15 Japanese Restaurants near Hackney Downs, London

Found in the heart of Hackney, Casa Fofò is an intimate restaurant from ex-Pidgin head chef Adolfo de Cecco. Serving an ever-changing daily tast ... Find out more

"Angelina’s shtick of blending Japanese and Italian cuisine might seem like a novel one, but it’s been tried before – in 2003, Shumi i ..." Read our full review

Launched in October 2017, AUN is a small, independent restaurant bringing the Japanese concept of ‘wakon yosai’ to the heart of Stoke Newi ... Find out more

This third Tonkotsu site brings ramen noodles, gyoza and a burst of vitality to a decidedly weary-looking patch of Hackney. A sleek and simple entrance bar ... Find out more

OPENING JANUARY 2022  Ramen spot Tonkotsu first launched in Soho in 2012 by co-founders Ken Yamada and Emma Reynolds, and now has resta ... Find out more

"Existentialist dudes will identify the name from a 1957 album by Thelonious Monk, while an Ella Fitzgerald song lyric chalked on a board confirms that ..." Read our full review

"If a trendy, mood-lit experimental Japanese restaurant and jazz bar was going to pop up somewhere, we’d have put our money on it appearing in Dal ..." Read our full review

Brought to you by the team behind MAP Maison, La Bibliotheque serves a range of dishes peppered with Mediterranean and Japanese influence in a upscale resta ... Find out more

This child-friendly canalside Japanese café (its name translates as ‘kids on the floor’) is one of Islington’s best-kept secrets. M ... Find out more

"Japanese food is thin on the ground in east London, so Tonkotsu East, in the arches at Haggerston since October 2013, has arrived not a moment too soon ..." Read our full review

"Koya Ko Hackney is the third restaurant from this small chain, which already has two venues in Soho and the City. While those branches have a more form ..." Read our full review

Yida Sushi is an Islington-based family-run restaurant with talented Japanese chefs preparing fresh European-infused Japanese dishes. There’s a rang ... Find out more

"This grand old former pub, all Victorian tiles & imposing gold-painted pillars, is now home to an izakaya – a kind of Japanese tapas bar wher ..." Read our full review