Yokai

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   Emma VIP

   San Francisco1 review

   5.0

   Dined on February 23, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Great ambiance! Perfect for date and hangout! The cocktail is also good.
   

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   Karina

   San Francisco4 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 15, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Second visit for my husband and I. We came here last year to celebrate an anniversary and came back to celebrate our first valentine’s as newlyweds. The staff were courteous and friendly. The food was delicious. We ordered the chef’s choice meal and were not disappointed. Every dish was tasty and delectable in its own way. The bartender also makes good cocktails. We ordered two each and they were very good.
   

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   Alex

   New York City1 review

   3.0

   Dined on February 15, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   The food was bland considering the price. Only good things about this restaurant is its atmosphere and service. Good for last minute book for anniversary if you don't have any alternatives.
   

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   Vincent VIP

   San Francisco1 review

   2.0

   Dined on February 8, 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   This was our second visit to Yokai, and we could not have been more disappointed. Our first time there was absolutely amazing, so we were pretty excited to return. They've done a pretty big overhaul of their menu, axing quite a few of our favorites, but that's ok - it's normal for menus to change. We started the meal with 1 tuna hand roll and one salmon hand roll. The cold seaweed wrapper was surprising and extremely impossible to bite through. With each attempt to bite through the wrapper, the filling would just squeeze out - it was like sucking tuna out of a balloon - a terrible start to the meal. The uni toast is always our favorite and we make sure to get it whenever we see it when we're out. They changed the Uni + Wagyu for Uni + Duck Confit. The dish was fine - a bit too salty with soggy bread. The rest of the dishes we had were just fine. Nothing really worth mentioning. If this is the new quality standard for the price, this was our last visit
   

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   Walter

   San Francisco1 review

   5.0

   Dined on January 23, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Very pleasantly surprised. Their burger was as close to perfect as possible!! Medium rare was warm pink. Wow. Lettuce, tomato and red onion. Sauce on the side. I am certainly going back for the burger!!
   

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   Mia

   Central Coast2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on December 29, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Incredible jazzy feel with a refined and tasty menu. 👌🏽 Very memorable.
   

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   Sanaz

   Los Angeles4 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on December 15, 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   All the food tasted bad. They were nice and took off the items we didn’t enjoy. But most the food was weird and inedible.
   

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   Pauline

   San Francisco1 review

   5.0

   Dined on December 15, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Every single is delicious honestly the best tasteful innovative yakitori
   

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   Flora

   San Francisco1 review

   3.0

   Dined on December 6, 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   Portion too small but too expensive. Waitress too pushy. A little annoying. Won’t go again.
   

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    Vanessa

    Denver6 reviews

    1.0

    Dined on November 24, 2024

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 2

    I wish I could say I had the chance to enjoy the food here, but unfortunately, that wasn't the case. Despite having a reservation, we weren’t allowed to order because the kitchen was closing in 5 minutes. To make matters worse, another table arrived after us at 9:30 PM and was served food without issue. This inconsistency was incredibly frustrating and made us feel dismissed. Reservations should ensure a proper dining experience, not a rushed or denied one.
    

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