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Dinings SW3 sits at Walton House, Lennox Garden Mews, Walton St., in London, where the menu draws on European and Japanese cuisines. The Good Food Guide rated it Very Good in 2026, and the kitchen works in small, bite-sized plates.
Chef and owner Masaki Sugisaki leads the kitchen, and sushi takes pride of place on the menu. Fans point to Cornish sea bass with bottarga and cured yellowtail belly with preserved spiced yuzu zest. Hand-rolls such as smoked eel tamaki with cucumber and sweet soy round out the sushi selection.
The dining room is bright and high-ceilinged, with a mezzanine, a bar at the front and a wooden fireplace at the far end. Guests sit at a marble sushi counter or at small wooden tables with tan-leather seating, and there is a courtyard for outdoor meals. Sake leads the drinks list, and wines start from £55.
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Cosy, intimate and a ‘true home from home,’ there aren't many settings more desirable than this. Tucked at one end of an exclusive mews, Dinings sports a lovely courtyard for alfresco meals, plus a bright high-ceilinged dining room with a mezzanine, a bar at the front, a wooden fireplace at the far end, a marble sushi counter, and small wooden tables with tan-leather seating. The atmosphere is lively, and it's topped off by chef/owner Masaki Sugisaki's innovative bite-sized Japanese dishes, which offer ‘an exquisite fusion of artistry and gastronomy,’ according to one devotee. ‘Meticulously crafted’ sushi takes pride of place here, and fans insist that it’s some of the best in town – from Cornish sea bass with bottarga or cured yellowtail belly with preserved spiced yuzu zest to first-rate hand-rolls such as smoked eel tamaki with cucumber and sweet soy. Elsewhere, dry-aged turbot is served on the bone with ceps, violet artichokes and preserved lemon while ‘shio-koji’ cured venison loin (from Windsor Forest) is embellished with glazed fig and red pepper ketchup. As expected with an SW3 postcode, the menu is pimped up with deluxe ingredients – from a mini-burger of wagyu beef cleverly paired with teriyaki and spicy sesame aïoli to grilled Scottish langoustines with confit garlic and preserved lemon vinaigrette. Less pricey items such as roasted beetroot with tahini miso are also treated with due respect. Matcha ganache with chestnut ice cream is an enticing way to finish. Service is super-friendly and bursting with ‘genuine warmth’, while sake heads the expensive drinks list, with wines from £55.
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