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Yakko Bistro
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Miami has the kind of upscale Japanese restaurants where dinner will cost you the equivalent of a used 2001 Toyota RAV4. But we have painfully few options when it comes to the opposite. That’s why our love for Yakko Bistro runs deep. Food this delicious (and for less money than a tank of gas for that RAV4) is rare in our Japanese restaurant universe.
photo credit: Cleveland Jennings / @eatthecanvasllc
photo credit: Cleveland Jennings / @eatthecanvasllc
photo credit: Cleveland Jennings / @eatthecanvasllc
The menu extends well beyond sushi—which is more than we can say for so many of those upscale options around town. We come here to eat through our own personal list of dishes we’ve been trying to manifest more of in Miami: tsukune, okonomiyaki, and omurice. But the Yakko originals, like the crispy pork salad and angel hair uni ikura, are also reason enough to come here.
Yakko can work for a last-minute group dinner, or any night during the week when the thought of cooking feels like climbing an actual mountain barefoot. The dress code is who cares and the long menu allows you to order a single filling entree or so many kushiyaki skewers that your server will have to drag over another table.
If the name Yakko sounds familiar, it’s because this place used to be called Yakko-San, and was located a couple miles away in a bigger space (and before that, it operated in the space that it's now reclaimed). When that closed, those who knew its value mourned the loss. But those people can celebrate now, because Yakko is back, still open late, and might be better than ever.
Food Rundown
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Crispy Pork Onion Salad
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Oyster Fry
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Okonomiyaki
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Pork Belly Rice Dog
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Tsukune
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Angel Hair Uni Ikura
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Salmon Kama Miso
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Omurice