Japanese restaurant & sake bar in Covent Garden

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Akatuki's windows on Great Queen Street dressed for Christmas: a snowy pine, red lanterns and deer.
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Christmas at Akatuki

Our Christmas menu, with sushi, A5 Wagyu and sake, for a table of two, the whole team or the whole restaurant.

  • 1 December to 1 January
  • Four courses, £56.80 per person
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Akatuki Covent Garden

Akatuki is a Japanese restaurant on Great Queen Street. Our chefs cut sushi and sashimi to order. At your table, A5 Wagyu sears on a hot stone and hot pots come to the boil. The bar pours sake, Japanese whisky and cocktails, and there is room for groups of up to 80.

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The bar lit in gold, shelves of sake and whisky beside a wall of falling water
A wall of paper lanterns in a dark wooden lattice
The dining room under a canopy of pink blossom, beside a gold lattice screen
A server in a red sash carrying a flight of sake on a wooden board
Sea urchin, sweet prawn and wasabi on a bed of salmon roe
Sauce poured over a roast duck leg with tenderstem broccoli
A Wagyu hot pot on its burner, with marbled beef, a raw egg, tofu and mushrooms laid out beside it
Skewers of beef and tomato under a tall flame at the table

Ways to dine

Signature & popular

À la carte

Every day, from 12:00pm

  • Kaminari Flame Skewers 2pcs£16.20

    Ribeye cubes, courgette, cherry tomato, gin gravy

  • Wagyu & Foie Gras on Garlic Bread£16.90

    1pc with 10g foie gras

  • Black Dragon Roll£21.90

    Prawn tempura, topped with grilled eel

  • Wagyu Ebi Roll£23.90

    A5 Wagyu, breaded prawn, crispy onion flakes

  • Akatuki Roll£28.90

    Purple rice, asparagus, fried prawn, minced crab and gold leaf

  • Akatuki Sashimi Set for Two£56.40

    21pcs of sashimi

  • Aka Signature Set£18.80

    Mixed sashimi & nigiri (tuna / salmon / white fish); California Roll 4pcs

  • A5 Japanese Wagyu Ribeye (150g)£86.80

    Served on hot stone

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signature dish

Allergies or intolerances? Tell us before you order and we will check every dish for you.

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Two guests raising pink cocktails under the paper lantern wall

What our guests say

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Honestly, this is easily one of my favourite Japanese dining experiences in London. I genuinely felt like I wasn’t just eating Japanese food — I was experiencing a piece of art. …

Eddie W.September 2026

The food was very good and everything tasted fresh. We ordered the sashimi set for two, tuna avocado uramaki and the wagyu ebi roll. …

Foodie Y.July 2026

Absolutely loved this place! The food was outstanding, the portions were very generous. The staff were incredibly friendly and welcoming, which made the whole dining experience even better. …

Gayau E.June 2026

Wonderful birthday celebration meal at Akatuki Covent Garden for the whole family. …

LukeMay 2026

Great experience overall, definitely one of those places that feels worth the visit. …

DanApril 2026

I had a great experience at this Japanese buffet. The sashimi was incredibly fresh, especially the bluefin tuna, which was rich and buttery. …

Serina L.February 2026
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Tucked away on Great Queen Street, between Covent Garden and Holborn. Four minutes' walk from Holborn station and five from Covent Garden. The West End theatres are close by for dinner before a show, and the British Museum is nine minutes away.

30-31 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5BB

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