Really enjoyed this place. It was buzzing with happy diners when I arrived, feasting on excellent value, huge bowls of ramen. Service was brisk but polite. The restaurant itself is bright and cheery, but retains some style. The food is tasty but some ingredients lacked punch - the seafood was unfeasibly huge but ultimately lacked distinctive taste. In spite of this, you can hardly fault them at these prices in a great environment. Worth a pop.

You can get a huge bowl of ramen for £4.50 here, lots of sushi (including a vegetarian selection with tofu, avocado and cucumber pieces), big noodle dishes, basically all the portions are huge and cheap and all the ones I’ve tried have been delicious. The food is oriental, but from different countries combining different influences. There is usually a queue outside in the evenings, but the restaurant is big so you don’t have to queue too long. Its huge portions and low prices and large range of choice make it ideal for a large group or a pre/post-pub meal. It is next to the Renoir cinema so you can pop there after a film too.

This local favourite survived The Brunswick's recent upgrade and has made the transition from local secret to stylish and popular eatery very gracefully. The portions are perfect and perfectly priced. The service is impeccable and swift, allowing this cafeteria-style Asian fusion restaurant to accommodate the hordes of students, hospital employees and local shop workers that throng to its doors for lunch during the week and dinner on the weekends. The decor is plain and lingering doesn't really seem to be encouraged, but this is the kind of place you have a good chat with a colleague or acquaintance and then get up, out, and on to the next square of a busy day (now fortified with delicious noodles or rice in your belly!).

When I first moved to London I lived in students halls for a while, and the Hare and Tortoise used to be on my way home from college. Great! The food's really good, and it's so cheap! I used to pay about a fiver for a main course, and portions are really big. As I recall the menu is extensive and there's plenty of choice. It's usually really busy and you often struggle to get the attention of the waiters (though once you order the food appears fairly quickly), but it's not the kind of place where that would bother you, and oh look there's my salmon teriyaki already.

This is an excellent place for a quick nosh. Main courses start at about a fiver for a tasty noodle or rice dish. It's one of small chain - there are others in Putney, Kensington and Ealing.

The service is not always particularly friendly but it is efficient.