Nikkei sharing plates
Japanese technique, Peruvian fire, everything designed to share.
Japanese milk bread, smoked kaffir lime butter
Served with corn tortillas and prawn crackers
Salted £6 | Spicy £7
Yuzu, spicy mayo
Prawn and chestnut, yuzu ponzu, spicy prawn oil, tom yum emulsion
Aji rocoto mayo, chipotle mayo
White crab poached on dashi butter, corn purée, togarashi, manchego, popcorn
Wild mushrooms, quinoa tiger's milk, lapsang oil, jerusalem artichoke, onion ash
Deep fried tofu, aubergine on mapo sauce, spring onions
Grilled courgettes glazed with satay sauce, yuzu smoked yoghurt, salsa seca
Sweet potato, jasmine rice, kimchi
Shallots, negi, purple potatoes, egg yolk with wasabi shoyu
Sea bass, plantain chips, choclo, sweet potato, red onion
Kombu-infused tuna with aji amarillo dressing
Yuzu kosho, lamb sauce, citrus pistachio crust
Grilled chicken thighs on shio koji and aji panca marinade, Japanese pickled spring onions, chipotle sauce
Puffed rice, chipotle sauce, nasturtium
Orange dashi butter, panca oil, crispy leek and ginger
Lemongrass, tom-yum paste, bomba rice, smoked ikura
Sake yuzu glaze, acevichado sauce, pak choi
Scottish beef, 28 days dry-aged. Served with yuzu kosho chimichurri, koji butter
Scottish beef, 28 days dry-aged. Served with yuzu kosho chimichurri, koji butter
Scottish beef, 28 days dry-aged. Served with yuzu kosho chimichurri, koji butter
Truffle mayo, Manchego cheese
Huancaina sauce
Japanese clay pot rice, aji amarillo butter, furikake, black tobiko and pickled lotus root
Shio kombu dressing, white soy and almond emulsion, aji panca oil
Head Sushi Chef Sandesh Baral
Bluefin tuna cut to order, nigiri and sashimi selections, signature rolls and a sharing platter for two.
3 kind | 5 kind
£24 | £39
Aburi salmon, avocado, spicy mayo and spring onion
Tempura prawn, unagi, spicy cream, bonito, unagi sauce, red tobiko
Akami, shichimi, negi, jalapeno, avocado and spicy mayo
Kakiage vegetable topped with avocado and potato crisp
3 kind | 5 kind
£24 | £39
Bluefin tuna maki, chu-toro tuna sashimi and salmon sashimi, akami nigiri and salmon nigiri
3g | £5
5g | £5
Please note, no sushi served between 4pm – 5pm
Mon–Fri 12pm – 9pm · Sat–Sun 6pm – 9pm · Minimum two people · Designed to share, one tasting menu for the whole table
A vegetarian tasting menu is available on request.
From 23rd November to 24th December the Christmas Tasting Menu (£70pp) takes their place.
£70pp · Mon–Fri 12pm – 9pm · Sat–Sun 6pm – 9pm · Minimum two people · Designed to share, one tasting menu for the whole table
Taste of Ayllu for the festive season: ten courses from shokupan and crab tacos through grilled sea bass and picanha steak to a chef's choice dessert.
Served from 23rd November to 24th December in place of the Seasonal and Signature menus.
Five Nikkei courses without the long sitting.
Mon–Fri 12pm – 3pm · £29pp · Vegetarian options available on request · Not available 23 November to 25 December
Aburi salmon, avocado, spicy mayo
Sea bass, plantain chips, choclo, sweet potato, red onion
Grilled chicken thighs on shio koji and aji panca marinade, Japanese pickled spring onions, chipotle sauce
Chipotle sauce, tenderstem broccoli
Sweet potato, jasmine rice, kimchi
Bomba rice, lemongrass, tom-yum paste, smoked ikura
Finish with desserts built in the same spirit: precise, playful and made to share.
Passion fruit sauce
With chilli and mascarpone
Layers of crisp, flaky puff pastry, crème pâtissière and chocolate
Homemade with fresh mascarpone cream, savoiardi biscuits, Italian coffee and cocoa
Spiced rum syrup, citrus zest and vanilla
Filled with lemon custard and finished with citrus icing
Hazelnut chocolate sauce and orange zest
Chocolate sauce, flaked almonds and raspberry coulis
£7 | £12 for 2
Unlimited Nikkei sharing plates with a live Samba show and DJ.
Sat 11am – 4pm · Sun 12pm – 4pm | £37pp Bottomless Food · £55pp Bottomless Food & Drinks
Toasted and salted corn kernels, served on arrival
Served with mango, onions and coriander
Served with cancha, aji amarillo and coriander
Grilled wild mushrooms, quinoa tiger's milk
Salmon, mango, avocado and cancha on crispy rice
Spicy mayo, corn and coriander on crispy rice
Aji amarillo, lime, coriander and togarashi powder
Deep-fried crispy chicken, rocoto glaze, dashi buttermilk and shiso
With chipotle mayo
Served with miso and chives
Aburi salmon, spicy mayo and spring onion
Surimi, avocado, tobiko and shichimi
Mixed leaves, tsuma and yuzu vinaigrette
Roasted poussin with anticucho sauce
Nuoc cham sauce
Served with green pepian and coriander
Roasted sweet potato, jasmine rice and kimchi
Spiced herbs and huancaina sauce
Shio kombu dressing, white soy and almond emulsion, aji panca oil
Black cod with orange dashi butter, lamb chops with a citrus pistachio crust, slow-cooked short beef rib with chipotle, beef tartare with wasabi shoyu and ceviche finished with tiger's milk. Dishes designed to share and to be remembered.
Ayllu's menu is built around Nikkei cuisine: Japanese technique, Peruvian fire, everything designed to share…. As a Japanese restaurant in Paddington with a Peruvian heart, the a la carte runs from the sushi bar through the char-grill to bold signature plates. Head Chef Igor Pereira leads the kitchen; Head Sushi Chef Sandesh Baral runs the sushi.
A la carte and sushi are served throughout the week, alongside two tasting menus (Monday to Friday 12pm to 9pm, Saturday and Sunday 6pm to 9pm), the Seasonal at £54pp and the Signature at £69pp.
Reserve your table and experience Nikkei cuisine in Paddington.
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