The Ultimate Bottomless Sushi Brunch at Kaia, The Ned
The Ultimate Bottomless Sushi Brunch at Kaia, The Ned
That got your attention. Ours too. An all-you-can-eat sushi brunch sounds so good, especially in London.
Even more still, that it costs just £45 per person, and includes one drink too. Anticipating an incredible time, we head to the bottomless sushi brunch at Kaia.
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Where is London’s bottomless sushi brunch?
There are a couple of places in London that serve all-you-can-eat sushi for brunch, and one of them is at Kaia.
This Japanese restaurant is located on the ground floor of The Ned, a recently opened hotel in London. Kaia is one of many restaurants that operate in the open-floor food area of the hotel. If we had to describe it, it feels similar to the Harrods food hall.
That’s not to say that it’s not a peaceful place to eat, once you get settled in. We arrive to the fabulously beautiful hotel, bursting with people, and are shown to Kaia. At Kaia, we’re led to our seats – most of which are counter-top.
Although we can still see and hear the rest of the hotel, we feel pleasantly separated from the noise of the main space, and get started on all the sushi!
What makes the bottomless sushi brunch at Kaia so good?
All the sushi! Of course, the main draw of brunch at Kai, is all the fresh-rolled sushi. The buffet is dominated by a sushi bar, behind which several chefs cut, roll and shape the nigiri, maki and sashimi.
And I love that there are proper pieces of fish in it too – juicy chunks of tuna and salmon, butterflied prawns, pearly yellowtail and scorched, caramelised eel, wrapped around mirin sushi rice.
We collect platefuls at a time, with generous bowls of soy sauce loaded with ginger and wasabi.
At the table, we snap open chopsticks and get stuck in.
What else is there to eat?
I always seem to develop about 3 stomachs when it comes to eating Japanese food. Which is fortunate, because there’s a lot more to eat apart from the gorgeous sushi and sashimi.
There are bowls of fresh poke, resting on mounds of rice and garnished with shredded nori seaweed. These are nice – but not as flavourful as we might have hoped.
Better is the noodle soup bar, and we dutifully get in line to point out what we’d like the chef to put in. Mine has udon noodles in a miso-based soup, and a satisfyingly soft-yolked egg too.
There are also grilled meats, and the glossy lamb cutlets look especially delicious.
Should you save space for dessert?
Hmm – in our honest opinion, dessert at Kaia isn’t anything special. A table filled with miniature treats looks the part, but none of the things we taste are actually that brilliant.
So, instead of saving room for dessert, we’d recommend just digging in to the main event. Sushi all day, every day.
Would we recommend the bottomless sushi brunch at Kaia?
Yes and no. Its been a good experience, and the novelty of being able to eat literally as much sushi as you want is very fun. The quality of the sushi, while good, is of course not as high as you might get in a good sushi restaurant. But then, for the amount we’ve eaten, you’d pay a lot more too.
So it really depends on what sort of meal you want. I’d go back with girlfriends for a fun, easy brunch out. I might not head back if it was a very special occasion though.
All in all it’s been a fun meal, and we’ve enjoyed the hell out of our bottomless sushi brunch at Kaia.
Is the food at Kaia at The Ned Halal?
Kaia at The Ned don’t serve any halal meat. None of the restaurants in The Ned hotel serve halal meat. But Kaia does have a halal sushi menu, and lots of halal fish and vegetarian options if you’d like to visit.
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The Details
Kaia at The Ned, London
Address – The Ned, 27 Poultry, London EC2R 8AJ
Website – Shangri-La Hotel at The Shard
Phone – 020 7234 8000
Nearest Tube – Bank
Disclaimer – the halal food status note for Kaia at The Ned is true at the time of writing. Please phone or email the restaurant before you make a booking to double check the halal food status and anything around cross contamination.
