(212) 598-3041
8 Stuyvesant St
(Third Avenue)
New York,
NY
10003
40.7301
-73.9894
Neighborhoods: East Village, Downtown
Hours:
Daily 5pm-3am
Price:
$$
Last updated 10.17.11
Category:
Restaurant Special Features:
Late Night Dining, Family Style Dining, Group Dining, Private Rooms
Cuisine:
What People Are Saying About Village Yokocho
Featured Review
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Contributor
The Scene – The consistent lines at this bustling Japanese "tapas" hot spot don't lie: Yokocho's fresh, reasonably priced comfort food and social atmosphere draw a youthful clientele of cultural natives and gaijin alike. A 20-foot grill, simple wood-furnished decor and hip Asian-American servers transport you to a lively Tokyo food joint. – – The Food – The extensive menu ranges from top-notch Korean-derived barbecue (the succulent prime rib with bone sizzles in savory pepper-and-apple sauce) to udon noodles to Japanese stews. But the best offerings are the a la carte…
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| ambiance | 100.0% positive |
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| drinks | 81.4799976348877% positive |
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| food quality | 82.1399974822998% positive |
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| menu variety | 80.0% positive |
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| overall | 100.0% positive |
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| service | 46.30000114440918% positive |
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| value | 83.33000183105469% positive |
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| wait time | 26.670000553131104% positive |
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Good cheap Japanese!!
by dolls doll
This place is not fancy at all but great Japanese food for sooo cheap. I usually go there with close friends. Many veggie dishes too!
- Pros: food, price
- Cons: decor, service
Longtime customer - but now you can't even get a seat!
by Rev2
I hate to write this but I had to voice my disappointment. I've been coming here with wife and friends for many years now. Everything has always been good. Love the food, the prices, and the vast menu. We mainly go for the grill table but now the place is so popular you can't get a grill table, not even at 7pm! I had asked not too long ago about making reservations and they told me they didn't take reservations. This last time I went in at 7pm, which we had to do last 2 times to get a seat, we couldn't be seated because they said all the tables were reserved till 10pm. So what's the story, you do or don't take reservations!? And there was NOBODY seated at ANY of the grill tables. The service is also often poor with it taking forever to get your server's attention. They also don't clean off the grills well, we often find dried pieces of food still stuck on the grill.
This place is getting to be too much of a headache to try to eat at. It was once a gem, but now it's getting just too hard to eat there.
- Pros: Real charcoal grill, inexpensive, tons of menu items
- Cons: Can't ever get a table, not too clean, sometimes poor servic
Great place!
by acegas
I love this place. The food is so delicious you can order anything, even strange sounding things are amazing. And it has such a great vibe, from the moment you sit down you just feel happy!
- Pros: Service , Food is amazing
- Cons: there might be a line (well worth the wait)
centipede in diet coke avoid this place
by chemunwo
found a centipede in my diet coke, it is disgusting. the waiter were quick to address the problem with 20% discount of my entire meal. it is not anyone's fault but just the sanistation in the restaurant is horrible. avoid this place if you can and and save yourself from potentially food poisoned with these hazardous insect. the yakitori portion were really small as compared to taishyo or other japanese restaurant alike around the area. the food in this restaurant is not bad but not superior either. won't comeback again
- Pros: good waitstaff
- Cons: found centipede in diet coke, small portion
Worst waitress ever
by natsuko82
I've been coming here for years. I've worked in the area and understand that the clientele at yokocho leaves much to be desired - college students, newbies to the tipping culture and general cheapskates who failed to learn basic manners and tipping norms - 20% at least children. Anyways, the clientele generally leaves much to be desired, so I understand if my waiters don''t give 5 star service. It's ridiculous to expect Masa level service when the clientele doesn't warrant it. However, the service I recieved here was so abominable that I had to comment.
Generally, the wait staff is fast, efficient and friendly. However, this new waitress made me want to do the unthinkable - tip one penny. I think I've seen her before at Sobaya and am pretty sure she was fired for her poor attitude. Well, the attitude has followed her and she ruined our evening. We come to yokocho at least once a week, but this girl was ridiculous, and we are considering Taisho just so we can avoid her. She failed to bring our drinks, had a terrible attitude - as though she couldn't fathom the fact she had to talk to people, and that she was inherently better than us, and constantly ignored us, though she watched us, laughing, while we tried to get her attention, yet failed to acknowledge us. For some reason she found our attempts to signal her hilarious, and carried on with whatever it was that had amused her. This in addition to her failing to place (forgetting) some of our orders.
Perhaps this girl doesn't need a job badly enough to do it competently, or perhaps she just hates people in general. Whatever the case, the "service" industry does not seem to be one which she is suited for - to be honest, any work where she must interact with people does not seem to be one for which she is suited to.
/ The management should have a talk with this rude girl and retrain / re-educate her. Management should retrain or re-educate her because she is clearly an unfit and terribly rude waitress.
The Details on Village Yokocho
Place Categories:
- love japanese food
- abominable service
- love first date place
- very attentive wait staff
- pretty nice prices
- cool bar
- very tasty vast menu
- less explored japanese yakiniku options
- poor attitude
- still rare deep fried skewers
- authentic japanese comfort food
- good drink
- horrible sanistation
- like sakagura
- tasty bbq meats
- horrible meal
- amazing yum
- full serving staff
- really love different selections
- pretty good same owner
- cool japanese dude
- favorite oolong hai
- bad yakitori
- like atmosphere
- elegant dining

