Review Yakitori Yataro - Surfers Paradise

Tried searching this place in Google, but the search brought up a totally different restaurant at a different location, (Noticed that some people had reviewed this eatery under the other business' listing).So have suggested a new listing for Google so that I could write a review under correct business. The restaurant frontage is actually on Hanlan Street around the corner from Surfers Paradise Boulevard. We decided to make a dinner booking for this little traditional Japanese izakaya as had tried walking in twice before only to be disappointed as all the tables were occupied. There are only a handful of tables in a casual setting. Seats are plastic wine crates with a cushion on top. The walls are decorated with Japanese posters giving the feel of being in a town in Japan. As the name suggests the restaurant specialises in Yakitori style dishes (Charcoal grilled skewered meat). They don't have sushi or ramen (as the sign says at the entrance).The menu also has a number of interesting traditional Japanese dishes. We ordered the raw beef with raw egg, beef skewers with wasabi, eggplant and miso meat sauce gratin, gyoza, meat stuffed mushrooms, special yakisoba, chicken rice porridge and Hokkaido style fried chicken. All the dishes had amazing flavours and were cooked to perfection. Finished off the meal with green tea ice cream with red bean paste. Service was friendly and efficient. Prices were very reasonable. You must try this restaurant on your Gold Coast holiday!

Loved the food here. The chicken udon was surprisingly good. I had never tried sparkling sake before and it's delicious. Can't wait to come back and try the rest of the menu!

Ive eaten here at least 30 times over the last year or so I and just heard its been sold and the cook is not staying. Noooo!!! Business changes hands on 22nd this month, a week or so from now... Tragedy.... Dude is the best japanese food cook on the GC by far... If you haven't already, better go and try it before 22nd folks... say gday and goodbye to Ken-san, his culinary skills are easy to appreciate and his yakitori sticks are perfect everytime. Tataki with onion dressing is simply fantastic... He gives off a great vide, is jovial and genuinely nice guy... Six Stars..

Delicious, simply delicious, incredible and tasty food. The service also was impeccable. Highly recommended - thanks for a wonderful dinning experience.

Amazing value for money. Such a small neat place hidden away. Waitress very polite. 2nd time been here for the lunch special.

Very authentic. Great experience and incredible food.

Great lunchbox lunch deals . Flavoursome and fresh

Best!! Nice!!

Been here for both lunch and dinner. The place is unpretentious and casual.<br/>Their bento box lunch menu is value for money with good quality side dishes, free upsize for plain rice and unlimited refill for miso soup. Their miso soup is quite good.<br/>But dont go crazy with the free upsize for rice as their regular is quite big. I managed to only make a small dent to the rice!<br/><br/>Their dinner menu is quite limited. This isa yakitori place so they only do bbq / grilled skewers. Lurve the pork belly skewers! other items on the menu are quite ordinary nothing to rave about. <br/><br/>We found their food a but salty for our liking, but everyone taste buds are different. <br/><br/><br/>

I went there yesterday with my son and we both loved it - we had several items off the menu and they all tasted great. We will be back for more for sure. Delicious food in a cute little restaurant. Highly recommended.

Very unassuming place but the food is quite yummy. Strongly recommend the yakitori with sauce, the hokaido crispy chicken and the bbq rice cake. The yakisoba is just average. Price is v reasonable and the service is quite good.

A really nicely decorated Yakitori place right on Surfers Paradise. They have lunch sets. I had the tofu eggplant set which was yum. Too bad they don't have actual yakitori in the lunch specials...I would've liked that as I can go to heaps of other places for rice set meals.<br/><br/>Would love to return at night for yakitori and beer. Seems pretty popular with Japanese and other east Asians.