YAKI Texas Teriyaki

I LOVED the food here at YAKI Texas Teriyaki! I found this little hole in the wall place on my Find My Gluten Free app. All food is gluten free, dairy free, and nut free. The menu is simple and you order a protein, rice, and slaw and it comes in a take out box. This place was an old Sonic Drive In, so there isn’t indoor dining, only picnic tables in a little area in front of the restaurant. There were 3 different meals ordered when we went, and all were fresh and delicious tasting! The waffle fries were amazing as well. I just wish this little place was in my town, I’d eat here all the time!

The food hits just right and YES you will have left overs. Our toddler loved the little kids box. The court yard is perfect on a nice day or night. The staff is considerate and friendly! They also have the best playlists. 10/10 would recommend and go back often.

I tried the combo box which sounded really good at first...it doesn't have fish in it but it was so fishy! It's like they used the same utensils or cooked everything where the fish cook. It was gross! The nugs and the waffle fries were the only thing I enjoyed. I still can't get the fishy taste out of my mouth 🤢 their spicy mayo, and sweet chili sauce is pretty decent. Watch out for the green sauce! It's got some heat 🔥💯🥵 Nugs and waffle fries are edible.

Great food. Amazing staff. I pulled in 10 minutes before closing and they were super considerate and fast with my order. Even though I was "that guy" they treated me great. Definitely coming back!

Yaki Texas Teriyaki Filed under: Skittles in a Box You know when a meal just hits—not like a heavy punch, but like a rhythm section. Smooth. Pacing. Flavors that build a groove. That was the Combo Box at Yaki. Started with a chilled Topo Chico, frosted up and snapping crisp on the lips. That thing’s not a drink—it’s a reset button. Sparkled your tongue and cleared the stage. Then came the box. Little brown cube of mystery. Popped the top, and there it was: slaw like confetti, creamy and punchy—each crunch like a cymbal crash. You could feel the spicy mayo and chili oil doing their work—not loud, but layered. The mushrooms and slaw together? Man, it was like funk and jazz colliding—unexpected harmony. The smoked chicken didn’t just sit there either—it floated, swirled, dipped into the sauces like it knew the choreography. Grabbed a chunk of broccoli like it was a green flag waving "you’re almost there." And then you hit that warm rice at the bottom—like the bassline dropped in after the buildup. Deep, grounding, perfectly timed. I ate outside, on a weathered bench. No fancy signage. Just a colorful shack, Texas breeze, and some mystery behind that plastic-curtain slit like a magician’s tent. What are they cooking back there? You don’t know. But you trust it. You trust them. And that—that—is the funny part. We’ll trust the box. Trust the hands behind the curtain. But not the Voice inside that says: "You are safe. You are held. You are whole. I am with you always." Isn’t that wild? Final Verdict: Yaki’s Combo Box isn’t just food—it’s a lesson in trust, a melody of flavor, and a reminder that what’s hidden doesn’t have to be feared. Send it to the Michelin gods.

She took extra care to let us know that a colleague ran to the market to get ingredients for our order. The food was great! Fresh, healthy and full of flavor. Our favorite eatery in, Will definitely return again before we leave! for the 1st time and really liked it!

Really awesome place. We stopped here before our trip to Austin. Ended up coming back the next day for lunch because it was so good. Coming back from Austin tomorrow and would get again if they weren’t closed on Mondays. Would love to eat this in Dallas, hope they make a chain. Texted all of our Baylor friends, they raved about coming back to eat her when their back visiting in Waco. Owner is also awesome, big time fan.