The Sushi Chef in Lambeth

As an Executive Chef that has run various Blue Chip Corporate catering outfits throughout Central London my first choice fish and Sushi supplier has always been and always will be Sushi Chef. Their produce is second to none everytime and the service is responsive and in a different league to others. The Sushi Chef do not only specialise in Sushi but can also source ingredients that are widely unavailable from other suppliers. I cannot recommend highly enough!

We hired The Sushi Chef for an in-office interactive sushi making party for ~10 people. It was a really fantastic experience - the chef came right on time, was lovely to speak to, and the quality of the sushi was fresh and top notch. The menu was varied and we all had the opportunity to make the sushi ourselves if we wanted. We will definitely be using them again for future events!

Having visited Tokyo and Yokohama for years on business I’ve always wanted to have a dinner party with friends serving high authentic sushi in the customary Japanese fashion.I am happy to say Max and his team delivered this in every way possible. The attention to detail was second to none. From an initial meeting to agree on a budget and menu for the evening to the impeccably trained staff on the night who made it an unforgettable evening for my friends and I. Nothing was left to chance with Max even suggesting subtle tweaks to the interior along with recommendations for Sake wines to compliment each dish on the menu.Thanks again!

I have ordered from the sushi chef on two occasions for events. I can't think of anything to fault the quality/quantity of food and service provided. Having eaten at some of the best sushi restaurants around the world, I am so happy to have found the sushi chef because it is such high quality, fresh, and I can't think of any sushi I have had that's better. The customer service I received from the owner Max (wonderful chap) and his team was so helpful and informative, they made my events and experience with them so smooth, can't wait for the next event!Sam

DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS PLACE!Absolutely awful service and food! We organized a dinner party and ordered 180£ of food from this place and were delivered something completely different. Instead of all the sushi ordered, Max delivered a bunch of Chinese starters that were never included in our order and probalby not even worth 20£.We tried to call Max 30 minutes after the delivery to get the mistake sorted and we never received a reply. He even blocked my friend's number!The morning after he insisted that he delivered everything and that he could not answer after working hours when he gave us his mobile number and we were calling at 6 PM (according to their website working hours are until 8pm). He never picked up the phone and never apologized for the mistake.Total lack of customer service, extremely poor quality and overall an awful experience. Please do not order from this place, they do not deserve any of your money!

NEVER ORDER FROM THIS PLACE - TOTAL SCAM!!!My friend ordered a big delivery order for her sister’s birthday with 10 people attending. £180 worth of order and not even £30 worth of stuff was actually delivered.When we noticed the mistake we in good faith thought we were delivered the wrong order and tried to get in touch with Max Anglin who is supposedly the manager of the restaurant and the person dealing with the order and who also delivered it. Max never replied to our emails texts and phone calls and blocked my friend number and switched off the phone.The next morning Max sent an email saying all was delivered. When called he hung up the phone. He started texting on WhatsApp and tried to convince us that everything was delivered when it is obvious that it wasn’t the case. We asked for a refund and denied that. His excuse for not answering the phone was that the office was closed after 6pm when he gave us his personal mobile number... anyways, if a customer has something to discuss after 30mins from the delivery you would expect the supplier to at least pick up the phone and try and solve the issue.Moreover the few things we were delivered were of poor quality. A total embarrassment for our guests that we had over and ruined our sisters wedding.When asked for a refund he said to call the office on opening hours only.Please don’t order from this place ever - they don’t deserve the business and any customer loyalty.

I was the first customer to order from The Sushi Chef from deliveroo. They gave me a complimentary bottle of prossecco as a celebration of this. The sushi was extremely good, best I’ve had in this area so far. Wasabi is fresh, and the sushi is very well made. I’ll definitely be ordering from them going forward on deliveroo

We booked Sushi Chef for a Japanese Omakase dinner for my birthday, and paid to have a waitress serve as we were 10 people.It was over £1500 for a 15 course menu which Max (from SushiChef) and my partner went through together and agreed what was possible to do, Nobu style. We also agreed dessert with matcha mochi to be served, as well as all dinnerware, plates and serving boats.Firstly, an Italian chef arrived, wearing scruffy shoes and clothes- and although very sweet, he was not prepared as Max had not even informed him of the job until 3pm that day (it’s not possible to get high end good cuts of fish from the fishmonger at this time of the day!) and also not shared the menu that we were promised, meaning the high end sushi experience we were hoping to cater for our guests was not delivered.There was no tableware, plates or bowls and only 1 large plate for serving. Wooden chopsticks were given, but thankfully we had our own bamboo bowls otherwise we wouldn’t have had anything. But even so it was not presentable and looked horrible.No mochi or dessert was provided either.The waitress was supposed to arrive 30min before guests arrived, around 730. At 830 she still had not showed up, and we were not given a number to contact her. We called Max over and over again, he didn’t bother answering the phone and instead kept saying that the waitress was outside. My partner ran out several times in the rain and there was no one there, and Max kept ignoring calls and refusing to give her number to us. I asked the chef if he knew about a waitress and he said he wasn’t given any info about the event at all but there was most likely no waitress ordered and this happened several times and he had actually quit because he hadn’t even met his boss after working for 2 years and they owed him money for about 6 months.Beyond that the food was so below mediocre, I haven’t actually had sushi that doesn’t have any flavour, and I feel bad saying that because the chef was a nice guy but he is not a Nobu experience sushi chef, he’s not even YoSushi- he still has a lot of training to go and this is the level of service you get paying £150 a head - WITHOUT alcohol or dessert.This was my birthday dinner and really put such a downer on the whole evening. Max didn’t seem to care that he had almost ruined my birthday.We paid for everything listed above and weren’t even given a third of it.No waitressNo tablewareNo dessert4/15 items of the dinner menuWe obviously complained, Max said he would speak to relevant parties and find out what happened and then has gone completely silent. We’ve been patient about it and not rude, explained how dissatisfied we were and wanted to come to an arrangement without writing bad reviews but he is not answering phone calls for over a month or replying to texts.DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! You will waste a lot of money and be very very disappointed and embarrassed. Rather order from Nobu, it’s way cheaper to get the original Nobu experience than this piece of garbage!0 stars!

The whole experience didn't start well. I ordered some sushi through Josh for a party of 16. I was told a few days before delivery that they had undercharged me by £70. I was either to pay the difference or order less food. I was worried about quantities so ordering less wasn't an option though we had no more budget to pay the difference. In the end there was a compromise-20 less pieces of sushi and 4 less portions of mains. I was assured that it would be enough. It wasn't.The food arrived cold. The sushi was OK. The aubergine salad was nice but the rainbow salad looked absolutely nothing like the advertised photo. We expected dumplings but received something else. The black cod was cold, chewy and the miso sauce was dried up. We paid £80 for the attached!!!!!The worst part of it all was that when I emailed to complain several times I have been completely ignored.Having paid a premium price I expected premium quality food and the overall outcome was very disappointing.

We used The Sushi Chef to cater an event for over 300. The sushi was process was easily to get through. We had to change supplier last minute so the sushi chef didn't have much time but did a fantastic job. Even dealing with some special dietary requirements.The Sushi was delicious we got a lot of compliments from the clients at the event which was nice to see.We are now going to hire a chef from the sushi chef to make it in front of the guests at our next event. And we are using them to cater for the christmas partyThanks to the whole team there!