First time with my young daughter who is very particular about her food. She’s always wanted to go here and I’d never been before. Our experience was not too bad. BUT I would say it’s pretty basic. I can’t remember the name of the chicken soup thing I had but definitely needed waaay more flavour. It was very bland. My daughter’s little teriyaki chicken kids bowl was not bland however. Very tasty.From my experiences (as a black woman) with other people of colour their food is NOT bland at all lol so I was surprised the chicken soup thing with all the leaves and noodles was lol but hey it might just be the chef having a bad day and forgot to dash the all purpose seasoning or old bay in who knows! lol Anyway we also ordered duck bao buns which was nice and the chicken skewers. The skewers were newborn tiny in size ??♀️You only get 3 which was disappointing especially for the price.I can’t remember the gentleman’s name but he was really lovely and offered us free dessert to try as we had never been before. I think it’s called dochi ice cream. It was coconut flavour and it was lush.Overall it was ok. I’d go back but probably to another area though
Keshav Anirudh Nagubandi
Amazing food and great vegan options. A must try. The firecracker curry is a must try. Explosive favours.
F F
Terrible service!! No cutlery and sauce basket on the tables . Our Katsu curries arrived late and cold. Charged extra for the extra salad, which I was never charged before. The service was awful and the place was more of a greasy cafe than a resturant. I have been to many Wagamama restaurants in London and never had such an awful experience.
Dagnija Skrauce
Average food and service. Only one dish tasted excellent: chilli squids…. Noodles with chicken was also more or less good, maybe due to our hunger.Nevertheless the food there was quite much people.Sorry to say this but summing this up I wouldn’t come here again.
Nai Jailee
Food was full of veggies hardly any meat, was not happy with the lack of noodles lots of bean sprouts. Yaki soba had three prawns in it! They definitely over charge you for the food because it’s just bean sprouts and veggiesLots of stairs to walk up before reaching the restaurant, there is a lift but they say it’s only for disabled and people with strollers.
Philipp
We went to wagamama in different places over the years. This was certainly the worst. The food lacked seasoning and was blend, the service was rushed or much rather non existent. Nobody came to bring menus or to take our order, or to pick up dirty plates (even though we stayed quite a while after finishing).We thought this was a safe choice whilst visiting London but at the end of the day, it was the worst restaurant we visited during our 6 day stay.
Nadia Ghazoini
Excellent customer service. Was looked after by a lovely Brazilian waitress (sorry cant remeber her name). Food was served quickly. I highly recommend trying the Vegetable Katsu. Wish they had more vegetarian options on the menu.
SubaKat
Entered at about 9pm. It was fairly busy. A number of tables to the back where designated as reserved. However there was another table to the right of a group of people, behind a column, which was empty. I asked if we could sit there because both my wife and I have hearing issues (I need hearing aids). We struggle to hear each other in noisy environments. The greeter said we could not sit there and would have to sit in the middle of the restaurant amid a fair amount of noise. I asked again if we could sit on the empty table (which was made up) to which she again denied even after explaining the hearing issues. I asked one last time… again she said no, so I told her to forget it and walked out. Zero ability to accommodate customers with disabilities. Avoid!
Coastal11088383755
I've eaten at several Wagamama restaurants over many years. Came here for lunch and soon as we sat down we decided to leave as the music was thumping, impossible to a conversation. It's beyond me why restaurants do this. Who wants to have to shout to one another during a meal? As we left we told the waitress the reason we were leaving & she "I'm sorry about that" How about offering to turn the volume down. I've eaten here before & it wasn't a problem.
James Johnson
We had another gorgeous lunch at Wagamama Kensington, there was plenty of space for us even though it was lunch time, the food as always was very tasty and we had great service. We've never had a bad meal at Wagamama and hopefully that carries on.
The experience was overall good, as expected, but I was a little bit disappointed by the katsu curry this time. It just didn’t taste as good as it used to.
Dominykas Leksas
Quick service, the food is as good as you would expect. ?
Larry M
Very worthwhile ”fast casual” restaurant along the lines of Japanese fusion. Good, but not exceptional food, reasonable portions, good value. Bench seating, kind of like a bierstube. Excellent service. We’d gladly go again.
stickybowl
I wanted a quick lunch. This wasn’t what I was looking for. To start with, the menu I was given was tacky with other people’s fingerprints. I asked if I could have another one. My waiter brought me one, but instead of wiping down the first one, stuck it back in the pile as it was. Not impressed and almost left at that point, but I didn’t have time to go somewhere else, so ordered two first courses: crunchy squid and chilli mushrooms. The squid tasted as if the coating was made of cardboard. The mushrooms were so finely shredded they didn’t really taste of anything, just crunchy splinters. Perhaps I was unlucky, but at £20 for two small plates and a Diet Coke this was not a good deal.
Ivan Filipov
First time at Wagamama ever. Decent interior for a chain restaurant, very attentive and friendly staff. Great ramen noodles. Did not liked the option to pay by scanned QR code - actually the part where I must enter my names, email and other personal information. Paid by card instead.
First time with my young daughter who is very particular about her food. She’s always wanted to go here and I’d never been before. Our experience was not too bad. BUT I would say it’s pretty basic. I can’t remember the name of the chicken soup thing I had but definitely needed waaay more flavour. It was very bland. My daughter’s little teriyaki chicken kids bowl was not bland however. Very tasty.From my experiences (as a black woman) with other people of colour their food is NOT bland at all lol so I was surprised the chicken soup thing with all the leaves and noodles was lol but hey it might just be the chef having a bad day and forgot to dash the all purpose seasoning or old bay in who knows! lol Anyway we also ordered duck bao buns which was nice and the chicken skewers. The skewers were newborn tiny in size ??♀️You only get 3 which was disappointing especially for the price.I can’t remember the gentleman’s name but he was really lovely and offered us free dessert to try as we had never been before. I think it’s called dochi ice cream. It was coconut flavour and it was lush.Overall it was ok. I’d go back but probably to another area though
Amazing food and great vegan options. A must try. The firecracker curry is a must try. Explosive favours.
Terrible service!! No cutlery and sauce basket on the tables . Our Katsu curries arrived late and cold. Charged extra for the extra salad, which I was never charged before. The service was awful and the place was more of a greasy cafe than a resturant. I have been to many Wagamama restaurants in London and never had such an awful experience.
Average food and service. Only one dish tasted excellent: chilli squids…. Noodles with chicken was also more or less good, maybe due to our hunger.Nevertheless the food there was quite much people.Sorry to say this but summing this up I wouldn’t come here again.
Food was full of veggies hardly any meat, was not happy with the lack of noodles lots of bean sprouts. Yaki soba had three prawns in it! They definitely over charge you for the food because it’s just bean sprouts and veggiesLots of stairs to walk up before reaching the restaurant, there is a lift but they say it’s only for disabled and people with strollers.
We went to wagamama in different places over the years. This was certainly the worst. The food lacked seasoning and was blend, the service was rushed or much rather non existent. Nobody came to bring menus or to take our order, or to pick up dirty plates (even though we stayed quite a while after finishing).We thought this was a safe choice whilst visiting London but at the end of the day, it was the worst restaurant we visited during our 6 day stay.
Excellent customer service. Was looked after by a lovely Brazilian waitress (sorry cant remeber her name). Food was served quickly. I highly recommend trying the Vegetable Katsu. Wish they had more vegetarian options on the menu.
Entered at about 9pm. It was fairly busy. A number of tables to the back where designated as reserved. However there was another table to the right of a group of people, behind a column, which was empty. I asked if we could sit there because both my wife and I have hearing issues (I need hearing aids). We struggle to hear each other in noisy environments. The greeter said we could not sit there and would have to sit in the middle of the restaurant amid a fair amount of noise. I asked again if we could sit on the empty table (which was made up) to which she again denied even after explaining the hearing issues. I asked one last time… again she said no, so I told her to forget it and walked out. Zero ability to accommodate customers with disabilities. Avoid!
I've eaten at several Wagamama restaurants over many years. Came here for lunch and soon as we sat down we decided to leave as the music was thumping, impossible to a conversation. It's beyond me why restaurants do this. Who wants to have to shout to one another during a meal? As we left we told the waitress the reason we were leaving & she "I'm sorry about that" How about offering to turn the volume down. I've eaten here before & it wasn't a problem.
We had another gorgeous lunch at Wagamama Kensington, there was plenty of space for us even though it was lunch time, the food as always was very tasty and we had great service. We've never had a bad meal at Wagamama and hopefully that carries on.
Restaurantji Recommends
The experience was overall good, as expected, but I was a little bit disappointed by the katsu curry this time. It just didn’t taste as good as it used to.
Quick service, the food is as good as you would expect. ?
Very worthwhile ”fast casual” restaurant along the lines of Japanese fusion. Good, but not exceptional food, reasonable portions, good value. Bench seating, kind of like a bierstube. Excellent service. We’d gladly go again.
I wanted a quick lunch. This wasn’t what I was looking for. To start with, the menu I was given was tacky with other people’s fingerprints. I asked if I could have another one. My waiter brought me one, but instead of wiping down the first one, stuck it back in the pile as it was. Not impressed and almost left at that point, but I didn’t have time to go somewhere else, so ordered two first courses: crunchy squid and chilli mushrooms. The squid tasted as if the coating was made of cardboard. The mushrooms were so finely shredded they didn’t really taste of anything, just crunchy splinters. Perhaps I was unlucky, but at £20 for two small plates and a Diet Coke this was not a good deal.
First time at Wagamama ever. Decent interior for a chain restaurant, very attentive and friendly staff. Great ramen noodles. Did not liked the option to pay by scanned QR code - actually the part where I must enter my names, email and other personal information. Paid by card instead.