Yo! Sushi is located on the Riverside of The Oracle plaza, and has one entrance through the House of Fraser into the shopping mall. This was my first time in a sushi bar with the conveyor belt system and it adds a certain charm. You can tell how fresh each item is, because each one has a decal on it noting the time it was put on the belt.
Greeted and shown to one of the seats (they also have booths, but these seem to be reserved for parties of more than one), he explained to me how things worked, asked if I wanted to order a drink and left me with the menu. Pretty self explanatory. You take what you like off the belt and at the end, they total up your empties. Different colors are different prices. Obviously, the simple stuff like cucumber rolls were on the less expensive plates and the sashimi was on the more expensive plates. Five grades. No surprise.
Interesting countertop, each seat has a sunken slot for napkins and chopsticks as well as containers for soy sauce, wasabe and ginger. I liked that, because I really like ginger and hate having to ask for more. There are also spigots for water (flat or fizzy) and you can refill yourself. £1. Bonus!
The sushi, on the other hand, was nothing to write home about (though technically, I'm writing home about it now). I had five dishes (3 @ 2.80, 1 @ 3.30 and 1 @ 5.00), which for a total of £17.70 should have left me filled. It did not. I did enjoy some of them, but some of them I did not. I figured I would get out when I was ahead, or at least, not too far behind.
If you have a major sushi craving, as I did, this place is OK. But I am hoping that there is better somewhere else in Reading. I won't be back. read more