Yokai

4.4

27 Reviews

$50 and over

American

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2 people

Mar 30, 2025

7:00 PM

Booked 6 times today

Experiences are available.

Great for creative cocktails
Great for happy hour
Good for special occasions

The Spirit of Japan and the Heart of San Francisco.

Yokai is a charcoal grill and vinyl bar created by Chef Marc Zimmerman and inspired by travel throughout Japan. The vibe is loungy and upscale casual. The focus of our kitchen is sourcing pristine Japanese and Californian ingredients and preparing them simply. We're located steps from Salesforce tower at 545 Mission Street in the heart of San Francisco. We offer lunch and dinner and the cocktail bar is open all day.

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Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
$50 and over
Cuisines
American, Japanese, Californian
Hours of operation
Dinner Tue–Sat 5:00 pm–8:30 pm Happy Hour Tue–Fri 5:00 pm–6:00 pm
Phone number
(415) 658-7654
Website
https://yokaisf.com/
Payment options
AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress
Executive chef
Marc Zimmerman

Location
545 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94105
Neighborhood
Financial District / Embarcadero
Parking details
Street Parking
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Beer, BYO Wine, Chef's Table, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Counter Seating, Entertainment, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking, Private Room, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Experiences

Spring Restaurant Week at Yokai
Apr 4, 2025 - Apr 12, 2025
Join us for Spring Restaurant Week at Yokai! We'll be offering a multi-course menu for $75 not inclusive of tax and gratuity. Supplements from the a la carte menu will be available. ***Please know dietary restrictions and food allergies cannot be accommodated*** Restaurant Week Menu: Wagyu Gyoza, la-yu crunch Yellowtail Sashimi, smoked olive oil, ponzu, ginger, wasabi Broccolini and Dungeness Crab Salad, bonito emulsion, jidori egg King Salmon Belly Skewer, creme fraiche, match, dill Hokkaido Scallop Skewer, yuzu kosho, scallion Marinated Duck Breast, charred leeks, marble potatoes, koji buttercream, ito bonito Koshihikari Rice, furikake Kakigori (Japanese shaved ice)

What 27 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

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4.4

4.4 based on recent ratings

4.3Food
4.4Service
4.6Ambience
3.9Value

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Review summary

AI-generated from verified diner reviews

Yokai offers an "excellent food" experience with a unique ambiance featuring dial turntables and jazz music. It's perfect for dates, with standout cocktails and a "delicious exquisite menu." Despite some mixed reviews on portion sizes and service, patrons highlight its "phenomenal" vibe and "friendly" staff, making it a memorable dining destination.

27 Reviews

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OpenTable Diner
Central Coast5 reviews
5.0
Dined 7 days ago
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Excellent food! Ambience of dial turntables playing old school tunes was excellent. All this and Godzilla too! A little on the pricey side, but worthy of celebrational experience when you have the pennies to do so!
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Emma VIP
San Francisco1 review
5.0
Dined on February 23, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 5
Great ambiance! Perfect for date and hangout! The cocktail is also good.
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Karina
San Francisco4 reviews
5.0
Dined on February 15, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Second visit for my husband and I. We came here last year to celebrate an anniversary and came back to celebrate our first valentine’s as newlyweds. The staff were courteous and friendly. The food was delicious. We ordered the chef’s choice meal and were not disappointed. Every dish was tasty and delectable in its own way. The bartender also makes good cocktails. We ordered two each and they were very good.
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Alex
New York City1 review
3.0
Dined on February 15, 2025
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 4
The food was bland considering the price. Only good things about this restaurant is its atmosphere and service. Good for last minute book for anniversary if you don't have any alternatives.
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Vincent VIP
San Francisco1 review
2.0
Dined on February 8, 2025
1. Overall 2
2. Food 2
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 4
This was our second visit to Yokai, and we could not have been more disappointed. Our first time there was absolutely amazing, so we were pretty excited to return. They've done a pretty big overhaul of their menu, axing quite a few of our favorites, but that's ok - it's normal for menus to change. We started the meal with 1 tuna hand roll and one salmon hand roll. The cold seaweed wrapper was surprising and extremely impossible to bite through. With each attempt to bite through the wrapper, the filling would just squeeze out - it was like sucking tuna out of a balloon - a terrible start to the meal. The uni toast is always our favorite and we make sure to get it whenever we see it when we're out. They changed the Uni + Wagyu for Uni + Duck Confit. The dish was fine - a bit too salty with soggy bread. The rest of the dishes we had were just fine. Nothing really worth mentioning. If this is the new quality standard for the price, this was our last visit
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Walter
San Francisco1 review
5.0
Dined on January 23, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Very pleasantly surprised. Their burger was as close to perfect as possible!! Medium rare was warm pink. Wow. Lettuce, tomato and red onion. Sauce on the side. I am certainly going back for the burger!!
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Mia
Central Coast2 reviews
5.0
Dined on December 29, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Incredible jazzy feel with a refined and tasty menu. 👌🏽 Very memorable.
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Sanaz
Los Angeles4 reviews
2.0
Dined on December 15, 2024
1. Overall 2
2. Food 2
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 3
All the food tasted bad. They were nice and took off the items we didn’t enjoy. But most the food was weird and inedible.
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Pauline
San Francisco1 review
5.0
Dined on December 15, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Every single is delicious honestly the best tasteful innovative yakitori
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Flora
San Francisco1 review
3.0
Dined on December 6, 2024
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 4
Portion too small but too expensive. Waitress too pushy. A little annoying. Won’t go again.
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FAQs

Yokai is rated 4.4 stars by 27 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

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2 people

Mar 30, 2025

7:00 PM

Booked 6 times today

Experiences are available.

545 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94105

Additional information

Neighborhood
Financial District / Embarcadero
Hours of operation
Dinner Tue–Sat 5:00 pm–8:30 pm Happy Hour Tue–Fri 5:00 pm–6:00 pm
Price
$50 and over
Cuisines
American, Japanese, Californian
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
Street Parking
Payment options
AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Executive chef
Marc Zimmerman
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Beer, BYO Wine, Chef's Table, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Counter Seating, Entertainment, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking, Private Room, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Website
https://yokaisf.com/
Phone number
(415) 658-7654

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Spring Restaurant Week at Yokai

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What 27 people are saying

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