YaYa Southern Cuisine

Good Food, Good Service!

Very delightful experience here at Yaya’s. I was very impressed with the good food excellent customer service everything was immaculate. I will be making another visit soon!!!

Great place to eat great staff and food

I googled “soul food in Tampa” and the reviews told me to check it out. They did not disappoint!!! I’m from Louisiana and have craved some good soul food (without cooking)! Great flavor and full plate! I’ll definitely be back! I got the banana pudding but still trying to breathe from eating every bit of the turkey wings plate & sides!!

I had the twice baked Turkey wings and Cabbage. All dishes were great

I ordered the turkey wings, collards, candid yams, green beans, yellow rice, banana pudding. When I tell you, EVERYTHING was so good. I will share to many to patronize this establishment. C u soon, Gloria

My mom, sister, and me had lunch here today. It was a nice atmosphere and clean. The food was great. My mom loved the ribs and seafood.

Ordered here for the first time and was surprised how good it was and the service was great. 5 star for sure

My sister and I went by for a late lunch. Turns out they do a lot of takeout, which is understandable because the place is small. We wanted to dine in and they served us on real dinnerware, on a charger for goodness sakes, pretty glasses for our drinks, ceramic bowls for our sides of greens, green beans and potato salad. All delicious. YaYa, what do you season your vegetables with? OMG! We both had the fried Basa with saffron rice (yellow rice) and the servings were generous and delicious. The owner YaYa offered to let us try their cornbreads! One is more traditional- soft, slightly sweet, moist and delicious. The second was a huge surprise with a slight taste of something like a spice cake I once had! It was AMAZING! My sister said they should sell it as a feature item, and I agree! Other guests raved about the smothered turkey wings and oxtails, two dishes I really love, so I'll be back to have those! Count on it! Go there! Get some takeout, but go sometime to sit and have your food served so you can enjoy clients coming in, chatting as they wait for their takeout and participate in the back and forth conversational banter. The owner came out and talked with us. Some of her adult children work there and everyone was very friendly and accommodating. No pictures, sorry. My face was in my plate too quickly.