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| - My family and friends LOVE this place and come quite often. I can comfortably say I have been to Yang's at least twenty times. That said, the experience is generally a hit or miss depending on the time/day you go.
Food Quality & Price: Family and friends find the quality of this AYCE restaurant great. Personally, I find the quality of the fish it slightly better than average but nothing award-winning or anything that stands up above the rest. The price is also very average for your typical AYCE LUNCH sushi buffet. The menu is sizable... but I really can't say anything more than it is just average to me. I never got food poisoning if that helps. DINNER on the other hand was a disaster. NONE of the dinner items were worth the price. Hokkaido scallops were full of mayo, beef sashimi was just ... sliced frozen beef (the sause had WAYYY too much ginger)... at $22 a pop, please avoid dinner here at all costs.
Facility: Located off HWY 7, it is pretty easy to find (intersection has traffic light) but parking can be very annoying. It is in a plaza and parking is often full. Inside, the decor is ... okay, but I find washrooms to be dirty... and it doesn't help that the TILE IS LIKE A MIRROR. So if you are in one stall, you might as well wave to the person next to you with their pants down. Decor is mediocre...
Service: A few years ago, service was TERRIBLE, easily a 1.5/5. As others have mentioned, some servers avoid you like the plague, the run off as soon as they bring food, and it takes forever for them to notice you (even to give the check). However, as of late, it seems that the service has stepped up a bit. There are a few waiters that still do that, so it really depends on which waiter you get. Out of the 20+ times I've gone, I believe only 1 time was a blown away by service with speed and smiles. Food always arrives rather quickly, but table clearing not so much. But service at dinner is laughable. The waitress got our order wrong and forgot to replace it... we waited almost half an hour for our sashimi and only after we prompted them did they go and check. The only saving grace was a woman named Carmen. She took the reins and showed how important competence is in the restaurant business. Servers need to be trained better, perhaps Carmen can whip them all into shape?
Overall: I know it will not be the last time I eat at Yang's (I have no idea why my family and friends love it so much), but for the price, it seems like the "default" place to go. TVs are permanently on CHINESE television (Fairchild), so it really does NOT give even the remote image of being authentic Japanese. I am not sure how much more specific I can be in this review to describe Yang's lunch service other than... "average". Avoid dinner like the plague, so many other places to go to for Sushi dinner.
EDITED: We returned at a later date for lunch and was served by Carmen. She was incredible. If the rest of the staff were just like her, my rating for Yang's Kitchen would be an easy 3.5/5. She carries the entire floor and picks up everyone's slack. It really seems like she's the only one working... if anything she really seems like the only person concerned with quality control at all.
Later Edit: I have come back to revise my review and bump my rating up to a 3/5. Since my last edit, I have gradually returned (at least 5 more times). The restaurant has been renovated and the menu updated. I think that the someone from the staff does read the reviews here on Yelp since improvements have been made to some of the troubling parts of the establishment. I cannot comment on dinner (since I have decided never to go back for dinner) but the new updated menu is great, sushi is fresh and appropriately sized, service is fast, plates are cleared and any concerns are taken care of immediately. I continue to sing Carmen's praises, she works the floor SO efficiently it's like magic. The ONLY problem now is the mandatory 10% tipping on all bills. I understand including tip for large groups, but if you're going to include tip on the final bill, I probably won't leave you anything. It's a TIP for a reason and I probably would have left more if they hadn't taken the liberty to decide for me.
RECOMMENDATIONS: Definitely have the Salmon Rose/Sushi/Sashimi. Other great dishes "Mango Roll (new!), "Enoki Mushroom Beef Roll" and "Beef Tenderloin".
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