Kurumaya St Paul's
A kaiten belt runs all day at street level and the basement is a different restaurant, with sunken tatami seating and a kitchen cooking to order.1
Why go
The house describes the Watling Street site as two things at once: the Kaiten bar, which serves expert cuts of sushi, maki and sashimi along with a selection of hot dishes and is open throughout the day
, and the basement restaurant downstairs for more than just sushi
.1 It sits a few minutes from St Paul's Cathedral and runs weekdays only, 11:30 to 9.1 Nobody outside the business has written about the food, so what follows is the venue's own account and the practical detail.
Order this / avoid
- Order: off the belt if you are eating alone and fast, and off the basement card if you have an hour.1
- Avoid: turning up at the weekend. This branch runs Monday to Friday.1
What locals & experts say
- Harden's carries the listing and no feedback:
Not enough people have commented yet.
No other guide or newspaper names the restaurant.2
Good to know
- Timing: Monday to Friday, 11:30am to 9pm, per the venue. Harden's prints 11:30am to 9:30pm Monday to Thursday.12
- Money: wine 17.50 a bottle, filter coffee 1.90, service 12.5 percent.2
- Two doors. This is St Paul's, 76-77 Watling Street, the one with the belt and the tatami room. The Barbican branch at 74-75 Long Lane is table service and takeaway.1
Verdict
listed — Two restaurants share this address and the venue is clear about which is which: a kaiten belt at street level turning all day, and a basement room with a sunken tatami area where the chefs cook to order. That is a real difference for a City lunch, since one is a fifteen-minute decision and the other is a booking. Wine runs 17.50 a bottle and filter coffee 1.90, which is the cheapest drinking in my half of this slice. What keeps it on the bottom rung is that nobody outside the business has written a word about the cooking. Harden's holds the listing and prints 'not enough people have commented yet', and no newspaper or guide reachable here names it. It is a good-looking neighborhood option in a neighborhood made of offices, and until somebody eats there on the record that is all anyone can say.