Cape Town Fish Market

This first London branch of a well-established South African chain is well suited to large groups, with a lively (at times noisy) vibe & broad menu. The interior is ablaze with blue neon lights, fish tanks, & a choice of seating that includes booths, hibachi tables (around which diners sit as chefs grill their food) & a conveyor-belt sushi bar. The please-all menu ranges from steak sandwiches & Caesar salads, through to seafood platters, curries, stir-fried noodles & surf & turf. A respectably prepared teppanyaki meal featured six juicy prawns cooked in the shell served with miso soup & a sprightly prawn & avocado salad, though the bland grilled veg & steamed rice were less appealing; a plate of nicely tender teriyaki salmon with pickled cucumber was also decently done. Service is on the slow side, but it can be avoided by perching at the sushi bar & picking from the reasonably priced plates of sashimi, nigiri & maki trundling by.