Miso & Sushi
- Food served: Mon–Fri noon–2.30pm, 5–11pm; Sat/Sun 1–11pm.
- Number of wines sold by the glass: 4
- Delivery: Delivery starts at 5pm. £1 for first two miles, £1 per additional mile.
- Also offers: Children's portions, Children's high chairs
- Music on stereo: Very quiet classical
- Capacity: 50
- Largest group: 20
- Open since: 2010
Tell us more about this place.
- Average price:
£13.50 (lunch)
£13.50 (evening meal) - House wine: £15 per bottle
- BYOB: £3 corkage
The 2012 edition of The List's Eating & Drinking Guide is out now – only £5.95 (+p&p).
This review is taken from the current (2012) edition.
Going to Miso and Sushi is like going back in time. The décor can't have changed in years. Glaring lights preside over a corridor of booths lined with wood and ancient flock wallpaper. It's in desperate need of a spruce up. However, if there's no love spent on the interior, that's because it all gets lavished on the food. A long menu, both Japanese and Chinese, has all the classics, plus a few more, and the friendly staff will happily talk you through it. A dragon roll, looking not unlike the Loch Ness monster, is theatrically presented on a huge white platter. Salmon teriyaki ramen, complete with a boiled egg, is tasty and nourishing in a rich stock, although the special of grilled salmon belly, drenched in grease and oil, disappoints. There's a constant stream of customers coming in for takeaway and given that the food's good and the interior isn't, that might be your best option. Otherwise, embrace the feeling of being in a retro film set, and enjoy the attention to detail on your plate.
- High point: The food
- Low point: The interior
Reviews of Miso & Sushi (46a Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh)
- 3. helenev, edinburgh – 25 March 2012, 6:56pm
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Best sushi in Edinburgh in my opinion. Never been to the actual restaurant but I often order delivery. The makis are a bit rice-heavy, but they are always fresh and delicious. My fave are the spicy tuna rolls. So good.
- 2. Rieper, Leith – 13 May 2011, 6:13pmMiso & SushiReport
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This restaurant is amazing, I can't speak highly enough of the place.
Like reviewer 1, I'm slightly worried about how many customers go there as I love the place, i'd keep it in business myself if I had the money!The sushi is out of this world, most people I've been with have wanted to order a hot dish as well but after tasting the sushi remarked that it was unneccessary as that was so good. I've taken most of my friends and family there and every one has been blown away by how good the food is, a friend who came with our party actually said that the meal they had there was the best meal they've had in their life so that speaks for itself!
I've also ordered takeaway from there on a number of occasions and it's just exactly as you'd get in the restaurant - I took some across to my family after going there for a meal and my mother, who didn't want to go to the place as she didn't like the idea of sushi, said how amazing it was and she'd like to give it a proper chance!
Ps - I'm honestly not on the payroll, I just believe that the place deserves to be full every night of the week - the food is that good and the prices are also excellent, you definitely get your money's worth.
- 1. foxdog, central – 16 April 2011, 10:15pmMiso & SushiReport
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The food here is great, but they are clearly struggling with too few customers.
I've been three times, trying different dishes each time. Every time, the food has been of a very high standard and the service attentive.
The decor is drab and they are clearly trying to get by with spending as little as possible on the decor. All the effort and expense goes into the food. Which reminds me - that's just how Chop Chop started out. Good move.
If you like good Japanese food at reasonable prices, go there and eat from the Japanese menu. If you go to restaurants to look at the scenery and admire the wallpaper, go somewhere else.
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