Yoshinoya Menu Prices 2026: Beef Bowls, Combos & Teriyaki Chicken

A Regular Original Beef Bowl at Yoshinoya is $7.99 as of May 2026. The Large is $9.99 and the Junior is $5.99. Prices reflect U.S. national-average pricing; California (where most U.S. Yoshinoya stores are located) sits at or just above these figures, while Hawaii, airports and Manhattan units typically run 15–25% higher. The beef bowl is Yoshinoya's signature dish and has been served essentially unchanged since the chain was founded in Tokyo in 1899.

Gyudon (牛丼) is the Japanese name for what Yoshinoya calls the Beef Bowl — thinly sliced beef and yellow onions simmered in a sweet-savory broth of soy sauce, mirin, sake, sugar and ginger, then ladled over a bed of steamed white rice. The word literally translates as 'beef bowl' (gyū = beef; don = bowl). It originated in Japan in the late 1800s and Yoshinoya — opened in 1899 in Tokyo's Nihonbashi fish market — is the dish's most famous purveyor. The gyudon recipe Yoshinoya serves today is essentially the same one founder Eikichi Matsuda perfected over a century ago.

Yoshinoya offers three core bowl sizes: Junior, Regular and Large. The Junior is about ⅔ the size of a Regular and is the cheapest entry point ($5.99 for the Beef Bowl). The Regular is the standard adult portion ($7.99 for Beef Bowl, $8.49 for Teriyaki Chicken). The Large bumps the protein portion to about 1.5× of a Regular over the same rice base ($9.99 Beef Bowl, $10.49 Teriyaki Chicken). Combo bowls (Beef + Chicken) are sold in Regular ($10.99) and Large ($12.99) only. Kids' bowls are a separate Junior-style size with a drink included ($4.49–$4.99).

Yoshinoya operates about 100 U.S. restaurants, with the vast majority concentrated in California — particularly Los Angeles County, Orange County and the San Francisco Bay Area. Smaller pockets exist in Nevada (Las Vegas), Hawaii (Honolulu), New York (a few Manhattan stores) and Texas. The first U.S. Yoshinoya opened in Denver, California in 1979 — not the more famous Denver, Colorado — kicking off the chain's American expansion. Globally, Yoshinoya runs about 1,200 stores in Japan plus locations across China, Taiwan, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Australia and the Middle East.

Yes — Yoshinoya is the prototypical example of Japanese fast food. Founded in 1899 in Tokyo's Nihonbashi fish market by Eikichi Matsuda, Yoshinoya pioneered the speed-of-service model in Japan: a single hero dish (gyudon) cooked in batches and ladled to order in under 30 seconds. The chain's Japanese tagline is 'Hayai, Yasui, Umai' — 'Fast, Cheap, Delicious.' It's older than McDonald's by half a century and is among the world's oldest continuously operating fast-food brands. The U.S. business has run since 1979 and adapted the menu with teriyaki chicken and combo bowls for American tastes.

The Beef Bowl uses thinly sliced beef and yellow onions simmered together in a sweet-savory soy-ginger sauce — the gyudon recipe is the broth itself, and the bowl is wet and saucy by design. The Teriyaki Chicken Bowl uses grilled chicken thigh glazed with Yoshinoya's teriyaki sauce; it's drier, smokier and milder. Pricing: Regular Beef Bowl $7.99 vs. Regular Teriyaki Chicken Bowl $8.49 — chicken is 50¢ more. The Beef Bowl is the historical signature and #1 seller; Teriyaki Chicken is the U.S.-developed counterpart and the #2 most-ordered entrée. The Beef + Chicken Combo Bowl ($10.99) lets you split the difference.

Slightly. A Yoshinoya Regular Beef Bowl is $7.99, vs. a Panda Express Bowl at $9.20 (1 side + 1 entrée). For two proteins, Yoshinoya's Beef + Chicken Combo ($10.99) lands under Panda's Plate ($11.40, 2 entrées + 1 side). However, Panda includes a generous side (Chow Mein or Fried Rice) in the Bowl price, while Yoshinoya's bowl is rice + protein only — to match the side count you'd add Miso Soup ($1.99) and roughly hit parity. The cleaner comparison: Yoshinoya wins on lean protein-over-rice value; Panda wins on side variety and meal-build flexibility.

Yes. The Veggie Bowl ($7.49 Regular, $8.99 Large) is the dedicated vegetarian entrée — sautéed mixed vegetables (broccoli, carrots, snap peas, onions) in a light soy-ginger glaze over white rice. The Tofu Veggie Bowl ($7.99) adds grilled tofu for plant-based protein. Vegetarian sides include Miso Soup, Edamame, Side Salad, Vegetable Tempura and steamed rice (white or brown). The pickled-plum Onigiri is also vegetarian. Most teriyaki and beef-bowl sauces contain dashi (fish stock) so strict vegetarians should stick to the veggie bowl and labeled vegetarian sides.

Yoshinoya was founded in 1899 in the Nihonbashi fish market in Tokyo by Eikichi Matsuda — that makes it over 125 years old and one of the oldest continuously operating fast-food brands in the world. Matsuda picked the name 'Yoshinoya' after his hometown of Yoshino in Osaka Prefecture. The chain survived the Great Kanto Earthquake (1923), WWII, the 1980s mad-cow-disease beef ban (which forced a temporary U.S. menu pivot), and the chain's 2001 bankruptcy restructuring. U.S. operations began in 1979 with the first store in Denver, California, and Yoshinoya America has run continuously since.

Yoshinoya's Miso Soup ($1.99) is the traditional Japanese formula: a fermented-soybean (miso) broth made with dashi stock, garnished with small cubes of soft tofu, dried wakame seaweed and chopped green onion. It's the most-ordered side at Yoshinoya — roughly half of all bowl orders add a Miso Soup. The soup is ~50 calories per bowl, fat-free and one of the lowest-sodium hot soups at any U.S. fast-food chain. It contains soy and fish (dashi is bonito-based) so it is not strictly vegan; vegetarian guests who avoid fish stock should swap to Edamame ($2.99) as the traditional starter.