Yen Rotunda | Oriental Restaurant | Frequently Asked Questions


	TEPPANYAKI AND ORIENTAL RESTAURANT

"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius

Ramen - thin, wheat-based noodles with soda water. The dough is set to rise before being pulled. Ramen is a Japanese noodle dish that originated in China. It is served in a meat- or fish-based broth, often flavored with soy or miso
Soba is a type of thin Japanese noodle made from buckwheat flour. It is served either chilled with a dipping sauce, or in hot broth as a noodle soup. Moreover, it is common in Japan to refer to any thin noodle as soba in contrast to udon which are thick noodles made from wheat. Yakisoba usually refers to sõsu yakisoba, flavored with yakisoba sauce
Udon is a type of thick wheat-flour noodle popular in Japanese cuisine. Udon is usually served hot as noodle soup in a mildly flavoured broth, in its simplest form as kake udon, served in kakejiru made of dashi, soy sauce (shõyu), and mirin
Yaki means grilled, broiled or pan-fried. Yaki dishes are not soup-based

How it works is that you share the teppanyaki table with other diners, as one table seats between 8 to 14 people. If you make a booking for eight people, you will generally have the table to yourselves. If you book for two, we will try to group people together as the more people on the table, the more fun!
One thing to look out for: the chefs like to flick egg into people's mouths (don't ask me why), and it's quite funny when customers miss or catch the egg. As long as you don't mind laughing at people or being laughed at, you'll have memorable evening!
Once your meal is finished, we move you to the bar area so you can have your own table again. We find that some people enjoy eating with other people so much that they end up having coffees and spending the rest of the evening together. We've even had people swapping numbers, but no weddings as yet!
It's important to remember that it's your choice: How much you participate is completely up to you; if you want a fun night of chatting to a table of people, teppanyaki at Yen is a great ice-breaker; if you want a quiet meal with your partner, the layout of our tables is ideal for that also

Generally, you will be given a table to yourselves if you make a booking for 8 to 14 people. Any more than 14, and we will give you two tables facing each other
In the teppanyaki restaurant there are only four tables, so if you're wishing to book teppanyaki for a large group, please book as early as possible to avoid disappointment

No matter what you order from the à la carte menu, your meal will include:
an appetiser of the day
fresh crunchy salad
japanese miso soup
first main course
japanese fried rice
second main course
vegetables
dessert
It's really good value when you compare it to a normal three course meal: it’s all built into the price, so you know how much you are paying as soon as you order. You don't have to worry about adding a side dish as it's all included
Best of all: you get your own personal chef!

Teppanyaki is similar to a barbecue and it's not much fun for a vegetarian to have lots of raw meat being cooked in front of them, however, we do have a vegetarian option
If there are a lot of vegetarians in your party, we would recommend you dine in our first floor oriental restaurant as there is a lot more choice in our cantonese, japanese and thai menus

Everybody has all their meat courses cooked together with the same utensils. If halal meat touches meat that is not halal, it is viewed as being "contaminated"
As a special request we can have your main courses cooked first before anyone else gets to eat - that way your halal meat will not come in contact with other meats

Gluten is not much of a problem in teppanyaki cooking - the food is cooked quickly in a light vegetable oil and all sauces which might be suspect can easily be avoided simply by telling the chef, who is cooking right in front of you, what you don't want
All the sauces which are used are added after cooking. The rice we use in the teppanyaki is nishiki rice, which is gluten free, and you would ask the chef not to add soy sauce
In the oriental restaurant, just ask the person taking your order to make sure that what you have ordered is gluten free. If your original choice is not gluten free, we can recommend dishes for you that will be
With regards to nut allergies, again please tell the person taking your order and we will ensure that there are no traces of nut in your meal
We are more than happy to cater for you

Yes. We tend to have sittings every half hour
We ask that diners arrive promptly for their sitting. The chefs cook the meal at the table, and if we delayed for one late party, it would mean everyone having to wait, which wouldn't make you the most popular person with the other diners!
Obviously the unforeseen is... well, unforeseen! Should you find yourself running late, don't worry: we will do our best to catch you up
Your sitting lasts for approximately two hours
You are welcome to arrive early and relax with a drink in our bar area

We do not require a deposit for our oriental restaurant
For teppanyaki dining we ask for a £10 deposit per person. The reason is practical, and to the benefit of our diners: generally, a deposit means people are more likely to come to their booking, so if there are two people who have paid a deposit but have not yet arrived, we will presume they are held up and will delay the sitting for them as long as possible, so that the show does not start till they arrive

Far from it!
After you have finished your meal, you can move to the bar area where you are welcome to stay until we close

Our teppanyaki restaurant is wheelchair accessible. This restaurant is on the ground floor and the disabled toilet is also on the ground floor
Please let us know if you require a wheelchair accessible table when booking
As we are in a historic listed building, we cannot put a lift into the first floor oriental restaurant so there is no disabled access to the first floor. As both restaurants are run separately, only their respective menus will be offered, ie thet teppanyaki restaurant will not serve food from the oriental restaurant

Gift vouchers are available
They are made up according to the amount you want. You are welcome to purchase one during our opening hours
Please note that our gift vouchers have no expiry date