Sushi and sake concept Edo Izakaya to open in Islington

The 80-cover, 1,894sq ft restaurant will serve an extensive sake menu that will be accompanied by traditional-style and new-style sushi rolls, hand rolls and nigiris.

Opening in December in Old Street, Edo Izakaya will have a chef’s table and lounge bar area and has an interior design featuring intricate woodwork that is inspired by the Edo period of Japanese history in which izakaya bars became prominent.

Alongside sake and sushi, the restaurant will serve snacks such as fried squid and chicken karaage and Japanese spirits and cocktails.

“Following the success of Robata in Soho, we are excited to launch our next authentic concept in a new part of London, with Old Street serving a strong catchment of Islington borough residents and office workers,” says Huang.

“We are looking forward to delivering a distinctive and original Japanese restaurant in a prime city fringe location.”

The Old Street site was secured by property agency, Shelley Sandzer, acting on behalf of JP Morgan and marks the final restaurant to launch within JP Morgan’s Old Street units, joining Tayēr+Elementary, TRADE Coffee, and Officinia00.

“Japanese cuisine has become a mainstay in the West End, but demand from operators and consumers is seeing new concepts, such as Edo Izakaya, emerging in other thriving parts of the capital” says Tony Levine, director of leasing at Shelley Sandzer.

Huang founded contemporary Japanese grill concept Robata in 2019, which currently has a single site on Soho's Old Compton Street.

Shelley Sandzer & BGP acted for the landlord, JP Morgan. Edo Izakaya dealt directly.