The exterior from afar resembles another well-known Japanese restaurant and that attracted me to enter. Only realised it is called Akashi when I reached the entrance, and since I had not tried them before, I decided to give them a shot.

The result was a sad dinner. The service staff was slow in the delivery of food orders.

Cha soba was too tough for the chewing. grilled squid sushi which I had been looking forward to. I was disappointed with its mild not fresh stench and irregularly grilled texture. The eel handroll was edible though. The less than average taste convinced me that this is not a place I will revisit.

The seats were a tad too close for comfort.

This is basically thick cut fries, drowned in brown gravy, with some melted cheese curds and they raved that this is served in Quebec-style.

I am not a fan of this dish. Too salty for me.

This place has limited seating space. Service staff were moderately friendly. However, the prices are higher as compared to the more popular fast food chains in Singapore.

The seafood ingredients were relatively fresh. However, the size of each ingredient was too small/thin. The salad was average and not exceptional in taste nor freshness.

Soup itself was mild salty in taste. After the cooking of the raw ingredients, there was not much of a change in its taste. It did not turn thicker nor saltier.

Only 2 service staff who tended to an dinner crowd on a weekend.

My suggestion will be to skip this place all together.

This is a subsidiary of the more popular and well-known outlet at Hitachi tower (Raffles place).

This dish was ordered to accompany drinks.

Personally disappointed and not impressed. They served it with sambal chilli by the side, which we felt were not suitable. They stir-fried the full cockles with garlic but not much of the taste went to the shellfish within.

Saddest part was some of the cockles were stale

Service staff standards were divided. A few were friendly and helpful but the rest pretended not to see when you already met their line of sight.

Do not expect friendly and approachable service here. The cashier was not helpful when we asked her what a particular menu selection meant. When asked another question, she got into a robotic tone and told us what was already written on their menu. We can read in English dear cashier. We just want more information before ordering as it was our first visit to your restaurant.

Food wise.. The chicken would taste better without the salty brown sauce. The skin was a little oily but the grilled till evenly brown colour was appealing. Server gave breast meat and we asked if we could have thigh meat instead. She did not reply, and went to toss the breast meat back into the stack of chicken meats and picked a thigh section of chicken, dropped it into the plate and walked to the salad station. We followed assuming that was what we were supposed to do. It would have helped if she smiled.

For side dish, the choice was either chips (fries), vegetables, or salad.

Choice made today was salad. Pasta salad was bland and does not appeal after a bite. Rocket salad was fresh though. So maybe you can come here for salad feast.

You may want to sit indoors here. There were no seats left inside and we had to settle for outdoor seating. The strong winds outside blew our food cold in minutes. Papers and tissues were also seen flying around in the windy environment.

Coffee is horrible. Do not waste your money. There are better cafes within walking distance from here.