Yakitori Boy & Japas Lounge Reviews

This is a fun little place to gather a bunch of friends, fill a room to the brim, and sing your heart out. Only been here once, but had a great time and would love to go back with the right group of people. Atmosphere is lively and entertaining, worth an evening stop.

Great place to host an adult party. Rented a private room for 18 people for my birthday and everyone had a blast. The servers were attentive (Annie was awesome) and the food was good.

The karaoke machine was a little tricky to navigate, but not a major issue. Be aware that parking is difficult on busy nights and also encourage guests to bring cash as there are limited options to split the bill. All in all, a great time. I will definitely go back!

Yaki is a local haunt and it's been the same thing for years and years. The menu doesn't change much, if at all. I don't think they even have daily specials. Food here is okay. Many of the dishes on the menu are above average but their yakitori is always strangely greasy/oily and occasionally overcooked. I have a strong base for comparison, having eaten yakitori all over the USA and also in Japan and this seems to be common among all Yaki/Japas locations. If you're here for some drinks and karaoke upstairs, it's a good time, but if someone wants to come just for the food, there are a few better places within the city where you can get a similar menu and the quality is a little better.

Always a great experience! Service is fast and always accommodating for big groups. Just make sure to ask way ahead of time because they can book fast. I'll always go back for more.

Went for a birthday. The private rooms are a great concept since you have your own server and spot to sing. The rooms aren't huge so ours was cramped but we had a great time. The outer main bar area got very packed and you have to pay to sing songs. It was confusing since I couldn't see where the dj/microphone person was to get the mic from when it was your turn to sing. I would return again for a private room but not for the general bar area.

I had a great time thanks to great people. Song selection is okay. Need more updated music. The room was meant for 6 to 8 luckily only 4 made it because that many people in that small area would probably be a hot, sweaty, and uncomfortable mess. The drinks and food were good. It is a good place just to go with friends to hang out not for a special occasion.

I love celebrating with friends by getting a private room to sing here. The service is excellent and the price extremely reasonable, especially while the free room promotion is active (Sunday-Thursday 5-11pm). On those nights, if you meet the minimum food spend, you get the room for free. I highly recommend this, since the food is great. The karaoke song selection is also better than other places I've been.

Excellent service and food. Jenna is absolutely amazing. We have been regulars for years and will be for years to come.

Food was good, but probably $5 more expensive per dish than at other places. Wasn't worth the price bump.

I had a good time here for my niece's birthday. You get a private room with a karaoke machine, microphones. They have a great selection of music. They have a great selection of drinks and they're not shy with the liquor. The food is also good. The menu items were so hard to choose from because everything looked good. I would definitely go back.

Nice decoration, looks clean, and employees seem ok. I only went there a few times to pick up orders for someone else. I Haven't tried food from nor had the entertainment from there.

This is my friends and I go to place! Everything here is good! We always get the yakitori don but beware this this takes 45 minutes to make but it's worth it. I always get my array of skewers. Some of my favorites are the chicken skins, quail eggs wrap in bacon and chicken liver but they are all good! The American dream roll is my favorite roll there!! Enjoy!!!

Such amazing food. Tastes so good and the price isn't too expensive either. Very good quality.

Fun atmosphere, good food. A little pricey. Song selection difficult to navigate.

I went here on a Friday night for a friends birthday. Overall I was extremely disappointed with the entire experience. , the dress code is only enforced for certain people, the drinks were extremely watered down, the bartenders were slow for a light crowd, and the karaoke machine was out of sync and used by their staff there rather than paying customers.

I specifically talked to the manager about the dress code since I was asked to remove my hat. Normally I would not care since many places have a dress code, however, many other customers were breaking the dress code by wearing hats, hoodies, or leggings/sweats. She told me my hat made me a security threat since the cameras were unable to see my face even though I had my hat on backwards.

Even without the problems with the dress code, the cheap karaoke machine and weak, watery drinks are enough to make me find another karaoke bar to bring my money to.

Security here was extremely nice and probably the only redeeming factor about the entire establishment.

This is an awesome place to get drunk and eat really delicious food. It's fairly inexpensive variety of sushi, tempura , skewers and drinks has turned this place for me to a normal spot. Oh and if you want you can go upstairs and sing karaoke. I have spent hours in this establishment. And quite frankly if you got the right group of friends this place is super fun. I recommend this place for dinner to go sing karaoke and have cocktails happy hour after graduation after a wedding anytime

Always a great experience every time I go! I absolutely love everything about this place! Staff are always very friendly and making sure you are okay! Yakitori is a must go to!

Have some good happy hr prices at the karaoke bar upstairs, food was so-so. We were there with a larger group (approx 25 ppl) & our waitress kind of screwed us when it came to our bill - had 2 bills and got double charged on a few things.

Yakitori Boy has a nice environment with amole seating. Parking is a bit difficult but the area warrants that. In my opinion their specials for the skewers is what attracts me. A bit overpriced overall but they have great service and a full bar to accommodate you. I would give this place a try if you re in the area looking for asian late night eats.

We had a great time singing! Drinks were a little pricey but overall, a very good experience

The food was absolutely amazing!! The karaoke could have gone a little better but other than that it was a great time!

This is my go to place for karaoke. They have good selection of songs. My friends and I had booked a private room for three hours. They serve good food too. It s in the heart of Chinatown, lots of desert places near by.

We spend alot of our family birthdays here..we love it

Good music to choose from. Drinks could have been a little stronger

Delicious Japanese fare with great service in the middle of Chinatown. Recommended.

Food great!!! Everything was so fresh. Great Service too. I will be going back.

Absolutely loved it. Wonderful experience. A little confusing with menus at the table and no waitress

Drink prices are fair, and good vibe on Saturday nights

I go here once a week. I love the staff, and love the food. Great Atmosphere!! Keep it up guys!!

The food here is extremely affordable with a variety of choices. You can get carried away and spend to much if you don't watch your spending lol. You make your own fun here. I really enjoyed myself. Also they have a great variety of song choices for karaoke.

Good food with superior quality. The menu was nice and the place was very cool and cozy. If i talk about the price was also reasonable. The cocktails were superb with great flavor. I think the place is unique from other.

Greater experience. Seemed like the only place like it in China Town. It was located right around the corner from 9Ting Korean BBQ, which I recommend too.

Food was good. Drinks were extremely watered down. I had 4 martinis and was as sober as when l walked in the door.

Good food, but not that many options, went expecting ramen because it popped up under the search of ramen but they only have one ramen dish, food is still very tasty though!

This place is very strict with the ID policy which I understand. The waiter was really nice and tried his best in guiding us how to use the karaoke screen. The private room we were put in was big enough for about 10 people. The rooms were padded to help with the noise. I will definitely go back

Food was fantastic and the rooms were clean and quite soundproof. My only disappointment was the lack of Japanese selection in the karaoke machine. For a place that focuses on Japanese food and entertainment, I was surprised that they didn't have much to choose from.

Great food and great service, make sure you get the short rib yakitori. Your welcome.

Sushi is great. Make sure you clarify your special requests because they tend to overlook them

Good food. Ok prices. Very crowded. Kaoroke was cool once we got a private room.

Nice variety of reasonably priced Asian dishes, sake and cocktails.
You can sing karaoke at the bar upstairs (costs a couple bucks per song) or the better deal is to rent a private room. Fun times.

Great service. Excellent collection of different kinds of drinks. friendly staff and waitress. I used to came here to spent my weekend and hangout with friends. One of my favorite place.

This place is awesome! I have had fun in the lounge but the private rooms are great and worth the price. Always great service. My two loves are sushi and singing so this place in my eyes has it all!

One of the best karaoke places I've ever been to....I love the way the past the mic through the crowd.... VERY FUN..... GREAT FOOD..... A++++

My sister had here birthday party here. Sushi rolls came out with very dry rice, like my rolls had been sitting in a refrigerator over night. My fiance's vegitable skewers were covered in pepper. Way too much seasoning. The only good food was items drenched in so much sauce you can not taste tuna/beef or what ever is the main ingredient.

Good food, friendly bartenders, cheap sushi on weds! The crowd is usually pretty friendly too on weekends

Love the yakitori liver and gizzard. Soy sauce ramen is ok.

Fun karaoke place with up to date music yet the rooms can be a bit small which makes it harder for the air flow

Nice place for happy hour and to meet friends. Food is delicious, highly recommended. Ill be back for the sushi specials.

Come for the quick, cheap but delicious eats and stay for the karaoke. The atmosphere is lovely and the staff are friendly and very accommodating. I never had a bad experience here.

Was a lot of fun and the waiters, and waitresses were awesome. Could use some more music

Always fun, they have sushi specials on Tuesdays which are a favorite.

The Meteor Roll, do like the world was ending from it. >=]

Very pricey but worth every cent now to do a sake bomb and get yourself some quail eggs you're going to have fun

The service was fast and friendly, the menu had a huge variety to choose from, and the food was delicious!

The room was mediocre. The volume of the machines were so low. They blamed the songs but almost all were low. Nice guy at the front though

I was surprised at how well this place emulates the menu of a Japanese izakaya. Definitely the closest you can get to Japanese fare in Philly.

Fun spot. Kareoke upstairs, dinner downstairs. Note, opentable only makes reservations for dinner.

Average over-priced karoake joint. The machines are a little tricky to figure out at first, but the song selection is OK. A lot of the songs have random stock videos playing on the TV, which makes for some funny 'cards against humanity' moments.

The food is not great and the beer selection is bad.. but the lychee martinis are kind of fun.

You'll have a fun time if you're with the right group and you like singing... but this particular karoake bar is nothing special.

I've never eaten in the restaurant/bar downstairs, so I can't speak for the experience there. I've gone to their rooms upstairs a few times.

Loved it. Food was delicious and the service was commendable. Went in Valentine's night and while crowded, the servers made sure we were never left unattended.

Fun atmosphere. Good food. My usual go to place for japanese food