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“A strange but pleasant mix of Denmark and Japan” - this “fun and buzzy” chain of restaurants comes to Victoria's Nova development.

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

“Expensive, but high-quality yakitori skewers and sushi” are a “delicious and original offering that suit all ages”, and win little but praise for this “very consistent” chain, whose minimalist Scandi style reflects its origins in Copenhagen. Success continues to bring fast expansion, with recent openings in Westfield W12 (in December 2022) and Shoreditch (in March 2023) and more soon to follow in Richmond (October 2023) and Kingston (early 2024). Phew! Top Menu Tip – “truffle paste cauliflower side dish to die for (who knew?)”.

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

The “surprisingly delicious and wide-ranging menu” combines sushi with yakitori skewers (the so-called ‘sticks’) at this extremely popular Japanese-inspired group, whose “bustling” branches betray the Scandi style of their Copenhagen-based owners. It’s “a perfect choice if not everyone wants sushi” (even if it’s “expensive and portions are a bit on the small side”). A tenth branch is promised in late 2022 in Westfield W12.

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

“Absolutely top-notch food”“pricey but great!” – is the key to the steady growth enjoyed by this Copenhagen-based Japanese group, whose most recent (2019) openings in Soho and Chelsea join established venues across London. It’s “an interesting concept, well executed”“fresh and delicious sushi”, yakitori skewers, and “colourful, almost art-directed salads”, delivered in dining rooms that combine clean, Japanese minimalism with Danish hygge.

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

“Not Japanese nor pretending to be” – this Danish fusion-chain offers a suspicious-sounding-but-successful mix of “fancy sushi” with “plenty of other stuff on skewers” (i.e. yakitori ‘sticks’). “Some of the non-traditional additions don’t quite work, but those that do are lovely”; and as a group, “where so many others fail, it delivers well on consistency”. Its “big and spacious”, Scandi-style branches create a “vibrant and exciting” environment too, “but, oh my word, the prices…”

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Reviews of Sticks'n'Sushi Restaurant in SW1E, London by users of Hardens.com. Also see the editors review of Sticks'n'Sushi restaurant.
Daniel C
Lively, although not as much as some other ...
Reviewed 11 months, 15 days ago

"Lively, although not as much as some other venues in the chain. The food is the usual tasty mix of sushi and grilled kebabs, but the menu seems a little tired and hard to navigate- is the idea running out of steam?"

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