Yats

The atmosphere here matches the food it explains the culture very well. It is very inviting and cozy. It has dim lights, counter seating, and more so of a Mardi Gras décor.. There wasn’t much of a wait so we were greeted right away and our food came out almost immediately. I felt very welcomed since I work in the restaurant industry. The food I choose to get was the half and half with Chili Cheese Étouffée with Crawfish and Gumbo. They both were really good I was surprised, also the bread they have is very good. The service was great they were all really friendly he told me where I can find the condiments; and also recommended a sauce I should try for my food. Overall I had a very good time and the food was good, I would recommend it to others look for creole food. Also anything on the chalkboard menu is delicious. Great attitude with the staff makes for a pleasant experience overall. Parking is a challenge though.

Chili and cheese Etoufee. I wasn’t too sure about it, but it was Delicious! A great spot for a nice afternoon lunch. Enjoyed it very much.

I have never seen such a level of disrespect in my entire life as a consumer from a restaurant. The majority of Angie’s List comes here from time to time to eat lunch, and we have never had service as we had today. One of my colleagues did not realize that he did not get water in his cup, in fact, he had not touched the cup for a whole 5 minutes since it sat on the table. Even after his food arrived, the cup had not moved. When we arrived, the cashier did not move once we walked in, he continued to sit down and have a conversation with others, rather than take our order. This same cashier walked over, took his drink and said, «We take these when you ask for water around here…» that was it, there was no other conversation, and he walked away. Upon leaving, and giving a tip, my co-​worker decided to voice his complaint to the employee cleaning the table. The employee laughed loudly, and said, «That’s how we do things around here…» He walked into the kitchen, laughing continuously, and told the story to everyone in the kitchen. This lack of respect for customers that enter an establishment, to spend their money to ultimately benefit the owner of this franchise, is 100% unacceptable. This will not be over looked, and this will be heard. I would hope that the owner of Yats would take this very seriously, I am highly doubtful that this is the first time these horrible employees have disrespected customers. Do yourself a favor, Go to the location on College Ave. if you want to have a real Yats experience. This was completely unacceptable, and I will let ALL of Angie’s List know about this

Had a half order of curry chicken with mushroom étouffée and a half order of red beans and sausage. Both were well-​seasoned and warming — excellent for fighting off the cold drizzle outside.
Service was fast and somewhat friendly, but the place was mostly empty. Parking is problematic.
Good for a cheap lunch on your way to someplace else.

Yats never fails me! Constantly craving the drunken chicken or chorizo! Mass Ave yats is my fav cause they have a small bar and only an 8 minute bike ride from home. The staff is always a pleasure to interact with and most always remember me! I highly recommend yats if you’ve never experience the delicious Cajun creole

Good food, great price, very friendly people, very clean, little hard to find but worth the trip, will come back.

Fantastic food, awesome and personable staff. I can’t make it through a Tuesday without going to Yats!

Where to start on this review?
1. The bread. So good. Get extra… you’ll thank me.
2. Everything else on the menu. So good! Get a half plate… it’s plenty and you’ll thank me that you had room to eat the extra bread.
The food is delicious, quick and cheap. The staff is super nice. What more could you want?

This near-​IUPUI location is very convenient for those working and living by campus to get their creole fix.
My favorite item is the vegan white chili with tofu. I’ve noticed not all Yat’s locations have tofu in the vegan chili. I can always use extra protein to go along with the extra bread I order… keeps me from falling asleep at my desk. My coworkers like the chili cheese etouffe and the jambalaya.
The right amount of seating to meet the needs of the busy lunch crowd. Friendly staff, which I think is a signature of this local chain.
I really think they should stock the incredibly yummy Half Pound Carol’s cookies like the Avon location (hint hint).

I have primarily been to the mass ave and trader’s point location and I keep going back. This is seriously one of my favorite places in Indy. There are simple, often repetitive choices but whether it’s mushroom étouffée or the B&B corn and black bean medley, there are tons of vegetarian options. You can even mix and match by ordering half and half of two different entrees or even just getting a half order.
All entrees are served over white rice and served with bread that I believe is flavored with Cajun spices. It is delicious! My only suggestion would be to have brown rice as an option. I haven’t asked for this so I could be wrong but I didn’t see the option anywhere on the menu.

Yats is the best! The restaurant is clean and the food is tasty and affordable. I ordered the chicken and chorizo étouffée and chicken creole I believe. The chorizo étouffée was DELICIOUS! It was spicy and flavorful and I wish I would have ordered more before I left. The chicken creole was meh. It seemed too tomato-​y to me.
Overall, a really good experience. I will definitely have to make a trip down to eat here again.

Not my favorite Yats location by any means — Broad Ripple all the way. Why is not my favorite? Parking is sometimes an issue. But, its Yats so its an automatic 5 stars.
There is no better place in Indy to get a filling, delicious meal for under $ 10.
The drunken chicken, B&B and chili cheese etoufee are great go-​to Yats staples. If you have trouble making decisions like me you can get a half and half and try more than one. Served over rice.
No matter what you order, I have a couple of Yats commandments that you must follow:
This is no time to stick to your diet — get the cheese, onions and sour cream on top.
Order extra bread. It is made (in my opinion) with crack.
Don’t forget the hot sauce bar! More spiciness is always the way to go.

I had half & half drunken chicken and chilli cheese crawfish étouffée. It is so good it’s even better than all those I had in the land of Cajun food– New Orleans. It’s a perfect combination too, as the drunken chicken is spicy and the cheesy flavor of crawfish étouffée soothes the spiciness out. The only complaint I have is that the crawfish étouffée has only a little bit of crawfish in it. The drunken chicken comes with generous amount of meat tho!

So I stopped into Yat’s on Wednesday night, right before it was about to close (why do I always do that?). It’s nice to test what a restaurant really thinks about customer service by the way it treats those who show up in that last 5 minutes. You can tell a lot.
I understand that there are a few Yat’s locations here in Indy, but this one is very convenient on 10^th-​practically on IUPU campus. I walked, looked for a menu, the worker told me to look at the board, I looked at the board. I ordered the chicken white chili full-​plate for $ 6.75. I looked around and noticed a small cupboard with Nardia written on it, I thought it was more suited for Rumplestiltskin, but to each his own. I thought the décor of this place was a little wishy-​washy, so I would say it was eclectic to say the least. There were gold chandeliers from the ceilings. As long as the food hit the mark I couldn’t be happier. I quickly got my plate and sat down.
Perfect thick, hot, chicken-​chili over rice. The dish was hot, but well within reason. The real capper was the side of bread at the end which seemed to be coated with a Cajun spread of some type, I expected garlic so nice surprise. Cheap eats, full plates, weird décor, nice spice, and with the off chance I may see rumplestiltskin on my next visit I will be back!

I love yats! So I will most likely recommend the restaurant no matter where it is. The workers are always chill and friendly. The food it always great. I will say that sometimes I think the favor of things change from place to place. I have no idea way that is. I am pretty sure the items are factory made. But either way it’s never too different were its still not great! You should definitely give it a whirl.

The service here is fantastic. On our first visit, the cashier asked if we had been here before. We told him we hadn’t so he gave us a run down of what we could order as ordered samples of anything we wanted to try.
The chili cheese etoufee w/​crawfish is my favorite so far. It’s flavorful & pretty creamy without being too heavy.
I’ve also had:
— Curry Chicken
— Spinach & Mushroom Etoufee
— Drunken Chicken
— Chipotle Chicken
I love the bread/​toast here but it’s extremely oily and so bad for you. Definitely worth it once in awhile though.
All orders come with rice & toast, even the larger quart size. The rice to etouffée ratio is how I like it but I like my foods saucy so it may be too much for some people.
Definitely worth a try if you’re looking for a quick, filling meal.

Yats is my go to for quick lunchtime meet ups to a casual dinner option with friends. Each location is decorated slightly differently, but all locations are adorned with fun vibes, enthusiastic staff, an easy to digest menu, and delicious food!
The menu is written out on the chalkboard and changes daily.
My personal favorites: drunken chicken and white chicken chili. Mmmm, Mmm good!
Looking for a vegetarian option? The B&B is pretty delicious, too!
Can’t pick between two: get both! Order a half and half. Oh, and some extra bread: their bread is delicious! I don’t know what they do to it, but it’s amazing!

When I first moved to Indianapolis, I was told to go to Yats if I really liked good Cajun food. The person recommending it didn’t know that I was actually moving up from New Orleans, and so I was somewhat skeptical.
I must say that Yats is more New Orleans than Cajun, and I have to admit it was pretty good in its own way. The prices are also completely reasonable, especially for the portions. I really liked the fact that you have the option of ordering a half plate of one thing and a half or another thing.
Anyway, I thought the food was pretty good, I had the chicken macque choux and the jambalaya. I really wanted to try the red beans, but I didn’t want to eat so much rice. However, basically all the dishes at Yats come with rice. I wish there was an option where you didn’t have to get rice, especially if you are already getting something that is primarily rice I liked that garlic bread came with the meal as well.
Both dishes were very good, but I felt like they were a bit on the sweet side. The chicken macque choux was full of buttery goodness and I liked it more than the jambalaya, which is something that I usually default to. The jambalaya at Yats in my opinion had a lot of tomato which gave it more tang than I would prefer. So jambalaya was sweet and tangy. Further, it was chicken and sausage jambalaya, and I literally only had one slice of sausage in my jambalaya and bits of chicken. The same goes of rate chicken macque choux, not a lot of actual chicken (even when I was anticipating possibly a long cook resulting in shredded chicken, nope nothing really there). What’s up with that? As for spice/​heat? I am a spice/​heat wimp, and I can say that the food was not spicy at all at Yats, just a very mild hint.
It was a kind of downer that you had to eat off styrofoam plates, drink from styrofoam cups and use plastic utensils. I mean, I get it, the styrofoam cups are pretty new orleans *sarcasm*.
This however, won’t stop me from coming again as a quick and easy fix to hunger.

College Ave. Yats is a five-​start restaurant. I’m giving this Yats four stars because of the restaurant itself. I believe this is a new building, so I’m not sure what they were thinking with the décor! The original Yats has such character and pizazz. This location seems like some old indian restaurant: red walls, gold chandeliers, marbled tabletops… and yet you’re still eating on styrofoam plates with plastic forks! The good news is, this Yats provides the same delicious cajun food ladled over rice and served with generously buttered cajun bread. So, if you want a local draft beer with your meal, go to the Mass Ave. location. If you want history and character, go to the College Ave. location. Still I’m grateful to have this Yats, which provides tasty cajun dishes at a very low cost, a short walk from my home.
Tip: Yats let’s you sample anything from their chalkboard menu before you order it. So ask for a taste!

Ate here and liked it. Rice with gravy and little slices of garlic bread. Lost of hot sauces to choose from, which I love.
I got the something-​something-​with-​crawfish and I spent a few minutes poking with a fork but i could not find any crawfish =\