HI SUSHI (Hampstead)HI SUSHI (Hampstead)

Category:Bistro

Why Oh Why of all places did I have to end up at another Hi Sushi restaurant? I had a bad experience previously at Hi Sushi Covent Garden and swore to never get close to one of the Hi Sushi branches ever again.

The situation however was as follows –we wanted to see a show at the New End Theatre (which by the way is a lovely little venue) in Hampstead and had very little time. So the choice was between Giraffe,Carluccio’s and Hi Sushi…this was a very hard decision indeed…
As I had terribly disappointing ‘all you can eat’at the Hi Sushi branch at Covent Garden I thought maybe I had been to fast in my negative judgment and they may do really great a la carte food.

Well,to cut a long story short,I was wrong. Also the a la carte was bad. We had a sushi platter and some avocado/tuna and salmon maki. The rice was undercooked but still somehow slimy,the fish was tough and did not look very fresh,the presentation was truly awful (I tried making maki myself one time and even my sad attempts looked better actually) and taste-wise it was edible. just about.

Londonelicous had a similar mediocre experience at Hi Sushi Hampstead and her verdict was that Hi Sushi Hampstead was ‘so average,she didn’t even bother writing it up’.

So this is a recommendation and I am actually feeling rather strongly about this:avoid Hi Sushi!! there are many unpretentious,reasonably priced and very good Japanese restaurants around basically on every corner (e.g. Bento Box in Camden,Ga Ga Sushi in Chinatown,  Tsuru at the Southbank or Pham Sushi at the Barbican to name just a few) so don’t support a restaurant chain which is apparently taking the piss.

• Food:4/10
• Ambiance: 5/10
• Service: 5/10
• Value for money: 4/10
• Chances of returning:0% and this time I am serious!
• Verdict: could put you off sushi forever

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