Ayashi Kirameki

One of the worst restaurants I've ever been to.
Issues began with a clueless hostess who had not kept an eye on the reservations and not cleared tables on time for incoming reservations, so we found ourselves waiting for over 15mins as a queue formed out the door with more guest with the same issue.
The hostess ran around looking for tables, which is frankly not her job, and the owner was just standing around near the entrance, drinking beer and answering the occasional question the hostess had, feigning to delegate. It wasn't very reassuring that she had to repeatedly ask him for the password for the hosting screen...
We already got a sense that staff was untrained as we watched two waitresses loudly discuss a table for two minutes straight as they all scuffled at the one and only cash till.
Throughout our stay another queue also formed of people wanting to pay, which caused three waitresses to fight the till at regular intervals.
All of this was overshadowed by such obnoxiously loud drum and bass music that was headache inducing within minutes. Likely the bass and treble was turned to maximum and we spotted two ceiling speakers as well as a 1m speaker in close vicinity.
Getting our orders in took another 15-20mins and it took ages for drinks to come out, of which the quality was subpar. The tea was mediocre, the beer barely cold and the 'cocktail' almost only consisted of gin.
The starters and main courses eventually arrived, all at the same time to our disappointment and there are several complaints about the dishes themselves.
The lobster buns were more likely than not surimi and not actual lobster as there wasn't a hint of the flavour and I've have dined enough in reputable establishments to know the taste of lobster...
The duck dish was barely still warm, which was only saved by the fact that it was prepared crispy.
If there were a championship for most underwhelming and undersized maki sushi, they would definitely win, it was honestly a farce how small they were...
Another dish was written to contain burrata but it was nowhere to be found...
The usual mistake of wannabe fusion restaurants is also an absurdly large menu, which they are definitely guilty of.
Oddly enough we could also get Japanese beer, despite it not being on their menu at all.
Lastly, when asking for the bill, from a table clearer as nobody else was available, they promptly printed the bill for the next table over instead...
The management is atrocious and staff is not properly trained whatsoever.
It felt more like a poor attempt at restaurant simulator than an actual endeavour to serve half-decent food.
This place is a joke, and so is the incredibly pretentious owner.

We absolutely loved eating at Yedo. The staff was incredibly welcoming and friendly and the food was fantastic. We only had the Fuji Chrunchy for allergy reasons with cream cheese, they were perfectly prepared! We also shared the Golden Secret, the mayo dip that came with them was amazing. I had to try the curry with chicken and it was incredibly crisp and flavourful and my friend had the Udon with duck and both were wonderfully crisp but not dry at all and flavourful. The drinks menu is also quite vast and the quality was also to our satisfaction.
Absolutely recommend and will visit again.
Personally I'd want even more Vietnamese dishes ❤️