Yamato Izakaya — Restaurant in Singapore

If you're in the area, can come to try! Was a pleasant find for us after looking at reno stuff.

They have an extensive menu and great variety, naturally some hits some misses.

Service is good, our teas refilled without much prompting. And the atmosphere is spacious and a great place for fam meals, hangouts. There is outdoor dining too and we saw a group with a cute doggo

Cosy atmosphere. The female service crew didn't seem to understand English very well and keyed in my order for medium well instead of medium rare. Small issue. The pictures uploaded tells a thousand words.

But my biggest gripe is about the tempura. We could have gotten sick eating what was served to us. It wasnt cooked properly and it was still covered with a thick layer of uncooked flour inside. Yes, raw uncooked flour/batter. Sadly, it was only after i took a bite of the egg plant then I realised it, and so did my friend who had already bitten into the sweet potato already. We will have to see a doctor if we fall ill from this.

We called the attention of the male service crew(who seemed like a foreigner as well, probably Myanmar/Cambodia), we showed him the pieces of uncooked tempura and he said sorry sorry. I said you need to tell the chef to be careful because people can fall sick eating this. He said sorry sorry again and stood there a little dazed and confused before saying what can I do for you? I thought maybe he thought i wanted a refund or a new order. Not that I wanted it, he didn't offer either as well. I said you just need to tell the chef.

I did not ask for it and the crew did not offer a refund as well when i was paying the bill. I just needed the chef to know about this and to be careful, which I did bring the plate to the chef and told him he needed to be careful and cook this properly. I suspect the service crew did not inform the chef(foreigner as well) as he seemed surprised and kept saying sorry boss sorry boss.

I paid for everything and left and am just hoping that we wont fall ill tomorrow....

Their unagi (chargrilled eel) is one of the best I had. Even though it was pricey, the quality of their unagi dishes justify the prices. I had Umaki (eel omelette) and Unagi Chazuke (green tea porridge with eel). The unagi was grilled to the point of slightly crisp on the outside, tender within and all without the fishy smell. The bones were also easy to eat, which is the one thing I usually fear when eating unagi. But none of that problem with this one. The sauce was savoury sweet, and deliciously thick. So it was perfect with rice, and over the omelette too. I had to refrain from overdoing it with the sauce because it was just so good.

My friends ordered a variety from ramen to donburi (rice bowl), though most of them ordered unagi donburi. Aside from the one who ordered ramen and was a little disappointed with the lack of flavour, the rest were all very satisfied with their donburi. We rounded it off with a few slices of their cakes as we were celebrating a few friends' birthdays (including mine). The cakes weren't exceptional on their own, aside from the Matcha Tiramisu which is an interesting twist on the usual espresso variety. But it was sweet enough to help balance out the savouriness of the entire meal. The free flow ocha some of us had tasted a tad diluted. But given how thirsty we felt after our meals, it's honestly not a problem and a welcome thirst quencher.

All in all, we enjoyed our meals very much. Definitely will return if I ever have a craving for unagi again. Just have to save up 1st befor...