Niju

20 Berkeley St, London W1J 8EE / nijulondon.com

Featuring some of the best bread and butter I have ever had in my entire life and a tomato tartare that changed me on a cellular level, NIJŪ is the newly launched Japanese Grill from Creative Restaurant Group & Sushi legend Endo Kazutoshi on the site of the former 20 Berkeley.

Niju opened for it’s soft launch last week, but despite visiting on it’s 4th day of opening, the service and food were both absolutely fantastic. They serve family style Japanese dishes and sushi in an cosy, intimate atmosphere, and it’s not showy (full of knobs) like so many Mayfair restaurants (cough cough Nusr-Et). Rather, it’s an absolutely incredible, produce-focused restaurant with knockout food. Although it’s more informal than some of the groups other restaurants like Humo and Endo at the Rotunda, the food quality is still top notch – as you would expected with the head sushi chef being transplanted from Sumi in Notting Hill.