I attended Yaya's on 21/08/21 I called ahead to book a table (to avoid waiting around) gentleman over the phone stated we don't do bookings. - that fine I can understand.

Arrived around 18:30 as I come from Bury parked further down the side street as the same as everyone else. There was a gentleman with his Mrs waiting for a table so myself and my Mrs waited then a few guys come in and walked past us to get served/get a table and one of the worker saw us waiting (he was outside the entrance on a break) and asked if we have been severed which I stated no and he got us table and told the guys who walked past us to wait as we arrived first (I honestly thought we would get ignored and I really appreciate the worker get us a table) - top marks for that never forget that thank you.

I ordered Fillet Steak Medium Well - Peppercorn Sauce (the sauce tin was pushed on the mash didn't like that I am sure they could of made space for it else where on the plate).

My Mrs ordered Chicken Tagliatelle Pasta Creamy Peri Peri - with Cheese extra £1.25 (kind of bit expensive when the pasta is 11.25 on it own through the cheese in for free or incorporate in your price).

I did ask the server if we could move tables (too more private area) but as we ordered we were told it logged in the system (Table 9B) and would cause problems - we didn't mind this.

So, the food arrived quite quick I was assuming it would take longer food was nice no complains the only thing I can say it is a bit pricey and the portion are bit small (well for my steak it was and the chips were small portion also).

They tried to sell us mocktails but we were not interested got normal drinks can £2 bottles £2.65 more than double the normal price!

Then comes this service charge added without your consent (I did some googling and its 10% of your bill they add on) very cheeky.

I spoke to my friend about this service charge he was like your in a restaurant just pay I was like the restaurant it on Bury Old Road not some top end in Manchester, my Mrs is like leave it just pay but personally this should be advised to the customers before adding it on.

The place seemed a bit crammed like tables were too close to each other so privacy is not really there but was really busy the local like the place and the music is a bit too loud also.

The customer service was decent and so was the food but just giving an honest review.

As we were leaving we saw 2 family waiting so we know the place is busy.

Also, there is not a variety of food compared to other restaurant but you can't do much about that.

-1 star for being pricey -1 star for service charge -1 star for small portions

+1 star for the gentleman (the guy with the beard and glasses older gent) greeted us at the entrance an getting us a table - this one of the many reasons I paid the service charge.