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YO! Nottingham

Restaurant Japanese restaurant Sushi restaurant

One of the Most Reviewed Japanese restaurants in Nottingham


Address

1 Weekday Cross, Nottingham NG1 2GB, United Kingdom

Website

yosushi.com

Contact

+44 115 872 0280

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.10 (1.4K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Thursday: 11 am to 9 pm
  • Friday: 11 am to 9 pm
  • Saturday: 11 am to 9 pm
  • Sunday: 11 am to 9 pm
  • Monday: 11 am to 9 pm
  • Tuesday: 11 am to 9 pm
  • Wednesday: 11 am to 9 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: staff (17) sushi (15) dishes (11) menu (11) table (10) experience (9) time (8) restaurant (8) belt (7) order (7)
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  • 1/5 Saad H. 7 months ago on Google • 21 reviews
    Don't go there! If you respect yourself, your palate and taste buds, and your wallet. Everything tastes the same, super expensive for the quality of food. All served salmon is frozen, and the staff don't hide it. We asked for a fork, the waitress brought it holding it from the head end. We expressed our disappointment with the food and the other waitress couldn't care less and proceeded to issue the bill. There are far better venues in Nottingham to enjoy proper sushi for far less.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Dale C. 1 year ago on Google
    This was extremely lacklustre to say I haven't been here in years, and now I've been reminded why I stopped visiting. The prices for simple sushi are extortionate. For the slightly more experimental sushi, it's slightly more, but you won't be able to tell the difference as they are all smothered under a heap of mayonnaise and sriracha, hiding flavourless strips of fish. The takoyaki was also vile and bland. Whilst the dishes look interesting and somewhat tempting, there are better places to get quality sushi for a slight increase in price. I was tempted get some gyoza until I saw staff rip open a bag of frozen gyoza. They charge £7 for a few gyoza that they buy in large bags you can get from most Asian super markets for the same price. If they were freshly made I'd accept the price, but to sell what you can buy around the corner and make in batches for the same price, no thanks. Horribly disappointing visit.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Piotr A. 5 months ago on Google • 561 reviews
    I wasn't prepared for amazing dishes or cheap food. And must admit it wasn't. Just small dishes of sushi food put on a belt and left for me which colour of plate to pick up. Different colour of plate means different price and different sort of sushi. A member of staff explained me that and left with menu card. Food really tasty but too expensive.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Paul S. 1 year ago on Google • 429 reviews
    1st time visit with an excited 11 Yr old. Met at the door and taken straight to a table. The staff member explained the ordering system and how food is delivered and lights on the little conveyor belt. Once order was placed and paid for, food started to arrive at the table. Seems the light system doesn't work as we managed to miss our food twice!! Had an issue with food not being cooked/sent to table. After asking twice the chef delivered it to the table with a sincere apology and full refund on that item. Every item we ate tasted great and my son was very happy with the sour apple drink. Overall, we enjoyed our visit. Would definitely return but would have to be a special occasion as food is quite expensive.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Jyoti D. 6 months ago on Google • 90 reviews
    If you really want to save money, please don't go to this place. I have shared two pictures, which is the 1st version with missing ingredients, 2nd version with forcefully giving the customer food. My friend had dinner as well, and the quantity she was served was unbelievably low. However, her food was seasoned, unlike mine. 😑
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kim P. 1 year ago on Google • 32 reviews
    Probably one of the best Yo's I've been to. The staff are all really friendly, food is great and the space doesn't feel too cramped. The only downside is that I do not like the new ordering system. There was something fun about the conveyer belt showing food, because it meant picking food you thought looked good but wouldn't necessarily choose. Plus it makes the service seem a lot slower because you can't grab something whilst waiting for your ordered food. Not Notts Yo's fault, but feedback for Yo! itself.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Donna T. 1 year ago on Google
    Not a fan of the new ordering system, food is taking a lot longer to come out as you can't just take food off the belt as it goes round, I feel for the chefs having to cook multiple different dishes instead of making on mass and putting them on the belt, The food is still lovely but the time it takes, I now question is it worth the wait. The guy working the shop floor is also cooking and not able clear tables, seat guest or provide drinks.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Jack P. 2 years ago on Google
    First time visiting since before Covid was even a thing and it was sadly a disappointing experience. Half the items off the menu have disappeared, but of course this is understandable due to the pandemic. However from the items which were available, one of the most beloved menu items - Yo Fries, was unavailable on the day we attended. Staff: The staff were lovely and tried to help considering it seemed there wasn’t enough waiting staff on the day. However, trying to get their attention was extremely difficult, meaning service ended up being quite slow and when we requested an item such as a fork or spoon for the Chicken Katsu Curry we didn’t end up receiving one and this took over 20 minutes and we still didn’t receive one so we ended up just leaving early during our meal. Food: Sushi itself was tasty and I would extremely recommend any of the sushi with salmon on the menu! Chicken Katsu Curry was quite nice, yet this tasted flavourful before. Very unfortunate considering I used to visit the restaurant nearly ever three weeks, would like to visits again and have a better experience, but slightly doubtful at this point.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Lee S. 2 years ago on Google
    8 other customers were sitting upon our visit. We were kept waiting at the door for more than 5 minutes without being acknowledged which is always a bad start. Eventually the host sat us down and gave a warm welcome and explained how to order. She was very friendly and did well. The portion sizes are small for the money, side plate size for Katsu Curry and also for the teriyaki beef. The Katsu was nice. Please note there is no need to slice this up for customers. However, the teriyaki tasted burnt and wasn't nice. Approx £15 for these two small dishes. The back counter was messy and looks poor, especially as it's viewable for customers. Overall. First impressions were poor, premiumly priced but certainly not premium offer and messiness let it down. Yo Sushi is Not for me.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Claire M. 1 year ago on Google
    Popped into the Nottingham restaurant having not been since pre-Covid and I found the staff to be pleasant, the food tasty and fresh, and the new ordering system very simple to use. If you’re unsure from other reviews if this store is no longer up to scratch, don’t be concerned. My friend and I had a lovely time (we visited on a Tuesday at lunchtime), and I’d definitely go back.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Jessica K. 1 year ago on Google
    First time visiting since before covid and sorry to say it will be my last, despite Yo sushi previously being a favourite place to eat. The food no longer comes round on the conveyor to just pick as you want, you now have to order it on an app which immediately takes the soul out of a restaurant for a start, IMO (plus what do you do if you dont have a mobile with you?). All the staff do is make drinks and clear tables which must be pretty boring. There is much less choice now and the prices are double what they used to be. The food is okay, but I feel the quality has gone down quite a bit. I had to ask for the water I ordered and my friend had to chase up his chips. The crockery and glasses were old and scratched. Everything seemed a bit tired. It's not the same fun experience it used to be. I'd rather just go to a proper restaurant for sushi in the future. 1 disappointing star out of 5 :(
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 George B. 1 year ago on Google
    Between the 3 of us we spent almost £90 and ultimately I feel we'd have recieved nicer food if we'd gone to a Yo Sushi outlet in Tesco and spent £20. First off the drinks arrived - both my partner and friend ordered Sake and it was just provided with the decanters and no actual cup, so they both drank from the decanters. Then an order of Salmon Maki arrived - it was a little messy in it's presentation and the sizes a, but ultimately not a big deal at that point. Then the £9 tray of 8 Yo Rolls arrived and I was shocked. They were smaller than the maki with even less salmon in. I have a photo of the maki next to the yo rolls as evidence. I order them all the time as they're my favourite but have never had them this small. For an item that is twice the price of the other, that is not acceptable. After, my Katsu Curry bowl arrived with no garnish. My partner's Korean Chicken Bowl then came out and despite the menu showing 8 pieces of chicken in the photo, it only came with 4 and a meager portion of rice. When these 2 meat items were served they were handed to our table from across the (working) belt and the closest person was my friend who is Vegan - she would have preffered not to handle the meat food but I guess this is something else that doesn't matter to Yo. When her hoisin mock 'duck' poke bowl arrived half of the toppings were missing, namely the sweetcorn, edemame and slaw. The sauce was also just poured on and not in the pot as advertised on the menu, again. Also she ordered half and half rice and it was all just sushi rice. We finished most of the food but asked to speak to someone afterwards, as no-one had come to check on us whilst we were eating. I assume the guy was the supervisor on duty Regarding the size of the Yo Rolls, he said the ones we'd had previously (aka the correct sized ones I've been ordering for the past 5 years) must have been made wrong. Then changed his mind and said there had recently been a recipe change to the Yo Rolls and they were now smaller - is that true? If I go to the Yo Sushi in Birmingham tomorrow, will they be the size of a 50p there also? After that comment he then said it was 'subjective'. I asked why they were more expensive than the maki (which was bigger) and he said it was because they have more salmon in.. which ours had the same if not less in. Things are either to standard or they're not, and these absolutely were not, it was embarissing. During this part of the conversation, another chef was cleaning the booth next to us and heard what we were saying about the Yo Rolls and actually commented himself that they were 'abit small' to which the Supervisor.. in front of us.. told him to 'shut the F**K up'. If that doesn't sum up the experience, I don't know what does. Totally and utterly unacceptable to speak to another member of staff like that infront of customers. Not only that, the chef admitted infront of us that the food was small, and the Supervisor still continued to say that we were the one's in the wrong. I mentioned the garnish on the katsu curry and he said 'well we've got everything in stock I'm not sure why they're not putting it on'... well me neither! I mentioned how there were only 4 pieces of korean chicken when the menu shows 8 pieces, but this didn't get explained. And even if this is not the restuarant's fault, that is bad form of Yo! to advertise one thing and provide another. It does not specify that you only get 4 bits of chicken so anyone would look at the menu photo, see 8 My partner is Autistic and admittedly can come across with a strong tone, but the Supervisor said 'if you weren't so rude maybe I'd have given you a refund'. When my partner pointed out he was autistic, he didn't say that anymore, but is he admitting we should have had a refund for the standard of experience we had? If we were coming across rude, it was no more than he was coming across like we didn't know better. We weren't 'first time customers', we're regulars, and this shop is the only place we've ever had such a dissappointing experience.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Isaac W. 1 year ago on Google
    I knew going in that this was going to be a little more than I typically spend on a meal out, but found the dishes to be well worth the higher pricing. It's not often I eat with the kitchen directly in front of my table, but was pleased with how friendly and accommodating the staff have been. The points on the online menu suddenly dropped from 48 to 32 with no explanation or purchase? Other than that though, excellent experience all-round!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Robert G. 1 year ago on Google
    Overall, the experience was OK. The food was perfectly acceptable but by no means outstanding. The service was also fine, but staff did seem somewhat stretched. Price probably a little on the high side for the amount of food we got and drinks expensive too. I wasn't particularly impressed with the overall appearance of the restaurant. Dishes and drinks are stacked in full view of customers, the stock room/back room was open and customers could clearly see in. Staff carried stock back and forth past tables during service, and couriers wandered in and out to collect online takeaway orders. The restaurant is in serious need of a top-to-bottom renovation.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Shane M. 4 months ago on Google • 265 reviews
    The worst yo shushi experience, shame as this was a family christmas treat for us which was unfortunately disapointing. Flies around the table, We received two dishes and after quite a wait, enquired where the rest was. By this tike the first person was already finishing off their food so we didnt eat together. Also when we asked for the rest of the food there was no customer service just a few questtions and then 'I'll prepare it' it wasnt even busy at this point. Glasses looked as though they had been washed with dirty water. The toilets just topped it off as they where dingy, foul, smelt awful and light in cubicle didnt even work' our 6 year old commented on how hprrid the goilets were.

  • 2/5 Matt D. 3 months ago on Google • 112 reviews New
    Not what I was expecting, found the quality lacking, and the kitchen looked grubby. After noticing that I couldn’t eat anymore

  • 5/5 Jaleel H. 5 months ago on Google • 48 reviews
    Quick and friendly service, and very tasty dishes. I love that the conveyor belt is back and love the new additions on the menu, so would definitely come again

  • 3/5 andy j. 8 months ago on Google • 38 reviews
    We love Yo and sushi. The food was good and we did have a good meal. I’m afraid some of the serving staff let the place down on 30th July. We were seated (pick a table and have a seat) and told to use the app to order - Having to ask for everything else like eating implements, soy and dishes. Our table wasn’t the cleanest and I wiped the chopsticks when we got them. Please don’t use the restaurant area to store boxes of supplies on window sills in the corner, it’s really messy. The door to the washing area was left open (if there is a door) and there were pots stacked everywhere - which is fine because of the function of the room but should not be on display to diners IMO. Overall, I’m afraid the place is looking a bit tired and felt unloved - it needs a really good clean and brightening up, which is bonkers given all the natural light :(

  • 4/5 Alun M. 1 year ago on Google
    This was my first time back at Yo Sushi since before the pandemic. Whilst the menu seems greatly reduced, the food is still nice. I enjoyed the Korean Fried Chicken, which was spicy but super sweet. The takoyaki were decent as were the Korean chicken gyoza. I am disappointed that there's no longer tamago nigiri though!

  • 5/5 Sarah H. 1 year ago on Google
    Love Yo sushi Nottingham. Always good choice and taste. Service is attentive and friendly. Server today, Jordan, was especially good ☺️

  • 5/5 Kacey C. 1 year ago on Google
    Absolutely amazing. The food, the staff, the atmosphere. The food came super fast and was delicious - with great prices. The staff are so friendly and considerate. The atmosphere is calming. Along with the restaurant being clean and sanitary, I really enjoyed eating here!

  • 3/5 Elliot W. 2 years ago on Google
    Ordered sushi and some warm dishes and, as a result of the order taking over an hour to arrive, the sushi arrived warm. Alongside this, my beef teriyaki dish was completely inedible as it was burnt! I've had some great experiences dining in at Yo sushi, however I will not be ordering from them again unfortunately!

  • 5/5 Conner F. 2 years ago on Google
    I always try to stay away from chain restaurants these days, so upon taking a visit to YO Shushi I was pleasantly surprised. Although early our server was more than happy to accommodate our table of five. Ordering via QR code was more than easy and honestly avoided a avoided some of the anxiety I usually face. The Katsu Chicken curry was made well, juicy yet crisp, the rice in both rolls - hot food was amazing all round! I tried dishes I hadn't tried before and was delighted with the value for money when dining with YO! I'd recommend to all happily

  • 5/5 L F. 3 months ago on Google • 7 reviews New
    My fave place to go with my friend - been going frequently since 2017 (when I moved here, and a few times before that - when visiting it). Great vibes and staff and food and seating booths, and the stool seating isn't too bad as far as stools go. Tons of Vegan options, friendly, helpful staff, fun to talk to if you stay there on your own for a bit after your friend needs to go. Just an all round good place to be!


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Amenities


  • Service options
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Casual
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Groups
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Toilets
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Quick bite
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ High chairs
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ Fast service
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Good for kids
    • ✓️ Vegan options
    • ✓️ Healthy options
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery
    • ✓️ Accepts reservations
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✗ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance

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