Flying Fish Sushi

Best sushi I´ve had in London (and I´ve had quite a few).

Do not order for delivery with these guys…
Took over 2 hours and could not get in touch with them as their phone just kept ringing and ringing… very frustrating
Not ordering from them again…

Southwark is home to all manner of great food places housed within old railway bridges. Many of these are chains and Flying Fish fits right in.
As you enter the small premises I would liken it to walking into a refrigeration unit at a fishmongers. The same air conditioning units, sterile white walls which they’ve tried to decorate with limited success and a few chairs and tables scattered around to highlight you’re able to eat in.
The menus offer a varied amount of sushi but lets be clear. Whilst the food is good quality, it’s also a little pricey. As an example of what to expect, this place does 2 portion Unagi Niri (Eel atop sushi rice) for £5.50 for 2 pieces. A small selection (4 – 6 pieces) of a single type of sushi roll will cost you around £5−8 with most of the larger 8 roll portions which is about comfortable eating for a light lunch will cost around £14−16 depending on the filling. Whilst there is a chef’s assortment of 16 types of small and large rolls, it’s a shame most of the other plates are just one type. To select the 8 rolls of different varieties from the 2 roll selection would cost you upwards of £20. Value for money is pretty bad. But taste wise, this place gives you a lot of filling, big rolls and don’t skimp on meat.
I had the Tiger Rolls for my first visit which came with a delicious mango sauce. Filled with tiger prawn, avocado, kewpie mayo… the rice was seasoned perfectly, and served at lukewarm temperature. It was just a shame there were only 8 rolls. I could have eaten 2 – 3 more which I think would have been the perfect portion. They don’t serve Calpico which I was looking forward to with my sushi.
Whilst I certainly like this place, there are two mains problems. Firstly, it’s lacking any character whatsoever. Food items are scribbled onto chalk-​boards with a price but it’s difficult to understand what you’re getting and I’m sure people will be surprised at the value for money proposition. It’s easier to justify pricier fare if the atmosphere and surroundings are top notch, but at around £2−3 a mouthful on average in a poorly decorated establishment you certainly remember to savour every-​bite, but sadly this isn’t somewhere I can probably afford to eat every week. I’ll certainly be back, and try something else on the menu, as this is the only proper sushi place bankside.
They also specialise in take-​away according to the motorbikes outside the shop and deliver free for orders in the vicinity over £20. Easy spend between 2 persons.

I’m not entirely sure what to make of this place. When a friend told me there was a sushi place just steps from work that I’d never noticed before! I resolved to head over for dinner this very evening.
First, a note about the space… it’s not exactly what I would call cozy, in an arch under the railway line, but they’ve done alright by it. It’s bare, but the seating and tables are fun (they might be a bit low to actually eat at). It’s clear the business is largely take away, and I was no exception.
Good stuff included reasonable prices and quite large portions at that. Also, not everything is pre-​set boxes so you can choose from the variety and when I asked to have prawns left out of my nigiri set, this was not an issue (honestly, I’ve just never seen the point of prawn sushi). Most of the fish was quite good, though the mackerel had clearly seen better days — had I been in the privacy of my own home and not at the office, I probably would have spit it out… but I’m also really sensitive to ‘fishy’ tastes, so that could just be me. The salmon and avocado roll was also not what I was expecting, being more on the chopped spicy salmon end of things, but still yummy.
The not-​so-​good included the rice. It fell apart too easily and was generally not quite right. Not aweful, mind, but given how difficult it was to keep it all together, I ended up eating a few of my nigiri as sashimi.
Will I go back? yes, it’s that close, I’d be crazy not to. But I’ll probably focus on the sashimi end of things from the get-​go.