Dotori Korean and Japanese (Walk in and Cash Only) — Restaurant in London

Went in with my wife. Only one of us was brought food, while the other was left waiting indefinitely, leading to a very unpleasant experience.

Short story long:

My wife and I love Korean and Japanese food, so based on the great reviews we decided to try Dotori.

We went in for a pretty early dinner, when the restaurant was mostly empty. I ordered a bibimbap, while my wife went for the nigiri sushi set. My bibimbap came pretty quickly, but there was no sign of her sushi. So we waited.

In the meantime, some other customers started coming in and ordering. After around 10 minutes, the newly arrived customers were already eating, while I was looking at a now cold bibimbap and a disappointed, hungry wife.

The two waitresses seemed pretty busy serving the other tables without ever acknowledging ours. I eventually managed to pin down a waitress and enquired about the nigiri. I got a very quick and dismissive response while she was still in motion. I failed to fully grasp what she said.

Looking at the kitchen, it seemed like the staff was busy with preparing every possible dish in the menu except my wife's sushi set. At that point, after a wait or roughly 15 minutes, I decided to quickly eat through my bibimbap (which was quite mediocre) and ask for a bill just for what I ate.

To my surprise, the waitress was not surprised. She just replied with a quick 'OK' and immediately brought the bill. We did not get an apology, or an explanation of what happened. Not even a goodbye. We left as if we could have simply got up without paying. I think never in my life I've seen such careless and unprofessional staff at a restaurant.

On top of the fact that this is one of the few remaining restaurants in 2025 that won't accept card payments and I had to go through the effort of procuring myself some cash only to eat here, I truly regret having even contemplated setting foot in this place.

Luckily, there are plenty of great authentic Korean and Japanese restaurants in London that will deliver the food you order (and even let you...

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