Roka

Excellent. Great dining atmosphere. On the rare occasion, the sashimi is not as fresh as it could be, but overall great food and variety.

Was at a loose end on Friday night, so popped in alone (fairly early) on a whim. Got a seat at the counter straight away. Staff very friendly and efficient, even when it got much busier later in the evening. The food is fantastic - fresh seafood, tasty grilled veg. Especially loved the scallops. Quite pricey but I did enjoy wine, dessert, and shochu, and certainly didn't leave hungry! Will definitely be going back soon.

Went for lunch for my wife's 40th birthday. Staff friendly and, without being pushy, guided us through the menu. Food came quickly but absolutely perfect and beautifully presented. Crab hotpot lovely and easily enough for 2 as a main with some sashimi and maki rolls to get things started. Ice creams delivered on a block of ice which kept it to a perfect temperature. Pear ice cream magnificent and the strawberry with jasmine ice cream subtle but amazing. Will be back soon. Service charge of 10% included in the bill but very happy to pay it.

I love this place. The tasting menu is fantastic, particularly the yellowtail sashimi when we had it. The king crab hotpot is also delicious. Watching the robata chefs at work while you eat at the bar is fun. My one grouch was that they brought the dishes too quickly, with no chance to finish one before we were brought the next - a bit hectic. By the time we got to eat our sashimi it had been on the ice too long and was too cold. But all in all, I love this place.

I travel all over the world. Returning to Roka is how I know I've returned home.

Had the £50 tasting menu at Roka last night. It was nice but I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. To be honest, I found it disappointing after all the hype. Sashmi starter was as good as my local Japanese restaurant. The cabbage was a spicy touch but served cold it didn't appeal that much. Asparagus was nice, as were the dumplings and aubergine dish - again about the same standard as many a decent Japanese restaurant. Sea bream in miso was the highlight of the meal - creamy fish with a beautiful flavour; if all the dishes had hit this note, my review here would be much more favourable. Chicken yakitori had a burnt flavour and was really not that good. Desserts were creative and fruity - a nice finish.

Overall, a nice meal with nothing terribly wrong but nothing special either. We left, a little on the hungry side, having spent about £140. Would we go back? No. If you choose to go, I'd advise steering clear of the tasting menu as perhaps there are more interesting things on the ordinary menu that we didn't try.

Roka is a trendy glass-fronted restaurant (the sister restaurant of Zuma) on Charlotte Street, serving modern but thankfully delicious Japanese cuisine. I have eaten here several times and have loved it each time, although I wish I could afford the more expensive items. There have been numerous and mixed reviews of Roka since it opened, but so far I have not had any bad experiences. It is noisy and always full, but I think it's worth going there for the food, and the service is pretty good too.

The best seats by far are at the wooden counter (a huge slab of solid wood) around the robata grill in the centre of the restaurant, where you can observe the chefs preparing and grilling the food. The asparagus yakitori was incredibly fresh, as was the scallop yakitori, and the pork and scallop dumpling was amazing, but best of all were the various maki rolls - particularly the softshell crab and the salmon skin handroll. The dishes can be quite small, so order carefully, unless you can charge it to your company expense account. A light lunch or light dinner for two without wine costs about £60.00, but it could cost far more! You have been warned...

The food is really so good that you can't seem to stop ordering more. The service is ok. A bit crowded and laid back, great for a relaxing time with friends.

Book as early as possible, they are full on each day of the week.

Try the bar downstairs, very hip place with great drinks.

Not sure what that person is on about. We all went the other day and had a brilliant time.

The service was ok. Yes, needs a bit of work, but the friendliness of our waiter more than made up for that (let's face it, most London restaurants, their staff could be better) and the food blew us away, very unique.

Lounge downstairs won't even try and say, was excellent. Overall, next time we're in town, we will be coming back

This shouldn't be in the Top 100 in the first place and their menu was very hard to read. However the food was quite nice and delicate, but overpriced and very small portions.

Having read some differing reviews, I was apprehensive about my dinner plans at Roka but the staff were just wonderful, from the doorman to receptionists to bar and dinner waiters. Everyone was so helpful and the food was just amazing. Will definitely be returning.

I completely resent being charged a service charge on top of already overpriced drinks, when you actually go to the bar and order them. How dare they! And they only serve doubles. The crowd I was with, who like nice places and aren't short of a penny, were all really annoyed at having to pay a service charge. Then we were asked to move, as the table was reserved (they never told us this when we went in). We won't be going again.

On Sunday we went to the cinema and then said lets get a bite to eat. We thought of Roka. We didn't have a reservation, but we got in, welcomed with smiles.

The service was very attentive and the food was absolutely delicious. They have a good wine list (and the shochus are superb - very refreshing). Roka is at least as good as Zuma - the quality of food makes you realise once again that Rainer Becker knows what he is doing.

Worse service than a Little Chef. Good food, but over priced and let down by the feeling of a fast food emporium.

Sadly, restaurants seem to feel that there are enough idiots out there who feel that if they pay through the nose it must be good... At these prices you should just go to Nobu, and not mess around with a substandard imitation.

This isn't the place to go for an evening of lengthy indulgence - it's too much like a smart cafe for that. But it is fantastic to sit facing the open plan kitchen watching the huge knives being wielded and flames in the charcoal pit.

Expertly cooked Japanese food and great sashimi with a buzzing atmosphere.

The Roka sashimi I tried at the Taste fair in Regents Park last weekend would make anyone's taste buds sing and will make me visit the restaurant.

Excellent service, great food. We had the degustation menu and that was simply fantastic...

A bit heavy on the price side, but hey, since when was a nice restaurant in the west end cheap ?

I don't know what is reasonably priced about £125 for 2 when we leave feeling hungry. Food is good but can hardly be described as great (has nobody eaten at a better restaurant than this?).

The sashimi is certainly not the best I've ever had, little better than the contents of supermarkets' plastic boxes of sushi; I concede that the crab rice hot pot does taste good but there's so little of it to savour, it's barely worth ordering; Seabass was horrifyingly small. To summarise, would rather not eat at all, than eat here.

Fantastic food with reasonable price, especially the makis. The service was excellent, very attentive. The food was slow-going though, but the staff were very apologetic. The atmosphere is low-key with very much a family-type crowds, maybe it was the weekend thing. Hence wouldn't recommend taking business associates there but all-in-all great for meeting friends and family. Great sake selections too!

The crab rice hot pot is well worth the cash - fantastic.

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