NIJŪ

"The Japanese concept of ‘katei ryōri’ – home-style family dining – is the driving force behind this slick Mayfair operation. Diners are split across two rooms, one more moody and clubby, the other brighter and featuring a small sushi counter. Endo Kazutoshi has designed the menus, which combine the katei ryōri sharing dishes with a sushi selection and Japanese beef cooked over charcoal. Unifying it all is an attention to prime produce, be it the wagyu, the hamachi for the sushi or roasted turbot with furikake and miso butter. Bookend your visit with a drink in the Nipperkin cocktail bar." - Michelin Inspector

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"20 Berkeley Street is doing a Taylor Swift and entering a whole new era. After launching as a British brasserie nine months ago, it’s now relaunching as Nijū, a Japanese grill and sushi bar. Endo Kazutoshi—of Endo At The Rotunda—is the culinary director and you can expect katei ryouri dishes—Japanese home-cooked food—like wagyu sukiyaki and chicken katsu, as well as nigiri and sashimi. The Nipperkin bar will remain downstairs. We recently checked out Nijū. Read our first thoughts here. " - sinead cranna, rianne shlebak

Nijū - Review - Mayfair - London - The Infatuation

"Nijū comes from the same restaurant group as Endo at the Rotunda and Sumi, and like those spots, this Japanese restaurant in Mayfair attracts a high-end crowd with an insatiable appetite for sushi. Unfortunately Endo Kazutoshi is not in the kitchen here, but Nijū has a safe pair of hands that know their way around fish in the form of Sumi’s ex-head chef. And that’s what you should focus on. While you’ll see all kinds of theatrically grilled meats float through the two dining rooms—one looks like the interior of Air Force One and the other like Muji for people with a Coutts card—it’s hard to look past the excellence of the fish. The chef’s selection adds a Nijū touch to each piece, like otoro topped with (shocker) caviar, or a cube of tosazu jelly on top of sea trout. It’s gorgeous fish and well-treated rice with bags of personality in a restaurant that, although busy, frankly doesn’t have much of it. photo credit: Niju" - Jake Missing