Be educated while you eat. There's always something thrilling about getting close up and watching a master at work. The Japanese teppan-yaki area at this classy pan-Asian restaurant on bustling Baggot Street, where the chef cooks your food right on your tabletop, is a feast for the eye as well as the palate. Choose from a selection of scallops, sea bass, steak, teriyaki chicken, and prawns, and watch as a beautiful grilled dish is whipped up before your eyes. The white walls and dark lacquered furnishings give Chai-Yo a serene ambience, enhanced by the delicate glassware and fine, green-washed-porcelain plates. The menu picks the best from Chinese, Thai, and Japanese dishes. The miso soup with tofu, seaweed, and spring onions is a simple but tasty starter, and the king scallops in Thai chili oil with scallion and onion is the most popular main course.
Reviewed by mary_sam from Dublin, Ireland on 12/10/07
Left this restaurant feeling hungry. Chef was friendly, but he was the exception. Waiting staff were sullen and unhelpful, and food/drink was overpriced for the quality/quantity received.
Will not be returning to this restaurant and would advise others not to.
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