Yamasushi — Restaurant in Monterey

I've been coming to this place for years and since Sushi-moto next to the Golden State Theatre went away, this has been the sushi place I've enjoyed coming to. Generally kept clean and orderly with quick seating for smaller parties (4 or less) with a short wait time if any for larger ones. The tables feel a bit...small sometimes especially the ones for two people though I'm a 6ft, 210lb guy.

Besides that, they have a lot to offer. Their rolls are priced accordingly and for the average person, one roll will be sufficient. Their are not at all a glamourized Michelin quality sushi bar a la "Jiro dreams of sushi" but rather offer so many varieties and variables of rolls that you'll have a great time trying each one. They of course have bento boxes, ramen, etc and have tried them and found them to be great but to me, it's all about the rolls. Carmel Beach, Big Sur, and the Sake Hunter rolls have been the ones I go to when I can't decide or want something that's good.

Between two people, you're looking at a tab of about $40ish dollars and that's getting 3 rolls between us, a miso soup for me, edamame as an appetizer, and some tea + water. That's a great deal and you'd be hard pressed to find a place that's this good for that amount of money....

The Unagi was very good as a appetizer. ..for my entree...I ordered the Tempura Don which is tempura vegetables / tempura shrimp combination. With this meal is a small salad, miso soup ( bland tasteless and cold). The tempura was a dark brown as if they forgot to change the oil for awhile...very greasy...the shrimp was falling apart, so when I picked it up...the shrimp slid out by itself, and to my suprise it was a tiny little shrimp the size of the smallest salad shrimp I have ever seen! I asked the sushi chef , (he was very accommodating ) what kind of shrimp is this, it's the tiniest shrimp I have every seen. He responded by going back in the kitchen and reorder the shrimp tempura in fresh oil... We'll when he served it to me, I looked inside the large tempura shrimp and again it was 95% batter, and 5% baby salad shrimp. I told the sushi chef again, and he took it to the food manager sitting at the end of the bar....no response... Finally after some negotiations the chef took my tempura part of the meal off, since I didn't eat it. This is another restaurant cutting corners with their food quality to make money with low quality filler food. We...

Went during dinner time with a group of 4 on Sunday. The restaurant had a few other people there. Had green muscles and gyoza for appetizers, it was very good. 2 Udon noodle soups, shrimp fried rice, and mackerel with rice. The food was good. The waitress was nice. My problem was with the person who looked like the owner, with a scarf around her neck. She walked passed our table several times, didn't take away the empty appetizer plates, didn't refill the hot water for tea, didn't refill the ice water, and only gave us quick service when it came time to collect payment. She gave the bill to my mom, that's a No No. There was a guy in our group, she should've gave it to him or set it in the middle of the table. I paid with card and wrote zero for tip because we wanted to give a cash tip. I saw her look at the receipt and throw up her hand irritated as she walked to the back to get the to-go box. When she came back, she grabbed the cash tip super fast AS SHE WAS HANDING US THE TO GO BOX. wow... the food wasn't good enough to deal with her snobby attitude, so I will not be going back. I don't...