Yak's Teriyaki — Restaurant in Seattle

I've worked in the area for over 15 years and used to eat here quite often. It's a change of pace from the typical teriyaki joints, and the combination of sweet pink rice and hot mustard pork was unique. It's been 4-5 years since I've been there, so I stopped by and grabbed the classic BBQ Pork. Unfortunately, what used to be juicy, rich pork was dry and flavorless. The once pink-hued sweet rice was white and had little flavor. I want to say it used to have some sort of green onion cut into it back in the day, that was also missing. Even the mustard, which used to be very hot and somewhat grainy (in a good way), seemed watered down. This was a huge disappointment, not because the food was especially bad, but because it's fallen off so far from where it used to be. With the tip this meal was over $20. I can't imagine going there again, but do appreciate how nice everyone is that...

Great food, but was really impressed with the service. The owner asked a few questions about our quick pit stop to get my daughter lunch, and made sure she had exactly what she needed. It wasn't anything than required that level of extra care but I was really happily surprised to get it when I was just expecting normal counter service without the extra touches.

And holy moly. The General Tso's chicken is perfectly crunchy and perfectly flavored. I'm not sure I've had better and I've eaten a lot of General Tso's in my life 🤣 Egg rolls are pretty tasty, too.

Definitely worth swinging by if you're in the area. Truly delicious food and impressively thoughtful service. Hope I have a good excuse to...

Super fast service is awesome. I got chicken teriyaki and it was SO tender (no random bits of tough fat or cartilage). I wish the sauce was brushed on during the last couple minutes of grilling rather than drizzled on top in the box, but it was yummy anyways. I just smeared it around myself for better coverage. The rice was perfectly light yet sticky. Salad was super fresh; generic teriyaki restaurant type dressing, but its nice and bright. They give you a lot more chicken than the 3 places I've frequented before where I used to live, epic! A normal person would be able to get lunch and half of dinner out of one order. Me, I like eating almost all my food for the day all at once so it's a...