Kurumaya

A bright & minimalist sushi bar is on Kurumaya’s ground floor, but for more elaborate food the basement restaurant is the place to be. Hot dishes supplement miso soup & sushi or sashimi sets, & prices aren’t outrageous, with a salmon skin temaki hand roll at £3 & colour-coded tapas dishes starting from just £1.70. The short wine list is, unsurprisingly, biased towards whites, with a 2003 Arpeggio Bianco Cantine Settesoli house offering at £10.50. There’s Japanese plum wine or sake & the beer choice is as you might expect: Asahi, Kirin or Sapporo. Helpful staff are willing to explain the menu to newcomers.