Authentic Donburi
in London.

Marugame Udon's UK and European debut near Liverpool Street, where hand-pulled Sanuki udon noodles are made fresh daily in an open kitchen — the first outpost in Europe for Kobe-based Toridoll Holdings.

Marugame Udon's largest UK site occupies two floors next to the London Palladium on Argyll Street, bringing Toridoll Holdings' hand-made Sanuki udon to the heart of Soho and Oxford Circus.

Since 1993, Abeno has held the distinction of being Europe's first specialist okonomiyaki restaurant, where Osaka-born co-founder Elize Nakatani's recipes are cooked on individual teppan grills embedded in each table.

The original Koya — a Soho institution since 2010, where Shuko Oda's handmade udon and slow-drawn dashi set the standard for Japanese noodles in London.

Koya's City outpost in the sleek Bloomberg Arcade, where Shuko Oda's handmade udon meets izakaya-style small plates and curated sake for a refined all-day experience.

The little sister of the Koya family — a pared-back Broadway Market counter inspired by Japan's station noodle bars, where Shuko Oda's udon meets Hackney cool.

London's first branch of Japan's iconic curry-rice giant, where diners build their own bowl from a vast matrix of toppings and spice levels.

Europe's largest Japanese food hall at Westfield London combines deli counters, hot food stations and a supermarket under one roof — a joint venture between Japan Centre Group and Cool Japan Fund, opened in 2018.

The Bond Street outpost of this stalwart Japanese chain leans into tonkotsu ramen while offering the full Eat Tokyo repertoire of bento, sushi and donburi at wallet-friendly prices.

Opposite Theatre Royal Drury Lane, this Covent Garden branch of the Japanese-owned Eat Tokyo chain is a reliable destination for fresh sushi, generous bento boxes and classic donburi before a show.

The original and longest-running Eat Tokyo branch in Golders Green has been a pillar of north London's Japanese dining scene for decades, offering fresh sushi, bento and Japanese classics at honest prices.

The busiest branch of the Japanese-owned Eat Tokyo group sits on Old Compton Street in the heart of Soho, drawing nightly queues with its vast menu of sushi, bento, gyudon, okonomiyaki and Japanese staples.

The founding branch of Mr. Taro's Japanese restaurant group — open since 1999 on Brewer Street in Soho — serves sushi, bento, donburi and ramen with genuine Japanese hospitality just two minutes from Piccadilly Circus.

Opened in December 2022 on Churton Street between Victoria and Pimlico stations, Taro Pimlico brings Mr. Taro's Japanese-owned everyday dining concept to a neighbourhood sorely lacking in affordable, authentic Japanese food.

Tanakatsu is London's dedicated tonkatsu specialist near Angel station, co-founded by Koko Tanaka whose Japanese heritage — combined with head chef Jakub Soltys's classical fine-dining background — delivers panko-crumbed pork cutlets of exceptional precision.

Founder Moto's tiny Osaka-inspired canteen inside Brixton Village has been bringing handmade okonomiyaki and yakisoba to south London since around 2012 — a little piece of downtown Osaka hidden inside a covered market arcade.

Tucked into the atmospheric County Hall building on the South Bank, Okan's second location brings founder Moto's Osaka street food vision — okonomiyaki, yakisoba and Japanese tapas — to one of London's most visited tourist destinations.