Zuma | 5 Raphael Street | London

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Zuma, 5 Raphael Street, Knightsbrige SW7 1DL, tel: 02075841010

Zuma

Cuisine: Chinese & Japanese
Price Fair
Food Excellent
Service Superb

Distinctive Japanese food in luxuriant, atmospheric surroundings. The best option here is to get together a group of 12 and sit in the Kotatsu room, an amazing floor-cushion area with open timberwork paritition that feels inclusive, comfortable and private.

The sushi is exceptional, though they do serve hot Japanese food and their own Zuma specialities that are exceptional. Definitely a seamless blend of traditional Japanese eating and London-smart in here.

Try the Sake bar as well if you can manage it - over 40 different varieties of the stuff and it's in a low-lit, vaguely NY setting.

Very smart place. If you've got the money then go, go! It's perfect for large groups looking for something informal but slightly different...

Chris, MyVillage

Map

Zuma
5 Raphael Street
Knightsbrige
SW7 1DL
tel: 02075841010

Reviews

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29th March

"Zuma is a glamorous restaurant, the epitome of contemporary London dining. The robata grill and cocktail bar greets you as you enter the granite & stone restaurant and you know that you have arrived at a restaurant that will leave most people destitute. At £96 the tasting menu is not cheap.
The food as you would expect is fantastically prepared and presented. The best tables surround the open plan chefs' kitchen, much more fun then the private dinning room.
Often difficult to book due to its popularity it’s a great place to spot a celeb."

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Hannah

24th March

""Visually stunning, but I just think this restaurant tries to take it too far. Sometimes these fancy places loose sight of what they are trying to achieve I think. It's all a bit much really. The food is lovely though, but I would rather go for less pretentious surroundings and pay a little less. After all, it is the food that you go to a restaurant for isn't it? I suppose it doesn't matter if you have truckloads of cash, but most normal people don't!""

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