Yaas Grill House

Great food! staffs are so professional, it’s too loud and noisy but you will get a fresh food for cheap price.

The stews are tasty and filling with large portions. The grilled meats seem expensive for 1 skewer. Almost always busy. Expect lineups for ordering and a tables on weekends evenings.

Went back again this fall — summer seems to create hot weather so the meat goes bad or is bad tasting when they are making the kebabs to be placed into the fridge. Ordered a couple of meals — sour cherry rice with chicken (extremely fatty and greasy chicken — oily sauce dripped onto it and onto the rice), and barg and rice — tasty. Suggestion: learn safe food handling, deal with that leaking ice cream cooler, and wipe down your tables well.
To the person below me — consider contacting your Public Health Officer — all it takes is an email form to be filled out adn they respond within a couple days.

Very good again got two plates lamb stew and lamb skewer high quality good value and great taste this place consistently has good lamb

I waited 30 minutes for my food and it didn’t come. Lots of people came in and got their foods after 5 minutes and when I got my food and I told them that i came here 30 minutes ago, they didn’t even apologize. They also have bad service. But the place used to be better than this.

What’s with all the bad reviews? Loved it here. $ 8.95 for a lamb shank with rice? Cooked perfectly. Café style and always busy. Much better atmosphere and value than zeitoon a few doors down the street. I’ll be back.

WARNING:
1) UNSANITARY practices:
Example A: I witnessed a staff member picking up a grilled tomato which fell off a newly prepared plate onto the table which had dirty dishes. Staff member picked up the grilled tomato with her fingers and put it right back on to the plate and served it to the customer.
Example B: staff member messed up on our order and demanded that we gave back food which was already partially eaten. They may have served this plate of food to another customer…
2) UNETHICAL practices towards employees:
On the same order that was served to us by mistake, one of the staff member/​owner yelled out in front of everyone that the order will be charged to the waiter for messing up the order — shouldn’t this be part of doing business?
Food was not bad but I’ll leave it up to you to support such IMMORAL practices.

They served meat in the eggplant stew to my vegetarian friend, who unfortunately took a bite before realizing that she just ate beef after many years of avoiding it. And, this was after I double checked with the cashier to ensure there is no meat in the dish (to which she said there was none). Also, I ordered the bone-​in chicken and was served the regular chicken. So, the entire order was wrong.
It was a take-​out order so we didn’t realize the error until we got home. It was too late at night to return the meal so we called the restaurant and they said they would re-​imburse us if we bring in the receipt. So, the next day, we did. We were re-​imbursed for the eggplant stew but not the chicken. The owner didn’t believe that the chicken order was wrong and thought I was trying to get extra money back, even though I told him I’m not asking for money back on the chicken.
The owner just stood there and stared as I told him that greater attention needs to be paid when serving customers. No response from him — great tactic on his part to not have a customer ever come back.

Economical and tasty. I had a beef kabob with rice and salad. It was simple, very tasty, and filled me right up.
The wife had a lamb kabob and also enjoyed it.
It’s not fancy, but for the price I think you get a good simple meal.

Couple weeks ago I was there to have a lunch with my wife and in the middle of my food I found a dark long hair inside my Kebab when I told them about they change the food for me but I totally lost my appetite and I will never go back again. It was really disgusting.

I can’t really say anything special about this place. It’s your average Iranian food with reasonable price. The quality is just OK. I think I have set my standards high, since I have tried many Iranian restaurants both in Canada and the states and can tell the difference when the kabab is amazing or just alright.

If you are for the worst customer service in town, you have to visit this place. You ask for a plate you get a spoon, you ask for a cup you get a fork. To top it all at the end, while you still eating, you have the server asking «out of curiosity, how long more you need before you leave?» I simply answered «I will leave once I finish the food I paid for». Of course, That’s didn’t work and he asked me again «how long you think that would be?» I asked to talk to his manager, guess what? Nothing happened and no one apologized.

Great food is only good thing about this place. This is small, often crowded place with huge lineups. Dirty, filthy, unsanitary!!! Tables are cleaned up wayyyyyyy to slow and with minimum effort ! Worst thing — you have to be hunting for your table — you can literally stand with food plates in your hand and there is no place to sit. Horrible organization and service!

They used to have good food at their old location. I’ve been to the new place a few times and the food has been getting worse with each visit. The last time every thing was almost inedible. I won’t be back…

Persian food, for the most part, is ostensibly healthy (if you don’t order the rice or pita) but not when the skewers of meat are undercooked!!!
The first time my chicken kabob was pink, I let it go. They replaced my meal and I was satisfied; however, it happened again and now I’m done with dining at Yaaz.
Their prices are seemingly cheap but that’s only because the food quality is the cheapest you’ll ever find. The second time my meal was undercooked, the acting manager actually gave me attitude saying that I hadn’t asked for well done meat!
To make a long story short, I will spend my $ 7.99 on something less likely to make me sick… Perhaps a Big Mac…

Tasty food and friendly folks here.
I had the Barberry Rice over the plain rice along with the lamb shank. Most customers were ordering the tomato shiskabob, so that will be my next adventure.
The ice cream bar features Rose and Pomegranate flavours, all blended by Masoud, the manager of Yaas. Wonderful taste and texture. Yum.
Saffron rice pudding in take out containers at the cash — very nice texture, topped with chopped pistachios.
Yaas is cafeteria-​style, order at the cash, take your number, and find a table, either inside or on the patio. This place has a lot of regulars — and does a big take out business. Right across the street from Joe Fresh, and a bus stop right in front to get you back to Lonsdale Quay and Seabus.

I actually love a lot this restaurant, especially since they moved to this new location on central Lonsdale. The food is always juicy here and it’s a mixture between fast food and dining in I like a lot. You order your food at the counter, you pay there and you take a seat. An waiter will bring you the plate 5 – 10 minutes later, no other questions asked.
I always use to leave a tip just because I found my Bakhtiari Kebab so tender and juicy. (Fun fact: a Persian friend told me Bakhtiari means actually Bulgaran in Farsi :))
What I’m a bit reluctant of is I always have to ask for a half-​salad half-​rice pâté and pay $ 1 extra. They should serve from start a plate with all it needs. Just meat and rice alone doesn’t look fine.

Despite its slow service about 2 months ago, highly recommend their beef skewers! also liked how they made their bread fresh in front of your eyes…

Best place for your Iranian fix!
So if you ever see a girl decked out in snowboard outerwear setup, that’s probably me. I used to go here religiously for my after snowboard meals. On one plate you get your carbs, protein and veggies… how great is that?
Anyways, I really enjoy eating at Yaas. Whether it was at the now closed down supermarket or this new fancier place, it’s all about the food!
I personally like opting for the salad instead of rice, but if you do get rice try the green colored one (please excuse my lack of knowing names for things). The kabobs are grilled well and theres a large variety of meats and cuts to choose from.
They also have sides and appetizers which are great to try out with the large plates.

* New digs don’t help much *
Yaas Bazaar’s cafeteria counter used to be quite good (
). In recent years it started to slip and I moved on to other nearby spots for my Persian kabob fix such as Lonsdale Kabob (
).
Yaas is now closing up shop at its current market/​cafeteria location and has moved across the street to some new digs with a new focus solely on the restaurant angle with this new Yaas Grill House location.
Ordering is still done at the counter, but you can now see two large stone tiled ovens, and more of the open kitchen. The seating area has a more modern feel to it as well. Same people behind the counter though.
I ordered the chenjeh lamb ($ 9.95) with koobideh (sultani) add on (+$ 2). You are given a number and find a table — they come to find you with the food now as opposed to calling out numbers like they did at the old location.
The plate came with a large portion of rice (which was sadly WAAAAY overcooked and mushy), a roasted tomato (was good), fresh parsley (nice touch), a raw onion segment, and a slice of lemon.
The koobideh was packed overly tightly and overcooked, which made it quite rubbery. It was also very under-​seasoned. Not a good version. The chenjeh lamb had 2 excellent pieces that were cooked perfectly. All of the others were VERY overcooked and took on the consistency of overcooked liver. Meh. Photo:
With so many better options available nearby (Lonsdale Kabob (
) and Zeitoon (
) I’m looking at you!) I just don’t see myself returning here anytime soon.