Maki Sushi - London

The portion sizes were small, but the food was tasty. However, my main issue was that despite informing the waitress of my gluten intolerance and requesting gluten-free soy sauce, I was still given regular soy sauce with gluten in it two courses into the meal.

The fish is incredibly fresh at this restaurant. The service by this particular waitress was not amazing, but the other staff members were good.

The location of this restaurant was a pleasant walk from Clapham Common station. When I booked online, one of the available booking times was 5:30, even though the restaurant doesn't open until 6:00. The interior is dark with interesting Japanese-style window paintings, slightly shabby but clean and comfortable. The waitress seemed confused about my reservation, seating us at a table without a reserved sign despite my name being in the reservation book. It seems a table with a reserved sign for four was meant for us. The food came out slowly but was enjoyable. The standard sushi rolls like salmon with avocado were delicious, while the seared chili beef and the Tuna and Salmon cucumber cups were unique and delightful to both look at and taste. The prices were mid-range and worth it for the quality of food, although the atmosphere and staff were lacking.

We love sushi and were looking forward to a nice dinner out. Maki-sushi was dissapoonting on many levels, the staff were cold and service was non-existent. The ambience wasn't great either. The menu was very limited, also the sushi didn't seem to be freshly prepared, as we asked for tempura prawns and at first we were told they had them and then we were told we could only have them in a roll.... So the tempura was definitely pre-cooked. For the price of the food we expected fresh, well made sushi. We won't be going back.

Very good food, but very had service. Use them only when you get a ride.