Inside the giant complex of a resort called Solaire this well appointed, quietly elegant Japanese restaurant has a rare unobstructed view of the bay where you can catch a beautiful sunset. Service is spot on. Attentive and warm our server Beah took such good care of us. The warm food is amazing - some of which I've never tried in my life like tepanyaki foie gras and grilled eggplant with crab meat. Their Sushi was very fresh and they let you order one piece at a time - I suppose it's rather pricey but the scallop and yellow tail I ordered was top notch. Although it's quite pricey it's very satisfying. If you have theater tickets (the theaters are in the other end of the complex) you get 20% off. read more

Yakumi - Grilled eggplant with crab meat - Japanese Near Me - Parañaque, NCR

The servers and managers just stand there with the door open. Talking and forgetting to close it. Do better. If you just move the hinges to the other side of the door the bright light wont impact the ambiance of such a fine dining establishment. read more

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We were trying to dine in at this place for dinner. And we were refused because we were wearing slippers. But a couple days later we went back and wore open slippers and didn't say anything. I feel like they discriminated us of how we looked. Food was pricey with little amount of portions. Not worth it won't be coming back. read more

This restaurant is seems to be very careful with it's selection ingredients. This includes using freshly grated wasabi which they will grate in front of you using a "sharkskin" grater! I have eaten here on 3 occasions thus far and each time has been a positive surprise. 1. First visit was for lunch and I ordered the lunch sushi set which came with a big serving of salmon sashimi. It was ok however not overly impressive. The most positive aspect of this visit was that Gino told me about the Saturday brunch. 2. The second visit was what really raised the bar for this place. It was for Saturday brunch and it was terrific. It came with freshly sliced sashimi tuna from a whole freshly carved tuna fish! It also came with various rooms that specialize in Tempura, otomomiyaki, and others... truly a once in a lifetime experience. 3. The 3rd visit was for lunch and all three of us ordered the Katsudon special which was great. None of us was able to finish our katsudon because it was huge portion. read more

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This place absolutely resonates with wonderfulness. I went there twice while staying in Manila with each time better than the next. My friend Jim J told I'd be impressed. As we've both spent sometime in Japan that was a tall order. But it was met beyond my expectations in the Saturday afternoon buffet with fresh hand cut tuna, sushi, Nabe, fish, and desserts that look so good you don't want to eat them! Being able to visit here again makes me want to return to Manila just for the buffet. Try this place out - you won't be disappointed. read more

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Yakumi is a great sushi restaurant. The fish is really high quality and fresh. The staff is very attentive. We inquired about a dish but it was not on the menu. The kitchen was able to make us exactly what we wanted despite it. My favorite dish of the night was the assorted sashimi. Our dinner party ate so much food. Whenever we eat there they always give us an additional dish for free. They always make you feel like VIPs. read more

We did the Sunday Brunch because I saw it on Strictly Dumpling. Seems they really scaled back the offerings and quality since covid. I don't think it's worth the money they're charging. The meat cuts are average. Grilled fish was not good. Sushi and sashimi is average. We had reservations for 11:30 and got out 2:30ish and the whole lobby smells like cigarettes. I get that it's a casino but I'm just not used to smoking indoors and it kinda threw me off. There are better buffets out there. read more

Very nice ambiance and fresh food. It is located in the Solaire Hotel and Casino by the bay. All you can Saturday brunch for 1388 pesos. The food is good and the sashimi was fresh. Give them a try if you are in the area. read more

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Arogato! Yakumi. Hands up then hands down. Some of the best Japanese food I've had in the Philippines. Very delicious but very expensive! They have sushi shipped all the way from tsujuki fish market in Japan! Really authentic. If you're going here, give your palate a journey of delectable treats. Ordering the set meal is a must!!! - came with salad, salmon and tuna sushi, tempura, and beef ribeye and to top it off some delicious ice cream! - the ambience is very Japanese like, let's just say you get what you pay for. This place although delicious, is more for celebrating or special occasions or I'm guessing high rollers. A must try if you haven't been to Japan and tried sushi from the tsujuki fish market. read more

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High class, high quality sashimi for high rollers. After all, why go to a Japanese restaurant if you weren't going to eat sashimi? I had an all things-Japan obsessive phase when I was younger (blame anime!), which eventually involved food. My family has been a long-time client of Izakaya Kikufuji in Little Tokyo, so of course we had to try it when Yakumi recently opened in Solaire. On the opposite side of the food court and the central area of Solaire, Yakumi is fairly quiet, with a nice, simple interior that I can't describe as anything else but "soothing". (Although I still find the floor to ceiling mural of bubbles to be off, but not off putting.) I love Yakumi for their tofu-avocado salad in sesame sauce, their perfect miso soup (never too salty or too much miso) and their heaping servings of cold cha soba. They also have very unique rolls, like the unagi and tempura roll, the riceless san francisco roll, just two of my favorites. (around 800-900 each... though pretty good.) But most of all, they've got the best salmon sashimi I've ever tasted. The moment the platter arrived, I knew how good it would taste like-- the meat and fat of the salmon was nearly the same thickness, after all! Coupled with their fresh, handmade wasabi, it's an orgasmic sashimi experience. (And for 400 Pesos, not bad!) read more

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Yakumi hands down has the greatest customer service in Pasay. Great Japanese cuisine paired with a beautiful atmosphere and location. Food here is presented like artwork and the waiters are very inviting and friendly. Do try their multiple courses meal and their lemon ice tea, never had a lemon ice tea served with a scoop of lemon sorbet. read more

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Amazing authentic Japanese restaurant you can find when your craving and your within the vicinity. They offer you a warm face towel before your meal, a piece of their mozzarella tempura cheese. Water isn't offered so you gotta buy a bottle 750ml (I think) for about 400.00 pesos Staff is awesome and so friendly! While we were waiting for our meal, our waitress showed us how they grate off wasabi naturally and we were able to try it ourselves! It's a high roller type of Japanese restaurant in a place like this but if your converting it to dollars, its totally doable. I forgot which ramen I ordered but they were kind enough to split it into two. What I ordered: Volcano roll, salmon sashimi, edamame, Ramen, veggie maki roll. Iced tea bill more or less 3,800 These alone got us full. read more

Everthing is great.. we had sashimi. Sushi. Ramen. Dessert. Sake.. authentic Japanese restaurant. No foul smell in the resto and from the kitchen.. Very Friendly staff.. read more

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Let's make things clear: it needs to be known that Japanese is my absolute favorite cuisine in the world. Yup. If the world was ending or I was on death row and I had free reign over what my last meal would be (not to be macabre), it's a no-brainer. Japanese is king. All of this to say that I was so happy to discover Yakumi in the far-off land of Solaire Resort & Casino and even happier to have had the privilege of dining there not once, not twice, but a total of three times. The food is absolutely mouthwatering and it's everything that a Japanese meal should be. Let's talk about ambiance. Another factor to rave about with this restaurant. You can ask for a table by the window which allows you to overlook Manila Bay or you can request for a quiet table close to the entrance, or even one by the cooking area which is right smack in the center of the restaurant. It doesn't really matter -- you'll be happy either which way. The service could use some improvement as there were instances wherein I had to flag down a waiter more than once just to get their attention. But they were polite and professional so I can let it go. But moving forward, let's talk about the food!!! Yes!!! Supreme perfection. Yakumi has a great selection of a la carte items to choose from but I always selected the set menus (tempura or salmon) as I feel like those give you more bang for your buck. It's inclusive of soup, salad, tofu, rice, sushi, your viand of choice, and plenty of other side dishes. Dessert is also part of the package. Servings aren't stingy and it makes me salivate just thinking of the food. Pricey perhaps, but well worth it. Two thumbs up. read more

Some of my best Japanese food experiences have been at Yakumi. This is where I encountered a Hokkaido king crab leg, only a couple of hours old, grilled to perfection, seasoned only by the sea... And it was amazing. I can still taste it in my mouth as I write this. I met up with my friends at a little bar after that meal and I couldn't get myself to eat anything because I felt that having cheese sticks would defile the divine food I had put in my mouth previously. It would have been gastronomic sacrilege! Yes, it sounds a bit snobbish, but I think some things deserve this attention and defense. Yakumi's fresh seafood, perfect preparation and cooking techniques, and delicious menu definitely deserves it. The Hokkaido king crab leg is not always available, and the seafood in stock depends on the season. Call ahead if you have a specific craving, like maybe blowfish, which Yakumi's chef is certified to serve but involves a process of about 14 hours or so to prepare. The a la carte menu, though, has some year-round staples like the Wagyu Hobayaki, which you should definitely order rice with to scoop up some of that deliciously sweet miso sauce; the salmon skin salad, which you'll love if you like food with texture because of the citrus medley of greens that matches enjoyably with the crisp salmon skin; and, the San Francisco Roll, their famous soy paper-wrapped "rice-less" sushi that contains greens, salmon, tempura, and crab. read more

It's possibly the most expensive Japanese restaurants you'll step into here in Manila, but trust me when I say it's quality that you're paying for. Devoid of al the fancy showmanship of fusion Japanese restaurants, Yakumi delivers Japanese food straight from the Tsukiji market so you can only expect the best and freshest ingredients served. The thing I love most about Yakumi is how authentic it is--some days, some of their dishes aren't available as the ingredients haven't arrived from Japan yet--a sure sign that quality is of top most priority for the chefs behind the restaurant. Their tuna selection is even more divine showing off the toro (regular tuna sashimi), the chutoro (medium fattiness), and the supreme (and super expensive) otoro, which is almost white because of the fat content. I'm not one to indulge and spend a whole lot of money on food but their are particular restaurants I'm willing to shell out for and Yakumi is one of them. read more

Yakumi's excellent quality ingredients definitely speak for themselves. The restaurant claims to have flown in their ingredients on the day itself and I believe them. The seafood couldn't be fresher and with that taste, you can be sure they didn't fish that out of Philippine waters. It's straight out of the cold sea waters of Japan and all the flavors in it. I distinctly remember the tuna cheek robotoyaki, perfectly grilled and seasoned. You go to Yakumi for stuff like that, also because of the price tag that comes with it. Reserve the occasion for something special so it will be worth it, or come over after a big win at the casino. Unfortunately I also remember that for the standards of the restaurant and resort hotel, the service could have been better. There wasn't anything particularly bad about it, except I expected that the servers' attention wouldn't need to be called especially if the place isn't usually full. read more

This was truly a great experience. Everything from the mango drink to the miso soup the rib steak and sushi. I have never had beef so tender. The sushi was exceptionally fresh. Service was very good as well. One thing I noticed in Philippines was that they never will bring you the bill until you ask. Which was true here and every place else. Also not sure if the 10% service fee goes to the waiters for tip or not, but it is customary in most restaurants with service. read more

Simply the best japanese restaurant in manila today. Our server renz saw to it that we have the best experience when we came in. A must try.