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Japan Centre

St. James's, London

4 82 reviews Rating details

Address:

14-16 Regent Street, Piccadilly Circus, London SW1Y 4PH

Tube:

  • Piccadilly Circus Tube Station (0.1 km)
  • Charing Cross Station (0.5 km)
Contact us:
020 3405 1246

www.japancentre.com/

Opening hours:
Foodshop:
Mon-Sat 10.00-21.00
Sun 11.00-19.00
Restaurant:
Mon-Sat 12.00-22.00
Sun 12.00-20.00
User's info
  • Price range: Average
  • Alcohol specialty: Beer/Wine
  • Dress code: Casual
  • Credit cards accepted: Yes
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75 reviews of Japan Centre in English

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Susan Brown
London
7 reviews
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5 stars for Japan Centre
Review of Japan Centre from 18 June 2013
If you're a fan of the Japanese cuisine, you will like the sushi rolls there.  They are quite cheap and tasty. I like the creamy avocados in a combination of rice and soy sauce. I believe that you won't regret if you go to this place.
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hanulos
London
3 reviews
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4 stars for Japan Centre
Review of Japan Centre from 1 November 2012
This place pleases me as I can do most of things as far as Japanese food is concerned.  Eat,drink and shop ingredients for my cooking.  
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ariazhuzi
Leicester
10 reviews
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5 stars for Japan Centre
Review of Japan Centre from 29 October 2012
great place to find japanese food and raw material ,and there's  a bookshop with japanese magazine and manga, also BL manga :p

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Vanessamori
London
6 reviews
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4 stars for Japan Centre
Review of Japan Centre from 12 October 2012
Great place to browse for specialist Japanese products, like mochi ice cream (pricey but very moreish!) I often grab their takeaway sushi, which are a bargain (pack of 6pcs Salmon nigiri for £3.30!!!!) . However, it can get very pricey here if you don't watch your basket, and i usually only get specialist Japanese snacks, and matcha tea from here.  For my oriental staples like rice, noodles and sauces, i am very lucky to have a local Oriental Store ( FLK Chinese Groceries- Check out my review!!) around me, which is more budget friendly and just as good.
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gadgetgem
London
19 reviews
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Review of Japan Centre from 12 September 2012
Japan Centre has a fantastic seletion of Sushi and hot dishes.  I particularly like their noodles, where you can choose your noodle, sauce and topping - £6.40 for a small (Ramen only) and £7.80 for a large (all noodles available).

Note that you have to pay an extra 20% to eat in, but as they provide you with a spoon and chopsticks if you take out why not head to the nearest park if it's a sunny day.

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voicy1stef
London
77 reviews
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5 stars for Japan Centre
Review of Japan Centre from 1 August 2012
Great place for ingredients for Japanese cooking and books on Japanese language (i've studied for 9 years). There are books from beginning to advanced levels. Manga as well. Nice small cafe there as well! Recommended! stefsvoice4u voiceover

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JamesC75
London
3 reviews
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5 stars for Japan Centre
Review of Japan Centre from 9 May 2012
Fantastic sushi - cheap prices compared to many high street outlets and far, far better quality. Great also for various veg, specialist meat/fish and Japanese products you will struggle to find elsewhere.
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Review of Japan Centre from 12 February 2012

This store is a paradise for japanese food-fans! I really enjoed it to find new food and the onigirs are so tasty. Also they have a free W-Lan for guests.

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jhiac
London
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Review of Japan Centre from 2 February 2012

great food, good service and reasonable prices

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Review of Japan Centre from 27 January 2012

an interesting experiance

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humanorgan
London
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5 stars for Japan Centre
Review of Japan Centre from 24 December 2011

Great supermarket downstairs here, they sell crockery as well!

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joshuabrown
London
6 reviews
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4 stars for Japan Centre
Review of Japan Centre from 22 December 2011

Finally, some decent and not overly priced sushi in London. More authentic than most other places.

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dahokolomoki
London
351 reviews
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5 stars for Japan Centre
Review of Japan Centre from 17 November 2008
(updated on 8 November 2011 )

Only one phrase to describe it: The mecca of all foods Japanese in London.

They’ve now expanded their supermarket to the shop next door, and opened a new sake cellar at the basement below their restaurant.

You can find virtually anything Japanese in this shop, from soba to sushi rice, soy sauce to seaweed. They also do an extensive sushi takeaway counter, and if you go around 6-7pm (approx) everything is at half price, making it a very good value sushi dinner at home. One of their highlights is that they sell fresh matcha powder, ground from tea leaves right on the spot.

Be aware though that for transactions less than £10, they charge a 30p card handling fee.

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http://www.london-insider.co.uk/2011/11/half-price-sushi-...

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ncostello666
London
15 reviews
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4 stars for Japan Centre
Review of Japan Centre from 22 September 2011

Much smaller selection of Japanese crockery than they used too. The food selection is still very good, with many things that are hard to find like burdock root. Still a good store, just not as good as it was.

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Deena Caunt
Nottingham
133 reviews
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5 stars for Japan Centre
Review of Japan Centre from 1 September 2011

The best range of Japanese products I’ve ever seen in my life . I just just move in and live there . The fresh food is fantastic – the Green Tea Cheesecake is beyond good and the Pumpkin Korroke is great . I have to admit that I would sell my mother for the little bottles of Gyoza Dipping Sauce that they sell on the counter . The staff are very polite and helpful in store and the website is wonderfully . I’ve had orders from there several times and I’ve always had very good service .

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siralo
London
15 reviews
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4 stars for Japan Centre
Review of Japan Centre from 19 July 2010

Great place to grab sushi for lunch - great selection, always fresh. Not the cheapest sushi place (and lots of cheaper places within afew hundred metres from here) but it is not the most expensive either and it is consistently good quality.

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johndale
London
9 reviews
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4 stars for Japan Centre
Review of Japan Centre from 11 July 2010

Ah the Japan centre. I used to go on here to buy Manga character keychains and bizarre 'street culture' magazines that i couldn't read. Now they've done it up a bit and the focus is much more on the food and drink, but that isn't such a bad thing (I've grown out of the manga keychains now anyway).

The Japanese supermarket is a great place to browse for the weird and the wonderful, and there's some fantastic treats to be had if you're prepared to do your research. The sushi bar is very tempting... until you see the prices (there's some real sushi bargains to be had in soho) but if you've go the cash to splash then the staff are very helpful and friendly.

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London
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5 stars for Japan Centre
Review of Japan Centre from 31 January 2010

Going to Japan in a few weeks and wanted to try some food before hand. Headed to the Japan Centre and ate at their TOKU restaurant. Tried sushi, chicken and rice and tempura. All AMAZING. Can't wait to go to Japan now. Shame it's closing on February 20, but apparently it's going to open somewhere else. Worth going before it closes, it's really good food and good value too. Really big, wide ranging menu; polite, quick service; and a buzzy atmopshere.

After eating, head to Regent's Street to their supermarket where you can buy cook books and all the ingredients you need to try the food at home.

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4 stars for Japan Centre
Review of Japan Centre from 25 January 2010

Staff is friendly. Fois is good. Atmosphere is of a cantina rather than a real restaurant. I like it. Miso soup is great. On the menu: sushi, udon, sashimi, don. Not cheap cheap but good.
Apparently the close on 20th of February as the lease is finishing. They will open somewhere else.

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Cairo
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Review of Japan Centre from 15 January 2010

Japan Centre is one of my favorite places in London. I love the shop where I can find all the ingredients to cook Japanese dishes at home like Japanese curry or okonomi yaki, they also have my favorite Japanese treat "kinoko no yama" (=mountain's mushrooms), small chocolate biscuits in a shape of a mushroom, cute and yummy! Also the take-away maki and sushi are amazingly good and cheap.
I also love the restaurant but if you're going for fish it's a bit pricey, the rest of the dishes are not very expensive. I think their best dish is the katsudon (fried pork served with eggs and onions on rice) I could have it everyday!!!

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