Sushi Corner — Restaurant in Oxford

Really, really awesome place.

We also tried to go to Taberu but it's closed. It had better reviews than sushi corner but we're really glad we ended up here.

It opened our eyes to a whole world of fishy rice. The staff were friendly and helped us work out what we wanted from the menu. The place was really comfortable - at peak times people had to wait for a table but never too long.

For a starter we had pumpkin croquettes which were delicious. The mayonnaise was vinegary and straight up one of the best parts of the meal. We also had agadashi tofu which was soft, sweet and in a delicious broth. We also had some edemame which were alright I guess.

My girlfriend had a unagi don. I think eating eel is pretty dodgy but she seemed to have a good time. We had sets which were both great. I chose the special family one because it had salmon skin and holy hot damn let me tell you that's so good. It's hours later and I'm still thinking about that crunchy salmony goodness. It's a life changer, so good. Mackerel is my favourite fish and they did it justice on the nigiri too.

For desert they all strawberry mochi but I had tofu pockets which were nice and sweet as a finale. Also we had some hot tea which was great. The glasses were so pretty they looked like artefacts from the national history museum.

10/10 restaurant it's the most I've enjoyed a meal in ages. What's the deal with the video they're playing of dodgy actresses pretending to enjoy sushi? They really went with the take where she dribbles half of it...

Upon ordering through deliveroo, me and my friends were excited to try something new from what looked like a respectful take away service. We placed an order with them adding to just under £50. As you can imagine this was alot of money for us. We waited and recieved a call to say our order had arrived. We collected it from the driver and shortly realised that we had the wrong order. We called sushi corner to let them know and they told us that they were going to send a driver with our order and to collect the other items. We waited and then called back to see where this driver was. They told us that he was outside and we made our way to collect our new orders. This was much effort for my friend who was in a wheelchair and it was wet and cold for the rest of us. Upon arrival, no new driver was outside, so we called the restaurant and was told that they were still on their way. We called the restaurant three times after this and was eventually told that no order was coming and that we were not getting a refund. The excuse was that the driver had finished an hour ago. This was unacceptable and caused myself and my friends much discomfort and put us £50 out of pocket. Do not...

Pseudo-Japanese food with Chinese interpretations. I should have known from the Chinese takeaway style menu line-up!

"A-ge-dashi tofu" - I had expected it would be served in a Japanese gravy saucewith mayonnaise. It wasn't, and came on a plate with mayo Are you joking? If anyone is interested, look up 揚げ出し豆腐 and compare with my pic. It was rather "a-ge" tofu (deep fried tofu)!

The seaweed salad, named "chuka" (Chinese) salad: I have had good Chinese seaweed salad before but this one was not tasty at all - just sweet and sour.

The "gyu-don/donburi" (shredded beef in teriyaki sauce served on rice: Again, this was just so not-Japanese. Too sweet and oily, onion too raw. I felt a little sick after eating it.

Verdict: The food was nowhere near THE Japanese cuisine. Perhaps they serve good sushi, which we didn't try on our visit. I do eat at Chinese restaurants but I don't want other unassuming customers to think the food served at this place represents the Japanese cuisine!

Incidentally, the prices on the main menu and "special" set menu are not consistent and the same dishes were priced differently from...