Yakinikuya Japanese BBQ Restaurant

Salmon Tataki (Thinly sliced Salmon sashimi lightly seared and served with mixed vegetables) $8 4.5/5 - salmon were okay fresh but what I liked was that it came with dressing already.  No soya sauce was needed.

Rainbow Roll (Salmon, tuna, ebi, and avocado on california roll with unagi sauce) $12 3/5 - It was okay but nothing special.  The rice was a little softer than what I wanted.

Lettuce Set $3 - comes with sliced garlic, sliced green chilli pepper and korean chill sauce.  The chili sauce was quite salty so remember not to put too much.  We could have ordered another set.

Sakura Combo $44 (Korean Style Kalbi 180g; Special Kalbi 120g; NegiTan 120g; Pork Belly 120g; Pork Jowl 120g; 4 Side Dishes; 2 Miso Soups; and 2 Steamed Rice) 4.5/5 - There are about 6 pieces each except the pork belly came with 4.  The pork were too fat for us.  I wish we could ask for leaner ones.  More than 50% were fat.  It looks like every table ordered this combo.

Pretty good value for the quantity and quality of the food.  They forgot about our soup and rice.  The first bowl of rice they brought was much bigger than the second one they brought.  So I would say the combo rice was about 60% of the regular priced one.  The quality of meet is much better than Gyukaku.  Gyukaku has dropped much when you compare it when they first started.  I only go there during happy hour now.  You also don't get to pick the sauce of your meat.  It didn't bother me because they tasted very similar.

I've made a reservation for 8:30pm and there was a walk-in couple waiting.  When they had a table available, we thought that the table should be ours.  The owner explained because the other party was there first.  Then what is the purpose of making a reservation?? Service was okay but they kept forgetting some of our order.  We ordered another BBQ dish which never came.

Finally, special thanks to pinkmashmellows for her 10% off on Japanese BBQ.  The owner decided to give us 10% off everything.  However, I only found out after that they did charge me $2 for two bowls of rice which should be included in the Sakura Combo.  This special is still valid for another week.  They also have a 50% off happy hour Sun-Thu after 9pm.