Dinings

"At this serious sushi restaurant inside a Georgian townhouse, you’ll find their sushi counter shoehorned into what was once a hallway. As you might have guessed, it’s quite a snug situation, but it’s entirely worth squeezing into this Marylebone spot for excellent sushi classics and fun modern creations. Expect spicy akami tuna rolls, the signature sea bass carpaccio, and a big bill." - heidi lauth beasley, rianne shlebak, jake missing

"If you’re after a lowkey, intimate Japanese experience, then Dinings may be your place. The pokey Marylebone restaurant mixes the traditional - yellowtail, o-toro, wagyu - with the less traditional, like carpaccio with Umbrian truffle and ponzu jelly. It’s expensive, and the EOTHO discount can give you a hand depending on what your order, but it’s not really a restaurant you want to be worried about prices in." - jake missing

"Chef Tomonari Chibo is London’s best-known Nobu alumnus, and at Dinings, the Nobu factors are unmissable. But, Chibo is one of the few chefs pioneering inventive or “fusion” sushi in London. He serves salmon nigiri with onion and soy sauce jam or with Peruvian-inspired salsa, and yellowtail with tosa soy sauce and Japanese mustard, and scallop with foie gras mousse. And Chibo’s wagyu sushi (spiked with truffle and ponzu jelly) turns Dinings into a destination. The taste profile here is quite strong and goes well with drinks, befitting an izakaya." - Poonperm Paitayawat, James Hansen

"Tucked away in a converted townhouse in Marylebone is one of London's best-kept secrets when it comes to Japanese. While the interiors are nothing worth celebrating—the dark basement seating borders on claustrophobic—the small, tapas-style dishes, make it, and the price tag, worthwhile. The menu is extensive and the good news is they're more than happy to guide you if you don't know where to begin. Our picks: The beef cha-sia bun and the miso glazed eggplant (aubergine). "

"If you’ve ever thought, hey, someone should open a serious sushi restaurant inside a Georgian townhouse, you’ll find exactly that at Dinings. A dedicated sushi counter’s been shoehorned inside what would be the hallway, and there’s a pokey sit-down restaurant downstairs. It isn’t the most comfortable place to sit, but it’s worth the trouble for both classics and new-school dishes very well. The lunchtime-only chirashi is a great deal, as is the 10-piece omakase sushi, where you’ll find the best stuff mixed in for the relative bargain of £38. For dinner, Dinings is definitely one for the sushi enthusiasts—once you factor in a few rounds of tar-tar chips, a mixture of hot and cold tapas, some sushi, and a selection of their signature open rolls, an extremely serious bill can rack up very, very quickly. LDN Guide The Best Sushi Restaurants In London Food Rundown photo credit: Karolina Wiercigroch Cold Tapas Despite their insistence on calling sashimi ‘tapas’, we’ll let it slide when they taste this good. photo credit: Karolina Wiercigroch Sea Bass Carpaccio Probably the most fancy thing you’ll ever order while being sat at a bar. It’s already pretty extravagant, but the truffles and ponzu jelly just push the whole thing over the top. photo credit: Karolina Wiercigroch Tar Tar Chips Kind of like fine sashimi on top of rice tacos. The crunch is a nice variation on a regular piece of nigiri. photo credit: Karolina Wiercigroch Double Crab Roll The cooks take a sushi roll filled with soft white crab meat and then drape fried soft shell crab all over it. Yes, it’s really good, and no, you shouldn’t share it. photo credit: Karolina Wiercigroch Sushi Mori Freaked out about the foie gras, baby dill, and other weird European things on your perfect raw fish? Get the nigiri set, it’s up there with some of the best you can get in London. Chirashi Sushi If you don’t want to drop a ton of money on dinner here, the lunch-only chirashi set is the best we’ve tried in town, and a bargain at £28. You’ll be glad to know that they don’t skimp on the good stuff, either." - David Paw