Been there #15...

Yauatcha
15 Broadwick Street, London, W1F 0DL

I have tried Yauatcha on Tuesday for the 3^rd time since the opening. Yauatcha is the sister restaurant of the overtyped and expensive restaurant Hakkassan. The owner of both restaurants is also the master creator of Wagamama restaurant chain.I was able to get a table booked for 4 people the same day for the evening. I wasn’t excited by the friendliness of the staff. I think the restaurant is so popular and trendy that the reception staff doesn’t really care about giving the extra smile to you but the people who were serving our food were friendly and helpful.

Overall, the food is still very very good. And this is why you are coming back to this restaurant. We had some seabass and prawns steamed dim sums, followed by some excellent Mongolian lamb (looks similar to the crispy duck but with lamb) and also some Singapore noodles. The service is quick and efficient. But it’d better be because when you have the table at 8.15pm, you are told to leave by 10pm for the next reservation. Having said that, at 10.30pm, we were still at the table with our drinks with no pressure from the staff to get us out from the restaurant.

The bill came out to £32 each with 6 beers and 3 glasses of Chardonnay. Strangely enough, they serve the wine in some canteen type glasses, which was quite odd for me being a Frenchman. I will come back again for sure for the excellent food they serve there. I didn’t have enough space in my stomach to try the desserts exhibited on the ground floor. Next time maybe…