Ginza Onodera

Ginza Onodera London we strive to provide a quintessential Japanese dining experience

銀座おのでら ロンドン | GINZA ONODERA LONDON – GINZA ONODERA LONDON Branch was opened in Martch,2017.

We have three different types of private rooms available to hire for your special occasion: ・Teppan-yaki counter Private Room (Maximum 8 guests) ・Sushi Counter Private Room (Maximum 6 guests)  ・Private Room (with normal dining table, maximum 6 guests) For our Teppan-yaki and Sushi counter private rooms, please read the TC below: ・There will be a room charge fee of £50 for Lunch service, £100 for Dinner service on all Private room bookings.

・You can cancel your reservation within 48 hours’ notice.

If you cancel within 48 hours, there will be a penalty charge of £50 per person.

https://onodera-group.com

Ginza Onodera, London SW1: Restaurant Review - olive magazine

Teppanyaki specialist Matsuri was a mainstay of Japanese fine dining in Mayfair for 23 years until it closed in 2016, only to reopen earlier this year after a £2.5 million makeover as Ginza Onodera, with the same chef – Ryosuke Kishi, formerly of the Grand Hyatt Tokyo – and a broader menu that focusses on traditional Japanese classics with modern accents.

Downstairs, clean lines and a sumptuous use of materials – fitted mirrors along the walls, polished concrete floors, marble accents and glossy, neutral tones – convey a lush minimalism that’s impressive, if a little corporate (perhaps not a surprise, given that Ginza Onodera is now part of the Onodera group, which operates other high-end sites in Tokyo, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Hawaii, New York and Paris).

Ginza Onodera’s prestigious Mayfair location is reflected in the liberal use of high-end, luxurious ingredients, from Kobe beef to Norwegian king crab.

Exceptional produce is a highlight here and the best way to sample a little of everything is to try one of the sushi platters; from plump slices of butter-soft, fatty marbled tuna and luscious scoops of sea urchin to (predictably good) slices of Kobe beef and creamy seared yellowtail.

Ginza Onodera is priced accordingly for its plush Mayfair locale and correspondingly prosperous clientele – expect to spend on average £150 per person (or more, if you opt for luxurious items on the menu like the kobe beef, clocking in at an oligarch-worthy £130 for 100g).

New Openings: Ginza Onodera

What’s new?

Six months it’s taken to turn teppanyaki titan Matsuri (showing its age at 23) into a head-turning, high-flying modern Japanese fit for London’s luxury market.

Behind the scenes: With these flash corporate outfits – the Onodera Group has restaurants in Ginza, Shanghai, Hawaii, Los Angeles, New York and Paris – one hesitates to peer too far behind the curtain.

I take a peep to discover parent group LEOC Co. Ltd., a not terribly sexy Japanese contract food services company in whose crown Ginza Onodera is the shiniest jewel.

Chef Ryosuke Kishi, ex-Grand Hyatt Tokyo, stays on from Matsuri.

Ginza Onodera London Restaurant Review: Sleek High-End ...

We were dining one Monday at London’s newest Japanese restaurant Ginza Onodera which replaces Matsuri in St James’s and it’s rather fabulous.

Of course no good Japanese meal should be started without Sake and so we indulged with a couple of glasses with our first dish.

If there was ever a dish which I religiously order in any Japanese restaurant, it’s a sashimi platter.

Everything so far during our meal excellent, but if the restaurant ever needed a single signature dish then it would have to be this nasu dengaku.

But now Ginza Onodera has turned this address into a modern destination restaurant with exciting dishes and a refined dining space.

review of London Japanese restaurant Ginza Onodera by Andy Hayler

The new establishment serves a variety of styles of Japanese food, with a dedicated sushi section, a teppanyaki bar, robata grill area, general dining area and private dining room.

Sample labels included Terras Gauda O Rosal Albarino 2016 at £35 for a bottle that you can find in the high street for £18, Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Qba 2015 at £45 compared to its retail price of £22, and Chateauneuf du Pape Chateau La Nerthe 2009 at £95 for a bottle that will set you back £28 in a shop.

For those with the means, G. Mascarello e Figlia Barolo Monprivato 2011 was £270 compared to its retail price of £103 and Tenuta san Guido Sassacaia 1995 was £450 for a bottle whose current market value is £211.

The dish was smartened up by having the rice as a neat cylinder, the eel garnished by more burdock root crisps, and offered with sansho pepper on the side, to be added to taste.

This was a hearty and enjoyable dish, the eel nicely cooked and the rice enlivened by the cooking juices, the sansho pepper adding its zesty spiciness (14/20).

Ginza Onodera Mayfair - London Restaurant Review

Fifteen years on, my dreams of building a house in Mayfair are still be looking bleak, but my next roll of the dice ended up bringing to this SW postcode once again - this time to sample Ginza Ondera’s new bar menu.

Downstairs is where you’ll find the main restaurant alongside separate rooms for meetings and intimate sushi masterclasses, but I and my company were here to review the new bar menu, which meant we spent our evening upstairs.

A little bit off-putting as the area is intimidatingly small with a limited number of seats poised at the bar, but throughout our meal the staff knew when to leave us to our own devices and when to jump in with small talk and cocktail recommendations.

Something that the team only introduced a week or so before we arrived, we were the first people to review Ginza Onodera’s new bar menu.

Fantastically fresh and fitting with the drinks on offer, Ginzo Ondera’s new bar menu is there to satisfy that ‘I’m not quite fit for a full meal’ kind of hunger.

Restaurant Review: Ginza Onodera, St James's, London | Luxury ...

Bar Manager Gergö Nyiri introduces us to Ginza Onodera’s beverage narrative with a cocktail menu that delicately fuses distinctive Japanese flavours with fresh and seasonal ingredients with a selected collection of locally sourced London craft spirits.

True to Japan, step downstairs to the main restaurant space and it’s like a geographical culinary map of the country with an à la carte menu spanning from kobachi (rarely seen in London), tataki, tartare, sushi and sashimi as well as teppan-yaki and robata grill dishes.

And true to the ancient art of teppan-yaki, only the highest quality ingredients such as lobster (Canadian or spiny), black cod, marbled tuna and miyazaki-gyu sirloin are expertly prepared, cooked and sliced for service.

When it comes to signature dishes that headline Ginza Onodera, these include exotic and intriguing dishes such as cactus-fed turbot kobujime usuzukuri, Japanese wagyu dumplings and Japanese wagyu nikujyaga, whilst Scottish scallops, Canadian black cod saikyo-yaki and Black Angus beef sirloin come direct from the Robata.

Across 450 crafted options, alongside the tasteful Japanese dishes, Angelo will recommend sake flavours that encapsulate notes such as fruit, flowers, herbs and spices served at an optimum temperature to complement the variety of dishes throughout the menu.

Ginza Onodera, London SW1: Restaurant Review - olive magazine

Teppanyaki specialist Matsuri was a mainstay of Japanese fine dining in Mayfair for 23 years until it closed in 2016, only to reopen earlier this year after a £2.5 million makeover as Ginza Onodera, with the same chef – Ryosuke Kishi, formerly of the Grand Hyatt Tokyo – and a broader menu that focusses on traditional Japanese classics with modern accents.

Downstairs, clean lines and a sumptuous use of materials – fitted mirrors along the walls, polished concrete floors, marble accents and glossy, neutral tones – convey a lush minimalism that’s impressive, if a little corporate (perhaps not a surprise, given that Ginza Onodera is now part of the Onodera group, which operates other high-end sites in Tokyo, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Hawaii, New York and Paris).

Ginza Onodera’s prestigious Mayfair location is reflected in the liberal use of high-end, luxurious ingredients, from Kobe beef to Norwegian king crab.

Exceptional produce is a highlight here and the best way to sample a little of everything is to try one of the sushi platters; from plump slices of butter-soft, fatty marbled tuna and luscious scoops of sea urchin to (predictably good) slices of Kobe beef and creamy seared yellowtail.

Ginza Onodera is priced accordingly for its plush Mayfair locale and correspondingly prosperous clientele – expect to spend on average £150 per person (or more, if you opt for luxurious items on the menu like the kobe beef, clocking in at an oligarch-worthy £130 for 100g).

Ginza Onodera: High quality Japanese at a high price as Matsuri is ...

When Matsuri launched almost 25 years ago, it was probably the best Japanese restaurant in London.

Downstairs, it’s all about elegant Japanese food, from sushi and sashimi to tempura and robata-grilled meat and fish.

And as for the cactus part, we did ask: apparently these farmed fish are particularly partial to cactus and it leads to a more delicate flavour.

The kobe might be especially pricey, but the turbot is £20, the black cod £42 and the marbled tuna £5.50 a slice.

So, in its new guise as Onodera could Matsuri once again be among the best Japanese restaurants in London?

New Openings: Ginza Onodera

What’s new?

Six months it’s taken to turn teppanyaki titan Matsuri (showing its age at 23) into a head-turning, high-flying modern Japanese fit for London’s luxury market.

Behind the scenes: With these flash corporate outfits – the Onodera Group has restaurants in Ginza, Shanghai, Hawaii, Los Angeles, New York and Paris – one hesitates to peer too far behind the curtain.

I take a peep to discover parent group LEOC Co. Ltd., a not terribly sexy Japanese contract food services company in whose crown Ginza Onodera is the shiniest jewel.

Chef Ryosuke Kishi, ex-Grand Hyatt Tokyo, stays on from Matsuri.

St James's Newest Asian: Ginza Onodera

A short walk from Green Park station, just past The Ritz: 15 Bury Street, St James’s, SW1Y 6AL, www.onodera-group.com On the Menu: The menu is traditionally Japanese, and chef Ryosuke Kishi has made a conscious effort to steer away from the fusion trends many restaurants are currently playing with.

Sushi, sashimi and dishes from the Robata grill utilise modern equipment and ancient techniques, with ingredients like Kobe, Wagyu and lobster representative of the restaurant’s postcode and therefore clientele.

Every single member of staff greeted us in Japanese as we walked over to our table, a little booth tucked out of the way of the main restaurant, next to a group of businessmen – one of three or four large parties taking place that night.

Breaded crab croquettes were a peculiar component – I’m not sure how parmesan cheese and béchamel sauce are Japanese so whilst they were tasty they seemed a little odd and far less delicate than the other dishes.

Three small private rooms with space for 6 people sit off the main dining room, each offering something different depending on your choice of Japanese cuisine; sushi, tepppen-yaki or robata grill.