YAMATO STEAK HOUSE OF JAPAN

Edit: Food has improved! The flavor of the sauce that goes with the shrimp tempura roll is a much better authentic taste. The salmon avocado roll was good as well! The tempura has been great consistently, so that's a big improvement. Overall seems they have improvements going on in the kitchen. Service has always been consistent and nice! Still the best in town, but there is still room for improvement! Looking forward to that! Old review: The food is alright, didn't really hit the mark. In my photos you can see that there is essentially no difference between the chicken fried rice and hibachi chicken besides adding some vegetables. Having smaller veggies added to the rice and more variety would improve the taste. This might just be to save time and cost. Other menu items I've had just don't taste authentic. It is the only Japanese style restaurant in Defuniak, so it's the best we have for now. Service is good and they are always timely in my experience, just wish the dishes were tastier. I have yet to try some of the raw sushi, but the tempura shrimp roll was pretty good. I'll be returning but I would like to see improvements.

The rice was not cooked properly with some parts mushy and overcooked, and other portions crunchy and barely cooked; the cabbage inside the spring roll was extremely mushy and overcooked. To think I was charged close to 40 bucks for this meal is ridiculous. Do not go here. You will be sadly disappointed.

Atmosphere was great. Please remember if you are visiting in the next few weeks this is a new restaurant and will need time to figure out what works best. Our server was a sweet young girl. It is her first job so mistakes are understandable. Timing on getting food out in the correct order or remembering what comes with what meal will get better with time. For now our family will be going back for the sushi. It was phenomenal. Their Jalapeño poppers (sorry no picture, family ate it to fast) were very tastee. Also a must try.

Had a fantastic lunch here today. The service was amazing and fast. The food was so delicious I had the salmon hibachi, crab rangoon,and the fried cheesecake. I would recommend this place🤤

This is definitely the best sushi place in the area, hands down. The pricing is very fair and the quality is amazing. I usually order take out but occassionaly will dine in. One of the servers, Bunnie, always go out of her way for me! The customer service skills of the workers at this restaurant are top tier. I am now a regular here and Bunnie always recognizes my number, she has memorized my name and often she knows my exact order! Please give this restaurant a chance, you will not regret it.