Atari-Ya Sushi Bar in City of London

Without over exaggerating, this really was the worst sushi restaurant I’ve ever been to in London. Not only was it overpriced, but the fish quality was also awful!The texture of the fish tasted as though they had been frozen and the flavour was metallic and fishy in a bad way. I can’t believe they are the sashimi supplier for many London restaurants…To make the matter worse, we were sat by the front door which seem to have been broken for a while and it doesn’t shut itself. Whenever someone walked in we had to get up and shut the door ourselves as it was freezing out. The staff did not help or pay attention to the door at all.

The waitress give a take out menu for eat in customers. The prices are different and they let the customers pay for their mistakes. 😒

I’m sorry to say disgusting :/… I had salmon, tuna and tuna belly and I’ve never had such bad quality fish before. Had the texture of frozen fish that wasn’t kept cold enough and for far too long. Smelled bad and tasted like metal.Totally inedible.

Great food!Different sushi than before, probably because the chef changed, I can’t see the old ones anymore but very good quality still.They are always friendly and helpful, the manager especially is doing an excellent job trying to keep everything under control, they must have less staff.She is even doing sushi!

Vegetable set box was good priced at £12 Seaweed salad £2.90

I was so close, so close! To giving this place 5 stars and I'll explain why I deducted one star.Would recommend booking a head as this place is rather small and can get packed out during busy hours, so if you want to avoid waiting 30+ minutes then call and reserve a spot!We ordered the Tori Karaage, Una-Ju, Aburi Wagyu Nigiri (x2), Sal Ikura Don, Tokujo Chirashi, Salmon Spicy Mayo, coke (x2) and Yuzu Ramune. Total £107.50. Soooo yeah, this by no means is a cheap place to eat. But damn, the food is amazing. Honestly. I would go as far as to say to save up and treat yourself here if you possibly can as the food is very good.With that being said. I was a little disappointing by the chef making the sushi and food as at one point during survive, they whipped out their mobile phone and was on it for a few minutes before continuing their service.They did wash their hands after but that kind of ruined the atmosphere for me slightly. There was also a long wait before we got the cheque before we could pay to leave. I know this seems picky but it was almost the most perfect service with food apart from that.I have been here before and will come again in the future no doubt... After I save up a little money ;)

Love the food here. If you bring back the black cod roll, I'll give it five stars ;)

Reasonably priced good sushi restaurant. It's not worth a trip but if you're nearby, it's one of the best Japanese restaurants in the area.

My favourite local sushi restaurant. They update their menu quite regularly so you always have new options! The food is delicious, fresh and well cooked and there is a variety of dishes to choose from.

All dishes we had were really great. Need to improve the service a bit.