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Abeno Too
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Okonomiyaki (hearty pancakes with nuggets of veg, seafood, pork and other titbits) are cooked to order on hot-plates set into Abeno’s tables and counter. Don’t dismiss the desserts: own-made matcha ice-cream, rice dumpling pancake, whipped cream, aduki beans and maple syrup make a sensational combination.
Time Out Eating & Drinking Guide 2009
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- 17-18 Great Newport Street, Covent Garden, WC2H 7JE
- Area: Covent Garden
- Tel: 020 7379 1160
- www.abeno.co.uk
- Category: Japanese
- Travel: Leicester Square tube
- Times: Meals served noon-11pm Mon-Sat; noon-10.30pm Sun
- Price: Main courses £7.80-£25.80. Set lunch £7.80-£12.80
- Credit cards: AmEx, MC, V
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If you're looking for an okonomiyaki joint in London, the Abeno mini-chain is pretty much it. Not sure what the previous reviewer was expecting, but don't come with hopes of refined kaiseki cuisine. Abeno specialises in more homely fare, from the warm, soulful and slightly inebriated end of Japanese dining experiences that very rarely make it over here. It does a pretty good, if a bit pricey, transposition/translation job too. An extra star if the nostalgia gremlins are messing (in a good way) with my tatsebuds.
Easily THE WORST FOOD I have ever eaten in my life! Went there last month for my wife's birthday. We both love Japanese food - however this is not the Japanese fare you would expect... The pancakes cooked in front of you (which is what they specialise on) are the worst value for money/most tasteless food you will ever try - especially if you are after the delicate usual Japanese flavours! We had to cover them in mayonnaise and ketchup (which I don't even eat with chips!) to give them some flavour... Disgusting!!! Wouldn't recommend to my worst enemy...
Waited quite some time without being aknowledged. Once we got our table the service was good but quite slow. The food was very very tasty but extremely expensive for what we got. We ordered a chicken dish (cooked on a hot plate on our table) and it cost £17.80. When the food came to the table I was shocked to see that it was 1 chicken breast, some beansprouts and a couple other bits of chopped veg. They were cooked in front of us in some butter and sauce & although they tasted good, and the chicken was organic, there is no way that it was worth that much. Apparently, organic chicken is hard to come by in London and that's why it's so expensive! It was a fun place, good novelty factor, but a total rip off for many of the dishes. Choose carefully.