Nice food. Slightly overpriced in my opinion. High noise levels outdoors due to pub next door.

Fantastic fine dining food alfresco, faultless, great service too, professional staff always there if you wanted something but not overbearing. Expensive....!! But worth it.

Too noisy on the street! Otherwise fabulous

Unlike many other restaurants, Yauatcha seems to have made no effort to achieve a pleasant outside space. Our table was under the small overhang at the front on the restaurant - no heating and very little cover, near to dripping water running off the end of the overhang. When we arrived, the staff initially tried to seat our party of three on a table barely large enough for two, and we had to complain to get it changed. Whilst the food is good, it and the wine are very expensive and for this amount we deserve better - others can do it, why not Yauatcha? The impression is they can't be bothered.

Service, location, heaters were perfect! The food was disappointing, dim sum weren’t hot and generally speaking was expecting higher than average for the price. Didn’t have my favorite desert.

Food was absolutely amazing! Would definitely return.

Food is amazing. But staff need to be trained better

The experience was marred unfortunately by other guests who I believe were allowed to stay slightly longer than they should have been. However the staff were fantastic when they dealt with them and were extremely accommodating the entire night; if I could give them 6 stars I would.

We were seated outside which was expected and we had been to eat the previous year on the same outdoor tables. We went, not thinking that it would be a problem.
There was a lot of noise from a construction site next to the restaurant. So loud that we couldn’t hear each other talk.
Not much of an ambience be cause it rained and we were outside.
Except for some dishes, the food was sub par. We eat there usually about a dozen times a year because the food is usually on point. This time our scallops were very fishy. Super fishy. Which could only mean that they were old. The pork and prawn dumpling was mush as was the mushroom dumpling which was a gloopy mush. There was a vegan desert that came with soggy rice crispies and just didn’t taste very nice. What happened to the food we asked each other when we left.
It was cold outside and rainy, we were prepared for that but we were surprised at the thoughtlessness of the service when everything we ordered came out together. Everything. About 9 types of dim sum, plus about 3 or 4 hot dishes. Outside. In the cold wind. So, some of our dishes went stone cold before we got to them.
The bathroom is which used to be pristine had a lot of white marks from lime scale around and on the taps and in the corners of the sinks. The mirror was flecked with dust and watermarks. It seemed like someone has given up on this place. One of the waiters made a cringeworthy comment about us understanding and speaking Hindi based on our skin colour. Inappropriate behaviour.
The matcha desert was tasty. The fried squid, duck rolls and venison puffs were beautiful.

I spent an awful evening there!!! Food was not tasty ans with COVID rules you have to spend at least £50. I do not recommend this place

Lovely meal just be careful booking with open table

It was very good but I think the prices have gone up quite a bit which was disappointing

Outside on busy street but food and service were excellent. Missed the calm and refined ambience of interior seating but hopefully will be open again soon (closed due to covid restrictions).

Well done to the team, not much outdoor space but the food was flawless

Amazing experience and food was lovely will definitely go again

Still a little bit cold to dine outside.

Best food in london and given the circumstances it was still a great atmosphere and service. Was very covid secure. Waiter was lovely as was everyone.

If eating outside, at lunch time, be warned there’s a lot of roadworks!! I had a seat that was basically on the sidewalk and kept getting knocked into by every person walking past.

The food as always is amazing but sitting outside on the street is not a great place to be compared to what other restaurants offer

Loud, noisy... Once we found out how crowded and noisy it was we complained and asked to cancel the reservation. We were told that this was not possible and we would be charged £100.
Very disappointed.

Great to be out in Soho just a shame there was a building site opposite ! Still love yautcha x

When we got there, the maitre d’ was abit frantic but the rest of the serving staff and waiters were brilliant. The food was excellent as always - one of my favourites in London. A little cold outside but the heaters helped a lot. Fantastic to be back and a big thanks to our lovely waiter.

Appreciate that the outside seating is temporary but the service was way below what I expect. Not sure what’s happened to the regular staff

The food is incredible!!!! The service was great, the staff are lovely. The only sad bit was having to eat outside (covid) and there being road works opposite. Ill definitely be back when I can done inside for the full experience!

Although one has to make concessions for the limitations of outdoor dining due to Covid restrictions, the set up is just not acceptable. Passers by walk continuously along the tables, which are too close together anyway, no proper social distancing is in place. The set up is crammed and dusty and super-noisy from the building site and the street market nearby and delivery vans park near the tables constantly causing extra noise.
Tables are rickety and have no tablecloth and the service is not in any way refined like it used to be.
The days of school-trained, career waiters are long gone and they’ve been replaced by less skilled staff who kept trying to sell us overpriced cocktails to make a quick buck.
The service and set up in no way represents value for money any longer: it’s better to go to a cheap Chinese restaurant in China Town.

Very good food but overpriced 36 pound for plate of dumplings,good service in general

Birthday meal

Way to much interaction with waiters constantly asking if our cold food was ok...

Tasted like cheap takeaway

Outside seating could have been handled with some
taste and basic aesthetics as have been done by many
restaurants in current restrictions.
Staff was confused and unable to handle the service outside !
Food was good , beef great , prawns very basic &
Soft shell crab was super .

A bit cramped for outdoor seating but the food was steaming and tasty. Will definitely go again

We live taut ha. Service is great. Food is super yummy. Price is ok for the quality. The only thing is the noise outside with builders, traffic, people but we understand is covid times and couldn't care less. But cannot wait to have my food inside.

Service and ambiance suffer from outdoor dining, but the food is as brilliant as ever. Wine seriously overpriced priced but fun cocktails.

Very nice service and food was amazing. Second time visiting but planning to go again soon.

The food was divine and I think this is quickly one of my favorite places

Server was amazing along with the good. Didn’t enjoy the spicy pork sezchuan wanton but everything else was amazing: ambience was great and the cocktails were lovely

We were so pleased to get a table in the heated patio and to finally eat out, but unfortunately the heater was 4 tables away and we were quite cold and uncomfortable. We ordered off the set harmony menu which was £52 per person and while the service was good, the food was so so.

Arrived on time for our booking as was made to stand around in the drizzle for 15 minutes as they seemed unable to shift the people overstaying their timeslot (given the inconvenience why we could not have been given a quiet indoor corner to wait out of the rain with our masks peacefully I can't imagine..) yet other tables were empty. Not the nicest corner to enjoy a meal, but it's covid times so no fault there (my main meal was cold as well, however the dim sums were piping hot...). Wouldn't recommend for sitting outdoors, indoors of course yes!

Prices did not match the menu prices, food came out in dribs and drabs

Delicious food as always but don't go on a cold or wet day until the inside reopens! Some of the tables outside aren't under cover and they don't have many heaters.

The food was a little cold but the outdoor vibe didn’t help that