Yama Lzakaya & Sushi

There are couple locations all over DFW. However, not all Yama is the same. This is location is top notch from their food and service. The restaurant is small and cozy. Perfect late night spot!

Attended a sushi class last weekend organized by the Japanese American society. Learnt how to make nigiri, maki rolls and paired with Dassai blue sake. Great experience.

We visited a couple weeks ago during their grand reopening and waited about an hour to be seated. Here’s what we got: Double pleasure: solid basic role. Wife really enjoyed this. Loved the crunch complemented by the freshness of the fish. Cucumber salad: did not like . Would not order again. Karage: usually a good indicator of how good the izikaya will be and I have to say this place passed the taste. Nothing special, just good crispy chicken with some sauce on the side. I love my Karage with a lot of lemon, so I definitely squeezed a couple lemons on top of the plate. Creamy udon: the hype is real. Very creamy and FILLING. We enjoyed it, but wouldn’t get it again just because we were satisfied having it once. All nigiris good. Yellow tail favorite. Quality is good - not the best. But with these prices you shouldn’t expect omakase style fish either. Price to quality ratio was adequate. Our server PJ was fantastic! Really affable! Loved him. I asked for lemons a couple times and he got me a small plate each time. He was also very quick! We’d add items to our order as we’d go and he’d quickly place the order. For how busy they were, the food was coming rather quickly. Because this place is open till 2AM, it’s a solid late night spot.