Yen

From the moment you enter the giant glass doors, the experience begins. An impressive bamboo stairwell winds down to the main restaurant, which is beautiful, bright and airy. Its one of the few places that doesn't cramp diners on top of each other. Every course of food was beautifully presented and delicious - cooked, seasoned, spiced to perfection and service was impeccable. The soba noodles are even hand made, milled, rolled and daily by Head Chef Mr Sakurai.

I think this place probably deserves five stars but there are still some improvements that could be made. The food is really good quality and it's easy to have a healthy meal. I'm no expert on soba (their speciality) but I had a hot and plain one as part of the set lunch and it's pretty good. Awesome that they cook this homemade noodle 🍜 in just 25 seconds! The homemade tofu is worth a try but I wouldn't want to eat that much of it. The sushi was really good quality and I know that everyone else enjoyed the variety of different things they had too. Music is nice and relaxing, none of this loud hyper stuff. Yes it's quite expensive but then again pretty good value considering they even have computerised Japanese toilets! 🚻

Enjoyed the Negitoro Maki, soba noodle was good and sashimi was fresh, the tofu and seaweed salad was very pleasant. Thumbs up for great services. Liked the interior decor, not sure why but the toilet Japanese style of washing was not working. Price is a bit too high for the volume but given the central location and atmosphere, it wasn't bad.

After hearing so many good things about Yen and it’s soba we have decided it was time we tried it for ourselves. I always choose the chef’s counter as you get to watch incredible dishes being prepared right in front of your eyes and being in the middle of it all. We had Omakase sashimi and nigiri and of course the famous soba with duck broth (hot) and it was a dream. Seriously could have that broth every day. It is delicious.