Enjoyable Sunday evening visit. Booked in over the telephone, and no problems when arriving on site. Was a bit worried about finding somewhere to park, but it turns out there is a council carpark, about 20 yards away, and when we went it, was free after 4pm. If this is the normal case, it's probably worth shouting about on the website! Layout of the menu was a bit strange, with different items seemingly in the wrong place. Food was very good. We had the 'starter for two' to share, but didn't realise it was not a set starter, and we were meant to choose 4 items form the starter section. As we had already decided on the mains and sides, we simply asked for their choice of 4. This turned out to be a very good suggestion. There was a couple of chicken items, ribs, and king prawns. All the starters were great. The only concern we had, was leaving room for the mains! All in all, it was a great visit, staff friendly and efficient, food was great, portions were large, and prices were reasonable. Building was an old town house, which had a modern extension, where most of the seating was. The room was bright and clean, with a large lantern skylight. Through the rear French doors, there was a nice outside area, perfect for when spring finally arrives.
Recommended, and worth a visit if in you are in Truro 2023 changed from 5* to 3* so after a few nice visits to the Yue, sadly it's all changed. We visited this year to find the menu completely changed. It's mainly Japanese now, and nothing really stood out as something we wanted. when we asked about the older food and starters they didn't know what we were talking about, so i'm guessing it's changed hands? Anyhow, 3 young staff on the floor, and somehow they managed the starter ok, but then only brought one main for 2 people. eventually after the floor staff and the kitchen staff had a shouting argument saying we didn't order 2 meals, they found the order in the bin, which did indeed have 2 meals for 2 people. Food eventually came out. So it looks like our favourite Chinese in Truro is no more, time to find somewhere...
Read moreHad a table booked for 8 guests for a birthday meal, it's a tiny restaurant so we essentially took up almost half of their capacity, staff were great, friendly and polite. The food was well cooked, generous portion sizes and very reasonably priced. You can see into the kitchen, the chefs were pleasant and the benefits of having the aroma all around the dining area really work up your appetite. It's hands down the best Japanese food I've had outside of Japan.
The takoyaki had a decent amount of octopus and wasn't oily or stodgy, crisp to perfection. The gyoza's looked handmade and my son said they are his new favourite, another child tried sashimi tuna for the 1st time and loved it and my youngest tried crab hand rolls for the first time that was wolfed down, looked to have plenty of fresh vegetables and rice in them too. My yaki soba was phenomenaly good, having a generous portion of chicken and fresh vegetables, cooked perfectly as was my wife's yaki udon. I also tried some of my mums katsu, they definitely add more spice for a western palette but in a way that still felt like katsu in Japan. My eldest daughter had a massive bowl of Raman that had to be taken away but was delicious and presented fantastically.
A bill for 8 including starters and drinks was less than I expected. All in all a great birthday to be had with friendly wonderful staff, a new gem that I can't wait to return to again and plan to book for when my brother and his family visit from Tokyo next year.
I have children with autism who it's safe to say have issues when stepping out of their comfort zone with new food but they all tried a new dish for either a main or starter and all of them want to come back for more. I definitely recommend...
Read moreReally disappointed tonight. Usually our favourite takeaway but the last few times we have been let down by wait times of 2+ hours, cold bland food & missing items. Last time we had 2 items missing, time before 3 items missing, this time round we had nothing missing but waited 2.5 hours for our food only to find out that one delivery driver is delivering all over Cornwall. This seems like a poor business plan. We were told our driver was “on his way to collect our food from the restaurant” for 1 hour. Meaning he was travelling large distances whilst our food got cold, again. Lovely overworked delivery driver couldn’t get away quick enough, nearly left without his tip as he’s spread too thin (across the whole of Cornwall to be precise). Sauces are watery and thin. Both black bean sauce & kung po tasted of vegetable stock and contained mainly veg and only 4 pieces of tofu in the whole dish. Our usual fave, inari nigiri was falling apart & the disparity between rice dishes was poor. Plain rice had less rice by half, fried rice has double the amount. Took 5 attempts to get through via phone to ask about wait times only to be confidently told that our food was out on the side waiting for the 2 hours. We were assured it was in a heat sealed container, this must be very new as this is the first time in 3 orders that our food was warm...
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