Mizu Pan Asian Restaurant

Apr 22nd, 2023

Food : 5/5 | Service : 5/5 | Atmosphere : 5/5 More
Apr 13th, 2023

Third and last visit and each has got worse. Service is decent and attentive, restaurant interior and location is lovely, but the food is very questionable. I can hardly believe that any of the chefs has cooked in Asia, as the food bears little resemblance to the many iconic dishes that is typical of the region. The only dish we have found that is close to authentic is the sashimi which is decent ( but then its not cooked so little to screw up). The skewered dishes are all immersed in a horrible sweet syrupy sauce which is vomit inducing. No where in Asia except perhaps the Philippines is food served in this way. Its quite disgusting, but it also disguises the food taste - which may be the objective. When you scrape off the sauce which covers the meat entirely ( the kitchen obviously dip the cooked skewered food into a bucket of this slop before plating) instead of revealing a slightly charred juicy morsel, you are met with grey uninspiring meat which all looks the same no matter its beef, lamb or whatever. Whats worse, it arrives at the table lukewarm not piping hot and appetising ( dipping into cold sauce??) the salmon skewer is like cardboard slathered in this sickly sweet sauce and so overcooked I doubt the cat would even lick it. The rice is inedible, disgusting was the popular word used in our group. The tempura was probably the best of the cooked dishes, but even this has batter slightly underdone inside but still with a crispy outer, ( batter mix most likely too thick). Quite frankly I feel for the guests who have little exposure to genuine Asian food and are going to think that this sad but expensive offering is the peak of Asian inspired gastronomy. Should we ever have to eat at this establishment again, it will be the sashimi and only sashimi!
Apr 28th, 2023

I had expected a lot based on their claim to be the best restaurant in England. Perhaps a chef has changed since then! We were sat next to the kitchen but the atmosphere was strange so we asked to move to the other end of the restaurant. This was a bit better, but a lack of people in the restaurant despite it being half term was weird. We chose the platter but in hindsight wish we had gone for the tasting menu. The best items (tempura prawns and tuna sushimi) were okay but lacked seasoning. I had to query one item (squares of crunchy carrot covered in thin lamb), as it wasn't obvious what this was, and it didn't taste very good either! We also didn't eat the rolls of grated carrot wrapped in iceberg lettuce. They had sold out of the potato croquettes and the dumplings so we were offered alternatives. These were adequate. The sauces lacked a lot of taste. Chilli oil had absolutely no kick (and I don't particularly like spicy food!). The salmon was dry and flavourless. I actually thought it was dry chicken at first! The sticky rice was one of the best dishes we tried here! Would I recommend it? No. It's far too overpriced. If I had paid 30 total I might not be so sad about the quality of food. Instead we paid 90 for 2 people. A bit of a rip off. Parking: Parking across the road. Plenty of it. Get a code on the receipt to exit the car park
Apr 9th, 2023

Food : 5/5 | Service : 5/5 | Atmosphere : 5/5 More
Mar 25th, 2023