YAYA'S Flame Broiled Chicken — Restaurant in Grand Blanc

YaYa's changes when the originals owners sold several years ago. The new owners made several changes some good, some bad. I say most of the changes were bad; changing the rice, mashed potatoes, gravy and dropping the rice pudding from the menu. I had ordered what used to be a chicken breast sandwich, turned into a chopped chicken breast sandwich, it just wasn't the same and not what I was craving. The change from freshly made salad dressing and honey butter to the pre-packaged stuff, yuck! Then the big changes came, no more freshly flame broiled chicken through out the day, no pita bread thrown on the grill to get lightly toast, instead the chicken was cooked early in the day and put into warming trays, the pita was put into a bread warmer (can't think of what the correct name is), adding new menu items some good, some bad and the hike in prices. I thought those changes were though, growing up on Yaya's chicken and working at the Waterford location. Now we have a name change, no more "Flame Broiled Chicken", now its "Yaya's Kitchen". It's all in the name folks. I should have turned around and went home. I was way beyond disappointed. No broilers, :( now they have ovens. WHAT!!!!! I don't think they marinated the chicken, it had no flavor, no visible seasoning like before, the chicken was white in color, not the light brown color cooked chicken should have and it had a very strange taste, or maybe it was the salad dressing. What ever it was, it was enough for me not to want to go back. After moving from the location off of Old Bridge to Holly Rd, I really thought they would have added a drive-thru. Sometimes you don't need to reinvent the wheel, it was perfect...

Called the Grandblanc location around 6:30 to see how late they were open, they told me 8:00. I took a drive all the way out there to find out, they were very limited on items. So limited they should of never served me as food was almost completely out. I placed my order and went to my vehicle. I decided to check my food and it was completely wrong. The wings they gave me had hardly any meat. Food was cold. Definitely something you shouldn’t of served. Along with this the cups of potatoes was almost empty. I immediately walked back into the grandblanc location with my food and told them my order was wrong and the food was cold and I wanted a refund. The man told me they don’t do refunds due to there system. I told him I don’t want this meal they need to refund me my money. He told me I needed to call corporate there was nothing they could do for me. I left the place very upset and called corporate. As soon as I walked out of the building someone ran to the front doors way before 8:00 and locked the doors so I couldn’t get in. Now how is that I order a meal and it’s not correct, it’s cold and I can’t get my money back? They couldn’t even give me my correct meal because they didn’t have any food left to serve?! I told the man I called up here to confirm you would be open and was told 8. The response I was given was oh well we just cook a certain amount than when we run out we’re out for the night. So your telling me that at 7:00 at night you don’t have any food available? I will NEVER be back to this location! This place has stolen money from me and I left with out a meal! Now I need to contact corporate to get my refund. Talk about great...

I go there every year because my son loves it and i go for his BD chicken dinner. I usually get 3 chickens, and bring it back for the party. Year after year the quality has declined, dryer, smaller, and less of that great flavor, as the prices dramatically increased. Either way we did it again this year, and didn't tell our kid it was Yaya's, we figured he assumed it is because we do it every year. He ate a bite and started complaining we went somewhere else. He has social anxiety and maturation issues. Sense we moved from flint UofM, to Ann Arbor UofM, both me and my wife were transferred here, the place is a 120 mile drive there and back. Its nothing like it was, at this store, but the store reviews for Detroit, and they are many and all good scores, maybe I will go there try it, but my kid said he doesn't like it anymore.... The first time we found the place we were going to Disneyland in FLA. The lines where out the door, and the chicken was to die for,...