Tsukiji

«Excellent food and quiet ambiance.»
Loved it. Great food and excellent service in a very small and quiet restaurant. I was staying at the hotel Westbury Mayfair where is located and had never tried it before. Glad we did!

Tsukiji is the sushi restaurant for The Westbury, Mayfair, but it also appears to be a stand-​alone store front on Conduit Street. (For some reason, The Westbury address is indicated as Bond Street, but it’s really Conduit.) Anyway, we ate here for convenience our last night in London and because we were staying at the hotel and we were missing our Crazy Sushi back home.
I’d categorize this place as «style over substance.» Very small place with maybe 7 small tables. The sushi was outlandishly expensive, but good. I tried a tuna and avocado roll, a spicy sashimi appetizer with thin fish wrapped around julienned vegetables. Not even close to «spicy» but good nonetheless. I just have to confess I have a really hard time when the prices are so ridiculous. Compared to what I can get in the US, there is just no comparison, so I’ll leave it at that.
The thing that stood out most to me here is how uncomfortable I felt watching who I assume was the male manager towering over the waitress. He hovered, he eagle-​eyed her every move, and he corrected just about everything she did… from setting empty tables to serving. She actually did a great job, and would have been even better had this man not been getting in the way of every little thing. It was unnerving to watch and I just wanted to get out of there.