HAL YAMASHITA Napa

Incredible authentic Japanese food! Owner and chef, Michi, is warm and welcoming and creates delicious food. We went to a soft opening lunch at the new location on enterprise way. Everything was so good! The carpaccio had hamachi and salmon in a delicate ponzu sauce. We saw her attention to detail in her miso soup, which she told us has house made dashi and has a complex flavor. We got the bara sushi with tender grilled unagi, flavorful salmon roe on a bed of sushi rice and the scallop curry rice, a rich and aromatic dish. We can’t recommend enough and we’ve already made reservations for our next visit.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Can’t say enough good things about the food and service. Thoroughly enjoyed the experience!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was good but apparently over priced. You can easily get same quality food at a lower price back to Bay Area, but I guess rarity is more expensive given there aren’t many good Japanese restaurants within 30min drive.

First time take out and it was fresh and delicious. The poke bowl was delicious. ahi and yellowfin rolls were tasty.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Nigiri 2pc

Held hostage by Sushi. 3 hours. That's how long it took for the UME course meal, curry bowl and tuna nigiri to come out. 3 hours. Arrived at 6, waited and waited, I would say, 1 part of the course every 30mins or so. Curry and Nigiri about 1:45 hours after arriving.

I had high hopes it would be a perfect end of the day. The wife's Bday, I have the 2 kids with us, the place had only one table with guest to serve...it was 6pm, what could go wrong...I would be home by 8pm, kids in bed...late movie with wine...voila!

I also took into account that the one table they were serving, there was a family with 2 kids the same kids age and my kids behave well.

So here it is for you to make this review useful. They took their dear time, with no sense of urgency to get people their order. When we left their was 9 tables to serve, nobody served their meal in a proper time. Maybe the chefs were lacking, with timing or maybe they didn't care...there was an older gentleman chef washing dishing at one point in the 2:45 hour mark of the meal.

The UME course wasn't worth the $. The bento box looked like it belonged on a economy class airplane flight. It was about 3.5x3.5 square with fish cuts that seemed like scrappy.

The best part was the robata grilled cod at the end.

You are better off paying for Nigiri's at the $14-$25+...they would be better cuts.

The Curry Bowl had 3 pieces of Waygu beef. I counted. Kiddo ate it, but spicy. As a curry loving person, this was more Indian sweet style curry vs. Japanese curry. Disappointed none-the-less.

After the 3rd hour and it was time to leave, the original family that was there...their table was still a mess and never cleaned. And the next table that came in after us, received their first course in the 3rd hour. That's trouble.

For all the good reviews, maybe it was just a bad day for them? I'd try it again, but if I have to wait that long again, something is wrong. Spent near $200, fair pricing for high end sushi and atmosphere. It just throws out the feel good experience and I am very patient. Maybe if I was on business and had 3 bottles of sake, 3 hours would have been fine.

It was so late and the kids fell asleep in the car, wife's birthday cake was cut for breakfast the next day. Happy birthday to her.

PS: The nice waiter felt bad and offered free grilled edamame.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 4

The staff is very enthusiastic, but it is a pity that they lack training. The dishes are removed after one bite. The quality of the dishes is also very poor and they are all leftovers. The presentation tastes very rough. I hope it can get better in the future.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

Fantastic restaurant, food and service. We are sad they are now closed and will keep an eye out for pop ups

The staff is very enthusiastic, but it is a pity that they lack training. The dishes are removed after one bite. The quality of the dishes is also very poor and they are all leftovers. The presentation tastes very rough. I hope it can get better in the future.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

Hal Yamashita was a beautiful, serene place to take our friends out to dinner for my husband's birthday. It wasn't too loud that we couldn't talk. The food was terrific. We ordered an assortment of items to check out the quality of the food. Our friend who travels to Japan regularly indicated that the food was as good as he gets when in Japan.

Hal Yamashita was amazing. The quality of the fish was unlike any other restaurant in Napa. Much better than Morimoto and the price is reasonable! Service was outstanding. We will definitely be back!

Hal Yamashita was amazing. The quality of the fish was unlike any other restaurant in Napa. Much better than Morimoto and the price is reasonable! Service was outstanding. We will definitely be back!

Authentic and high quality. From the Otoro, Chirashi, Truffle grilled edamame, and event the matcha ice cream! Staff were excellent too. We will be returning here as our go to place for food.

The food was good but the time it took to get our dinner to our table took way too long considering there were only 4 other tables with 2-3 people per table. Can't go wrong with Hamachi Kama.

Excellent Japanese fusion dishes. Top notch ingredients. Although I prefer traditional sushi, this is a great Japanese restaurant in the area.Service is good for that busy Labor Day evening with limited staff.All raw fishes we had were excellent. Best ikura I had outside Japan.Tempura was just ok. It’s in the set. Otherwise I wouldn’t order.If I go again, I will order raw fish dishes only. I feel that’s what they do best.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tuna, Nigiri

After being here for an hour and a half we never got all our food. Server was really bad. He kept lying to us that our food was coming but he never put the full order in.