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Papa Yu

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En Papa Yu, te invitamos a disfrutar de una experiencia culinaria japonesa moderna y deliciosa, con nuestros exquisitos poke bowls, sushi fresco y postres irresistibles. Sumérgete en un ambiente acogedor y vibrante, decorado con ilustraciones de peces que te transportarán al mar....

Papa Yu

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About Papa Yu

En Papa Yu, te invitamos a disfrutar de una experiencia culinaria japonesa moderna y deliciosa, con nuestros exquisitos poke bowls, sushi fresco y postres irresistibles. Sumérgete en un ambiente acogedor y vibrante, decorado con ilustraciones de peces que te transportarán al mar. ¡Te esperamos en Ho...

En Papa Yu, te invitamos a disfrutar de una experiencia culinaria japonesa moderna y deliciosa, con nuestros exquisitos poke bowls, sushi fresco y postres irresistibles. Sumérgete en un ambiente acogedor y vibrante, decorado con ilustraciones de peces que te transportarán al mar. ¡Te esperamos en Houston para compartir contigo nuestra pasión por la buena comida!

What Customers Say About Papa Yu

Papa Yu is a popular spot known for its fresh, delicious Japanese cuisine, especially the sushi and poke bowls. Customers rave about the friendly service, reasonable prices, and generous portions. The atmosphere is relaxing with fun music.

Popular Dishes

poke bowl (4) sushi (4) Dragon roll shaggy dog roll spam musubi seafood ramen tonkotsu ramen salted lemonade

Best For

Families Locals Quick Bite Casual

Tip: Visit during happy hour (3pm-6pm Monday through Friday) for reduced price rolls and boba drinks. You can also call ahead to order and save time.

Features

📶 WiFi 🅿️ Parking 🚗 Delivery Accessible 🍽️ Lunch 🌙 Dinner 🥗 Vegetarian Coffee
🎯 Casual 🛋️ Cozy Trendy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family 👥 Groups

Frequently asked questions about Papa Yu

Papa Yu is located at 1037 Blalock Rd, Houston, TX 77055, Houston.
Papa Yu offers japanese cuisine.
Papa Yu has regular opening hours. Check their profile for updated schedules.
Papa Yu offers the following services: dine-in, takeaway, delivery.
The most recommended dishes at Papa Yu based on customer reviews are: poke bowl, sushi, Dragon roll, shaggy dog roll, spam musubi.
Papa Yu is ideal for families, locals, quick bites, casual dining.
Papa Yu is a popular spot known for its fresh, delicious Japanese cuisine, especially the sushi and poke bowls. Customers rave about the friendly service, reasonable prices, and generous portions. The atmosphere is relaxing with fun music.
Visit during happy hour (3pm-6pm Monday through Friday) for reduced price rolls and boba drinks. You can also call ahead to order and save time.
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Papa Yu Houston Reviews

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Ivan

This restaurant is in an Asian cultural plaza so the expectations are higher and they meet everyone of them. Poke bowl taste very crisp. The spicy vibrant red tuna was fresh and abundantly proportioned. It was all really delicious

Kelly Narup
Kelly Narup

This isn't really a sit down place as it is small, I always get to go. Easy online online ordering system when many options. The food is always super fresh and generous portions. The staff and friendly and courteous.

Jennifer Zapata
Jennifer Zapata

Ordered the tonkotsu ramen delicious and the dragon roll. Also ordered the seafood ramen, but it didn't make it for the pic he ate it up lol. Really good food.

johanne c
johanne c

I had an amazing experience at this sushi restaurant! The restaurant was spotless and the staff were so friendly and attentive. You can really tell they care about quality and cleanliness. Definitely my new favorite sushi spot i highly recommend.

Mary Ellen Winston
Mary Ellen Winston

We love the variety, good prices and delicious food and tea! We don’t live in the area, but the trip is worth it! Check out their happy hour menu!

Michael Zavala
Michael Zavala

Came here after church, really liked the atmosphere, felt relaxing and the music added to it, they have outdoor seating as well. The food looked and tasted great. They have fruit drinks they make themselves, fresh and ready. The sushi rolls were amazingly made and tasted great. Definitely will recommend. It was my mom and I, two sushi rolls, and two poke bowls (with extra stuff) came out to around $50.

Elaine Caram
Elaine Caram

We came here last minute for dinner and loved it! The spam musubi was huge (and delicious)! The sushi and popcorn chicken were great as well. Next time I want to try the poke bowl. I think this will become one of our favorite spots!

Tunrayo
Tunrayo

Papa Yu by far has THEE BEST sushi in Houston. I love their shaggy dog roll. Large portions (8 rolls), nice and saucy, and it’s made as soon as you place your order. The only place that truly gives you a bang for your buck. The peach guava green tea with boba was so refreshing!!! So was the pineapple lemonade. I will forever be a repeat customer.

Mai L
Mai L

Delicious and fresh with reasonable prices. Highly recommended. I understand why some people might find fault with the “messiness” of the restaurant, but to me when I see this during lunch and dinner hours…it’s a sign of good food being served here. Btw, when the restaurant traffic slowed down@3pm. the young employees were busy cleaning, hands scrubbing and sanitizing the place. We should be kind to all the hardworking people who are doing their best!

M T
M T

Honestly great restaurant. Food was delicious ! I’ve never had seafood ramen before but thoroughly enjoyed ( got it super spicy ) Sushi was also flavorful. This is a great mom and pop sort of shop. Wholesome. Nathan was helping in the front and was really nice and friendly. Highly recommend!!

David Pham
David Pham

Nut Allergy friendly: I don't think they use nuts in anything! I didn't even ask. Order - to - Food: 14 minutes I came for lunch on a Friday afternoon and it was consistently busy while I was there, both with people dining in and with take-out orders. You order at the counter and then they'll either bring your bowl out or call your name for a to-go. I got a custom poke bowl with organic greens and it was perfect. The fish was of the expected quality, no fishy taste or scent. Portions were great at a very reasonable price. The service here is also top notch! They brought out a high chair for someone carrying a baby without being asked. Overall, lovely spot for poke that might be one of the best in Houston for this price range.

Jennifer Robles
Jennifer Robles

Het there for happy hour (3pm-6pm Monday through Friday.) They have reduced price rolls and if you spend over $40 you get a free dessert from next door. They have great Boba drinks and the food is exceptional. The tunes were boppin when we were there too which added a fun twist to our experience. 100% recommend PapaYu! This place slaps!

Ann
Ann

Great spot to grab boba and food at the same time. I like to get the poke bowl here, easy to customize or you can select from their poke selection. You can call to order ahead to save time but usually they're pretty quick with the order. There's also small appetizers on the menu such as calamari, sushi rolls, etc. Overall, they have a pretty wide variety of food in their menu which are quick and easy. Services are always friendly.

Wallace Anderson
Wallace Anderson

Great experience. Friendly service. Fun music. Fantastic food. We did the fried pork Dumplings. Awesome and filled full with juicy pork. Chicken Wings were krispy perfection. Cali Roll was good. The diamond roll was great. (Shrimp and crab) We will be back.

Cat G
Cat G

So happy we tried out this little place. Everything was so fresh and a great deal. Employees were all very friendly. I was happy to see they deliver at lunch to the high school. Now my son gets to enjoy their food too.

Blake P
Blake P

Tried a poke bowl and a simple roll with tempura shrimp. I was happy with the quality and very happy with the price. This is why it was a 5 star rating for me. Was it the best poke bowl I have ever had? No. However, it’s well above the average with a lot of choices and at a great price. I will be sure to be back every time I’m over he snagging some groceries at 99ranch.

Qiuzi Liang
Qiuzi Liang

The place is as good as usual. The salted lemonade is my family's favorite drink. The family size is such a bonus. Go and check it out! The food is fantastic! The Poke size is huge and I couldn't finish mine! They also served the complimentary miso soup and it tasted great too! This is the first place that I found serving Jelly fish and grapefruit yalkurt drink. The staff are very friendly and it's good restaurant for the whole family. My son loves their waffle egg with ice cream. They even have a koala changing table available for babies, how thoughtful are they!

Jem Vil
Jem Vil

First time, staff polite. This poke restaurant you give all the items you want in your bowl and you pay. They will prepare it. Shame you can not see the ingredients. The good you wait sit at your table. The Thai tea presentation is super cute and the dragon fruit guava tea it is very good and refreshing (recommended) . The bowl looks smaller than other location. The taste is very good. Small but delicious. I will come back to try the sushi and other drinks.

Malavika Kale
Malavika Kale

The Dragon fruit green tea was refreshing! Not many veg options (although they do have one veggie roll) - got the dumplings with veggies and egg roll. The tiger roll and Shrimp tempura roll were good - about 5 pieces a roll which makes it a great place to try out a variety of rolls, instead of having to order just 1 or 2. (Sorry about the pictures, we’d started eating by the time I remembered to take photos!)

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Thu T Huynh

Foods are of food court quality. Avocado smoothie has no avocado taste whatsoever. There is a statement that they don’t use artificial powder in smoothie, but who knows? I ordered an avocado smoothie and threw it away as it didn’t have real avocado taste whatsoever. They said they used lettuce in avocado smoothie. Why? To mask the powder color and taste? Will not come back here again and don’t recommend their smoothie to others.

Stephanie Galindo
Stephanie Galindo

I ordered the Philadelphia roll, but there was no avocado in my roll. The salmon tasted great and big chunks so thats a plus. Disappointing they messed up the roll though. Also the place needs a paint touch up looked a bit run down and there was no soap in the womens bathroom...

Jakup Abedin
Jakup Abedin

I thought the food here was just okay. Nothing spectacular to make a drive out for. The prices are affordable and I guess that's their selling point. I probably won't be returning here since everything I tried was so-so. We tried a few of their sushi and ramen, and I wasn't let down nor impressed. Great decor inside the restaurant, though. They did a minimalistic approach in the inside, which looked cool.

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