Yakiniku West - New York

Poor food, noisy place. Only good for hungry students.

The meats are so good. Compared to the other barbecues, the food here is very good at this price. I very much recommend their Kobe beef set and hamburger meat. Would love to come a couple more times. The seats are not so much, which makes a limited number of people at once, and makes the experience better

Amazing food, my first ever yakiniku experience and it was for sure a great one.

We went last Saturday with a party of 5. We took a chance since we didn 't make a reservation. At first, the host was like, "You 'll have to wait an hour and half. Of course we were like, okay, we will come back another time. Luckily, there was a table that was finishing early, and we only waited 15 .inutes before being seated. We did the basic all you can eat. There are so many options to choose from and totally worth it. Our standouts were the sirloin, rib eye, pork belly, and garlic shrimp. Their pork gyozas were also amazing. Their black sesame seed ice cream and green tea ice cream are also really good too.

Like I have read on other reviews, the service is pretty slow here. They seem short staffed as the restaurant was fully booked with only 2 waiters/waitresses. We all got the cheapest all you can eat. If you cook your beef right, they can be quite tasty. The secret is to not overcook them. You still wanna see a little bit of redness to the meat. They also don’t write anything down so you may not get items you ordered. I say, come with a plan. Order the welcome platter A, get 1-2 veggies you want and then just keep ordering short rib only. Each following order is 5 pieces and we had a party of 3. Overall, I was content with the food. I do kind of miss the layout before the renovation when you had to take off your shoes but this is very affordable and the bbq smell isn’t super strong on your clothes. Also I’m glad I no longer have to wear the communal bathroom slippers.