First time at this store. Great service. Great portions. Nice mix of vegetables: carrots, broccoli, cauliflower. Allows substitution of rice for more vegetables. Have been to many other Yoshinoyas that will let you hold the rice but will not give you more veggies and then will still charge full price...
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
JOEFERNY
DANIA did an amazing job providing excellent service. The restaurant was very clean. The food here is amazing. Cooked by an amazing woman
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Paul V.
This is the worst food service I ever had from Yoshinoya. To be fair, I am only comparing the Yoshinoya now to itself in the past months ago at this location. The rice was overly dry. The chicken was not crispy, but tough and chewy. The beef smelled a bit funky, probably from the onions. The portions were way too little, like it is shrinkflation to serve only almost half of what it used to be 3 months ago. The order was not ready as scheduled, but only about 10-12 mins behind schedule. I can see the staff are trying, so they deserve the attention and training they need to be better. On a side note, my friend told me the guy was stroking his beard while chopping chicken in the back. Ugh. Word of advice: Don't do that! Anyway, the staff are courteous and will try to help customers order and redeem any coupons available. The place was well kept and clean. Like other comments said, this was a go to spot. Inexperienced crew will need some time to catch up. Look forward to seeing improvements.
Ellen L.
My husband craves yoshinoya chicken teriyaki sometimes, I pick'em up for his lunch. Most of the big franchise fast food tastes same so I can't really rate on their food. However, I have to say their drive through service is pretty slow. I always see a car standing by order speaker, I have no clue why taking order takes long time, its not even like there's line of cars either. Even on the second window to pay and pick up the food is slow. I almost want to give inly 2 stars but I dont want to be too mean about it.
Sam R.
Took forever and then asked for teriyaki sauce and they wanted us to pay for it?? Nope. Opened the born and plenty of decent veggies and way to much rice and way not enough meat. Now I remember why I haven't been for a long time. Lol. Go to Waba grill and be happy. See you later, nope!
Patricia White
I've been to this Yoshinoya before at dinner time, and my experience wasn't that good. I got shorted on food, and the order taker wasn't kind at all. I decided to go back this time it was lunchtime, and what a great experience the service person was as kind as could be, and my food was the freshest I've ever had. I'm glad I decided to give them another chance. I will go back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Combination Plate
Tony Fu
As far as fast food options for quick, tasty, and good value, this is a pretty reasonable bet.I ended up going in and ordered takeout. The process was fast and easy. I redeemed two coupons using two separate transactions. I figured we got $45-48 worth of food for less than $30. But, even without the coupon savings, it’s still pretty competitive value.We went big and got two combos and two large plates. I didn’t try and if the premium meats or fish as I was committed to use the coupons this time, ha ha, so we had the regular beef, teriyaki chicken, and fried chicken with the sweet and spicy sauce. Of course, they can’t compare with regular gourmet Japanese restaurants, but all three protein options are pretty reasonable for fast food standards.It’s going to take us a couple of days to finish the food but we decide we’d not mind getting it again in a couple of weeks.Tip: while I was there someone was trying to order the boba drink and it wasn’t available.Tip: have them scan your app code and you can still get points—-To be honest, last time I was at Beef Bowl (what they were known as a generation ago!) was probably 25 years ago, I was brought back this time since our friendly postman gave us about 10 sheets of their recent coupons (each with about 7 coupons on both sides!). The deals looked pretty good so I decided to give it a try. I had problems using the coupons by calling (no phone orders) and by app. I was pretty committed at that point and decided to drive over and do it the old fashion way.The parking was pretty full on a Saturday prime dinner time since there were several very popular restaurants in this mall. I didn’t want to waste more time doing the drive through risking problems with the coupons so I parked and went inside.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
T J.
This is my goto for Yoshinoya. All of the frontline encounters are pleasant except for Anthony F. He never greets or says hello. He never says thank you or repeats the order back to ensure accuracy. Anthony's demeanor appears to be angry when dealing with customers. Yet, one can observe him chatting with other employees.
Tony F.
As far as fast food options for quick, tasty, and good value, this is a pretty reasonable bet. I ended up going in and ordered takeout. The process was fast and easy. I redeemed two coupons using two separate transactions. I figured we got $45-48 worth of food for less than $30. But, even without the coupon savings, it's still pretty competitive value. We went big and got two combos and two large plates. I didn't try and if the premium meats or fish as I was committed to use the coupons this time, ha ha, so we had the regular beef, teriyaki chicken, and fried chicken with the sweet and spicy sauce. Of course, they can't compare with regular gourmet Japanese restaurants, but all three protein options are pretty reasonable for fast food standards. It's going to take us a couple of days to finish the food but we decide we'd not mind getting it again in a couple of weeks. Tip: while I was there someone was trying to order the boba drink and it wasn't available. --- To be honest, last time I was at Beef Bowl (what they were known as a generation ago!) was probably 25 years ago, I was brought back this time since our friendly postman gave us about 10 sheets of their recent coupons (each with about 7 coupons on both sides!). The deals looked pretty good so I decided to give it a try. I had problems using the coupons by calling (no phone orders) and by app. I was pretty committed at that point and decided to drive over and do it the old fashion way. The parking was pretty full on a Saturday prime dinner time since there were several very popular restaurants in this mall. I didn't want to waste more time doing the drive through risking problems with the coupons so I parked and went inside.
Not that this particular Yoshinoya is bad. It's that they all are not like they used to be. But, at this one. Their beef was very tough and lacked flavor, and the same with the chicken. I tried this location 2 times. So, I wouldn't go there again. Oh, and the rice was
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Moon Nam
The rice was dry and hard. They were steamed wrong and, also left in the open air long time. The salmon was very dry, too. I guess they are not doing well.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 3
Cat Mire
Got a large plate today and the worker messed up my plate and instead of doing it over she just added regular sauce on top my kids got spiced up with the hot Terriyaki sauce awful
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Chicken Rice and Veggies
Maria Bruno
Found a piece of plastic in my bowl.they didn't cook the beef well, the onions were raw. Never coming back. The yoshinoya in gardena has been the only yoshinoya that's cooked the beef to perfection. I guess I'll have to make a longer drive when I crave this again.also the service here was terrible, the young man who assisted me was really not in the mood probably didn't want to be there. Come on yoshinoya step up your game.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Beef Bowl
red 3.
Ordered two simple ass things and they manage to screw that up, thing is they have done this exact thing 4 times to me in the past and this is the final straw. Always expect this place to mess up your order 100% of the time. Whoever they have in the back cooking and making the orders is literally just there for a free paycheck, doesn't give two shits about his job. Find a new employee Jesus Christ enough is enough.
First time at this store. Great service. Great portions. Nice mix of vegetables: carrots, broccoli, cauliflower. Allows substitution of rice for more vegetables. Have been to many other Yoshinoyas that will let you hold the rice but will not give you more veggies and then will still charge full price...
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
DANIA did an amazing job providing excellent service. The restaurant was very clean. The food here is amazing. Cooked by an amazing woman
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This is the worst food service I ever had from Yoshinoya. To be fair, I am only comparing the Yoshinoya now to itself in the past months ago at this location. The rice was overly dry. The chicken was not crispy, but tough and chewy. The beef smelled a bit funky, probably from the onions. The portions were way too little, like it is shrinkflation to serve only almost half of what it used to be 3 months ago. The order was not ready as scheduled, but only about 10-12 mins behind schedule. I can see the staff are trying, so they deserve the attention and training they need to be better. On a side note, my friend told me the guy was stroking his beard while chopping chicken in the back. Ugh. Word of advice: Don't do that! Anyway, the staff are courteous and will try to help customers order and redeem any coupons available. The place was well kept and clean. Like other comments said, this was a go to spot. Inexperienced crew will need some time to catch up. Look forward to seeing improvements.
My husband craves yoshinoya chicken teriyaki sometimes, I pick'em up for his lunch. Most of the big franchise fast food tastes same so I can't really rate on their food. However, I have to say their drive through service is pretty slow. I always see a car standing by order speaker, I have no clue why taking order takes long time, its not even like there's line of cars either. Even on the second window to pay and pick up the food is slow. I almost want to give inly 2 stars but I dont want to be too mean about it.
Took forever and then asked for teriyaki sauce and they wanted us to pay for it?? Nope. Opened the born and plenty of decent veggies and way to much rice and way not enough meat. Now I remember why I haven't been for a long time. Lol. Go to Waba grill and be happy. See you later, nope!
I've been to this Yoshinoya before at dinner time, and my experience wasn't that good. I got shorted on food, and the order taker wasn't kind at all. I decided to go back this time it was lunchtime, and what a great experience the service person was as kind as could be, and my food was the freshest I've ever had. I'm glad I decided to give them another chance. I will go back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Combination Plate
As far as fast food options for quick, tasty, and good value, this is a pretty reasonable bet.I ended up going in and ordered takeout. The process was fast and easy. I redeemed two coupons using two separate transactions. I figured we got $45-48 worth of food for less than $30. But, even without the coupon savings, it’s still pretty competitive value.We went big and got two combos and two large plates. I didn’t try and if the premium meats or fish as I was committed to use the coupons this time, ha ha, so we had the regular beef, teriyaki chicken, and fried chicken with the sweet and spicy sauce. Of course, they can’t compare with regular gourmet Japanese restaurants, but all three protein options are pretty reasonable for fast food standards.It’s going to take us a couple of days to finish the food but we decide we’d not mind getting it again in a couple of weeks.Tip: while I was there someone was trying to order the boba drink and it wasn’t available.Tip: have them scan your app code and you can still get points—-To be honest, last time I was at Beef Bowl (what they were known as a generation ago!) was probably 25 years ago, I was brought back this time since our friendly postman gave us about 10 sheets of their recent coupons (each with about 7 coupons on both sides!). The deals looked pretty good so I decided to give it a try. I had problems using the coupons by calling (no phone orders) and by app. I was pretty committed at that point and decided to drive over and do it the old fashion way.The parking was pretty full on a Saturday prime dinner time since there were several very popular restaurants in this mall. I didn’t want to waste more time doing the drive through risking problems with the coupons so I parked and went inside.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
This is my goto for Yoshinoya. All of the frontline encounters are pleasant except for Anthony F. He never greets or says hello. He never says thank you or repeats the order back to ensure accuracy. Anthony's demeanor appears to be angry when dealing with customers. Yet, one can observe him chatting with other employees.
As far as fast food options for quick, tasty, and good value, this is a pretty reasonable bet. I ended up going in and ordered takeout. The process was fast and easy. I redeemed two coupons using two separate transactions. I figured we got $45-48 worth of food for less than $30. But, even without the coupon savings, it's still pretty competitive value. We went big and got two combos and two large plates. I didn't try and if the premium meats or fish as I was committed to use the coupons this time, ha ha, so we had the regular beef, teriyaki chicken, and fried chicken with the sweet and spicy sauce. Of course, they can't compare with regular gourmet Japanese restaurants, but all three protein options are pretty reasonable for fast food standards. It's going to take us a couple of days to finish the food but we decide we'd not mind getting it again in a couple of weeks. Tip: while I was there someone was trying to order the boba drink and it wasn't available. --- To be honest, last time I was at Beef Bowl (what they were known as a generation ago!) was probably 25 years ago, I was brought back this time since our friendly postman gave us about 10 sheets of their recent coupons (each with about 7 coupons on both sides!). The deals looked pretty good so I decided to give it a try. I had problems using the coupons by calling (no phone orders) and by app. I was pretty committed at that point and decided to drive over and do it the old fashion way. The parking was pretty full on a Saturday prime dinner time since there were several very popular restaurants in this mall. I didn't want to waste more time doing the drive through risking problems with the coupons so I parked and went inside.
My wife had a beef bowl. She really enjoyed it!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Not that this particular Yoshinoya is bad. It's that they all are not like they used to be. But, at this one. Their beef was very tough and lacked flavor, and the same with the chicken. I tried this location 2 times. So, I wouldn't go there again. Oh, and the rice was
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
The rice was dry and hard. They were steamed wrong and, also left in the open air long time. The salmon was very dry, too. I guess they are not doing well.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 3
Got a large plate today and the worker messed up my plate and instead of doing it over she just added regular sauce on top my kids got spiced up with the hot Terriyaki sauce awful
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Chicken Rice and Veggies
Found a piece of plastic in my bowl.they didn't cook the beef well, the onions were raw. Never coming back. The yoshinoya in gardena has been the only yoshinoya that's cooked the beef to perfection. I guess I'll have to make a longer drive when I crave this again.also the service here was terrible, the young man who assisted me was really not in the mood probably didn't want to be there. Come on yoshinoya step up your game.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Beef Bowl
Ordered two simple ass things and they manage to screw that up, thing is they have done this exact thing 4 times to me in the past and this is the final straw. Always expect this place to mess up your order 100% of the time. Whoever they have in the back cooking and making the orders is literally just there for a free paycheck, doesn't give two shits about his job. Find a new employee Jesus Christ enough is enough.