Yamato - New Albany

The decor of the restaurant is a bit underwhelming. But ! The staff is extremely friendly and attentive. I travel a lot and have eaten in many tepanyaki/hibachi style Japanese Steakhouses . I usually have minimal expectations as I am often unimpressed with the preparation. Last night I ordered the Steak/Chicken hibachi combo. The mushroom broth (soup) and the salad with the sesame ginger were pretty standard. The entree arrived and I was visually impressed. The steak had a fantastic appearing sear. The fried rice appeared pretty plain. Taste-wise ! WOW. The steak WAS PERFECTLY SEARED, cooked to tender and very tender. The chicken was also fantastic. The rice was delicious with a bit of pepper. I was very satisfied. Brought about half to work the next day and even after an office microwave reheating the meat and rice were delicious. If you are in or near town stop by and enjoy a delicious meal.

Terrible terrible terrible. I ordered Sashimi Deluxe for $21 expecting to come with soup and salad but they just sent me mediocre sashimi with no sides with it.not even rice... they brought me a spoon of fried rice after I ask them and charge $3. I am visiting and went to other Japanese restaurant in the area which was much better but today I wanted to give this one a try and it was huge mistake and disappointment.

I love Asian food, and this place lives up to the standard of Asian food. I had the sushi snow crab roll I believe what it was called, the crab tasted good, the roll didn't fall apart, and it had good portions. The service was friendly and the restaurant was clean. Overall I'd give this a 9/10 on the moist meter, my only problem was that it was a bit pricey but that doesn't change the 5 stars in my opinion. I will recommend this place to my friends and family, and I would definitely come back again.

Came in on a Sunday evening. The restaurant was dead. There was 3 families at tables and 3 waitresses. Waitress skipped my child's drink order. Soup portions are very small. They messed up my sushi order but I couldn't get a waitresses attention for over half an hour. I ended up leaving hungry because I could not get my order corrected. Keep in mind that we were her only table. They were in the party room watching TikTok, laughing loud enough to be heard throughout the restaurant. No one was pleased with their food. My wife's roll tasted like canned tuna.

My son and I are staying at the hotel nextdoor and decided to walk over just for an appetizer. We were treated by a cute boy about 12 who took us to a table. We both decided to get full dinners because the prices were so good. He had sushi with a salad and soup and I had the steak bento box with soup and ginger salad. We were pleasantly surprised at how great the meal was and the three children helping were adorable and very polite! We would definitely eat here again!