The Bonsai Restaurant & Cafe Lounge

Tasty, enjoyable meal. We really enjoyed the food but were puzzled by the non-Japanese feel of it. This is not a criticism of the food but a disconcerting deviation from what we expected. For instance, the tempura of the day wasn't tempura. Rather than being deep fried in light tempura batter, it was cooked in fine breadcrumbs - tasty but not tempura. The presentation lacked the Japanese touch. The decor was neither Japanese upmarket nor Japanese grot.Once you adapted your expectations and settled into the food it was enjoyable for itself.

Modern chic interior decor, but I wasn't a huge fan of the outer tables - they make the restaurant look a bit cheap, when it isn't. The starter we ordered was unavailable, but it took 10 mins or so for staff to tell us. Overall this meant that our new starter and then mains took quite a long time to come out of the kitchen. All the food was very tasty, however note that main servings are quite small, so it's a bit on the expensive side.