Hare And Tortoise - Ealing

This is our regular go-to restaurant for stir fries and noodle dishes. Wide choice of dishes freshly cooked well priced.

I was craving katsu curry and I was not disappointed. The prawn katsu curry is very delicious however the service was appalling once we were seated and our order was taken, it was such a long wait before I could received my meal and the restaurant was not that busy.

Fatty salmon, maki too hard (nori sheets very bad). My colleague found some plastic in his Sashimi .

I came in with my family as my wife is craving for Japanese cuisine. The first thing I noticed is that none of the staff that assisted us have a name badge which is a shame as the person that helped us is very good. My wife ordered chicken karaage, mix tempura, dragon roll and chicken teriyaki and I ordered Pad thai. The chicken Karaage, teriyaki and dragon roll is good but it is missing a wow factor. The mix tempura is a disappointment, it only has 2 shrimp, long beans, bell pepper and a mushroom. The Pad Thai is a waste of money. It is too fishy and too salty, I was unable to even finish a quarter of it. This dish really needs to be revised, total disappointment.

Upon entery, the restaurant was filled and very crowded. We joined two family members who already had a table so we didn’t have to wait which was good. The waitresses were very unfriendly and never had a smile on their face so service wasn’t the best. I don’t think that establishments like these see the significance of service and how important it actually is to make an experience much worse or better. The food was good and we had some sashimi, miso soup and I had an eel and rice dish which was okay. Overall, wouldn’t come again, not a friendly environment and felt very cheap. Not happy.