Somehow scored some last minute tickets to a movie premiere tonight at the new Imax cinemas in the refurbished Swiss Cottage Odeon so of course I took along my regular partner in crime – Sandra, for this experience. But first, dinner! Situated just a very small stroll from the cinema and a nearby theatre I was surprised that Me Love Sushi wasn’t at all busy. Admittedly it was rather early abut even at about 6.30 you might have expected a few more than just us three or four diners. Not to worry – that wasn’t going to stop us tucking into our fare.

Me Love Sushi has a reasonably extensive sushi menu featuring all sorts of styles of sushi for your choice. Nothing on the menu though that isn’t comparable to Yo Sushi or Itsu in price or offering. In addition to sushi they also offer hot dishes such as tempura, kushiyaki (skewers of grilled foodstuffs), noodles, rice dishes and other odds and ends including a black cod miso dish served with rice. This was actually quite well-priced at £14.50 though as we didn’t actually sample it I have no idea whether the portion was reasonable.

Sandra was in the mood for sushi so we selected a mixture of ngiri and maki dishes and finished the meal with some of their own branded ice cream. The food we had was nice though I’m not convinced as to its absolute freshness. From a stomach filling perspective we didn’t feel the portions themselves were particularly generous and we left, if not feeling hungry, at least not particularly full. I’m not saying that you have to leave a restaurant staggeringly food-coma full, especially a sushi one, but in hindsight I would have preferred to have mixed my sushi with some of the bulkier items like a rice bowl to get better value for money, and save my ££ for more established sushi restaurants.

Me love “Me Love Sushi”? Well, not so much however I can see why I might come back – decent variety on the menu covering more than just sushi, service which is very friendly if sometimes a bit slow and distracted, and a cute little venue with sweet added touches such as the writing on our sushi plate, and prices are average for a London restaurant.