Established in New York in 1964, Benihana imports the idea of Japanese teppanyaki cooking to well-heeled west London. This Chelsea restaurant has a glamorous basement setting, complete with stunning staircase and water features. Red-hatted chefs wait behind sizzling hibachi grills, where they cook up steak, vegetable and seafood dishes to order. There is a sushi menu and extensive list of cocktails and beverages.
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Sophisticated Benihana, tucked away in Piccadilly, is a teppanyaki dining experience as entertaining as it is mouthwatering. Pick your dish, then watch as the energetic chefs prepare and grill it in front of you. A well-executed menu also offers Japanese specialities such as sushi, while a private dining room can accommodate up to 10 people. 
Part of the London arm of the global Benihana teppanyaki group, this Swiss Cottage restaurant offers six course menus cooked in traditional Japanese style on a hibachi grill. An additional à la carte sushi menu is available to eat in or take away. The sleek minimal design of the interior gives way to a bright garden area in the summer months. 
Established by a team of the world’s finest Pan-Asian and Japanese chefs at an amazing £4 million venue in the city centre, this is the flagship restaurant of the Ithaca Group. The premier dining experience here is an eclectic mix of South-East Asian culinary delights, whilst the drinks menu from the stylish bar features an amazing range of original cocktails. The ground and first floor restaurants can serve up to 73 people at lunch and in the evening. Consisting of square tables and chairs, the ground floor restaurant area also features booths with banquette seating. Lighting comes from amazing mirrored chandeliers, which accompanied by an ambient glow from the kitchen to inspire a vibrant atmosphere. On the first floor, the Chef’s Table can be found at the end of the dining room and can accommodate ten diners, and there is also a lounge available for private hire. 
Serving high quality and flavourful Japanese cuisine, Matsuri St James is the flagship restaurant for the Matsuri group and has been designed in the style of a Japanese festival, also known as a matsuri. This theme continues throughout, from the taiko drum and the nebuta mask at the top of the staircase, to the brightly-coloured kimono worn by the waitresses. Upon entering, you are escorted down a wide staircase and directed to your table in the Teppanyaki Area where all of your senses can feast on the sights and scents of the food being prepared before your eyes. Alternatively, you can enjoy the freshly prepared sushi at the Sushi Counter and if more privacy is desired, there are two private rooms with Teppanyaki tables which can be hired as a single room, or as a double room. 
Perched above the bustling platforms of Liverpool Street Station, Moshi Moshi serves fresh, simply prepared Japanese cuisine. Sushi favourites from temaki to sashimi rotate on the conveyor belt alongside sharing platters and hot seasonal dishes such as Loch Duart salmon teriyaki and pork kakuni. The restaurant observes a environmentally-friendly fish policy, using sustainably farmed salmon and seafood delivered direct from Cornwall. 
New Samsi is part of a small well-established restaurant group cornering the market in acclaimed Japanese cuisine in the north-west of England. This central Manchester branch serves dishes from every region in Japan in bright and buzzy surroundings, with back-lit designs and traditional colours on the walls. There is a Japanese supermarket and deli in the basement. 
A state of the art Japanese restaurant complex, Saki Bar and Food Emporium comprises of a stylish dining room and sushi counter, a lively bar serving excellent cocktails, a delicatessen producing fresh noodles, and a food boutique selling Japanese grocery and tableware. Located just opposite Smithfields meat market in East London, Saki offers an all round Japanese culinary experience. The dining room and sushi bar offers a relaxed friendly environment and offers sushi a la carte and dishes such as Panko Crumbed Pork. The cocktail bar serves excellent cocktails, wines and sake as well as quality bar food in Japanese Kobachi style (similar to tapas). You can also buy your own authentic and fresh Japanese ingredients from the food boutique. 
Soseki is that rarest of things in East London; a little hideaway where you can escape the bustle and enjoy good food in calm surroundings. Decorated as a Taisho-period tea-house, Soseki is fitted with 1920?s antiques imported from Tokyo. There are partitioned areas, and a small sushi bar with a drinks counter. The menu is in the hands of the chefs here: rather than list dishes to choose from, the chefs rely on the ingredients tat are available to them to create a traditional Japanese meal, according to the principles of Japanese cuisine. Much of the ingredients are locally-sourced, with Soseki receiving acclaim for their work encouraging British growers to grow Japanese ingredients. Three courses of your mystery-meal should cost an average of around £55 per person.