Sakura Japanese Restaurant

Blink and you'll miss it, well worth a visit we will be back, seriously you won't realise the restaurant is there but once you've found out you will not be disappointed.

On arrival no one was there to greet us (party of two). Walked in a little bit further and was ushered to a booth table. Place was decorated incredibly, so we had high hopes. We were sat and handed a tablet. Man advised us how to use it in a cold “can’t be bothered” manner. He reiterated at least 5 times that food wastage would be charged. This made it feel as though we were doing wrong before even beginning to eat. He walked away and no one ever once came to check on our table. Plates were not being cleared so we ended up putting our dirty dishes back on the robot to clear our table. The food was disgusting. Main focus on “deep fried dishes”. Hardly any fresh food. The sushi was stingy with the fish. Weird smell. Fried dishes were dry and oil 100% needed changing. Teppanyaki was odd. Stale prawns, chewy meet, lamb chop dry, and the duck breast mainly fat (please see picture below). Honestly would not come back here. Very expensive for what it is. Our bill for 2 came to 66.something (2 for eating and 1 drink each). The bill was brought over and the full total was 77.something. Meaning they added an 18% service charge. Honestly unsure why this was added given you have minimal contact with human staff and a robot brings your food. I requested that this is to be taken off as I refuse to pay for poor service and food. Watch out for that extra charge. Not even 10% and whole 18%. This is not America. You cannot add money onto a bill whereby the service is poor and the food is frozen from Iceland. Would not recommend.

Hands down our favorite resturant. Food is amazing. Raj takes good care of us every time. A bit pricey but worth it, especially if you are celebrating. We had had quite a few birthdays here. Could do with an upholstery update on the couches as they are wearing off and tiramisu can be dry sometimes. Overall a must visit. Absolutely love it.

Went for my daughters 14th birthday, she absolutely loved it, my little boy thinks the robots are awesome, thanks for the great food we’ll definitely be back.