Moshi Moshi Sushi — Restaurant in London

I don't consider myself picky about sushi, but this place underwhelmed me. The interior design was very elegant, and the staff was very nice, but the sushi just-- didn't do it for me.

I must've come at a bad time (around 5PM), because the place was almost empty. As a result, the same plates of sushi kept circulating the conveyor belt for god knows how long, and I didn't see the cooks making a new roll even once. While there were quite a few plates on rotation, the dishes themselves were lacking in variety. The thing about good sushi is, you can go fancy and put a bunch of intriguing stuff inside, or you can go simple and rely on the delicious freshness of the fish alone. So, none of the dishes were particularly interesting and flashy, which leaves us with high-quality ingredients, right?

While I don't consider myself some discerning connoisseur, there is a distinct feeling that's easy to pick up on when the fish is very fresh, and I did not get it from the sushi here. It was... fine, I suppose, inoffensive, but left me wanting. I also had a matcha latte, which was pretty nice, and a matcha brownie, which did not make for a very good dessert. Unlike what you might expect from something with 'brownie' in the name, it did not have the consistency or texture of one, there was no significant chocolate-y presence alongside the matcha, and it was served weirdly, almost uncomfortably warm. I've never had a place heat up a brownie for me, and I can't say it elevated the experience.

Overall, I'm afraid it was rather disappointing, despite the lovely...

For the food quality, service and price, Moshi Moshi is an average 3 out of 5. It’s got a lot of things going for it but simply doesn’t deliver the experience you’d expect.

When ordering, the waiter having to ask the chef if there was 3-kinds of sashimi available was a red flag (this was on a Thursday at around 7pm). The sashimi that arrived was dismal for £16. Moreover during the dining experience, a dish was mixed up and another never came. The staff were busy and trying their best. Waiter provided enthusiastic service and was proactive in resolving the mixups.

The grilled yellow tail cheek was good and so were the soft shell crab and salmon skin hand rolls. Rest of the sushi was average although the hint of scallion / ginger garnish on the mackerel was an authentic touch. The faux unagi is not my cup of tea - why they don’t serve real unagi and tuna is good for the earth but bad for business.

My advice to the restaurant would be to simplify the menu and be more open to the sourcing of ingredients. Ditch the sake warming jug which makes the 130ml hot sake serving become a lackluster experience (comes literally half full) and a heavier than necessary burden for staff. Consider getting an Asahi draft dispenser in a visible area - ditch the Kirin, Asahi, Sapporo options on the menu, especially if they aren’t in stock.

The location and view from this restaurant is quite special. Hope it can improve and succeed.

Update: ended up getting diarrhea after eating here. First time at a sushi place in...

TLDR - OKAY quality for takeaway, TERRIBLE value-for-money to eat in…

For £30 pp - recommend MIKAYA (5 mins walk - other side of Liverpool Street station)

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I have been a long standing customer of Moshi Moshi’s takeaway sushi and bento…. But I made a COSTLY MISTAKE eating in.

I walked in seated at the convey belt. Only 3 raw fish nigiri selection at the time (yellowtail, salmon & tuna) and fish didn’t look fresh (from my eyes trained eating raw fish growing up in 🇦🇺).

I had 2 plates of not very fresh yellow tail from the conveyor belt selection. Feeling hangry, I had no choice but to order other dishes hoping for a fuller stomach.

With no menu offered at the seat, i thought to myself - luckily I took a picture of the menu stuck out front and orders the scattered chirashi bowl (marked £9.6 on the menu).

Scattered bowl arrived - got me off guard like a scatter cat….. It came only with the same 3 not-so-fresh-fish, but more unfortunately, some strangely pickled white radish that took up 50% of the bowl, along with some pepper and browned salad leaf (??) which were inedible.

This is the strangest bowl of japanese chirashi ever, but at £9.6 - I get what I paid for, I thought.

The worst is yet to come - when I was paying, I realise that it was £17. They said It was not clearly marked on the shop front menu I said, met only by a smile of nonchalant by the cashier.

I was more hangry leaving the shop before entering….

I wished I spent the money in Mikaya for less money and...