Ohba Leaf Kitchen WALTHAMSTOW — Restaurant in London

I placed an order from Ohba Leaf Japanese Kitchen @ Walthamstow via Deliveroo, and unfortunately, every single dish was of unsatisfactory quality; the only exceptions were the Seaweed Salad and Mixed Pickles. I was unable to eat anything else in its entirety due to how unpleasant the food was.

What I ate and when: Koroke Pumpkin, Koroke Pumpkin Curry, Tofu Katsu Curry, Seaweed Salad & Mixed Pickles, Accompanying Salad, and Soy Sauce consumed between 23:40 and 01:06. I was unable to finish the meal due to its poor quality and have preserved the remaining food as evidence.

The Koroke Pumpkin and Tofu Katsu Curry were particularly inedible. The tofu had an unpleasant texture and flavour, while the koroke lacked freshness entirely; they tasted like onion flavoured hash browns. The accompanying salads were extremely disappointing; I initially thought one had a brown dressing, but upon tasting it, I suspect it was spoiled, as some of the leaves were brown and wilting.

Despite researching the restaurant thoroughly on Deliveroo and Google (which show ratings of 4.8 and 4.7 stars respectively), the actual quality was far below expectations.

Worse, I became severely unwell after eating and this was deeply concerning. I was shocked to find out that this restaurant currently has a food hygiene rating of 0 (Food Standards Agency, updated 3 June 2025).

I contacted both Deliveroo and the restaurant. The restaurant told me over the phone they would issue a direct refund; I was asked for my number, and they said they would contact me and send the refund directly to my account. Despite this, I never received it, nor any further response.

I’ve since reported this experience to the relevant authorities, including Environmental Health and Trading Standards. I strongly advise others to think carefully before eating at Ohba Leaf Japanese Kitchen @...

Finally found a great Japanese place locally to us that does takeaway and delivery. Really love this place and this is our go to now for all Japanese fix when we don’t feel like leaving the house. This is authentic and doesn’t cost an arm and a leg aswell which is a bonus. We love their Chirashi don and sushi, really nice and fresh, good quality fish and portion is not small either. Hard to find a Japanese place like this where you can have the same quality sushi to eat at home as you do in a restaurant. The only thing is they don’t really have a lot of seats at the restaurant apart from a few seats at the bar area, so you would need to get it for takeaway only. Also their menu is limited with hot food, Wish they can open up a bigger restaurant and expand their menu!

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We previously were devoted to another local Japanese sushi restaurant for takeaway delivery. However as this restaurant had changed one if our favourite dishes, we decided to try Ohba Leaf Kitchen again (after trying it initially months ago).

The portion sizes have increased, the freshness is excellent, the quality and taste are superb.

Authentic tempura batter, the unagi nigiri was delicious as was all of the food ordered.

Please don't change!

As someone who grew up eating authentic Japanese sushi I am quite judgemental however Ohba Leaf Kitchen is excellent and I highly...