Yamato Japanese Restaurant

Good morning ☀️🌞😃 A good way to know that a restaurant is fantastic is when you go back after 6 years and it’s just as good or even better. I have been away traveling for a while and when I came back to visit my family this year my niece asked if I could take her out to eat sushi 🍱 🍣. Without a doubt I knew that she would be able to learn everything necessary on what is best by having Steve take care of her. He was on his day off however everyone else was on it 💯% and maybe even better than the boss man himself haha wink 😉. Thank you 🙏🏼 for a fantastic culinary journey and catering to my niece, whilst teaching her the important fundamentals of the beautiful art of sushi. Your biggest fan and loyal customer Ellery A. Strebin

The place is small but with the patio seating it looked amazing. Sushi chef on point greeting everyone in a Japanese tradition. Got my cold Asahi, wife order the roll which looked phenomenal and we got oyster shooters. Unfortunately my meal never made it. They had the order stuck in the printer for 45 minutes. Decided to leave and experience the beautiful day in Grover Beach. Maybe next time. Pricing on the menu was pricey but I can't say worth it or not. Never tasted it. :(

Ordered Ginger Pork Ramen. Looked and tasted like miso ramen. The pork was not seasoned. They sliced it from a pork lion in thick slices and it was so dry. The noodles were too hard. Very disappointing! Not worth the money. The restaurant smelled like a fish market.

Upon a visit to Pismo beach, we came across this wonderful gem of a restaurant. Amazing sushi, the freshest I had for a long time. The seafood salad was out of this world so fresh and unique, also the fresh oysters tasted like the ocean very fresh and good. The sashimi platter to die for. Everything we ordered was unique and awesome. Server was very friendly and good. Definitely we’ll be back for more on our next visit to Pismo beach.

5.0 🌟 Food Quality and Taste 4.0 🌟 Menu offering 4.0 🌟 Food Portions 5.0 🌟 Staff $$$ A hole-in-the-wall restaurant could be the next best Japanese restaurant in Grover Beach. They offer quality and a variety of creatively curated sushi and sashimi. The chef prepared us a special tray of sashimi that includes fatty tuna and wagyu beef that melts in your mouth. Everything we ordered was fantastic, except the Salmon Skin Salad and Seafood salad. They were ok but could use better greens, and it lacks solid salad ingredients to make it worth it. The place may lack ambiance, but the food will wow you. I saw a lot of comments about the portions being small. But the truth is the amount of food is just right, the quality of the food here is better, but it's pricier than other local Japanese