Yaya's Flame Broiled Chicken — Restaurant in Saint Petersburg

Got to YaYa's shortly after 12 noon today. I ordered a chicken Ceasar salad and 2 piece dinner and mashed potatoes. All of my chicken was cold, old and yesterday's chicken. I spoke with the manager and then the owner, Michelle. Michelle had attitude from the moment she heard my voice! After voicing my complaint, she proceeded to tell me I was wrong, "the chicken was cooked this morning!" Now I've cooked for 30 years I know refrigerated, yesterday's chicken. After a little "back and forth, she said "she didn't want to do anything for me", and guess what? I wasn't asking her to! What ever happened to "the customer being right? I know it's a struggle for us all but "skimping" and defensiveness doesn't help your business. This was a take out order. I'm willing to bet the lady before me or the gentlemen after me that also ordered takeout did not have these problems. Michelle is a "Karen" so, check out your order before leaving, if you must patronize this business. "Karen" wants your money, not your complaints ... you don't have that right! my sisters...

I used to love YaYa's, so when I saw the "coming soon" sign I was really excited. Unfortunately it seems like this is just a watered down version of the original chain. The restaurant was clean and staff was friendly enough, but the food was lacking. The chicken gets put into metal containers instead of coming directly off the grill and onto your plate, which kills a lot of the flavor and texture. They have country crock "honey spread" instead of butter, anf the potatoes were the same color as the gravy... Creeped me out and I thought they were bland but my husband liked them.

That being said, I'd still go back and try the pita or salad since the classic dressing is the same. There are tons of newer options with various flavor combinations that sound pretty interesting but are likely the reason that the staple items have lost...

This restaurant has such an unprofessional sign up. "Due to the fact that people don't want to work" really means "due to the fact that we don't pay people enough to work." If you pay people enough to make it worth working, to cover childcare, they do. Knowing that the business doesn't pay enough and blames their workers for the situation they've created is off-putting. The horrific grammar and spelling ("venders") is just the icing on the grossness that is this sign. I wasn’t going to give this business my money, but didn’t want to review without trying the food. I got some chicken and mashed potatoes. The chicken was dry and tasted vaguely of cumin and not much else. The potatoes were bland and a minuscule portion. The fountain drinks were watered down. The tables...