Bento Cafe serves traditional Japanese dishes at their licensed restaurant. A takeaway menu is also available.
Bento Cafe
Japanese Restaurant in Camden
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Opening Times
Monday |
Open 12:00 - Closes 22:30 |
Tuesday |
Open 12:00 - Closes 22:30 |
Wednesday |
Open 12:00 - Closes 22:30 |
Thursday |
Open 12:00 - Closes 22:30 |
Friday |
Open 12:00 - Closes 23:00 |
Saturday |
Open 12:00 - Closes 23:00 |
Sunday |
Open 12:00 - Closes 22:30 |
All In London Review
Bento Café is perennially popular thanks to cheap and cheerful food
It’s loved by workers and locals for its affordable bento boxes and freshly made sushi. Usually priced between £10 and £13, bento boxes are just £7.90 at lunchtime, so unsurprisingly this is a very busy time – be prepared to wait, particularly on Fridays. All boxes come with a salad liberally doused in dressing, two pumpkin fritters, vegetable gyoza, a pot of steamed rice and miso soup; in the case of the salmon teriyaki it’s also generously coated in sauce. The very decent portion sizes make them great value.
Other bento options include tuna, vegetable tempura, pork tonkatsu and mixed sashimi, which brings us on to their raw fish selection. Sushi is hand-rolled in front of customers at the counter; the platters are good value and there’s a pleasing variety that includes cream cheese and salmon maki and clam, eel, yellowtail and sea bream nigiri among others. We like the spider maki with soft shell crab, and the fresh, creamy-tasting salmon sashimi, which at £8.50 for seven pieces is not to be sneered at.
They’re not immune to trends of course, and each table has an advert for their recently introduced lobster roll, a dish that took a starring role in London’s gastronomy this year. We don’t try it however as we’re more than happy with Bento’s cheap and cheerful dishes.
Reviewed by Leila
Published on Dec 17, 2014
User Reviews
luganoa
Nov 4, 2007
Great service, excellent menu and very reasonable prices. Recommended!
Ben Larsen
Feb 9, 2006
The Bento Cafe is fantastic. Plain and simple. Great service, where the staff will go out of their way to accomodate you and make you feel welcome. It's not uncommon to have a chorus of half a dozen people calling goodbyes to you when you roll out the door.
The food is prepared freshly, the sushi right in front of you (if you're in the non-smoking section at least!), and even when busy the food comes quickly. Great options for vegetarians, I can personally recommend the Future Shock (Pepper Salt Tofu) and Golden Tofu.
Reasonably priced, but still great value for money in terms of quality for your pound.
The food is prepared freshly, the sushi right in front of you (if you're in the non-smoking section at least!), and even when busy the food comes quickly. Great options for vegetarians, I can personally recommend the Future Shock (Pepper Salt Tofu) and Golden Tofu.
Reasonably priced, but still great value for money in terms of quality for your pound.
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