Soul Sushi
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About Soul Sushi
Soul Sushi is a sushi restaurant on Nicolson St in Edinburgh, run for takeaway with a self-service ordering system where payment is taken at the time of order. The menu is built entirely around cooked and vegetable items, with no raw fish offered at all, alongside poke bowls, chicken katsu curry, and pork or vegetable gyoza. Salmon appears cooked in teriyaki form or within the bowls rather than as sashimi. It opens daily on a walk-in basis, with no reservations taken. A student discount applies, and free water is offered alongside meals.
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention chicken katsu curry, salmon quality inconsistent, poke bowls and pork gyoza.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention chicken katsu curry, salmon quality inconsistent, poke bowls and pork gyoza.
Customer Review Summary
Chicken katsu curry emerges as the most frequently praised item, drawing students for its generous, affordable portions and repeatedly called tasty, though one reviewer found both the sushi pieces and the katsu curry portion small. Close behind, poke bowls and seared salmon sashimi draw praise for freshness, with one diner calling the seared salmon "super tasty and fresh" via a Too Good To Go order. Pork and vegetable gyoza also get mentioned favorably, though one reviewer notes the accompanying sauce felt skimpy. Complaints recur around inconsistency: one reviewer describes a salmon teriyaki as dry and overfried, adding they worried about food poisoning, while another reports paying for extra wasabi that wasn't included and waiting over 45 minutes for a self-service order. Another found the rice dry and the salmon plasticky, noting the restaurant doesn't serve raw fish beyond sashimi and poke, which disappointed them. When a poke bowl once arrived with the wrong ingredient, staff compensated the customer with a free set of gyoza.
Customer Review Summary
Chicken katsu curry emerges as the most frequently praised item, drawing students for its generous, affordable portions and repeatedly called tasty, though one reviewer found both the sushi pieces and the katsu curry portion small. Close behind, poke bowls and seared salmon sashimi draw praise for freshness, with one diner calling the seared salmon "super tasty and fresh" via a Too Good To Go order. Pork and vegetable gyoza also get mentioned favorably, though one reviewer notes the accompanying sauce felt skimpy. Complaints recur around inconsistency: one reviewer describes a salmon teriyaki as dry and overfried, adding they worried about food poisoning, while another reports paying for extra wasabi that wasn't included and waiting over 45 minutes for a self-service order. Another found the rice dry and the salmon plasticky, noting the restaurant doesn't serve raw fish beyond sashimi and poke, which disappointed them. When a poke bowl once arrived with the wrong ingredient, staff compensated the customer with a free set of gyoza.
Featured reviews
- Zuzka Kašparová
“Lovely little shop, we went there for some dinner. It was almost closing time but they still were working like clockwork. The food was very very good and the price was fair. I appreciate their work - go there and give them some love 💕”
- Francesca Forristal
“Great service! Clean, nice atmosphere - but honestly the food let it down a bit. Perfectly serviceable, but the rice was kinda dry, the salmon tasted kinda plasticky. Also feel like I’m biased because they don’t do any raw fish here, and that’s what I was hoping for. My friend enjoyed the katsu!”
- Bella Donna
“Sushi pieces are really small The chicken cat su curry portion is small as well”
- Riku Mikoto
“Absolute bs! The service, food and price is absolutely terrible. It's Self-Service, but the servers does not follow the order, they just make the wrong stuff. As simple as wasabi, its extra cost and we ordered specifically extra, but literally there's a dot. Paid but got cheater. Same with salmon. It's also takes so long if its not premaded ready to go... took over 45mins for our order. No next time.”
- Julie Baird
“Came in for lunch this afternoon and really impressed with the quality of the food. Ordered two poke bowls and salmon sashimi and all delicious. Polite and friendly server and we were offered free water with our meal”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Good to know
“Sushi take-out offering handmade, fresh rolls, nigiri, sashimi, poké bowls & hot katsu curries.”
- ReservationsWalk-in only
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