"We love the sharing plates at Koya Bar, but it’s very easy to go wild and overorder and end up eating Heinz baked beans for the rest of the month. Stick with the udon noodles and donburi rice dishes though, and you’ll be golden - they’re affordable, very tasty, and the combination of a seat at the bar-slash-open kitchen and nice Japanese food makes a nice change to the usual mid-week fare. It’s no reservations, but the line’s usually manageable." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak, eileen twum