Yaoki — Restaurant in Johor

Disappointing experience. First time here. Food was alright, nothing fantastic. The way the food was served to us was extremely chaotic. Long breaks in between food. Staff came to our table, twice, to ask us what had been served and what was not. Never in my life i need to help the restaurant to keep track of this kind of things, and twice. Imagine I need to remind the restaurant oh I have ordered this and this. You don’t have a record ah? You don’t have a system to keep track of what has been served and what has not? The sight of staff running around the restaurant in a very chaotic manner was also very unsettling, and not professional. Seeing primary school student serving food in the restaurant is also not a good dining experience. At the end of the day, one dish was not served to us but one restaurant staff told her colleague that she was very sure it was served to us, right behind us. Loud and clear. So was the staff implying that we were lying about the food not served to us? This episode really shows that this restaurant with a fairly long history surprisingly has not figured out basic operations. Some people don’t mind eating in a chaotic restaurant with kids running around as long as food appeared on their table, but I will never...

We used to be regular customers at one of our favourite Japanese Restaurants - Furusato at Taman Pelangi. Through a friend’s recommendation, this is now our top favourite Japanese Restaurant. The quality of food is one notch higher than Furusato and relatively pricier (in fact, just a tad pricier) but it is worth every penny spent! Almost all the food we ordered were palatable and delightful. Starting from the mushroom chawanmushi that melts in your mouth with subtle flavours that slowly linger in your tongue to the Dragon Rolls that give you “multi layer” taste from the tinge of saltiness in the Salmon Roe intertwined with the sweetness of Raw Salmon, plus the crispy texture of the grilled prawn that enhance the overall flavour. Just to mention two. Furthermore, the service crew are consistently attentive, friendly and helpful. The only thing to take note is that reservation is advisable to avoid disappointment especially during weekend since this is apparently a popular place. Will definitely return to explore more items...

Japanese restaurants often have 1 speciality dish and the rest are mediocre. Yaoki was a pleasant surprise. 1 son likes udon, one son likes omu rice, i like tonkatsu ramen and my wife likes chawanmushi. We all loved what we ordered. The chef and his crew is a jack of all trades. The chawanmushi is to die for. The texture is the best I have had in a while. Smooth like toufu. The ramen is simple but you can tell its been brewing and its not too rich; some ramen specialists make it super strong and sometimes too salty. This one was perfect. Can't comment on the udon, it is a simple dish, but the soup base was fantastic. The omu rice, while it does not pour out like those in hokkaido and osaka, is light and fluffy. The egg was slightly overcooked and did not have the half cooked, moist texture but the rice was so fragrant with the burnt in smell you only get from a...