Restaurant Japonais Namura — Restaurant in Geneva

Please don’t waste your money.

We went to Namura last night after enjoying many times their sister restaurant Na Village, but was a Huge Huge disappointment!

The decor of the restaurant is nice but it comes at a heavy price which is reflected in the bill. We ordered a selection from the menu and the sushi was good, not great and based on the price for example the 4 small pieces in a prawn tempura California roll would have expected it to be Wow! Even the presentation is 4 pieces and didn’t include the tail as the portion does not consist of one whole prawn!

The worst part is the Japanese grill… I ordered the pork with mushroom, which basically a small mushroom cut in half on a skewer with the tiniest bit of pork stuck on it (CHF8 for 1), more laughable was the chicken skewer which was a small minced ball of chicken on a skewer (half the size of a golf ball) which while tasty was CHF9 for 1 bite! Basically these were a TOTAL rip off.

The Miso soup and Edamame were fine (hard to get wrong) but everything is overpriced and sitting in nice decor does not make up for it as there is zero special about the service that you get from other restaurants at this price point. I live in Switzerland, so know the prices at eating out and restaurants and this is way off the mark.

If you want sushi, then my recommendation would be Izumi, the sushi is better, the service makes your feel special and the price is less.

We paid stupid money at Namura last night and afterwards went to another restaurant for main course (serious no joke!). 2 stars are purely towards the decor.

My advice, save your money and go elsewhere. If you want Thai, go to Na Village but forget this sushi unless you want to burn money and...

We had dinner there with my wife. The food was good, like really good! Amazing quality and impeccable preparation.

We had the 88 CHF per person menu. Yes, it's more expensive than the average Japanese restaurant in Geneva, but here the quality is really high.

Don't come here just for the sushi (which is great anyway) but also for the other Japanese dishes that much harder to find in other Japanese restaurants in Geneva. I believe the discovery menu is a great choice in this sense.

Finally, the location is really nice. The restaurant is next to the beautiful garden of Na Village, and the owner is also the same.

I gave 4 and not 5 because I still find it overpriced for the overall amount of food (it was ok, but not a lot) and for the service (we sat at the bar, even though rhey promised...

Wow wow wow what can I say, everything was just absolutely beautiful, service included! The Japanese decoration was down to the finest detail, even to the toilets.

We took omakase imperial menu, it was so nice, we didn’t regret it. All the little dishes were sublime. Wagyu beef at the end melt in the mouth. Normally we don’t like much about the mochis, but they were just so good. A quarter of 3 different flavors was just perfect! Not to mention there was a wide range of sake options of all different regions.

At the end, unlike in other restaurants in Switzerland, they don’t ask you to tip on the credit card machine. I found it nice, after all we are not in the USA where the waiters rely on tips.

We would definitely...