MOI Review | "Speedy Sushi at Soho's 60-Minute Omakase"

"MOI, the first restaurant from the new caps-loving MAD restaurants group, (we also reviewed their newest spot ALTA recently) has been one of the openings of the year, getting a hugely positive reception for its modern Japanese grill dishes and sushi. It's a huge site, set across two floors on Dean Street, with a large ground floor restaurant and open kitchen, and a sushi counter and bar/listening room on the lower floor, with a ridiculously high spec sound system."

"There are two set menus available for the one-hour omakase, one at £48 and one at £68. Both start the same, with an excellent miso soup and house pickles, and both end with sake poached pear with yuzu sorbet. In the middle they are quite different, with the cheaper menu including black bream sashimi, mackerel onigri, steamed Devon brill, and chef's nigiri selection."

"We went for the £68 menu, mainly because we wanted the tuna dishes. So after the pickles we kicked off with two slices of chutoro (medium fatty tuna) sashimi, alongside thick cut black bream sashimi with slightly charred crisp skin. The chef's nigiri selection for the day included chutoro topped with yuzo kosho, hay smoked salmon, and sea bream - all three were excellent. Next up was the final fish course of the menu, a chunky akami tuna onigri topped with confit egg yolk."

MOI occupies two floors on Dean Street with a large ground-floor dining room, open kitchen, and a lower-floor sushi counter and bar/listening room. A one-hour lunchtime omakase runs Tuesday–Friday with two set menus priced at £48 and £68. Both menus begin with miso soup and house pickles and finish with sake-poached pear and yuzu sorbet. The £48 option includes black bream sashimi, mackerel onigri, steamed Devon brill, and a chef's nigiri selection. The £68 menu adds chutoro sashimi, akami tuna onigri with confit egg yolk, and a charcoal-cooked sirloin served with sweet sansho sauce and pickled maitake. An earthy Yonetsuru Junmai sake is offered by the carafe.

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