YUM! KITCHEN AND BAKERY
4000 Minnetonka Blvd
Minneapolis, MN 55416
http://www.yumkitchen.com/

Cuisine: Various foods and baked goods
Atmosphere: Fast Casual
Cost: $8-12

Split Meal Rating: 4 out of 10

Liliya’s Review-

This little eatery is conveniently located on Minnetonka Boulevard right on the border of St. Louis Park and Uptown. It has some nice outdoor seating and a fairly diverse menu of sandwiches, salads, entrees and bakery items. I have been here several times and tried a couple different things the first was a Blueberry Chicken Salad and an Egg Salad Sandwich. Both were not spectacular but pretty good and had a twist to them that most restaurants don’t. The Blueberry Chicken Salad was big and the chicken fresh and well seasoned, the salad also contained Gouda cheese which you don’t see at too many places. The dressing was a little too sweet for me and didn’t go well with the other parts of the salad. The egg salad sandwich was good too and the portion generous. It did come on delicious bread and with tomato and other vegetables on it, which you don’t see too many places. The restaurant space itself was very crowded, the serving style is like Noodles & Company where you order, grab a number and wait for your food. Both occasions I was there, there was a lack of seating and the space was extremely noisy. I have also tried various bakery items from Yum at various parties and they did not live up to their reputation. One birthday cake I tried from there was dry and bland, cookies and muffins are nothing special.


Reccomended Appetizer: None, the fries are a good choice for a side dish.

Reccomended Entrée: Blueberry Chicken Salad, fairly priced and full of berries, chicken and cheese this salad is worth going back for!


Dining Atmosphere: Fast food like atmosphere, even if you do find a spot to sit at you feel guilty enjoying your meal for too long because of all the other patrons looking for a spot.

Service and Staff: Friendly and efficient.


Not Reccomended If: You want a cozy and romantic dining experience.

Overall Rating: 7 out of 10

Soda’s Review -

Yum is not exactly what this trendy fast casual restaurant or bakery should be called. I would change it to "Just Okay" if you want to tell customers the truth. There are much better places to dine within a 1 mile radius so if you want to walk up and order I recommend Noodles or Chipotle nearby. The menu at Yum doesn’t blend well together nor do the ingredients the cooks make the food with. I had the Pad Thai---my own mistake for trying this at an American fast casual. It tasted like fish sauce with a large squirt of lemon juice and some noodles mixed together. Then considering I shouldn’t have ordered a Thai dish, I got the fish and chips. This item wasn’t actual all that bad if you like eating out of a wrapped news paper. The fish was decent but the batter was so thick I had to dig through. However, there was one thing that I really liked, which was the tartar sauce. Use a lot of tartar and your fish will taste like something you’ll never get at Yum---it will taste like something good.

Recommended to Couples: Maybe for a break up date


Recommended Appetizer: Fries

Recommended Entrée: Fish and chips with extra tartar sauce


Dining Atmosphere: Fast casual horrible seating

Service and Staff: Nice people

Not Recommended If: You don’t like bad food or nowhere to sit


Overall Rating: 1 out of 5, lowest I can go