A calming, shoebox-sized escape from Angel's bustle serving homestyle Japanese classics and excellent chirashi bowls amidst handmade pottery.
Ordering Strategy
The space is tiny, so booking is essential. Visit on weekend lunchtimes for the exclusive fried curry buns, or stick to the sushi sets and chirashi for a relaxing dinner.
What to order
Zanmai Chirashi
A 'visually stunning' bowl described as having a 'superb' taste; it features high-quality ingredients including snow crab, scallop, yellowtail, and marinated mackerel on mixed vegetable sushi rice.
Fried Curry Buns
A 'hefty' weekend lunch special praised by Time Out, these buns come filled with beef and cheese curry or chicken teriyaki.
Vegetable Lover Tempura
This dish is noted for its 'delicate and delightful' batter and is served with a unique 'Matcha green tea sea salt' for dipping.
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Signal Score
Signal score reflects how strong and consistent the review coverage is, not a star rating.
Top critic: Josh Barrie (70%)
Editorial Weight 54 pts
Authority + depth + recency
Agreement 8 pts
How aligned the critics are
Coverage 8 pts
How many real review signals exist
Public Signal 11 pts
Google rating + volume
Boosts 0 pts
Manual boosts + hidden gem
Review signals
2 Elite · 0 Editorial · 4 total signals
Public signal
4.5★ (408 reviews)
Good to know
The restaurant is extremely small (around 20 covers). They sell their own unique handmade ceramics, which are displayed in the restaurant.
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