Yakitori Toriasa — Restaurant in Kyoto

Today around 21:10, me and my mom went to 四条三井ビルあ, 鳥あさ for the supper, the staff kindly took us in to a big table and the other staff 中尾 also showed us how she is dedicated to her job by treating us with good hospitality, which is the best part of tonight!

She helped us A LOT during the whole dining experience, especially the ordering process, kindly translate the menu in English for us, and make sure we understand, even a double check after the order ! (Also thank you for recommending us the sake, it was pretty good!)

The food here is quite good, 7.8 out of 10 I would say, the portions are quite small though, but doesn’t affect the good quality of the yakitori.

When it comes to ordering food, not knowing much Japanese is really not easy for the tourists like us in Japan, especially when there’s no English menu, or even pictures on it!

Big thanks to 中尾！You are a true model for all the staff in the service line, this is what I called professional! Stand in other’s shoes and have good patience, not everyone can do that!

Please keep doing what you doing and keep smiling cause that smile really do impact the customers ! I am sure you are gonna do well in every position if you have that kind of energy, good luck in your future endeavors!

If the shop owner sees this, please consider a raise or a promotion for 中尾, because she is...

If it’s some other city I wouldn’t give 5 stars but because every other restaurant either is fully booked or refused us. This restaurant allowed us to eat around 7pm without a reservation while it’s near full unlike others. We ordered a variety of chicken skewers and their omakase 10pc. Everything’s up to par. Servers are friendly and attentive. If you’re like us, don’t be discouraged by their current rating. Come in and have a satisfying meal. Kyoto restaurant scene is too difficult for foreigners without reservations. This one...

The food looks amazing, unfortunately however our experience at Yakitori Toriasa was very much a case of 'lost in translation'

Unfortunately, despite the best attempts on both sides and the use of translation apps, what we received was different (and a lot less) than what we ordered, with quite long wait times between ordering & receiving.

After over 90 minutes & a lack of food, we ended up leaving hungry and went somewhere...