcake, Tiramisu Croffle, Lemon Poppyseed Cake, and Matcha Cake / IG @mwy.eats - Japanese Near Me - London, XGL

The Bingsu at Shibuya Soho is soft and fluffy. I love the texture of the shaved snow and the flavors of each of the dishes. However we had to wait in line outside for around 30-45 minutes which was longer than I would have liked for dessert. Overall I enjoyed it a lot! read more

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AVOID AT ALL COST!! TOURIST TRAP IN PROGRESS! Congrats to shibuya soho for taking the biggest L in London this year. This is a tourist trap spot that you have to avoid. Of course there is a long queue. They have like 3 tables inside of course people would be queuing and got deceived on the food. Fake japanese spot because food was horrible. The choice panko for the katsu is horrible. Wrong way of making katsu my restaurants arent authentic japanese but made better katsu. Pastries are low tier. Moreover, the worse thing of this place is the ventilation system. Anyone can barely breathe inside with one air conditioning system. Ventilation not installed properly. If this doesnt get fixed, i would gladly report to council. P.S. if you come here be careful when going to the toilet, the stairs are wobbly and has no friction step and not a complete full step. This could be dangerous so should be reported to the council. read more

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We went around 8pm for the bingsu. We had to queue for about half an hour to 40 min or so as they only have about 4 tables, although takeaway is an option as well. For two of us, we got a strawberry and a kinako bingsu. The strawberry was our favorite but both were good. The strawberry was on the sweeter side while the kinako had a nuttier and more subtle flavor. Honestly, they were big enough that we couldn't quite finish although we did head over immediately after dinner. Good dessert at a really reasonable price, just beware of the sometimes lengthier queue! read more

Shibuya Soho - Kinako Bingsu - Japanese Near Me - London, XGL

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It has been so long since I was in London. I became extremely busy and therefore, have not updated any reviews in so long. My memory may not be great, but I'll try my best. I don't exactly remember how we stumbled upon Shibuya Soho. My then-fiancee, his sister, and I had been walking about the Soho/Chinatown area. And we were getting hungry. One of us was in the mood for curry and this place came up on our search. It was empty when we walked in, so we thought it was closed. It's a small restaurant, quaint, for lack of a better word. We were seated on the upstairs portion of the restaurant, which is a narrow landing that overlooks the first floor. My fiancee got the pork katsu curry and I think his sister and I shared the chicken katsu curry. I remember it being really tasty, not spicy (b/c they can't handle spice). We finished it with a matcha bingsu, which was amazing and totally worth it. London has amazing restaurants all over the place. It's a blend of all different cultures and ethnic foods. None of these places disappoint! read more

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Very popular place with super limited seating. The bingsu was sooo delicious and originally I thought it would just be all ice + the toppings, but they actually layer both ice and a sweet syrup together. Katsu udon was alright and my friend got an omurice, which was also decent, but overall, both dishes had too much sauce. Would def go again for the bingsu, but not the warm dishes. read more

Shibuya Soho - chicken katsu udon + omurice - Japanese Near Me - London, XGL

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my friend and i met up to eat cakes for brunch then changed plans around 12pm but they didn't open until 12.15 which wasn't much of a wait! but they only have one slice of strawberry shortcake so that sort of put us off and decided to opt for hot food which did not disappoint! we ordered omurice and tempura udon! the portion sizes were actually pretty big so for the price, it was very worth it! it was so tasty! this was my second time trying omurice but first time with demi-glaze! it came with kimchi, miso soup and seaweed salad! there was a good amount of tempura for the udon and seaweed as well! it was quite quiet, a really nice place to visit with friends as they have seating downstairs for larger groups as well! it was very aesthetically pleasing and the atmosphere was great as well! i would love to try their bingsu next time i'm in london though! read more

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Nash dengaku had too much miso paste but was otherwise good. Omurice could be milder in flavour but was not bad although the rice was quite mushy. The croffle was great and the matcha gateau was nice as well. Quite pricey though. read more

The ambiance and interior design of this restaurant is a hidden gem within London's Chinatown. There is plenty of seating and a large selection of items on the menu. I ordered a takeout order for a matcha latte, which was carefully crafted by the skilled barista. The prices are a bit expensive, but it is worth it. I would definitely visit again when I am in the area. read more

Shibuya Soho - Matcha Latte - Japanese Near Me - London, XGL

The mango flavoured shaved ice is the best! They also have a few japanese dishes, like takoyaki, sushi rolls, and udon noodles. However, shaved ice is what their know for, and i see you this as more of a dessert spot than a place where I would get dinner. Appears small but they also have some upstairs seating. Close to Leicester Sq tube station, check out them out for some sweets! read more

I would say this place is better for desserts so if somehow you feel like eating Japanese food, go to Eat Tokyo or Kyoto instead, it's only the next street along (Romily Street). The portions are pretty small compared to the eye watering price, so you would not be getting value for money here. We ordered the Dragon Roll. When it came, we were confused because it didn't look like a dragon roll, although two different members of staff assured us that it was a dragon roll. Oh well. Chirashi is ok but nothing special. I find their appetisers to be very very strange indeed. It could be like a slice of veg or something equally mysterious but noone had any idea what it was. Black cod looks tiny! They should really up the portions considering the price. The Soho Bings were the most interesting offering here. It's frozen milk shredded with fruits/condensed milk. It will definitely give you brain freeze. read more

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Sweet tooth will surely like this place as it offer really good shaved ice/ snowflake dessert. I have tried both green tea (3.5/5) and mango (4/5) flavor shaved ice. (Rating in Brackets). I love that the shaved ice has a milky creamy taste. The ice is very soft and melts immediately as I put it in my mouth. However, the green tea flavor shave ice has more milk taste than green tea as they only put green tea powder on top. The mango flavor shave ice is very refreshing, and I liked that there is fresh mangoes on top. The mango puree complement well with the milk based shaved ice. The employees are mostly korean and they are super polite and friendly. Do expect a long line for Shi Bu Ya, do not go in big group! Big group requires more waiting time. I have been there four times now, and the average wait time is 20 minutes, even on weekday. read more

Shibuya Soho - Green Tea Shave Ice with Red bean - Japanese Near Me - London, XGL

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I seriously loved this place! It used to be a Chinese cake shop but has recently been turned into a restaurant. I was sad at first as I used to come here for Chinese cakes every week! The reason we went in was because the greeting the 3 staff members gave us was just unbelievable! So friendly and positive, it made us feel good so we went in. Ok so firstly the food: amazing! I had the salmon teriyaki and it was delicious and reasonably priced for China Town. Dessert: we had a shaved snow ice with red bean which is something I've wanted to try for over a year but I've never found anywhere that has a snow ice machine! I really enjoyed it, more for the novelty factor than anything else but it tasted good too. Overall, a great experience, I'll definitely go back again for dinner & dessert read more

Shibuya Soho - Shaved ice machine - Japanese Near Me - London, XGL

Ok, I have been trying to find a good Korean Bingsu in London for a long time. Finally found it. It is not ice cream but flavoured milk made into snow like texture via a machine which I believe they import from Korea. You can see tons of asians coming in here just to eat the Bingsu. I would recommend the Kinako and the Matcha snow Bing. Haven't really tried the other Japanese food here but will try it next time. Only one I have tried is the takoyaki and it was ok. Would say this is the best currently in London. One mistake they did was asking me to move 3/4 away when I was eating my bing su. Wrong move. Not proper for a restaurant to do that. read more

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Simple yet presented well, the savoury food at Shibuya come in small portions at higher than average prices. Shibuya is probably more well known for its desserts including those with shaved ice than its other culinary offerings. The desserts do indeed look impressive but I did not taste them so cannot comment on whether they live up to the hype and their appearance. In terms of the dinner experience it was decent enough but nothing to rave about. Also worth noting is that the restaurant is small and seating is on wooden benches/stools and cramped so queuing for a spot is commonplace; as may be eavesdropping and knocking of elbows with fellow diners. read more

Shibuya Soho - Green tea - Japanese Near Me - London, XGL

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Bingsu here is in my opinion the best in London! We tried strawberry and matcha flavors this time, and both taste amazing. Also had a deep fried pork chop curry rice and it's yum! The place is quite busy every night though, you may need to queue for a little while to get a table, but totally worth the wait! read more

Shibuya Soho - Curry rice with fried pork chop - Japanese Near Me - London, XGL

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This place is awesome for desserts! The shaved ice is delicious and they know how to make it so well! I crave it every time I pass. The fruit is fresh and they give a generous portion for how much you pay for it. The food is just so so. For the price point I know other places in London that give bigger portions and more tastier Japanese food. During peak times like 7-9pm there is a queue so expect long waits as it's a small place. Also ... they must have the SMALLEST toilet in the whole world. Literally your face touches the door. No joke. read more

Shibuya Soho - Japanese Near Me - London, XGL

Came here late on a Sunday evening (approx 10pm) and was glad that they were still open. Service was quick and have no complains there. Ordered an iced yuzu tea, which was AMAZING and cost a decent £3.45. The Matcha and Azuki bingsu too was very affordable at £5.95, and was delicious - sweet and creamy but not excessively so! Would definitely come back for their desserts and because of their pocket-friendly prices. read more

Shibuya Soho - Matcha and azuki bingsu , cold yuzu tea - Japanese Near Me - London, XGL

How on earth does this place have four stars? It was some of the worse sushi I've had in my life--and I've been to St. Cloud, MN. I was actually served a caterpillar roll that had no unagi in it (the fish main ingredient). I noticed, they took it back (graciously and apologetically), then brought one with unagi that was arguably worse! It had inedible hunks of either undercooked rice or...I don't know, but it was gross. The other items weren't as terrible, but were very mediocre indeed: some meh chicken gyoza, rainbow roll, and (un)crunchy tuna roll. When the server asked how everything was, I replied, "actually, not good, I am really disappointed." This was met with the nodding smile one would give if I said "great". We were hungry and defeated, so enjoy the £50 you very much did not earn, Shiyuba. Avoid! read more

Shibuya serves Japanese food but it is popular for their dessert - Soho Bing. This is a a dessert where milk is turned in to snow. The texture is a soft snow and it taste like ice cream. There are five different topping of bing to select and each one comes in two sizes, small (£5.90) and regular (£7.90). Out of all the different bing I like the Kinako Bing which is a bing topped with roasted soybean flour, sweet red bean and drizzle with condensed milk. You also get a separate small pot of condensed milk if not enough. If you are a green tea fan the there is a Matcha Bing where the bing is topped with matcha powder, sweet red bean and drizzle with condensed milk. The mango bing is a hit and miss, as the fresh mango can be sour if it is not in season. The Japanese food served at Shibuya is probably better at other place like Eat Tokyo. I would give the sushi a miss and go for one of their rices which are beautifully presented. However, it can be expensive to dine here when you compare to Eat Tokyo which is value for money. Shibuya has seatings over two floors but still small. So I do not recommend it for large group. It is a place you can have dinner and finish off dessert at the same place. read more

My husband and I really enjoyed eating at this place! Nice fun atmosphere, the staff greeted us as we came in. The upstairs seating area is cheerful and bright. Light music and lighting. Overall enjoyable. We got the salmon "bento", which had miss soup, rice, and an assortment of other little nibbles. It was delicious! The teriyaki sauce was so good I wish I could take some home! Then we ordered some snow with red bean and condensed milk, etc. It was so tasty!!! Just like I had back home in LA a bit pricy... but well worth it. All in all a great experience and I would recommend this place! read more

Tried the oreo kakigori here and IT WAS SOOOO GOOOOD! The portion was large enough for 2 people to share and they have quite a few nice flavors for you to choose from. I actually did go back to try the strawberry flavour a week later 'cuz it was rally good haha I have yet to try the lunch/dinner menu here but I look forward to doing that :) read more

Shibuya Soho - Kinako bing is so goood!! - Japanese Near Me - London, XGL

Came here once last year and remembered the eel don being tasty, so ordered two portions tonight as my mom and I were just around the corner. THEY WERE QUITE HORRIBLE. Pricy as they were, three out of the four pieces of eel were tails and had so many small fish bones in them- never experienced this before in any Japanese restaurants. We were so disappointed. I also found it ridiculous to charge 10% service fee for such slow and unprofessional service. THIS PLACE IS OVERPRICED, NOT WORTH THE MONEY. read more

That's the dessert place! Haven't tried any main course, by the dessert - matcha ice cream, and Bing are absolutely gorgeous! read more

Shibuya Soho - Japanese Near Me - London, XGL

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This restaurant is stay in London, I am drinking the worst matcha latte in my life, which tastes like only water with green color, so I give this cup of tea 0 scores, I hope everyone should not be fooled! 這是倫敦我在喝最差的抹茶拿鐵，里面只有水和綠色顏枓。我給這杯茶0分，大家不要再上當！ read more

The shaved ice here was really yummy!! Not too much ice and good amount or sweetness. The place is a little small and can sometimes be crowded, but overall really nice with delicious Uni! read more

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Horrible. DON'T recomend at all. I asked for VEGETABLE udon only take my first bite and find out there is SQUID in there...I am highly allergic to sea food. when I told the waiter they uncompasionalty responded with "you should have told me you didn't want sea food". I know Asia has diffrent cultures but I know SQUID is NOT a VEGTABLE in any of them. They refused to refund the soup or bring me an actuall vegetable udon. So unless you want disappointment don't go there. read more

Probably the worst service I have ever experienced. Sushi was not good. They don't bring you water even when you also for it several times. We ordered a mango dessert and they lied and said it was sold out... It wasnt the two tables next to us ordered it after us and received it. I do not recommend this place. Don't go. Not worth the money AT ALL. read more

I would eat here everyday if I could! Some of the best sushi I've found in London. Good quality, fresh yet affordable. I don't want to recommend it too much though as there's always a queue outside. Luckily it moves pretty quick. read more

The shop name sound Japanese and it selling Japanese food but in actually everyone come here for their Korean ice dessert. Looks like a Korean run Japanese restaurant. Food portion is not big. Shop size and table size is not big. Table greasy and you will smell greasy oil after having meal there. Always a long queue outside for their dessert. The ice of this Korean ice dessert is make from milk. People that doesn't like milky taste might not like this. The ice top with fruits or matcha with red bean. We ordered a mango and matcha flavour after our Japanese meal. Was disappointed by the mango they serve compare to the photo show in the shop. There are lot lot more mango in the photo but the bowl we got it only has 4 pieces of mango :( read more