Self-service dining room
A buffet with a little ceremony.
Nori & Ember is a self-service restaurant built around generous stations, live cooking, warm service, and a dining room that still feels composed.
About
Built for guests who want choice without noise.
A polished buffet experience should feel easy: clear routes, fresh plates, attentive replenishment, and food that looks as considered as it tastes.
We organize the dining room like a quiet market: salads and chilled seafood up front, hot dishes at the center, dessert and coffee at the close.
Every service has a chef on the floor, small-batch refills, visible labels, and room for guests to return to the buffet without breaking the evening.
Buffet
Stations for every appetite, paced through the room.
The buffet is arranged as a sequence: bright cold plates, flame-led mains, hand-finished carving, and a dessert bar that rewards one last walk.
Sushi bar
Carving station
Dessert bar
Visit for lunch, stay through dessert.
Weekdays are relaxed and quick. Dinner service slows the room down with live pans, carved roasts, and a brighter dessert counter.
Stations
Freshness you can see from across the room.
Each station is staffed, labeled, and replenished in smaller batches so guests see movement instead of tired trays.
Live wok
Noodles, vegetables, and sauces finished to order over high heat.
Carving table
Roast beef, glazed ham, and rotating seasonal vegetables.
Sweet room
Mini cakes, fruit, custards, and soft serve reset through the service.
Events
Weeknight ease, weekend abundance.
The room changes through the day: faster lunch plates, slower dinner service, and Weekend brunch built for families, birthdays, and long tables.
Lunch buffet
Monday to Friday, 11:30-15:00. Bright salads, hot line, sushi, and fast table turns.
Dinner service
Daily from 17:30. Expanded carving station, seafood, live wok, and dessert bar.
Weekend brunch
Saturday and Sunday, 10:00-15:30. Breakfast classics, roast counter, pancakes, and fruit.
Guest notes
The buffet, without the rush.
Guests come for choice, but return for the rhythm: fresh trays, clean counters, calm tables, and a dessert pass nobody wants to skip.
“It feels generous without feeling chaotic. The stations stay fresh, and the room never loses its calm.”
Maya Chen · Dinner guest
Location
Find the room before service begins.
Nori & Ember, Borough Market sits on a quieter corner near the evening route from the river. Arrive early for a calmer first plate.
WalkFive minutes from London Bridge
ServiceLunch · Dinner · Weekend brunch
Best arrival15 minutes before reservation
Nori & Ember, Borough Market
Five minutes from London Bridge
Contact
Hold a table near the stations.
Reserve for dinner, ask about group dining, or tell us about allergies before service. We will prepare the table and guide you through the buffet.