The Araki London

The Araki sits on New Burlington Street, a five-minute walk from the Royal Academy of Arts. It holds the number 52 spot on the 2024 La Liste, serving Japanese sushi and seafood.

The restaurant is dressier than its neighbours, matching the sharp, formal register of the surrounding streets. While many sushi spots in London rely on flashy interiors to justify their presence, the space here remains quiet and focused. It feels like a departure from the busier, tourist-heavy corridors near Bond Street, which is the point—you choose this room to ignore the bustle outside rather than to participate in it.