Sticks n Sushi

I was recommended this place by a friend and had no idea what to expect. My usual sushi experiences are pretty small places (Apart from Nobu) so I was quite shocked to find a huge, almost manhattanesque restaurant when visiting Sticks and Sushi. Being a fan of 'The Killing' and other Danish / Swedish dramas and also Japanese food I realised this could be my perfect dining experience. My friend and I waited a minute or two to be seated at the bar as we had to wait for a table. Drinks were a little slow and there was some initial confusion as to whether we were to finish our drinks at the bar or at our table...However after this we settled down to a hugely enjoyable evening. The layout of the restaurant is very relaxed and I wish more places were like this. It just lets you enjoy your food and company in a comfortable atmosphere. The food was good but not spectacular. The sushi was well prepared and the 'sticks' had some great moments. We found the service extremely pleasant and I especially liked being called 'Sir' as opposed to 'mate' by the young staff. My only gripe is that whilst inventive and quite nice the espresso fondant cake part was from a packet - that's not acceptable in my book. However after we'd paid the bill we wanted a coffee - we asked the waitress and said that we'd already paid she said oh don't worry it's on the house. That rounded off a great evening where we had spent almost 3 hours chatting and eating. I loved the place and would definitely return!

The service here was terrible. It was incredibly slow throughout the evening even though the restaurant was not busy and there was more than enough staff. they brought out the food more 3 of the people at our table leaving one person to wait another 10 minutes for his food. and they took about 15 minutes to bring out the wine. when we ordered our deserts and coffees we all specifically asked for the coffees and deserts at the same time. they then brought out the coffees with no desert so after 10 minutes we asked the waitress for our deserts and she said she didn't realise we wanted them at the same time. when she finally brought the deserts we asked for the bill then after another 20 mins we asked for it again. the waiter brought over the card machine but we said we need the bill first before we can pay! when he finally brought over the bill they had added 12.5% service charge which we refused to pay because of the disgraceful service. this was a Sunday evening and we sat down at 8pm and didn't get out of the place until 10:30pm. throughout the night we could see the staff arguing with each other so something was clearly going on with the service but I have to say I will not be going back to this restaurant. While the food was nice the service was awful.

This is a fantastic restaurant. OK, so it doesn't serve pretentious (albeit authentic) dishes such as sea urchin, but how many people would want this anyway? All of the food is meticulously prepared and beautifully served. For the reviewer to reserve praise solely for the sushi rice is pathetic. How about objectively reviewing establishments, rather than spending your time there trying to think up something trendy or controversial to writ in your reviews? Restaurant 5*, Reviewer 0*.

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fantastic food, fantastic atmosphere, the best restaurant in wimbledon