Dozo Sushi

Split over two floors, this good-looking, minimalist Japanese joint comprises an intimate basement with snug-like booths, & a ground-floor dining area flanked by a busy sushi counter, with a larger-than-life geisha painted on one wall. Although raw fish takes up half the extensive menu, Dozo goes beyond the confines of its title by offering edamame, grilled kushiyaki skewers, bowls of ramen noodles & various chef’s specials such as Wagyu beef with eryngii mushrooms & red miso, as well as bento boxes. Helpful staff are happy to give suggestions: on our visit, a warm starter of quivering tofu fried in garlic miso was tooth-meltingly sweet, while the soft-shell crab salad was delicate & perfectly crisp, but somewhat overpowered by lashings of rich sweet-chilli mayonnaise.