Inside Aki: stories of Japanese cuisine and dining in Marylebone

If you love Japanese cuisine as much as we do, you’re in the right place. This is where we share the stories behind our sashimi, our robata, our Kobe beef, and every detail that makes dining at Aki an event. From the art of Edomae sushi to the rare flavours of certified Japanese wagyu, from private dinners in our glass‑roofed Atrium to late‑night cocktails in Kiyori’s underground vault, this journal is your guide to Japanese dining and Japanese hospitality in the heart of Marylebone.

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Japanese tea, poured properly: the three greens at Aki’s afternoon tea

Getting four diaries to align took three weeks and two cancellations. But you did it. A whole afternoon, the whole group, and a table at Aki, the contemporary Japanese restaurant in Marylebone. Above the main dining...

Group dining in London: that extra special Japanese dinner the group chat deserves

Every group chat has one: the group dinner that takes four weeks to organise and one person to actually book. The dates go unanswered. Someone is "easy" until the dietary requirements arrive. A restaurant link is...

Business lunch near Oxford Circus: a Japanese set menu at Aki

Some business lunches are simply a break in the diary: an hour between calls, a chance to step away from the desk, a conversation that is easier to have in person. Others carry more weight than...

Aki Uncorked: every Thursday rare wines poured by the glass

There is a point on every good wine list where the most interesting bottles become slightly theoretical. You recognise the producer. You clock the vintage. You imagine the occasion that might justify opening it. Then you...

The Atrium: private al fresco dining in Marylebone, rain or shine

London does heatwaves with a particular lack of grace. Pavement tables fill before lunch, every restaurant suddenly has a queue, and by seven o'clock the prospect of another heavy meal in a packed dining room begins...

Dining near Regent’s Park: lunch, dinner & DJs at Aki

By four o'clock on a good day in Regent's Park, the light turns gold over the boating lake, the roses in Queen Mary's Gardens are at their most extravagant, and the Broad Walk fills with the...

Japanese afternoon tea in Marylebone

Afternoon tea is one of London's enduring rituals. At Aki, it takes a Japanese-led form: savouries such as chicken katsu, green-tea-smoked salmon and golden yolk eggs with summer truffle; warm dorayaki pancakes in place of scones;...

Beat the heat this summer in London with a cool Japanese summer food menu at Aki in Marylebone

Cool Japanese summer food to survive the heatwave at Aki in Marylebone

When London heats up, dinner calls for a different kind of order: chilled sashimi, crisp vegetables, bright herbs, citrus-led dressings and a dessert with sorbet at its centre. At Aki, the menu offers plenty of ways...