Teriyaki Madness

23647 El Toro Rd # D, Lake Forest - 92630
157 reviews
Asian Fusion Japanese Gluten-Free
(949) 273-3949

We LOVE the food and the service here!! Ask for the extra spicy sauce for 75c it has a Great kick to it!!

I have always wanted to try this place but find myself driving up the street to Yogi's for my teriyaki chicken fix until today when I actually went in as I needed a battery from the battery store next door.I ordered a large chicken bowl and asked for light rice... that didnt happen... I still got way too much rice and way too little chicken. The quality was decent but the proportions were off big time.As I ate in the restaurant I couldn't help overhearing the manager/owner talking to some marketing person in a meeting about how to boost sales.Forgive me if it's unwarranted but I have had a lot of teriyaki chicken and from a customers viewpoint if the manager is reading this I would like to give an opinion about boosting sales from a customer's perspective:#1) include bigger portions of chicken I am talking like 10% more chicken would have left me content (especially when the sign on the window reads 'big portions'.... it just lead to a 'big disappointment ' when that was not the case. .. and if it isn't possible to that, at least cut the the chicken into small pieces to give an impression that there is more chicken.... that would help!#2) Give bigger sides of teriyaki sauce and not those little tiny cups reserved for hot mustard at Chinese restaurants. I mean I needed like 4 or 5 those tiny little sample cups and wasn't able to completely cover my rice.... bigger sides of teriyaki make people who enjoy teriyaki come back.3) as a customer I want more options for fixings instead of just steamed veggies, especially for me like an option for green onions is standard at most teriyaki spots.... I did enjoy the steamed vegetables (I requested on the side) but I would have been content with scallions on top and paying extra for mixed veggies (if I wanted them).Sorry for the long message but the food isn't bad here it's just not served correctly and no amount of marketing will help if customers like me don't care to come back on a normal basis.Hope this place finds its footing... it could be great instead of just barely average.

Ok, so if you're going to try to cater to people with allergies then you should be properly training your staff on the ingredients.I came here to pick-up for a friend and noticed that the Chicken Teriyaki Bowl had a GF symbol by it. I asked if the soy sauce in the teriyaki sauce was gluten free to which the reply was a snobby "Uh teriyaki sauce is always GF".I corrected them and let them know they were wrong, and they persisted that the sauce is indeed gluten free and I do NOT need to special order anything..I got a bowl and brought it home, but I'm still skeptical so I called another location and asked if it is indeed gluten free....They did not know what I was talking about and had to ask management who explained that the teriyaki chicken bowl needs to be ordered without sauce in order to be Gluten Free!I'm now hungry and out $10.44 because no server across TWO stores knew what they were talking about, and even I'm still not sure if your house sauce is gluten free or not.Please train your staff better, because you can make a killing if you sold GF teriyaki chicken bowls ?

Mushy rice and chicken katsu was so hard couldn’t even eat it. Egg roll was Gross as well. Don’t know how this place has 4 stars

The food is delicious! The chicken was very juicy, cooked perfectly. The service was 10 out of 10. I've been there on separate occasions and both the gentleman and womanbehind the counter were extremely gracious and welcoming. Highly recommend!

First Timer, Teriyaki Madness, now on our to go place, as we had gone to another Bowl place which unfortunately had to close recently. BUT, the Chicken bowl with Vegetables' and white rice was excellent in taste and not over cooked, including the rice. Everyone needs the teriyaki sauce and along with the marinated chicken we had, you actually get the extra cup of teriyaki sauce! Portions were great with the chicken and veggies, I'll try the steak or katsu next time...more than enough for lunch or as a dinner.

So good!

If I could, I would put one star as the review. Yelp had store hours open until 9pm, so the family went to place an order. The store hours were posted on a cheaply made sign and stated they close at 8:30pm. When I notified the employees about the discrepancy, the young female employee with an attitude said well the hours are different so we are closed. Extremely rude employees, with service like this they will be out of business soon. Don’t eat here.

Some locations are better than others. This is one of the better ones. Chicken Katsu was a little dry.

I like the food and service here. Great take out food.