Tsuru

I've never been to the Southwark branch, but last week I ate at the one on Queen Street near Mansion House. Halfway through eating my curry, I saw a mouse crawling across the other side of the restaurant by the wall. Never going back there again.

The food is OK, not amazing, but the hygiene scares me. I ordered chicken teriyaki and then watched in disbelief as the guy in the back dropped the chicken onto a pile of crumbs on his cutting board and then cut it with the same knife he'd just used to slice a breaded piece. I'm allergic to wheat but no one understood what I was asking for when I explained that I wanted a piece cut on a clean board with a clean knife. The manager finally got it but shrugged his shoulders and said that wheat is everywhere. Last time I eat there.

I went for a Katsu curry on Monday lunchtime as I do most weeks - I work round the corner and find it to be a consistently first rate, seriously tasty pick-me-up for a crap day at work. I can't fault a single thing I've tried from the evening menu either (fab place for a beer) but the chicken kara-age and the octopus balls are simply stunning. I don't think it's over-priced because it's all ethically-sourced, handmade and as fresh as fresh can be so I really don't know what the other reviewers below are on about. Perhaps they're Tsuru's worried competition?

Tsuru's katsu curry is great! I say that based on about 6 visits over 2 years. Their sushi I've always found ok rather than great, but a katsu with a side dish of spinach goma ai has (in my experience at least) always been good.

a MASSIVE rip off!! Chicken katsu curry £6.40! And it was very mediocre, too much rice, not enough sauce, no garnish and generally lacking flavour. City Kitchen's microwave version from Tesco is better that this.

I find Tsuru's sushi boxes a little bit too small for a satisfying meal and quite expensive too, and I concur with the previous reviewer in that the boxes look sad and inadequate. I'm comparing it to Itsu which I really love and its really no match! They also charge 50p for an additional satchet of soya soyce.

Seriously? Tsuru has a TimeOut approval rating? I'm from a place where very good value for $$ sushi is available easily (so am a bit spoiled) and often think that Londoners, while having lots of choice across cuisines are generally deprived of authenticity and quality. I had been craving sushi, but Tsuru's sushi boxes looked so sad that I opted for chicken katsu. Upon immediately biting into a piece of gristle I regretted not having my work canteen's curry day. Even the miso soup was bland for miso soup! Anyhow, I'm full now, but still craving good sushi...