Alexandra B.
Yelp
I really, really like Moshimo. I've never had anything but super fresh sashimi, nigiri and handrolls here, in addition to piping hot meals ordered off the menu. This review is more of a cumulative one, rather than detailing a specific experience. This isn't haute cuisine, and the full experience is a completely different animal from, say, a Michelin-starred restaurant in London. However, for me, it really is as good as it gets for Brighton and Hove in the way of reliably good sushi plus overall affordability if you're a member, hence the 5 stars.
I've been coming here for the past three years, and make wild use of the membership card. It's £10 to buy, and is only good for a year, but you get 50% of most food on the menu on Mondays and Tuesdays, and the way my partner and I eat, the card pays for itself twice over in a single meal. It gets really packed on these days though, so if you go at 6:30 on a Monday, be prepared to queue.
The salmon sashimi is like buttah! Butter in delicious salmon form. I get really twitchy about fish that isn't fresh or has the slightest fishy flavour, and that's something I've never encountered here. We also tend to be really happy with the crab and avocado temaki, aubergine dengaku, chicken kara age, and the many rolls that come out on the conveyor belt. The menu changes seasonally, and there are quite a few vegetarian and vegan options, which I appreciate. There is a focus on sourcing the food locally and sustainably, so you can feel reasonably virtuous too.
I wouldn't write home about the cocktail selection, but they have some refreshing matcha iced tea, as well as Kirin on draft.
If we do opt for dessert, we go for the mochi, because they're small, satisfyingly sweet, but not rich. Most of the time, we're so stuffed with sushi, that it's difficult to even contemplate dessert!
The service is good- not overly attentive, but they don't leave you high and dry either. Occasionally you might need to flag someone down for the bill or to order, but most of the time, waitstaff come by to check on you and are friendly.
Going to Moshimo just feels really homey- it's not pretentious, but we know that when we go there, we'll leave very happy (and maybe go back the next day for a second round).