Review

Roka

Japanese
37 Charlotte Street, London W1T 1RR
Latest critic review: March 15, 2010

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Critic Reviews

Kang Leung London Eater

Reviewed on March 15, 2010

"Aside from a few duds on the menu, I think Roka is a prime example of an exceptional highly evolved, highly produced and eerily pretentious restaurant that so epitomises modern metropolitan classiness." READ REVIEW

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Simon Hopkinson Guardian

Reviewed on June 17, 2007

"When I first witnessed the contents I knew, quite clearly, that here was cookery of a higher order." READ REVIEW

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Celine Asril View London

Reviewed on November 14, 2007

"This eye candy needs to step up to its grill if it wants new customers coming in the door." READ REVIEW

Victor Lewis Smith Guardian

Reviewed by April 27, 2005

"What made me pleased to be here? Apart from the trick door, pretty well everything." READ REVIEW

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Terry Durack Independent

Reviewed on August 08, 2004

"Mastermind Becker knows just how to make Japanese food ultra-sharp, contemporary and fashionable, without compromising flavour or consigning integrity to the past." READ REVIEW

Richard Johnson Independent

Reviewed on August 07, 2004

"But Roka is cheaper than Zuma, and the eccentricities of the menu will soon be ironed out. Even if it doesn't do a surf'n'turf, Roka is worth a punt." READ REVIEW

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Fay Maschler Evening Standard

Reviewed on July 27, 2004

"But best, we all agreed, was one of the Roka dishes, an iron pot containing rice with king crab and wasabi tobiko. The creamy texture of the rice, somewhere on the way to a congee, imbued with the sweetness of the crab was fantastic. There were other hotpots and also many tempting dishes left untried. I shall be hurrying back." READ REVIEW