Yakko Bistro

Yakko Bistro is the kind of casual, delicious Japanese restaurant you probably thought Miami didn’t have since Yakko San (the team’s old restaurant) closed. But that team is back together at Yakko Bistro in a smaller (but much cuter) dining room on a quiet street in North Miami Beach. The new spot has a square sushi counter, approximately seven cat figurines waving hello to guests, and a menu that reads like our own personal list of Japanese dishes we’ve been trying to manifest more of in this city. They have good sushi, but our favorite things here are the cooked dishes. They have a lot of kushiyaki options—including the best tsukune skewers we've had in Miami—as well as a big plate of omurice and okonomiyaki.