The location and service were good, the atmosphere was pretty cool in there. It had a great ambiance. We got chicken pot stickers and chicken and chashu (pork) bao buns to start. They all tasted great! The Ramen of choice was the Tonkatsu Ramen and the J Ramen. They were both so delicious! read more

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Yoko Kitchen was very middle of the road for me. We were in New Milford for the day and chose Yoko Kitchen because of the good reviews and high overall rating. But I found it very mediocre. Chicken potstickers were probably the best part of the meal. My husband ordered the general tso's lunch special, I ordered the spicy miso ramen, and we ordered the pineapple fried rice lunch special with chicken to share. There is a place closer to home where I order pineapple fried rice and it's super yummy and served in a pineapple. This was very boring, and bland. I wished it could be ordered with pork or pork belly, which has more flavor than chicken, but that wasn't an option. It did contain a lot of chicken so would be a decent sized standalone meal, but I wasn't impressed. The spicy miso ramen said it had a rich pork broth with miso added, but truth be told, it tasted like the free miso soup you get with sushi or hibachi. I forgot to add an egg - entirely my fault. But the soup overall was underwhelming. As was the general tso's. Fine but not great. Food came out quickly and it was busy, but I was not impressed at all and wish we chose somewhere better for lunch when in the area. We had leftovers, but it wasn't any better the second time around! read more

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Another day just driving around to get fresh air and on our way back we decided to try Yoko Kitchen. We were greeted and seated right away in a nice quiet spot. We ordered some Spring Rolls which were nice and hot, a Futo Maki which is my favorite and hard to find. So good. Then I got the Beef Yaki Ramen and my husband got the Korean Flank Steak. Both served hot and fresh. Everything was delicious. The waitstaff was overly attentive but that's ok. Cute spot. Well definitely go back. read more

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Went here with my wife on a Saturday evening. Started off with the crispy duck pao buns, steamed pork dumplings and fried calamari all were good, especially the calamari. Wife had the Hawaii roll which she enjoyed very much, nice sauce. I had the red lobster roll which I didn't care for, It was a little warm and mushy. Carrin was our waitress and she was very helpful with the menu and prompt with service not rushed. Nice atmosphere and service and good food. read more

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Tasty food at good prices. We had the ramen, which was flavorful and filling. I wish they had more options for the ramen, though. There was no choice of ramen noodle type (curly vs straight) or done-ness (firm, medium, soft), and the add-on possibilities were pretty limited. Still, it was good enough that I'd happily go back. read more

Another great experience with great food! Never had the ramen and definitely will. I believe it was the spicy miso with pork. We really enjoyed our sushi. Only complaint is the steak was chewy. read more

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In a city like NYC where there are not only excellent Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Thai restaurants, but regional variations of all of the above, Yoko would be a non-starter, probably a one to three on the Yelp star system depending on your level of generosity. In New Milford (whose charms are many, but largely center on areas other than regional Asian cuisine), Yoko is among the better places in the vicinity.* I always find it hard to fairly review places like this.... *I'm thinking of the eastern part of Connecticut between New Milford to the north and Danbury to the south. Thoughts: Neutral - The menu is extremely wide ranging, offering everything from sushi and ramen, to soup dumpling and char siu buns, to Thai curries. Pros - The most successful offerings we've tried have been the grilled options. We happened upon well made grilled octopus and lamb on our first visit. These remain our favorites. Sushi rolls are fair, made with non-fishy tuna, yellowtail and the like, among the better renditions to be found in the area. We've never sat at the sushi bar. The chefs there seem nice / competent. - The decor really is pleasant if kitchsy. We enjoy the irregularly shaped tree-cross sectional tables to the right when you enter the restaurant. If I were 16 again, I would take all of my dates there to impress. If I were in my 20s or 30s again, this would be a good place for a first date. - Despite the occasional cons in service (see below and prior review), wait staff are generally competent, friendly and polite. I like that the women and men who work here carry themselves with a sense of dignity. - Bathrooms (extremely important to me if you're at all familiar with my reviews) are clean. - The rice used in maki-zushi is surprisingly well made in our experience. I'm quite picky about sushi rice. Whoever is making this stuff at Yoko knows what (s)he is doing in terms of rice type, cook time, and seasoning, all of which are completely competent. I haven't tried the nigiri so have no opinion on how it's packed/shaped/held at temperature in that context. Cons: - Even the well made (e.g. grilled) dishes are somewhat Sysco-esque / Disney-esque in quality, what you might find at a Cheesecake Factory or Olive Garden of pan-Asian food. There's a baseline level of quality and skill in the preparation that is never awful. But sauces are corn syrupy and there are many liberties taken in terms of authenticity and ingredients that are straight from a jar / bucket. I suppose it's not surprising given what a huge culinary geography this restaurant attempts to cover. - Ramen comes with a lovely soft boiled soy egg, an overexuberant amount of bean sprouts, a bit of bamboo shoots. Noodles are a crimped variety (a bit low brow, more akin to Top Ramen than Ichiran), made to a pleasantly firm texture. All doable up to this point. However, the all-important broth is almost certainly made from a Knorr's-like reconstituted bouillon powder, doctored with additional ingredients. Good ramen joints make their broths from scratch. The difference in quality is drastic. - We once ate there with our pup on the attractively decorated patio and were chased away by wasps, drawn by the nearby dumpster I think. Not a pleasant experience, especially since the extremely non-helpful waitresses on that visit tried to gaslight us about the wasps. We gave the restaurant a long rest after that incident. --- TLDR: Will we be back? Probably, given that we have few options in the area for this kind of food. Is it a place we'll seek out? Only if we're away from NYC for an extended period of time. read more

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We always crave ramen when it rains and it sure has been a rainy two months. We discovered Yoko by accident and what a win for us. The Tonkotsu ramen broth had a great depth of flavor and really rich and makes you feel warm each slurp. Hands down the best bao we've ever had. Soft shell bao is a must and the sushi roll complimented the meal. Service was very friendly and quick! A must if you are in the north Danbury area. read more

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The best service and food quality you'll ever find. I lie awake thinking about going back to this restaurant. Please come by and try literally anything and you'll be amazed, I go and get something new all the time and have yet to be disappointed. If you are interested in an appetizer my favorite is the curry mussels and the soft shells crab buns. Their ramen is top tier as is however I love kimchi and eggs so I'll always add that. Also do yourself a favor and get the fluke sashimi because you will never get over that tho and chefs are so talented and actually know who to sever you any type of sashimi your heart desires. I can't ever go and not get sushi but if you aren't so much of a fan the pineapple fried rice (we do chicken and shrimp) and a fam favorite with my toddlers. I can literally go on and on about this place but it is fantastic and beautiful so much so I got engaged there. read more

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Lobster roll was overcooked. Small portions for big enough price. Was so excited to come here, but unfortunately can't recommend. We were there at late hour, service was in style "I don't care it's almost closing hour", very unfortunate... Interior looks nice read more

Had a great meal Thursday. If I want sushi I go to their other place Yokohama (the best). Tonight I had the seafood curry and it was so good. I usually always get the Spicey beef ramen but tonight saw some newer menu items and went rogue. We also had the fried rice, the beef skewers and the spring rolls! And a kani salad. Just an all round great dining experience for our family. We are lucky to have so many excellent restaurants in Mew Milford. read more

Very different here! Incredible dish presentation. Extensive menu and very reasonably priced menu. Truly 5-star! Definitely plan to revisit soon and try ramen next time. The best chilled saki I personally ever had. read more

Stopped by on a Friday night for a quick bite with 3 others. We grabbed a table immediately, not crowded. I ordered the Chashu Buns and the Tonkatsu Ramen. The Chashu Buns were delicious with tender pork, a good amount of sauce, on a fluffy bun. This was solid and I very much recommend buns for anyone as an appetizer, whether they be the Chashu or any of the others. The ramen is a better bang for your buck than the buns, but they were very tasty and worth the splurge. The ramen was solid as well. The eggs were a little overcooked, so the yolk was more crumbly than creamy, but they didn't detract from the overall bold flavor and tasty ingredients in the dish. There was a good amount of tender pork in here as well. Very good! Value: 4/5 Quality: 4/5 Quantity: 4/5 Service: 5/5 Atmosphere: 5/5 read more

Yoko Kitchen - Tonkotsu Ramen - Ramen Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

Weekday early evening dinner while visiting my Auntie. She has frequented many times, but it was my first. Gyoza was good, and our very accommodating server had 1/2 steamed for me and the other half pan-fried for my Auntie. Came out perfect. Spring rolls had good taste. Ordered Crab Soup Dumplings - a first - and had to be taught how to eat them. Interesting concept and a substantial amount of meat filling. Nice flavor, just wasn't my favorite thing we ate. The pineapple fried rice was to DIE for, and once again, our different tastes were accommodated - shrimp & chicken. Flavorful, rice wasn't sticky, chicken was tender and tasty, and most of all, I couldn't tell the huge shrimp that came with the dish (which my aunt pronounced amazing) had been cooked in the dish! Bonus! Would totally return and totally recommend. read more

Yoko Kitchen - Shrimp and chicken pineapple fried rice. - Ramen Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

My girlfriend loves ramen and other soups. I do, too. I'd always suggested we stop in here, and I'm glad we finally did! It's got an interesting vibe, somewhere between Asian fusion chic and the inside of the USS Chowder Pot local chain of restaurants. This isn't a complaint; it works very well. We started with the crispy chicken bao and spicy edamame. Both were amazing. I'm not an edamame fan, but the spices are a big help. For dinner, I ordered the J Ramen. It's a classic hearty ramen, but it comes with a piece of bone-in fried duck sticking out of the broth. Duck is a very rich meat, so it was quite the treat for me. The soup was wonderfully done with a naturally-thick bone broth. Somehow, the duck was still crispy despite being submerged. Why did we never come here sooner? Now the question is, when are we going back? read more

Yoko Kitchen - Crispy Chicken Bun, Spicy Edamame - Ramen Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

This restaurant, and its sister restaurant, Yokohama, serve the best sushi around. I have friends and family from near and far and they always want to include a trip to one of these in their visit to me. The sushi is fresh and creatively prepared, but, more importantly, absolutely delicious! read more

I love this spot. Every time I go, the food is amazing, the specials are innovative and the staff is great. We tried the special desserts Yuzu Cheesecake and Amaretto Ice Cream and both were incredibly delicious. The meals are consistently good and flavorful and there is yet to be anything there that I've tried that I haven't liked. I recommend this restaurant to everyone looking for tasty, authentic local ramen. The scenery is mesmerizing yet serene. read more

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Delicious fresh food, one of the highlights of delicious local business. The sushi is fresh and the noodles are amazing.

So I've been coming here every chance I get when I'm working within New Milford.. and I love the consistency of their spicy miso ramen. Today, I had it without the chashu pork but requested menma/bamboo shoots with extra broth and egg. OMG. Fantastic!!! I'm craving for it as I'm updating my review. I'm addicted! read more

Yoko Kitchen - Spicy Miso Ramen without chashu, replaced with menma and extra broth and egg. - Ramen Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

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This is a nice place. Restaurant has a modern bright atmosphere. Staff is super friendly and helpful. Food looked and tasted amazing. The menu is extensive and the pictures of the dishes made ordering "difficult" because everything looked so yummy. Prices weren't bad either. Definitely will return. read more

Yoko Kitchen - Super cool kitty at the hostess stand - Ramen Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

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I can't say more about the delicious food at Yoko - I love their expanded menu and as if on cue, everything I ordered was delicious and prepared so well. I can't wait to go back! read more

Food is amazing and decently priced. All staff are attentive and knowledgeable on the menu. Service is usually fast even when busy. The restaurant is always very tidy and neat. The decorations add a very nice touch. I come here with my family very often. Definitely worth a try!! :) read more

With the weather opening up, my wife and I went on a motorcycle ride. Yoko Kitchen is well placed and is at a nice spot. I ordered scallops from the seafood lunch section. With Cajun Garlic sauce. The food was excellent. The waitress was very helpful in pointing out the dishes. The shovel they serve it in was unique, like the experience itself. Great spot! read more

Yoko Kitchen - Ramen Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

This is not my style! This needs to be done. So we started with the pork belly bao, the pork was dry and overcooked, how do you over cook pork belly!!! Sauce could have saved it but it was non existent. Next we had the special fire kissed salmon roll, it was good. Pork soup dumplings were nothing more than pork dumplings with a little extra juice in some, not all. My wife had sashimi deluxe, the fish was tough and tasted odd. We asked the owner Nick to taste it, he did not. Nick gave the textbook answer, maybe they cut it wrong, that's the way that fish taste. No, sushi should not have a chemical flavor to it and should not be leathery. And if you stand behind your food, you'd taste it!!!!! He did not offer even a little discount. Sorry nick, I've had more than my share of yellowtail and it never tasted like that! My ramen was reminiscent of the 99 cent packages you got at the market. The pork again was dry, how is pork belly dry????? And the broth was no more than the water the noodles were boiled in. I will not ever go back! read more

Been eating there for three years. Never had a bad meal. I give it a 5 star. Everything is cooked perfectly.

4 stars because we weren't served water until we asked twice. At that point we were half way through appetizer 2. We ordered buns, and soup dumplings. The buns were divine, the soup dumplings soup to meat ratio left us yearning for a little more soup. Now for the stars of the night, the ramen. Hands down the best ramen I've ever had. The broth was so delicious, and their spicy paste is just the cherry on top. So happy to have found this spot, only 30 minutes from Carmel NY!! read more

Yoko Kitchen - Tonkotsu Ramen - Ramen Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

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All of the above. Friendly staff and great food. Large menu. We go several times a month. Very happy with service

Delicious ramen and buns, great place asian fusion in New Milford. The dessert was also great, and the servers were wonderful! read more

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A gem of a pan asian restaurant in New Milford! Went here with a group of 4--absolutely delicious food and fantastic service during our visit. We ordered a mix of sushi, sashimi, and ramen dishes. The spicy beef ramen and blackened tuna sashimi apps were particular standouts. Highly recommend stopping by Yoko Kitchen if you're in the area and looking for high quality Asian bites. read more

Delicious, courteous, quick, and easy. We always have a good experience here. Everything on the menu is fantastic

This place is amazing!!!!! 5/5!! The food is so good and fresh and I can tell it's good quality!!! The service was attentive as well!!! And it's very cute inside- cute bar area too! I will def be back. read more

Yoko Kitchen - Tonkatsu ramen - Ramen Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

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I unfortunately also had an issue a few hours after our meals which lasted with early morning wake ups. Based on the rapid exit of my coconut shrimp and lobster roll the 2 star is being nice. I hesitantly upped score based on the nice owner, newish and clean looking establishment, and good service, in our case. We liked the look and feel of their new decor, nice bar, clean and new bathrooms. Curious if the other customer who I see just had a similar issue as mine had one of same dishes. May help owner pinpoint the problem, likely the mayonnaise in either the coconut shrimp dip or the sauce used on the lobster roll. Wife enjoyed her Ramen bowl, felt it tasted light and healthy. She did not try my roll or the Coconut Shrimp mayo sauce, thus had no after-issue... read more

More people need to know about this place!!! It's so good! I've been wanting to try a good seafood boil for some time now and glad one opened up closer to where I live. I came here today for the first time for a Father's Day lunch with my parents and we all loved everything! We ordered half pounds of pretty much everything in the seafood boil and chose the spicy mala sauce... Delicious! They provided you a bucket for shells, bibs and gloves and we digged in! The boil came with sausage, corn and potatoes and we added a side of noodles also. Everything was cooked deliciously and good size portions for the price. My parents were definitely impressed as well. It made a good Father's Day lunch. read more

Yoko Kitchen - Ramen Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

My husband and I stopped here for lunch today while we were in the area. We've been meaning to try a Ramen Restaurant and this place had good Yelp reviews. The place was quiet when we went as it was 2pm. It was only us and by the time we left maybe 3 other tables at max while we were there. Waitress was very nice but it took a while to get our food and bill. We started our meal with spring rolls and pork soup dumplings. Both appetizers were very good. For my main dish I ordered Chashu Pork Tonkatsu Ramen and requested no egg. The pork in this dish was mushy and flavorless. For pork belly I expected at least a salty flavor. The broth was decent but not very flavorful. It said it had garlic oil and I definitely did not taste any garlic. I would say I definitely won't order this again. My husband ordered the duck ramen and he was very happy with it. I did request a knife and never received it. The bill was $65 which is average but I left hungry because I couldn't eat the pork in my ramen. That is unusual for me to leave any restaurant hungry as I hardly ever can finish even 1/2 my food. All in all I don't think we would return. It's sad because it's a cute little place and I had high hopes of liking the food after reading the reviews . read more

Yoko Kitchen - Ramen Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

This place never ceases to amaze me , I've had the fried calamari , wings , ramen and seafood boils . All so amazing , the red sangria is also so yummy , prices are decent . They are very accommodating as well . Must try read more

Yoko Kitchen - Tonkotsu Ramen so delish - Ramen Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

Oh my goodness. I am so lucky to have such an amazing ramen place close to me. The food is incredible. They always get it right every time. The service is lovely and everyone is so nice and accommodating there. I love everything and anything about Yoko Kitchen, I wish I could rate them 6/5 stars. Would give left kidney for the Tonkatsu Ramen read more

Yoko Kitchen - Tonkotsu Ramen - Ramen Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

Wonderful noodle soups! Friendly service and if you dig seafood, this is your joint.

Spicy ramen was delicious, especially after adding the homemade Chile oil to make it even more spicy. Cool atmosphere with friendly service. read more

Yoko Kitchen - Spicy Ramen - Ramen Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

My husband and I ate here on Saturday. We ordered the steamed duck buns which were delicious. My husband ordered Ramen and I got the boiled seafood combo A, that had shrimp and crab legs. It was really good! I chose the spicy Cajun garlic sauce on it, it was tasty and not too spicy. The service was great, this is a definite must try for anyone who likes seafood and Asian cuisine. read more

Yoko Kitchen - Boiled Seafood A Combo - Ramen Near Me - New Milford, Connecticut

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My husband and I really love Yoko kitchen. I usually get the Ramen and my husband gets the seafood boil. They are both fantastic! Last time we were there we saw they added sushi so we sat at the sushi bar and had an amazing meal. The service is top notch and we love the cozy ambiance at this restaurant. It is decorated very well!! read more