GO!! GO!! Teriyaki in Silverlake is a gem. C’est tres bien. If you call at a peak time and can’t get through, they’re either too busy to take new orders or ran out of food and had to close up early, which can happen well ahead of the last call time, which is about half an hour before their posted closing time. They’ve been so overwhelmed with orders since they opened that they are trying to “scale down” per day instead of aiming for growth; hence, no promos, no online presence, and no ads. They may even someday perhaps close mid-day just for a respite and to prepare for the “tsunami” of supper orders that wipes them out. I can understand as we can’t get enough of GO!! GO!! I keep coming back for more. I adore the charming gentleman at the front. He and the chef (who are not husband and wife as one reviewer misstated) are always too busy for idle chitchat, but I had on a rare occasion to converse briefly with him. The co-owner is unpretentious despite growing up with a silver spoon in an affluent city that I often visit on vacation. He has many degrees and diplomas from prestigious universities and a successful career, yet he is so humble and down-to-earth and chose to retire early and invest in others. He’s accustomed to living in the lap of luxury, yet he doesn’t show off his assets and is working so hard for now just to help his business partner/owner, who is supporting her college kids. His sedulous and altruistic nature are heartening in this self-centered egoiste world we all live in. He has so much positive energy and is truly living life to its fullest each and every day. I’m already a little sad knowing he and the accomplished owner-chef plan on opening a different type of reservation-only-restaurant somewhere else someday. I’ll have to go there wherever it may be. I’ll continue coming to this tidy take-out only teriyaki spot every week until then. GO!! GO!! is our go to place to go to for my to go lunch or...
Read moreI was craving chinese/teriyaki the other day, and scrolled through Google and spotted these guys. At first, I was hesitant, but decided I would give them a shot. Thank the gods I did, cuz I would find out my new favorite chinese/teriyaki places would be right around the corner from my house. I ordered their spicy garlic chicken (with extra chicken), house fried rice, and an order of egg rolls. The reason for extra is that I'm used to seeing slightly smaller portions from most places. Not these guys! I sincerely didn't need to order extra, after seeing the size of what I had received. The flavor was the perfect balance of spice to garlic, and they had some GARLIC in it. At one point, I mistook a pice of garlic for some chicken, and that's the first time I've ever experienced having noticeable garlic in a dish like this. The fried rice was the next on my list of culinary experience, and it was just as amazing as the first dish. All the flavors had me shoveling the rice in as fast as I could get it down. Then, to truly test their skills, I had to try the egg rolls. The true test of a restaurant, in my opinion, isn't their main dishes, it is in the extras that can easily be overlooked, come in frozen and pre-made, or just genuinely not be taken seriously. If you don't take the smalls things seriously, how do you take the big things? And they came in with a knock out of the park. I could see the love that goes into every dish of this, and honestly, I'm proud to say they are the...
Read moreThis place is the TRUTH!! Out of all of the teriyaki place I've been to this place is now my FAVORITE the best teriyaki I ever had and the staff are so friendly and awesome. My first time I get there after 7:30pm and there was a group waiting for there order to go. After they got it the guy informed me that they already had last call but he will take my order anyways since the chef just got done with the last order and wasn't shut down all the way. (Apparently they stop taking orders 30mins prior to closing) Anyways the guy who took my order was just the kindest hearted person and made me feel so welcomed I had tipped 3 dollars since they let me order food after they stopped taking orders and he was trying to say that it was to much but I insisted and he informed me that 100% of the tips goes to the chef.
I order the beef and chicken combo and it was so bomb and the salad they give with it was unbelievable they but fresh spring mix in it with the normal lettuce only place I've ever seen do it. They put alot of love into their cooking. I highly recommend this place. I will be only getting teriyaki from...
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