Nambu-tei Japanese restaurant
12 Thames Street Windsor, Berks SL4 1PL
Reviewed on Monday 11 May 2009
Nambu-tei Japanese restaurant
Nambu-tei Japanese restaurant is wonderfully located next to Windsor Castle. It is on Thames Street when you come from the train station. Near the top of the hill, the castle is on the left side and the restaurant on the right side. It belongs to the restaurant of the same name in London’s Baker Street. We did not have much time for lunch so we both decided on the tempura set which was served with rice, some Japanese pickles and some slices of orange. The tempura was well cooked, not greasy as it can be sometimes. The pickles were good addition to the tempura. The Asahi beers were cold and fine
Funny sushi clock
Sushi à la carte
Details of the sushi à la carte menu
Tempura set
Cost and conclusion: for two tempura sets, including rice, pickels and slices of orange as dessert, plus two Asahi beers it was just over £28 and it says “gratuities at your discretion” at the bottom of the bill. Excellent! I am totally against these 12.5% service charge left at your “discretion” but added to the bill. Why do we have to opt out if the service was bad? I find it pretty rude from some restaurants to assume they automatically deserve a 12.5% service charge. I always pay the service charge even when it is discretionary but I dislike the way it is often done by including it in the total bill. Also why 12.5%? I prefer the non tipping system like in France where the service charge is already included in every meal’s price as it is less misleading than here where you see lower prices in the menu (and in small print at the bottom you see about the service charge). So thanks to Nambu-tei for being polite and respecting their clients! We like that and we will be back!