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Famous Yakitori One
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- Hours:
Mon-Sat. 5:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Sun. 5:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
- Parking:
- Street
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good for:
- Dinner, Late Night
9 reviews for Famous Yakitori One
A gem in Baltimore. Authentic Japanese food (may be owned and operated by Koreans) and yummy cooked to order yakitori! Chicken gizzards, Korean beef ribs, bacon wrapped asparagus, bacon wrapped scallops (scallops might not have been the freshest I've had but . . . ).
OPEN TIL 2am MOST NIGHTS!!!!!
Adorable tiny place that will make you feel like a college student or pseudohipster, at college student prices. Lots of fun if you like to try new things, if you like non-sushi Japanese food, and PARTICULARLY if you like bargains.
Don't come if you're going to nit-pick--yes it's not totally airconditioned, and yes the decor isn't Pazo North. I didn't care, I had a great time anyway, and I loved my yakitori box (great assortment of tiny things to munch on, including a tiny salad, a selection of grilled yakitori, a small apple slice, some pickled something that may have been daikon but not sure, 3 fried dumplings, and a few pieces of sushi) for $8.95.
What are you complaining about, for those prices? Chill out and appreciate a fun experience at a low, low price point.
The lady and I went here last night-- I didn't even know this place existed until I read about it on Yelp!
So, I've only been here one time, but I have to say that this place is VERY promising and will probably become one of my midweek eating out standbys.
First impressions:
Wow, Station North is even sketchier than I remember. We went out at 9pm on a Saturday evening, but there was still plenty of street parking right in front of the restaurant. We parked directly across the street from the restaurant, but still we weren't able to make it inside without some dude running up to us and asking us for money. Seriously people, lock your cars and do not leave any valuables in your car. The street is not well lit and I probably would elect to go elsewhere if I couldn't find parking right in front of the restaurant.
Walking in, the restaurant is quite quaint. We were unable to sit in the back dining room, as there was a private party going on back there. We sat at the bar, which was cozy and intimate.
The experience:
We each ordered a Sapporo and water and our beers were brought over immediately. They were very cold and served with a frosty mug-- perfection! The server brought over free salads to us, your typical iceberg lettuce salad with the orange ginger dressing. Very crisp, cool, and tasty.
You can order a la carte skewers, skewer combos, and other items. We stuck to the yakitori, as that's what we had come for. I would be interested to try some of the appetizers and other menu items though, definitely. We were sitting right in front of the grill, and two chefs were busy making the yakitori. The kitchen looked SPOTLESS and the chefs were both wearing gloves. It was fun to watch them cook. This would certainly be a fun place to come alone one night and sit at the bar and down a few beers and some yakitori.
We ordered combo Set B, which was 10 skewers. It came with 2 skewers each of bacon wrapped asparagus, scallion, prime rib, ribeye, and shrimp. The prime rib and bacon wrapped asparagus were my favorites, but they were all fresh and tasty. We also ordered 2 skewers of bacon wrapped avocado, which was melt-in-your-mouth, oh-my-god delicious, as well as 2 skewers of the short rib. The short rib was excellent as well.
Lastly, we ordered onigiri (rice ball), which came wrapped in nori. It was quite good, though I wish they had brought it out with the skewers. For some reason, it took forever to make. The server brought it to the table about 10 minutes after we had finished everything else. No worries though-- the food was so good here that I didn't even mind.
We had wanted to try dessert, but were too full to order any more.
OK, here comes the best part of this meal...
The waitress brought out the check and it was less than $30! We had consumed quite a bit of food and felt happy and full. When all was said and done, the meal had cost us $36, which included tax and a 25% tip.
I can't wait to come back and try pretty much everything on the menu. This restaurant is certainly a keeper.
*2.5*
I ventured out to Yakitori One based after browsing through yelp to find a place that is open relatively late.
First, I am not sure about the raves on the service. I was seated at a table. Then, they reseated me again and sat another couple where we were seated which I was NOT please with since I ended up seating next to a party of 6 or so that was more than boisterous. Then, it took about 10 minutes for them to take my order, but I think once they realized that I wasn't too pleased with the service, to their credit, they did become more attentive.
The food is decent. Since there aren't too many places that offer yakitori in the area, I can see why people would frequent this place. I thought the beef yakitori was a bit underseasoned, and I was underwhelmed by the bacon-avocado yakitori.
They also have some additional Korean menu offering if you ask. I opted for gam-ja-tang (pork backbone/potato stew) that is comforting with a nice cold beer. They put plenty of dul-kae (similar to sesame seed but I am not quite sure what it is in English) which some restaurants may be hestitant to use in quantities since it is probably the most expensive ingredient of the dish. For the foodies that follow Anthony Bourdain, he had this dish in Seoul on his show.
As far as drinks are concerned, I ordered one Asahi and one Kirin (they were out of Kirin) so opted for 2 Asahi instead. However, the beer was rather warm, and frankly, unless I am in London, I like my beer cold. I ended up ordering their draft beer by the pitcher and slurped on my said gam-ja-tang which I did enjoy.
I've been here twice (tonight being the second time) and I've loved it each time. Meat on a stick. You cannot beat it.
Their menu is fairly diverse in options. There are appetizers, a la carte skewer options, sets of 10 or 30 skewers, box entrees (that come with soup, salad, and fruit), and rice or noodle dishes. There is probably more, but I cannot remember it all. There is a nice drink menu also (tea, sake, beer, etc.) Nightly (I believe) from 5-7:30, there is sake happy hour. Quite excellent. Supposedly, they will be adding a sushi menu as well.
My favorites skewers are those wrapped in bacon. Anything is tasty with bacon. I highly recommend avocado with bacon. Awesome! Tonight, I also tried fried pork (yum). The wait staff and owner are quite nice.
The atmosphere is very relaxed, though the space is small. The walls are painted to depict the Tokyo subway map. Strewn about the map are thumb-tacked dollar bills with personalized messages written upon them. Not your everyday decor, but it works and is pretty cool.
My only gripes are:
(1) individual orders do not arrive simultaneously
If you go with a large group, do not expect to maintain propriety by waiting for all people to receive their orders. Your dish will get cold. Eat when it arrives so that it is hot. Order some a la carte skewers to come later so that you can eat with your group.
(2) they tend to forget some orders.
Not a big deal. Just let your sever know and it will be corrected. Admirably, each time they've done this, we've received on-the-house items. For my first visit, our forgotten skewers were on-the-house and we received complimentary dessert. Tonight, an on-the-house sake order and, again, complimentary dessert. In my book, transgression forgiven. Don't expect that this is standard, but it's nice to know that a restaurant is willing to admit mistake and compensate by improving your dining experience (especially in this economy).
Great yakitori. I came here alone while on a business trip and started with a "Set B" (shrimp, bacon wrapped asparagus, beef, scallions) and was impressed with the size and quantity you get for $11. After polishing off the Set B, I ordered a couple kalbi skewers and a few different chicken varieties. I didn't care for the chicken gizzard, but I've never had it before, so I'm no authority on it.
There must be 15-20 different items on the yakitori menu, which provides a great variety if you like to try a little of everything. Pretty good selection of beer (about 10).
Service was quick and friendly.
PARKING: There's a sign on the door about not parking in the "private" lot behind the building, so you need to find a spot on the street.
"nom nom nom"
There's something about eating food off of a stick that just makes it taste better.
The general consensus by yelpers thusfar is that this establishment is pretty awesome; I would say I have to agree. I was surfing yelp a few days ago when I came across these reviews and immediately I wanted to go check it out. Keep in mind, this was around midnight, having just finished a very satisfying meal at Lebanese Taverna. I finally made my way there tonight and I already can't wait to go back.
We ordered 'Set D,' which according to the menu comes with 30 skewers in all varieties. $30 for 30 skewers is really reasonable; and adequate for three people. There was an assortment of veggie (green pepper, green onion, mushroom) and meats (pork, chicken, beef) that were all really tasty. The highlight was definitely the bacon-wrapped yakitori. The set itself included bacon-wrapped asparagus and bacon-wrapped enoki mushroom. But I HAD to try the bacon-wrapped avocado since a) I love avocado and b) everyone else on yelp has raved about it, so we ordered those a la carte. It was amazing. They gave us a sample of the bacon-wrapped scallop too. I've decided: (bacon + anything)(on a stick) = happiness.
The service is super friendly. Jae, the owner came and greeted us and made sure we were well taken care of. I promised him a good review on yelp so here it is.
Useful information:
Happy Hour: 5-7:30 - $1 sake
Open till 2am - probably the only thing that could make the yakitori better: eating it after a night out
Sushi menu coming in about two weeks (from 1/15/2009)
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2/6/09 - Quick update (that I didn't think needed to be an actual 'update' just an edit)
I'm still a fan, but both times I've been here, our orders have been slightly incorrect. They forgot a couple skewers and we got one skewer that no one remembered ordering. I can understand it being easy to confuse things if someone orders a bunch of individual yakitori skewers. I might suggest to them next time I go that they do their menu more like sushi menus where you just check off what you want and write down a quantity. That might eliminate some confusion.
The yakitori is good especially the enoki mushroom/bacon but the real star is the okonomiyake. It was just like being in Osaka again. Check out the grilled rice ball too. Good sake selection too. Service can be slow and the place gets very smoky when there is a large order on the grill. Up-and-coming.
This is a place where you come to relax and talk amongst friends and eat and drink. The walls are painted black and has money stuck on the walls which I wasn't too impressed with. If you are starving, don't come here because you will be disappointed. We ordered set D which came with 30 skewers and then we ordered an additional 30 skewers among 6 of us. Some of the skewers were delicious like the galbi, bacon wrapped with vegetable, pork while others were not good like the quail eggs and the green onion skewer. Then there were some that were just ok like the squid and gizzards. We also the the chicken fried rice and shrimp fried rice which was good but nothing amazing. The green tea icecream for dessert also wasn't that great. Service is really slow here so come if you want to take your time. This place is open till 2am so if you are out late or just want to come for a snack, it might be worth it.
