Yak’s Teriyaki

Love the food but the lady owner told me I was really fat last time I came in so I won’t be back

i go to a lot of teriyaki joints. this place was surprisingly good. kinda grungy looking on the inside though.

I love this place. Food is great. customer service is awsome. I’ve never had bad food from hear.

Hecka good teriyaki! Staff is friendly to the max! I’ll be checkin in more.
I like their spicy chicken and bbq pork

I am always looking for a good teriyaki restaurant. I tried this place today and was very disappointed with The Chicken Curry Special. I ordered to go and when I opened my container at home it consisted of 6 – 7 small pieces of chicken and over 12 pieces of potatoes. Most of the container consisted of rice. This could have been an enjoyable meal if there was more chicken. It should have been called Potato Curry with some chicken. I did show up at 2 pm and maybe I was given the last bit…

Very good teriyaki! The pork here is awesome! Good to see a teriyaki that has pork as main special over the chicken. Recommend it. Good price good taste

Service is friendly, portions are fine but the food is quite mediocre. The spicy chicken breast teriyaki was overcooked, had mostly spice and almost no teriyaki sauce, the rice was too dry and the salad was about par for most teriyaki places.
Messing up the namesake ingredient is a deal killer.

Excellent, quick teriyaki. We come here at least once a week but they remember your face and order after just one trip. There is easy parking and they accept Visa. If you’re not very hungry get the bowl because the normal dish is a lot of chicken! Enjoy!

It’s a typical teriyaki place, nothing fancy. We went for lunch and their chicken teriyaki plate is 6.49 and chicken bowl (bowl of rice topped with chicken) 4.99; standard prices. They have daily specials including drinks for 7.99.
The chicken teriyaki is very plump and juicy. It’s good without the sauce.
The cashier is efficient and nice. He remembers you and your orders after just one time!

Know that I am a huge Teriyaki fan and was pretty happy to work right next to this place. I’ve been a regular here since day one. First run at a teriyaki joint I always get the spicy chicken because well that should be something you have to perfect to be a respectable teriyaki place. It came out relatively fast (less than 5 minutes). Chicken was moist and pretty darn tender. Came back and tried a couple more dishes. Their teriyaki beef is amazing. Its soft and full of flavor. Their bbq pork, although not on par with kau kau’s, is also worth mentioning. Overall, I haven’t had an unpleasant meal here. Btw, I always order with their pink rice and grilled onions. Makes everything that much better. And their portions fill you up, but you’re not going to get another meal out of it unlike other teriyaki places, but leftover teriyaki is not that great anyways.
They didn’t receive a 5 star because well, I believe the 5 star is only reserved for the very best teriyaki place. I haven’t found that place so if anyone know of that place please pm me.

Well, finally got a chance to try out the infamous Yak’s teriyaki. I’ve heard about this places for ages. However, the hype was a bit larger than reality, at least for me. It was plain, generic teriyaki, at best. I thought the prices were a bit on the high side for the amount of food you get. C’mon, it’s a teriyaki joint, you should be stuffed when you leave the place.
I got the combo chicken and gyoza and spent over $ 8.00. The 4 gyozas were all deep fried, not pan fried. There wasn’t much chicken over a ton of rice. After eating the meat and gyoza with some rice, I wasn’t totally full nor satisfied.
Nothing worse than eating enough where you’re not hungry but not really full. So, I was left with that feeling where you wish you hadn’t eaten the food to start with so you could have been happy with something else.

Recognize that my five star rating doesn’t represent a belief that Yak’s deserves a Michelin star. It is what it is, a divey Teriyaki place. Within that context it is absolutely awesome. A couple of things deserve special attention, both having to do with sweet, sweet wonderful pork. Their Humbao are a treasure beyond measure. Generous mounds of fluffy, white steamed bread filled to capacity with their awesome pork, shredded and laced with their secret sauce. Whenever we dine there we get at least a dozen to go for lunches over the next few days.
On to their BBQ pork. No, this is not KauKau where you can watch the whole roasted pig being dissected into it’s individual yummy parts. Instead this is the pinnacle of the little red tipped slices that you can get at your grocery store or as appetizers in bars or cheap Chinese restaurants. Those dry little slices are as frozen pizza to Yak’s full, rich steaming Chicago deep dish pie version of BBQ pork.
Yak’s takes the tenderloin, slow roasts it in the odd, artificially colored red stuff (don’t know why), then they take this tender, succulent meat and carve it to order over a bed of their (reviewed below) excellent pink rice. A healthy ladle or two of their delightful sauce, a little coleslaw vinaigrette on the side, and you are in Teriyaki junk food heaven.
Stop by. It’s worth the trip.

Your gonna like it! This spot has been around for decades as have its sister location in the Fremont area. The BBQ pork and Rice are legendary, Just ask around, Have you been to Yak’s? lunch at one, dinner at the other. You wont be sorry! Next door to The Siren Pool, Darts, Pull tabs, and Beer.

Solid place for teriyaki but not the best. Had the chicken & beef combo. Good size portions but could have been much better quality.

I ate here almost 20 years ago. I have never had teriyaki chicken like this. It is tender, tasty and juicy. The combo with the barbecue pork is the best. Go there… eat… be happy.
Don’t look for anything fancy, just good food.

Red porky goodness. I’m not sure if it’s magic juice or some other potion from Harry Potter, but I really like the unnatural red food that is pork from Yaks. It’s not of the same quality and variety of somewhere like Kau Kau, which is a short drive from Yaks, but it lives on its own merits, and parking is gloriously easy. The neighborhood is not very nice, admittedly, A couple summers ago, I had the unsightly experience of seeing two homeless people actually have sex on the adjoining sidewalk on the North side as I entered the restaurant. But, even through that, I endured, went in and enjoyed some delicious BBQ pork.
The surroundings are not palacial, but there’s usually a copy of the Seattle Times laying around that you can grab and read as you drink your Snapple. Sometimes people say «This place has seen better days» when referring to somewhere, and in the case of Yak’s I really can’t say if that’s true or not.

So for true BBQ pork. I reviewed KauKau. but if you want the best BBQ Pork Teriyaki. you need to come to YAK’s order extra meat you will not be dissapointed.
The meat is soft, flavorful and abundant.

I like to refer to this little place as «slum teriyaki». It’s right next to a seedy-​ish tavern and the first time I went there, I was one of the only two women in the entire place without a mullet. (see photo.)
Fast and cheap… Just what you’d expect from any teriyaki joint. Go early though, they get busy at lunch. (Not that kind of «busy».)

Running errands in SODO today, got hungry, and thankfully I walked into Yak’s for some grub.
I can only speak for the gyoza and mongolian beef. Both were great and the food was cooked relatively fast. I also especially liked the beverage options. Most Teriyaki places I’ve been to have soda, water and a few other options. Yak’s had like 4 fridges with soda, Gatorade, tea, water, Sobe, all kinds of stuff!
If I’m in the area, I’ll be back to check out their Tsao’s chicken.

Yummy PINK, yes that’s right, PINK rice! Teriyaki standards are served up here well. Run by a nice Korean family, the service is always fast and friendly. With their added frequent buyers punch card, a nice touch, this place gets a big BOO-​YEAH from me and my co-​workers. Ron M. swears the pink rice grows hair, hey guys, just a side note!
Nice soft drink selection, either from the fountain or in the cooler via bottles and cans, you should be able to find something to quench your thirst.
Teriyaki Chicken, Pork, & Beef are served in great sized portions, and plenty of flavor. The «pink» rice is extra on a few dishes, while it comes standard on others. It’s worth a try. Check out their daily specials, there’s a nice selection to tickle most anyone’s fancy.
Oh, non-​meat eaters need not apply.
Take out or stay in, it’s all good…