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Tiny (10 seats) casual sushi bar from the team behind Dorian (across the road). Walk-ins only, it shares access to Dorian's impressive wine list.

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Summary

£140
£££££
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

Chris D’Sylva’s latest project – this tiny, 10-seater Notting Hill sushi bar launched in May 2025 opposite his phenomenally successful Dorian (see also) and here he channels his learnings from his earlier Japanese debuts nearby, Urchin and Tuna Fight Club. The early word on the street is excited, and in his June 2025 review, The Standard’s David Ellis couldn’t have raved much more if he’d tried (“This is fish better than I have ever had it in London…”; “this is London’s best sushi, and a restaurant to go toe-to-toe with any other”). Reports please!

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118 Talbot Road, London, W11 1JR

What the Newspaper Critics are saying

Evening Standard

David Ellis raved over a tiny no-booking bar with a dozen seats which serves “London’s best sushi”, the latest opening in the nascent Notting Hill empire from Chris D’Sylva, across the road from Dorian, his “mothership”. 

Fish “better than I have ever had in London” brought a look of “ecstatic bliss” to the face of David’s missus – “one I’ve never seen before, which was a bit of an ego blow.”

“Even miso soup”, he said, “was above any other I’ve had. It could fuel an army, cure a hospital ward, ease grief.” And unlike a lot of sushi bars, the atmosphere was not one of quiet reverence: instead, the place “hums with music, bottles are constantly being opened… Everyone is having fun.”

David Ellis - 2025-06-08

Prices

Starter Main Veggies Pudding
£10.00 £60.00 £15.00 £10.00
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £50.00
Filter Coffee £5.00
Extras  
Service 10.00%
118 Talbot Road, London, W11 1JR

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