Yamato Japanese Restaurant

Small place, great food, personalized service. Food is fresh tasting, nicely prepared.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Parking: Small parking lot for multiple businesses yet we were able to find parking no problem.

Food: 5

The only place I will go for sushi. Consistently the best sashimi, rolls, and customer service. Worth the 30 minute drive.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nice site.. tasty food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Excellent sushi! Had several appys…seaweed salad, edamame and miso soup..all great. The two tools and halibut sushi were well prepared, fresh and very tasty. Good service!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place has great food but SOME of the staff is lacking in basic respect and they end up making everyone’s lives (staff and customer) more difficult because of it.If the staff just asked if we meant to order extra sauce instead of swearing in front of us and forcing us to pay 7 bucks then I think everyone would have had a better experience.Better yet, include that sauce in the order if you’re going to charge the customer for it! I the tip I gave was appreciated because I will not be tipping here for takeout like a fool again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Ninja Roll

This place is lit! 10/10 would do it again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sushi Plate

My grandson and I went here on Valentine's day! We had the deep fried Sushi fish rolls. Chicken teriyaki with rice and tempura veggies. All good! This place is so busy all the time that my grandson and I remarked it would be great if they could get into a bigger place! I also had some red wine that was very good

Vegetarian options: They have a really good Japanese vinegar cucumber salad that my grandson likes. He's always liked it from age 8 and now he is 14. They also have seaweed soup that is good and a lot of tempura veggies and California rolls with veggies and avocado.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tempura, Grover Beach

Absolutely amazingly delicious sushi with gorgeous presentation and excellent service. One of my favorite restaurants for a reason!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fresh Wasabi, Toro, Alaskan, Nigiri Sushi

Service was super friendly and food was great.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This is the “Cheers” of sushi restaurants! Steve and his wife Ann do an amazing job. The fish quality never fails.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sushi Plate

Really great sushi and sashimi. Also, really expensive

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

I stopped by this place because I wanted to eat Japanese food while on a golf trip to the U.S., but the owner is Korean and he made the sushi himself. It has been in business at the same location for over 25 years. It is said to be the most famous place in Dong-nae. Maybe that's why there were so many people and the wait was long, but it was a really good restaurant that made it worth waiting to eat. It's definitely a busy place and the ingredients are fresh, so all the food is really delicious. The roll tasted fantastic. The sushi was also the most delicious I've ever had. When I told the owner that it was delicious, he said he had put a special sauce on it. It was so delicious that I thought I would get full after eating it endlessly... It was such a shame that this person was running a sushi restaurant in a small neighborhood. The owner is Korean, so he also sells soju in an American neighborhood, so I really liked it as a traveler from Korea. Compared to the price, the facilities are not that clean, but this place competes with the taste! I'm already addicted to the owner's taste, so I go there every day for lunch or dinner. I plan to try the entire menu before I go to Korea. ^^ It is also a recommended neighborhood for those who play golf or surf.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Although the restaurant is very nice, it is way too small, just like the restaurants in Japan ?. I bet that you might have to wait a long time to get in if you arrive during peak time.
The food was good. Especially the uni was very buttery and fresh.
The only thing about this restaurant that I don't like is the furniture; the chair cover was covered in stains. Hopefully, they will replace everything to give the restaurant a cleaner appearance.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Had spicy tuns, smoked Philly, and SLO roll. Steve is a wiz behind that sushi counter. He makes some of the best sushi I've had, I definitely recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3