Yuki Yama Sushi — Restaurant in Park City

This restaurant was the highlight of my trip to Utah. I made reservations for a Saturday night via open table about a week in advance. This restaurant was recommended by the Concierge at The Waldorf Astoria Park City when I inquired about the best seafood in the city. According to the website they offer the freshest seasonal fish flown in from around the world!!

The restaurant is located in the main area of Park City where all the shops and restaurants are. Parking can be difficult. They have street parking and a few lots. We should have just taken the hotel shuttle to make things easier. Eventually we ended up parking in the lot at the end of Main Street. It was a short walk to get to the restaurant from the lot.

When I arrived I was immediately seated upstairs at a table directly in front of a window. I felt like it was one of the best seats in the house. When I made the reservation I did note that I was celebrating my birthday. This is the only establishment that actually acknowledged the note. Several staff members wished me a happy birthday! It’s the little things that go a long way.

To start off I ordered the green tea. It is roasted with brown rice and matcha. This came out quickly and I enjoyed every sip. Following my tea, the crispy tuna tartare came out. This was good, but not the best tuna tartare I have had. Next we tried the Mr. Miyagi roll (red & snow crab, yellowtail, rolled in avocado, topped with tuna poke, sweet soy sauce). This was our favorite roll. The taste was unique and it was very fresh. My favorite dish was the black Cod! Oh my gosh my mouth is watering just thinking about it. This dish was perfection!!!!! We also tried the hamachi and the Executive roll (tempura shrimp, avocado, cilantro, topped with tuna, lime, sweet soy & habanero sauces.) the executive roll is one of the most unique rolls I have ever tasted. The lime on top gives it a very interesting taste. In addition to the explosive lime taste, you also get a taste of spicy and sweet. This should win an award for most unique roll. Last but not least , our waitress brought out a slice of cake to celebrate my birthday. She even had a candle in the cake! Our waitress was Gina and she was so awesome! She provided the best service and was so personable..

Everything about this restaurant is a win in my book. If you are in Park City I highly encourage you to check out this spot!! Hopefully you get Gina as your server, she...

A truly delightful Japanese restaurant with superb food and great service. We started with Bluefin tuna (sustainably farm raised) and salmon nigiri. Buttery soft and flavorful. Next we had the grilled octopus specialty. It was seared so it had a crisp edge but tender center, with an amazing black sesame garlic paste, kimchee and red vein sorrel. Then we enjoyed their 84060 special maki roll of tempura shrimp, red & snow crab, mango, spring greens, rolled in soy paper with sweet soy sauce. The spring greens really were a nice addition with their crispness complementing the shrimp and crab.

We accompanied this delicious dinner with one of their specialty drinks- the cucumber martini, and a Sapporo beer.

UPDATE: We returned a week later and had a disappointing experience this time- that's why I am lowering my original rating from 5 stars to 4, averaging the 5 of the first visit and the 3 of today. We were seated for our reservation in their upstairs section, in a table by the window (I believe table 70). The floor at that point and the table sloped at an approximately 20 degree angle off of level. You can see that in the picture with the beer and soy sauce. They had a number of normal (non sloped tables open, but by the time they came back to take our drink order, those were now filled. Its not very comfortable to sit angled for the entire meal and they should not have used that table unless it was the last one available. We ordered Toro Battera which was supposed to be blue fin tuna tartare. Instead it was bland regular tuna- nothing like the blue fin tuna we had the prior time. We also order the same 84060 special maki roll as last time. Clearly this time it was prepared hastily by a different sous-chef and looked different and tasted uninspired. The tempura in the roll was soggy. We also tried the Spider soft shell crab roll. Strangely, the two end pieces with crab legs were cold (not even room temperature) while the center pieces of the roll were warm. Unfortunately, today's experience will cause us to look elsewhere for Japanese food in Park City...

A fun find in Park City, Utah. It Japanese restaurant that does American Japanese food really good. They have a good selection of Japanese whiskey and sake. The food was actually really good. They offered a fun way to eat. We ordered thier wagyu meat which came thinly sliced with a hot salt rock for you to cook it on to your liking. The rocks come out super hot but only last about 20 to 30 minutes, so it kinda gives you a time line to finish your steak. The steaks where wonderful, super rich and well marbled. It can with 2 sauces for the steaks if needed. One was a cilantro tomatillo type sauce and the other was teriyaki or wasabi type. Both worked well with then steaks. So when you cook your steak on the salt rock the salt flavoring sticks to the meat. You have to gauge it correct or else you can over salt the meat. I'm guessing that's what the sauces are for, to relax or wash the salt off. Like I said the hor rocks dont last that long, so the cooking times starts to take longer. We also got thier bison gyoza. It was pretty good. Nice and crispy on the outside and hot and meaty inside. The sauce that came with the gyoza was actually pretty good was well. We got a round of sushi. The sushi was good. Then we tried thier pork belly ramen. That was amazing. The broth flavoring was so good. I could just drink a cup of that on it's own. If you are looking for good food you can enjoy with friends or family I say give Yuki Yama a try. You will be pleasantly surprised. The service was great as well. Very attentive,...