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Japanese restaurant in [[Locale Covent Garden|Covent Garden]], part of the [[Hi Sushi, W1D 5LN|Hi Sushi]] chain.

The dining space is on three levels; a few tables in the basement with the charcoal grill, a dozen spaces at the sushi bar along with a couple of tables on the ground floor, and more seating on the first floor.

[[Kake]] visited on a Friday lunchtime in March 2010.  When I arrived a little before 2pm there were no other customers, though a few arrived during my visit.  Slightly cheesy background music was competing with the noise of the water feature by the door, which wasn't an entirely pleasant effect.

I was only brought the a la carte menu to start with &#8212; they do have a lunch menu <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/4459682612/sizes/l/in/photostream/ photo]</small>, but I had to ask for it.  I went for the lunch set with tofu steak and vegetable tempura (&pound;7.50 including rice, miso soup, green tea, and side dishes) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/4459691088/ photo]</small>.  The steamed rice included in the lunch set was fine, not at all mushy.  The salad was mostly undressed; the dressing was just dumped on top and was unpleasantly harshly vinegary.  Miso soup was either absent or so lacking in miso (and indeed other ingredients) that I mistook it for tempura dipping sauce.  The tempura was rather greasy and not crisp, so the only piece I really enjoyed was the lotus root, which has a good crunch of its own.  The tofu steak was bland.

I also had a side order of hamachi sashimi (&pound;7) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/4459695604/ photo]</small>; although this was very nicely presented, the hamachi was limp and waterlogged, and more acrid than I would have liked.

A 10% service charge was added to the bill.

Accessibility: No step to get in; just a tiny ramp.  Toilets are down a flight of stairs with a handrail on one side and no bends.

See also:
* [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/restaurants/restaurant-317597-hi-sushi-izakaya.do Fay Maschler's review in the Evening Standard]
* [http://www.thelondonpaper.com/going-out/bars-and-restaurants/restaurants/hi-sushi-izakaya-catherine-street-wc2-review thelondonpaper review]
* [http://blog.city-eating.com/2009/07/text-----text-----text-----text.html City Eating review]
* [http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/restaurants/hi-sushi-izakaya-review-60591.html View London review]
* [http://www.ilovemygrub.com/restaurant/reviews/2010/hi-sushi-izakaya.html I Love My Grub review]
* [http://omnomlondon.com/2010/03/17/hi-sushi-izakaya-covent-garden/ Om Nom London review]
* [http://hungryinlondon.com/2010/05/hi-sushi-covent-garden-why-you-should-always-avoid-all-you-can-eat/ Hungry In London review]
* [http://www.qype.co.uk/place/1028153#PlaceReviews Qype comments]

<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], 19 March 2010.</div>

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