I Love Bento's — Restaurant in Kirkland

My wife and I are big fans of I love bentos, a teriyaki restaurant in Kirkland. We go there at least twice a month, and we are always satisfied with the food and the service. The food is fresh, tasty, and generous. We usually order to go, and the food is always enough for two meals. My go to plate is the spicy chicken and spicy beef teriyaki plate, which comes with rice and a salad. The meat is tender and flavorful, and the sauce is just the right amount of spicy. The salad is my favorite part, because of the dressing they use. It is creamy and tangy, and goes well with the greens.

When we eat in, I like to get the bento boxes, because they have sushi as well. The sushi is made with quality ingredients, and the fish is fresh and delicious. The bento boxes also come with tempura, gyoza, and miso soup. They are a great deal for the price and the variety.

The owners of I love bentos are really nice and friendly, and they always greet us with a smile. They make us feel welcome and appreciated. They also run the restaurant efficiently and cleanly. We never have to wait long for our food, and the place is always spotless.

Pro tip: take in your own bag to save some money when ordering take out. They charge a small fee for their paper bags, but they are happy to pack your food in your own bag if you bring one.

I love bentos is one of our favorite places to eat in Kirkland. We highly recommend it to anyone who loves teriyaki or Japanese food. It is a hidden gem that you will not...

If you want chicken teriyaki this is the place to go! I visited for the first time last week and I’m back. I would recommend getting the chicken teriyaki and getting a California on the side it’ll run you about $16 and fill you up. If you don’t care about getting less chicken, do the chicken+gyoza and a California roll on the side.

The chicken - super soft and tender! Delicious

The rice and salad - super good rice and the salad is a perfect balance of sauce. Gyoza - super tasty aswell!

California roll - honestly it’s such a simple roll but the rice they use and ingredients this is hands down one of the best places to get a California roll .

Salmon roll - I wouldn’t get this again, I’m a huge sushi guy and I didn’t like the fishy taste, this may have just been today.

I’m rating this 5 stars based on the teriyaki and California roll, the place itself is pretty small and I wouldn’t expect much people on dine in but that could be changed by some new paint, new floors and new tables / chairs this place could be popping. The kalbi short ribs look super good but haven’t tried them...

We have been trying to find different places to try and help out during the pandemic. We never came here before, but thought we would give it a try.

When you walk in they have plexiglass up to separate the customers from staff. It looks clean and sanitary from the front. After ordering they ask you to wait in your car and they bring it out to you to keep social distancing which is great. As for the food, we ordered the Kids Bento 2 which has chicken katsu and gyoza. We also ordered the sweet sour chicken and the teriyaki bento. My son loves the katsu and loved the sauce. If you don't like a lot of sauce I recommend asking for it on the side, but for my son he said it was the perfect amount of sauce for his taste. I really enjoyed the sweet sour chicken. I am pretty critical on the balance between sweet and sour and they actually got the balance just right. I was pleasantly surprised. My husband's bento was good and he was happy with his dinner.

Overall pleasantly surprised and I think we will...