Reviews Soju By Sumo

Amazing meal at Soju. Cannot recommend enough. We had the omakaze and all of the dishes were gorgeous and it was well worth the money. The food was beautifully presented and tasted amazing. Staff were knowledgeable and friendly.

Great first experience. Team are super friendly and abke to talk through the menu which is great and rare in this day and age. The food was fantastic and also very reasonably priced. Some really good fusion dishes, cocktails on point. Decor fresh and vibrant and bustling atmosphere. Highly reccomend this place for anyone. Well definitely be back, I don't remember our servers name, but please thank everyone working on Thursday the 17th.

Thought we would try something different and wasn't disappointed it's an asian restaurant with tapas style food . The service was quick and the staff were friendly.

3rd visit. Fabulous 50th birthday for a table of 10. Staff and service were amazing. We had the bottomless brunch, main course and desert with unlimited drinks, service on the drinks was super fast and the waiting staff were very attentive ready to serve your next drinks. Food was amazing and very tasty. Lovely atmosphere and surrounding, a great experience for all.

2nd Visit (UPDATE) A revisit to Soju but this time with friend and although the food was lovely and the surroundings are gorgeous, there are some aspects that just put me off choosing to regularly dine here...and I really want to as it is a lovely venue and the food is great. I don't want this to be too critical...but I want this restaurant to succeed and some things need to improve. 1. The price of food I think is high and is a limited menu, particularly for the Tapas style small plates. 2. The tables for 2 are just too small for the dish sizes and if ordering additional side dishes it becomes difficult to manage. We had to get the waitress to take away our side plates and struggled with the space. 3. The service still hasn't improved. The waiting staff are lovely, polite young staff but appear to have very little waiting experience. No knowledge of the food when asked questions before ordering, no check if our meal was OK, no check if we would like more drinks when our glasses were empty and we basically received no further service after our main course arrived. The waiting staff are not checking the room for service and are not applying basic checks for customers. 4. Desserts...we flagged down a rushing waitress for a dessert menu (to be told the dessert menus were limited in number and were with other customers. And still no check if we would like more drinks.... So we waited and realised we had been forgotten, so we flagged another waitress down after 10 minutes and were provided with a photocopy A4 paper dessert menu (perhaps a few more copies to be made?:-) Just 3 desserts was surprising, as was the price at £8.50. After a further 10 minutes ws realised we had been forgotten again, as no-one had further checked if we actually wanted a dessert....so we stopped another passing waitress and requested the bill. 4. The bill has an optional service charge of 10%. Now if the service was good I would have no issue with this...(we paid the service charge on the first visit as we made exceptions for the first night) but after 2 visits I have to conclude the service is not good enough to add a service charge. After some rational debate with my friend we asked the waitress to remove it as the service had just not been good. My friend gave her first time comments as the food being excellent, but is aiming to be a high end restaurant with inexperienced staff. ..and the service is also important and adds to the experience. Just some basic service training for the waiting staff would elevate this place as a dining experience. 1st visit We dined here on the official opening night and enjoyed a lovely meal of top quality Aisan Tapas. The attention to detail on the food and the flavours were superb and the interior design of the whole place and the building restoration is amazing. It is a very relaxed and comfortable restaurant. There is also a lovely upstairs private dining area and restrooms which have also been beautifully renovated. The service was a little slow and haphazard, but this was understandable on the first night..maybe a little bit more education to the staff on the food and drink information and questions they might be asked would help things run smoother. Keeping staff up to date and informed when dishes or drinks have sold out...so they can advise customers when ordering would also be good. Our table was perhaps too small for the Tapas dishes and drinks and was a bit of a squash. Be aware the Tapas dishes arrived 2 at a time, which is acceptable, but is a problem when different dietary requirements of customers leave them waiting for the next dishes to arrive. Overall a brilliant addition, (but a little expensive) to Beverley's restaurant scene and wishing them every success.

Amazing place for a special treat Stunning place inside, so pretty, staff seem nice and the food was gorgeous

2nd time I've had bottomless brunch here. And I can't fault it. The staff are very attentive and the food is amazing. Well worth the money. The cocktails are amazing.

Great service and brilliant selection for a vegetarian, best Japanese style food I've had. The waitress was wonderful and made excellent recommendations. The tofu salad with orange miso dressing was exceptional and the vegetarian sushi was almost as good. I was almost sad to leave!

What a gem. Beautiful food and fantastic service. It is pricey but that's what you pay for great quality and attention to detail. The interior is stunning! You're transported to another place just by stepping in the door. Also, best toilet facilities. I can't wait to go back for a special occasion!