Yama-No-Kami Pub Japonais — Restaurant in Mont-Tremblant

Dining at Yama-No-Kami in Mont Tremblant was, unfortunately, one of the more regrettable culinary experiences I’ve had in recent memory. I understand that prices in a tourist hub like Tremblant are typically inflated, but even with that in mind, the menu pricing here felt unjustifiable. While not all drinks were exorbitantly priced, seeing one or two cocktails listed at $40 each was baffling and set a troubling tone for the rest of the meal.

The food was largely subpar. The udon noodles tasted like plain noodles tossed in soy sauce — no broth, no depth, no richness. The only sushi roll we ordered, featuring tempura shrimp, tasted like the ingredients weren’t fresh, and left an unpleasant aftertaste. The gyozas were steamed like dim sum dumplings rather than having the crisp bottom expected from proper Japanese pan-frying. The curry plate was perhaps the low point — easily one of the most off-putting curry dishes I’ve encountered. Despite arriving famished, I couldn’t bring myself to finish it.

There were a few redeeming elements: the karaage chicken and the shrimp balls were both tasty and well-prepared, and the tempura platter was decent. Still, for a tapas-style experience, the timing was oddly disjointed — it took over 30 minutes for our first plate to arrive, though subsequent dishes followed at a more typical pace.

The restaurant also isn’t family friendly — no high chairs were available, and the menu doesn’t accommodate young children. The most troubling moment, however, came when we discovered a hair in one of our plates (view photo) — clearly not from anyone at our table. It was a deeply unappetizing end to an already disappointing evening.

In summary: Yama-No-Kami charges fine dining prices akin to upscale Montreal restaurants but delivers a dining experience more akin to a poorly-reviewed back-alley kitchen. Between the pricing, pacing, food quality, and hygiene issues, it’s not a place...

If you see my rating you will understand why still providing some details to make sure everyone understands.

We had our dinner in this restaurant at around 7 .30-8 PM. We includes our daughter ( 3 year old kid).

When we tried to enter because we wanted to try their sushi and gyoza, first we were asked to check the menu and the decide if we want to go in. But yes we went in and no one stopped us though initially it felt like we are not in right place with kid.we took the chance. But , for sure this restaurant is not kid friendly as they do not have any kids menu. But, that's ok. No one forced us to had dinner here. It was our choice.

Atmosphere was peaceful and quite so we tried to low our voices as well and there were only 2 couples sitting inside and in corner 3 people were sitting including a lady and it seemed they are either owner of the place or they are well known by the staff.

Lights were very dim but we were able to see each other and there was on candle on each table so it was actually romantic atmosphere.

There were one lady and one gentleman i. Their staff who were serving and both of them were courteous and friendly.

The restaurant is bit costly. We had to order 3 appetizers (2 gyozas and 1 classic role - EBI Tempural) and 2 entree (signature roll- spicy salmon tartar and tapas- sashimi salad) for 2 of us. Ordered 1 cocktail for me. Cocktail was very soothing. As I can remember the cocktail was NASHI.

All over food was good. The wasabi was excellent. We found only exception was the sea weed was missing from the rolls.

Overall exp was good and our daughter had only a...

Yama-No-Kami is a wonderful addition to the pedestrian village at Tremblant. I dined on a Monday evening during the holiday season and found the food, service and atmosphere to be fantastic.

The cocktail menu is fun and interesting, offering many creative options featuring Japanese inspiration. I particularly enjoyed the smoked Japanese old fashioned.

The tapas menu (basically everything but the sushi itself) was wonderful. All dishes were authentic and delicious, better than I’ve seen anywhere aside from top restaurants in major cities. There is an exceptional variety and everything I tried (approximately 8 dishes) was fantastic. Some of my favorites were the omurice, agedashi tofu, and gyoza. The portions are small and shareable; I recommend ordering several for the table.

The sushi is very good; the fish is high-quality and the rolls are very creative. The menu is much smaller than that of a typical sushi restaurant, but I actually felt that enhanced the experience rather than detracting from it. All rolls tasted great and the sashimi and nigiri were very good as well. My only critique would be that the rolling is not authentic and rolls are larger and looser than typical Japanese maki. Overall though, I felt the sushi was very tasty.

I would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone visiting Tremblant. I very much enjoyed my experience and look forward to...