Life - Piatti

2-4 Old Street, EC1V 9AA, Islington, United Kingdom

🛍 Soup, Fish, Sushi, Coffee

3.8 💬 311 Recensioni
Life

Telefono: +442072503737

Indirizzo: 2-4 Old Street, EC1V 9AA, Islington, United Kingdom

Città: Islington

Menu Piatti: 10

Recensioni: 311

Sito Web: https://life-oldst.com

"Venue: This was a business 'after hours ' outing with colleagues/partners. Venue is fairly sparten with wooden seats, simple wall decoration and slightly industrial feel. Warm welcome when I arrived.. Located on a busy intersection of Old Street and Goswell Road. Service: was attentive and polite, not intrusive. 12.5% service charge is added automatically.Food: I have my doubts about the 'fusion ' menu and would have preferred something more pure Japanese. However, this is a personal view my companions enjoyed their dishes. there was a good range of sushi but I went for the tempura which was well done. Side dishes of rice and miso soup came in over sized bowls making the portions look a little mean. My companions ordered the set menus £25 which offered three courses, none of which were large portions but all quite fresh.Drink: Small range of the 'usual ' Japanese beers, would have been nice to see something less predictable than Czech brewed Asahi. Two red wines by the glass, about half a dozen by the bottle. A good range of cocktails on a Japanese theme.Facilities: The toilets downstairs were pretty unpleasant, not very clean, no soap and no hand drying facilities this could have been much better and a surprising let down for a Japanese establishment.Overall it was good, but certainly not great. It didn 't feel like brilliant value and the venue was not special at all. For the above average prices one would expect a little more. The service was friendly and the food of good quality, I would say that is more four stars but overall I 'd give this a three. I probably wouldn 't go back (I prefer Satsuma or Ten Ten Tei on Brewer St) but this might be your thing."

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Becca Becca

What a find! Would definitely recommend to anyone who wants to try tasty Japanese food. Very attentive service. Great drinks available (try the sake hot). A good,varied menu. Fresh tasting fish. A wonderfully unusual aubergine starter. Reasonably priced.

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Aminata
Aminata

Our waitress might have been new because she did not know much of the menu and was not too reactive on the service. Otherwise food and wine were brilliant, calm place where you can hear your friends talk. Bar downstairs is very chilled, good music. Will come back


thunderkim
thunderkim

Have been visiting this Japanese fusion restaurant for multi-ten times in 2 years. One of the best nigiri I had in uk and their lunch set is great value. The only down side would be the variety of sushi might not enough for people who look for really traditional Japanese food.


HotelBloke
HotelBloke

I went to this restaurant with a friend and I loved it. The room is large and you feel you are in a workshop or small warehouse. Wooden floors brick walls, simple decoration and simple wooden tables. Very few tables for the size of the room and a very high ceiling. We had the sushi set meal consisting of many lovely dishes including starter and desert. Very nice indeed and very healthy of course. Lovely afternoon lunch. Visualizza piatti


keefy888
keefy888

The food here is brilliant..I love the Life Fried Chicken (signature dish...just try it and thank me after).Sushi here is great and very fresh. This restaurant is perfect for business, a date or with friends....it 's small inside so you have to book as you 'll hardly get a walk in seat.There 's also a bar downstairs which seems popular with the 'arty ' type of crowd (which isn 't me). Prefer this place to Nobu hands down!


Gallopinggourmets
Gallopinggourmets

We had dragon roll, soft shell crab, spider maki, salmon sashimi, mixed salmon plate, spicy tuna maki and tempura. The only fish that was not fresh was the tuna which was grey and soft as if it was frozen before but all the rest of the food was fresh and tasty. The studio atmosphere was a real let-down, sparse and boring. Service was good and very polite and attentive. For what you get it is very pricey though and we won 't recommend this restaurant fir the overall experience.


eyecairo
eyecairo

Was guided there by a London resident, both of us share affinity for things Japanese. We were guided to our reserved table after waiting a while by a helpful Korean waitress who lived long enough in japan to have all the necessary knowledge of cuisine.The place decor is rather simple, but definitely with an intimate atmosphere. Food was excellent. We ordered the chef plate for that day, which was a medium-rare tuna steak. Did not have the like before except in Japan. Also some interesting Mackerel sushi. This is a recommended place for good Japanese cuisine Visualizza piatti


adamorrewing
adamorrewing

The building really is crazy, not what you think of for a Sushi place. Complete with a Stannah stairlift to the downstairs bar! We had an Ice cold Asahi beer in the basement bar before food. It is a little stark and unkempt but actually quite nice. The bar staff were lovely and it was cheap beer. The open plan, high ceiling dining room was very nice, I was there on a date and they put us in a corner which was great. Food: The salmon and yellow tail Sashimi was very nice, the Unagi eel Nigiri was wonderful but not cheap per piece! The Sushi rolls named after the place 'Life ' rolls, were ok...I also had a tikito beef nigiri, i wouldn 't recommend it, stick to fish. The starter of soft shell c...


AvalonW
AvalonW

I popped in here today with my boyfriend for lunch and could not have stumbled across a more delicious and cool place to eat!I ordered the veggie tempura set with some edamame for starters. I asked before ordering if the batter had eggs (being vegan I won't eat them and the waitress was more then helpful and asked the chef for me. She came back and said usually it does, but we can make you some without eggs. Then she came back shortly after and asked about other things like fish (I presume for the tempura sauce? etc. I was soooo so so impressed with the service and humbled that they offered to make me something I could eat. The food didn't take long and oh... My... God.... It was incredible!...


simoit
simoit

Venue: This was a business 'after hours ' outing with colleagues/partners. Venue is fairly sparten with wooden seats, simple wall decoration and slightly industrial feel. Warm welcome when I arrived.. Located on a busy intersection of Old Street and Goswell Road. Service: was attentive and polite, not intrusive. 12.5% service charge is added automatically.Food: I have my doubts about the 'fusion ' menu and would have preferred something more pure Japanese. However, this is a personal view my companions enjoyed their dishes. there was a good range of sushi but I went for the tempura which was well done. Side dishes of rice and miso soup came in over sized bowls making the portions look a litt... Visualizza piatti

Categorie

  • Soup Zuppe calde e confortanti per nutrire la tua anima. Scegli tra una varietà di brodi saporiti e ingredienti sostanziosi, perfetti come semplice antipasto o pasto soddisfacente in una giornata fredda.
  • Fish Deliziatevi con i nostri prelibati piatti di pesce, realizzati con il pescato fresco del giorno. Dai preferiti alla griglia agli stufati saporiti, il nostro menu celebra la ricchezza dell'oceano con sapori che soddisfano ogni palato. Visualizza piatti
  • Sushi Delizia il palato con la nostra deliziosa selezione di sushi, che include ingredienti freschi, rotoli sapientemente realizzati e nigiri tradizionali. Ogni boccone offre un'armoniosa fusione di sapori, promettendo un vero gusto del Giappone.
  • Coffee Concediti la nostra ricca e aromatica selezione di caffè, sapientemente preparata per risvegliare i tuoi sensi. Dal classico espresso ai cremosi cappuccini, scopri la miscela perfetta per iniziare la giornata con una nota di sapore.

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