Izzi

This review appears in the The List's Eating & Drinking Guide 2008 – in the shops now or buy online.

With its wall of glass facing onto Lothian Road, selection of gelatinous permanent display dishes in the window, and slick modern interior with open serving area featuring a teppanyaki bar, Izzi has a fairly distinctive presence on the Edinburgh dining scene. Unlike the city's other sushi bars (at six years old, this is one of the longest established), Izzi is quite open about offering dual Japanese and Chinese menus – you can stick to one cuisine or mix and match as you wish. Neither list may be quite as long as you'd find in a dedicated restaurant, but none of the classics is omitted. Bento boxes at lunchtime straddle both menus and offer a good value opportunity to try the house sushi and sashimi, still admired by some of the city's aficionados of Japanese food. [Not recently visited.]