Let’s get one thing out in the open - my name is Alex and I’m a sushi fiend. Ok, now that’s cleared up, on with the review.

I like Roka but I don’t love it. Once again, trying too hard. What they do, they do very well but if they toned it all down a bit the experience would be enhanced significantly.

The decor is fantastic, very modern, chic and enticing. The staff are excellent, attentive and knowledgeable if just a bit cold.

About the food - when I eat sushi I look for three things; freshness, flavor and simplicity. If you’re adding all kinds of ancillary crap to a plate of sashimi then I’m immediately going to be suspicious of the actual fish itself. Roka cannot be faulted on the quality of their food though, it was fresh, flavorful and well presented. If they move away from the haute cuisine just a bit and focus on their great product just a bit more then they’d be able to compete with Zuma and Defune. Yeah, I said it, what of it. I think Defune is better.

One of the things that garners them an additional star in my book is their wine and drinks list. You’ll struggle to find better in quality of quantity.

I’d go back but it wouldn’t be my first choice.

I don’t know. Maybe I’m spoiled by the amazing Japanese food in San Francisco but I thought Roka was a bit too trendy for it’s own good. Our food was good but overpriced for what we received while service was friendly but amateurish.

If you’ve got a wad of cash burning a hole in your pocket and want to hang out with the pretty people, Roka is your place. If you want great food and reasonable prices I’d suggest you look elsewhere.

One of the best japanese restaurants in the capital. Glorious sushi, amazing cocktails and excellent service. Be sure to take someone special and either go on an empty stomach or a full wallet as the portions are tiny.

Roka is buzzy, very busy (almost rushed) and ultra cool. Like many Japanese restaurants the portions are fairly small and, before you know where you are the bill mounts up. With drinks you can easily spend £70 to 80 a head (including the 13.5% service charge that's automatically added to the bill). But the food is ingenious, beautifully prepared and quite excellent... leave space for one of their sweet dishes which are absolutely superb.

An extremely innovative a contemporary Japanese restaurant with breath taking interior decor. The menu is pricey, but with customers including Jamie Oliver and Angelina Jolie, standards are high. Talented Chefs work in the theatre kitchen so you get to actually see your food being prepared. Excellent cocktails too.

I'm really amazed that people have given this place a bad review. I admit, it is kinda expensive, but the food (and service) was exceptional when i went. The sushi was perfect (and i don't even like sushi really) and the beef and vegetable dishes were stellar. Expect to part with £50 or so, but you won't be disappointed with the experience (hopefully!)

Since day one Roka has catered to a trendy crowd who want Japanese food but not the formality of a Japanese restaurant. Glass walled on two sides, walls which fold back to allow a terrace on warm summer days and nights, with the main robatayaki grill square in the middle edged by an elm bar and closely packed tables of simple yet elegant design, it’s a place to be seen in.
The food is very expenive. Here though it should be pointed out that no Japanese restaurant is cheap. Top quality raw fish is expensive and the penalty of eating non-quality raw fish doesn’t need spelling out. I would particularly recommond the aubergine from the grill with mirin, ginger and soy. This made this sometimes unassuming vegetable take on new depths of flavour.
A word of advice-steer away from the £50 taster menu. It gives you a full variety of the dishes on offer; but with some help from the waiting staff you can get some more interesting dishes at better value..

Talk about the ugly stepsister! This restaurant is related by ownership to the stellar Zuma restaurant, but this outlet does not even come close to stacking up to the quality & ambience of Zuma. Roka's atmosphere is not as cool or fashionable as Zuma's (which could be a good thing, but the missing ambience is not made up in any way)

I have eaten here about 10 times, including downstairs in the very cool Shochu bar (I recommend this place for a drink!), and the food is not great. They have dropped the crispy squid from the menu, and the there are no real amazing dishes here. Most recently I ordered the shrimp tempura (it was AWFUL), an assortment of sushi (flavourless and forgettable), miso soup (white which had a nice bit of oyster pieces, but overly salty), black cod (it was OK) and some hamachi tartar (which was awful).

On the whole, the food was either bland, poorly prepared or overpowered by sauces. Meanwhile, the prices are just as high as Zuma, so you know what?? Just go to Zuma!

This place is awful and getting worse.