Roll Your Own Dragon Roll and Bottomless Brunch at Inamo Soho

[Ad- gifted experience] Dann and I are both a big fan of both eating and making food. When we heard about Inamo doing classes in their Soho branch, we were very interested in the idea of learning how to make something new! The Roll Your Own Dragon Roll class can be booked as a one off class or can be paired with a Bottomless Brunch inside the venue, so that you can eat the roll you just made and then sample some of their unlimited menu.

Roll Your Own Dragon Roll Class

We attended the class at midday on a Sunday, where a Japanese sushi sensi taught us how to make two different rolls. We made a thick hand roll, sort of like a baby burrito he said, for our starter roll. This gave everyone the chance to get familiar with how to create a sushi roll before we dived into the thinner and more intricate dragon roll. I liked the fact that we were going to be doing a bonus sushi roll and was really excited for the course! The room that they had us all in was labeled as Inamo’s Game Room, which was quite small for the class.

Everyone was paired up with another couple, and put at these desks which were at about waist height. There is no way to sit, so you will be standing for the entire course. The people in the back had a lot of issues being able to see, which was something the instructor was really concerned about, but he was quite pushy in his placement of people – including asking a less able bodied person to be in a different position, as she was in the only sitting position in the course. This seemed to have made a lot of people (myself included) a little uncomfortable, so it was clear nobody was going to move to “see better” at this point. I understand he had the best intentions, but the room itself just isn’t good if you need to have a clear line of site to create your rolls.

Apart from the size of the room, the class itself was great. As so many people couldn’t see, the instructor created both sushi rolls in front of us, then had us make them. I was a little nervous about creating both rolls after seeing them done, instead of following step by step, but the instructor came over after each step, went to each table, and provided more guidance or checked over what we had done. We ended up with two really fun rolls, one with a goofy dragon face and another full of different fillings, which both tasted delicious! I also learned a lot about sushi in general and about these two types of rolls. I have never made a presentation roll like the Dragon Roll before.

Bottomless Brunch at Inamo

After the class, we carried our sushi upstairs where we had tables ready for us. Inamo Soho has these interactive tables that have a built in track pad, allowing you to click on areas of the table to change the picture, play games and order food. The service was quite slow overall, when we were seated, we didn’t get explained what was included, and started ordering cocktails. These are quite expensive at Inamo – like 15£+ per drink. These also weren’t included, but we didn’t mind. They came quite quickly.

When it came to the bottomless brunch, you can get unlimited wine / beer (ordered via server), and then all of the items from the unlimited brunch menu. Several of the items have an additional charge, shown on the item when you order it, but otherwise you can pick whatever you want. Each person can order three items at a time, and once three items are finished on your table, you can order another three. We got our first item ordered quite quickly, but the other five (between the two of us) took it’s time to come out. There was actually a large wait between the different dishes. These dishes were small, so we did finish them quite fast, so there was just a lot of waiting around.

The food itself was really good, I loved the Yuzu Pork Belly! The tempura veggies weren’t worth the upcharge as they were quite greasy. Inamo has a bunch of interesting sushi on the menu, including a mango and beetroot sushi that was very neat to try. You can also get a dragon roll if you didn’t make your own in the course! There were some noodle dishes and bits of meat dishes as well, but because of how slow the food came out, we only ended up trying out maybe six dishes before we were out of time there. We didn’t use the full time, but after 20 minutes of nothing coming out, we decided to grab the check.

Overall, I really enjoyed the course and I liked the food that we did end up trying at Inamo! I found that the place could be a little more polished in the room size and in the speed of the food – I do get it is unlimited, but it was beyond too slow, especially if people weren’t sharing individual dishes. The food itself was great and the class was very, very fun. It’s a great date night idea!

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