Yami Sushi — Restaurant in Montreal

It doesn't look like your regular sushi restaurant. I look for freshness of the salmon and the rice consistency first

The salmon sashimi were by far the most freshed i have tasted. It was good size pieces. The rice on the nigiri wasn't fully sticking but the flavors in their sushi made up for that fact.

The sushi were very good. We ordered tempura shrimp sushi and it was good. No extra tempura that mask the flavor. Just perfect.

The only downside is if you are in a hurry, it might not be the best for you. The services was slow. It took 15 min to receive a soup. We ordered a second time and it took as long. I assume they were busy with their take out orders.

Some sushi place already have pre rolls, but the chef's seemed to make everything on the spot which might explain why it took longer.

Its my new sushi spot for when I'm in...

Good sushi overall but not impressed by the service for the following reasons:

1. Workers don't respect COVID-19 measures: Hostess wore the mask on her ear the whole time I was there and was walking everywhere even in the kitchen. She was holding people's orders up to her face. Her mask dropped on the floor at one point and she picked it back up again and put it back on her ear. Hostess never sanitized her hands. She was handling money and prepping people's orders. Kitchen staff were not wearing masks properly (nose exposed and in some cases mouth). People awaiting their orders were bunched up in the lobby of the restaurant (about 10 people). There was no limit on the amount of people that can be in the restaurant. No plexiglass at the cash. The SVPM will be informed about this restaurant.

2. Long wait times: I had to wait 45 min...

This was our first time visiting, and we came with a group of 5. We only ordered one paper menu because the food was so bad, we didn't want to waste any more. The service was unprofessional, and we didn’t feel welcome at all. The ambiance was terrible—uncomfortable and uninviting. Unfortunately, nothing on the menu was good. The sushi was mostly rice with hardly any flavor in the fish, and nothing tasted fresh. The salmon was far from fresh, and both the beef and filet mignon were inedible—I honestly suspect they might have served us pork instead. The soup was also awful. Overall, a completely disappointing experience, and I won’t be coming back. I do not recommend this place to anyone. If I could leave a 0-star...