Hayashi291 Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in Melbourne

I’m going to be frank, please set your expectations when coming. I wasn’t originally going to write something, but even after having my second dinner I’m still a little annoyed that I had to come here, so here I am.

The reason why I’m upset is the food was foodcourt quality, the dish I had was the pork and eggplant don. Where the pork was a little smelly and there was a strong bitter taste from the dish, I’m guessing it was the poorly cooked eggplant. The miso soup that came with it was really watered down from the powder they use to make it. With all honesty their ingredients seems fresh but the chef doesn’t appear to know what they are doing or their trying save costs by not putting all the ingredients they should in the recipe. If it was the later I would prefer if they just increase the price on their menu and have a decent meal then pay a premium for foodcourt quality food.

I think what was most upsetting for me was I had to sit through the dinner with my partner and her friend hungry and waiting to leave without eating the rest of my meal, they didn’t enjoy their food either but they had conversation so they didn’t mind. I think the situation put me in an extra foul mood so this should be taken into account in this review.

After dinner I went over to mazi to get myself a HSP box thinking I would let it go after being full, but here I am writing...

Totally disappointing and frustrating. I ordered a ramen (ie noodles soup) to be delivered to work place. The food arrived - soup already in the noodles, in the same bowl. According to them, they’ll only separate soup and noodles “on request”. I didn’t realise it has to be requested because every other respectable noodles soup takeaway I’ve ordered, have always come with noodles and soup separated, so the noodles don’t go soggy. Not everyone gets to eat their food the second it arrives. The staff member who spoke to me refused to rectify the situation, and said “I’m not going to sit here and argue with you!” So I granted her wish, I hung up.

What was even more disappointing, apart from my soggy noodles, was that the noodles they used, didn’t look/taste like ramen noodles at all. They are almost same as a Hokkien noodle. Texture and taste was all wrong in a bowl of ramen.

To be honest, it gives me the feeling that this business doesn’t take pride in their...

Not authentic and horrible food.

Had the Gyudon Beef (sliced beef on rice with Teriyaki sauce). Stringer tendoney “beef” meat - tough like a cardboard toilet inner roll and heavy gamey odour - yuck ! not sure if it was even beef!

Disgusted I doused it with lots of table soy sauce and 7-spice powder and quickly wolved it down and imagined England, only because I was starving.

And to boot, it took them more than 25minutes to produce!

Additionally, I had asked for hot water to sooth my lingering post cold chest congestion, and that went ignored and towards the end of my meal, someone else gave me cold table water.

So even the service they can’t get right.

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