Bincho

I wouldn't say I loved Bincho, but I did really like like the concept and it is one of those places one must try and judge for themselves. You get to try some obscure dishes (well for me) and the duck and prawn skewers were really tasty. My only criticism with the review is that Timeout's pricing of the restaurant is very misleading.We ended up paying roughly around thirty pounds per person (this did not include alcohol) which I do not classify as a cheap eat. However, as the service and food was pleasant I did not mind the overall bill as such and would advise anyone going to just be weary how much they order.

The bizarre thing is Japanese people pride themselves on their service and dedication to their customers. Not so at Bincho. The person who wrote the 1 star review is unfortunately correct - the service is appalling. The French manager seems determined to be rude and so does the main Japanese waitress. Food is pretty good.

Miso hungry, despite my gastric band.

Entered starving and left v.hungry...Tiny food, rip off prices, ended up at Italian next door to get a decent meal... Avoid this place unless you enjoy overpriced snacks / nibbles / bland morsels / bacon hybrids... Whoever wrote this review and gave it a 1x£ rating - shame on you, sir. Massive disappointment.

great concept - disaster delivery and food ! couple points : 1) Price: food is overpriced and average - you think its cheap as the price for 2 skewers is like £2 or so but what you forget quickly is that it all adds up !! our bill landed up at £45 a head - absolutely crazy for a couple skewers ! 2) Food : totally average - nothing amazing about these skewers ! they came at random times to the table and were just thrown on the table without an explanation or anything ! - also we specifically ordered separate dishes because some people in our party dont eat meat - but this didnt stop them just throwing fish skewers, meat skewers seafood skewers all together !!! the food was average and skewers tiny tiny !!! 3) Service: shocking and rude - at some point it felt like the waitress was doing us a big favour - they would aggressively throw the dishes on the table and just run off - 4) Manager : when eventually i decided to complain the manager (who was also the barman) a young french guy just had no idea how to handle the situation - he blamed it on short of staff - which is the worst excuse you can use !!!! i told him i was going to write this review and he didnt seem to care - in summary if the concept is skewers they must focus on making them amazing and ensuring that when every skewer is delivered to the table the customer knows what it is and it looks presentable ! there so many cool places to eat in soho - dont waste your energy on this place !

Great joint, been there on a Thursday eve and the place was rocking! The staff have been great and find us space close to the kitchen area and we have absolute fun! Food was great, their specials written down on their blackboard were top, my favourite: hatsu- chicken heart. And all other bits, chicken oysters, aubergine miso, garlic rice, pork belly and kaiso salad... Sake is list is long and good too, a bit

Just arrived back in London after a two year stint in Japan. Great to see that London finally has an authentic Izakaya. Food just as tasty as in Japan but even cheaper that Tokyo. Very comprehensive list of Sake at half the price of other London joints. Ace Japanese staff who even borrowed me an umbrella for my walk home in the rain. Highly recommend.

Utterly overpriced for totally unremarkable food. Incompetent staff, a complete RIP OFF.

I agree with the last bad reviews. Went there last evening. The service was ok but the food was really bad. Absolutely no taste and a very salty bill at the end. We paid £65 for four and we ate just a few things from the menu. Absolutely not recommended!!

This restaurant has on its menu a number of items labelled things like tomato bacon, or aspargusbacon, which means they've wrapped tomato and asparagus in bacon. It is a remarkable achievement to wrap some food in BACON and still make the resulting product taste of ABSOLUTELY nothing. It is even more remarkable that this restaurant has decided to sell the said tasteless foodstuff for absolutely obscene amounts of money for a tiny portion. I spent £30 on things wrapped in bacon, tasted nothing and left hungry.