Wakaba, Finchley Rd. (Japanese Restaurant) 23.05.08
After a lovely food tour of Tokyo it’s time to get back on the London based Japanese restaurant horse in the form of Wakaba.
Wakaba’s on Finchley Road , quite close to the tube station. It’s got slightly odd frosted windows which at first glance might make you think it’s closed.
The main draw is its all you can eat lunch buffet costing a very reasonable £6.50. The buffet offer is on 12:30 to 14:00 and consists of all manner of goodies including sushi, gyoza, miso soup, fried chicken and vegetable tempura. The food’s certainly not great, but with the exception of the Japanese hamburgers which were truly awful, it’s not bad when considering the price and the all you can eat nature of the whole affair.
Interior wise it’s minimalist in an almost staff canteen sort of way which in my opinion isn’t a great look. None-the-less £6.50 for all you can eat, half decent Japanese food isn’t bad for London . I don’t think I’d recommend a planned trip here, but if you’re in the area around lunchtime and really hungry, I’m sure you could do a lot worse.
Details
122a Finchley Road
London
NW3 5HT
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