Nicely decorated place in a strip mall with efficient service that lacks a bit of personality. Presentation is definitely their forte. Many dishes arrive with colorful lights and different fanfare. Surprisingly the miso soup was not as good as I usually expect. Strange since it's such a simple soup to make. Seaweed salad prepared nicely. The sashimi and rolls were very good. They had toro which we enjoyed $9 which was very good. The ikara was fresh and the crispy salmon skin roll nicely prepared. read more

Ordered via DoorDash. This was actually really good sushi. The reason I only gave it four instead of five stars is because the spider roll was a little more greasy than I would've liked. Otherwise it was a very tasty meal. I wouldn't say it's terribly fresh, but it's also not bad. read more

Summer refreshments Menu just added! BobbleTea and lemonade is available now! I like the passion fruit green tea. read more

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Lunch special is a wonderful deal. Tasty high quality salmon sushi, and the absolute best Kani salad (with tempura crunchies in top).

I have to say, we ordered in, and it was probably the hottest food I've ever eaten, I give them a lot of credit for making it so well. Probably one of the best chicken udon I've ever eaten, and the miso soup was super super hot. Teriyaki chicken was very good, And they do it really really quickly. Great job. read more

Yama Sushi - Really, really fresh sushi - Japanese Near Me - Manalapan, New Jersey

Delicious just super pricey for what you get! $17 for 3 rolls, I got salmon avocado, tuna avocado & alaska roll. Ordered for delivery & they came pretty quickly :) read more

Yama Sushi - Any3 Rolls $16.95 - Japanese Near Me - Manalapan, New Jersey

Ordered Yama Chips which are "Chunked Big eye tuna, super white tuna, scottish salmon, mixed with seaweed salad and chef's special sauce, served on top of crispy Japanese chips" It was mush and came with Pringles Potato chips. Wish I was joking. $16 read more

Yama Sushi - Japanese 6 Piece Yama Chips - Japanese Near Me - Manalapan, New Jersey

Sushi is always incredible. Recommend the banana tempura dessert, kani salad, and specialty rolls. Mango is always fresh and tuna is wonderful. read more

I was originally going to give it 3 stars because it is a little pricy! However the steak was tender & the chicken was juicy. The noodles & rice were super buttery, too much grease but my stepdaughter loved them! The shrimp teriyaki was tasty & she ate up the shumai too! The place itself is small, no hibachi tables even though they serve it. Also it's BYOB which is always a plus! Our server was attentive but we were the only ones in there lol. The food came out in stages so that was strange. Overall not bad, but not worth going back either...xoxo read more

This place was very good when they first opened. Servers were polite and old came out quickly. The quality specifically the plating is something I loved about the place. But as time progressed it went a little downhill and now other sushi places have opened up nearby with better prices for the same sushi. If they brought there prices down to compare to other places I would definitely come here more often. read more

This was the best sushi restaurant I've been to in a while. You can't beat the price; especially for lunch! Service was good and attentive. Inside was nice. read more

Yama Sushi - Salmon avocado roll - Japanese Near Me - Manalapan, New Jersey

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My kids enjoy Yama sushi more than other sushi restaurants in the area. Sushi is always fresh and delicious and the owner is courteous!

It really pains me to give Yama Sushi only 3 stars. The decor and service are both truly 5 stars. This place used to be an Italian restaurant and it has been completely redecorated and transformed into a cool, stylish Japanese oasis. Every aspect of the space was paid attention to. The walls are adorned in glitter, they hung up japanese parasols in the back room and large fun lanterns/dice(?) in the front, their are accents of red, black and glitter all throughout (see photos) -- Based on looks alone, this place is a winner. Unfortunately, my friend and I were just very underwhelmed by the food. We came in around lunchtime and were seated immediately. Our server was readily available at all times and had a pleasant demeanor. I tried a chicken teriyaki lunch special and my friend had two basic sushi rolls. We were so disappointed. Everything was lacking in flavor - especially the fish & sushi rice (...so basically the entire roll lol) Perhaps its the type of rice vinegar they use (or don't use) but the rice was extremely bland, as was the fish inside. Sushi should never be tasteless - it should be fresh and have good flavor to it. The chicken teriyaki was good, not great. Although I love how the restaurant looks, it seems that Yama should pay less attention to their eye-grabbing decor and perhaps spend a bit more on higher quality food. read more

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Made an order online. Regular spicy tuna and spicy salmon roll, could not telll the difference which was it. Tasted weird and the same. Will not advise read more

Friday night January 14 -we called at 5:50pm and place our order for $75. (Btw they did not mention a $2.5-0 delivery charge) and we tipped $10. - I ask how long and they say 30-45 minutes. 7:20pm our food arrives. The hot appetizers are cold, and two items are missing. My Wife's calls the restaurant to let them know we are missing two items and asks them to please deliver asap. The gentleman's response was "Ms it is Friday night and we are backed up". No apologies / my Wife asks them to please remove the two items from the bill - his response is he does not l ow how to do this. REALLY-OK NP - read more

Tried this place after a friend found a groupon for it! It was definitely a great find! The food is absolutely delicious! Some of the best sushi I had in a long time. Some of my favorite rolls were OMG roll, and firecracker roll! We also ordered the Yama chips appetizer and it was delicious! It had different raw fishes and it was served on a Pringle. The service was also great! Definitely recommend this place. They have a groupon for weekdays and one for weekend. The weekday one for 12.50$ for 25$ worth of food! read more

Yama Sushi - Japanese Near Me - Manalapan, New Jersey

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This is one the best sushi spots in the Freehold/Manalapan area in my opinion. Their dining room just reopened and we enjoyed a great dinner there last night. We always go for the Amazing Roll (which has the best, fresh mango) and the Kiss of Summer Roll (which is loaded with fresh jalapeño)... highly recommend both! read more

If I could give this 0 stars I would . We picked up a to go order from here with 2 lunch specials a Kani salad and shumai . The kani salad was leaked all over everything in the bag and to top it all off a rubber band was in the bottom of one of the sushi rolls attached when we went to go eat it, disgusting and will not return ever again read more

Yama Sushi - Japanese Near Me - Manalapan, New Jersey

Even better visit this time. They've really upped their game with presentation and service. The sushi was extra fresh this visit too. read more

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Fresh food and great customer service. Delicious rolls, so many to chose from. We particularly loved the salmon teriyaki with the Bento box, love their bento box they give you a good amount of food, everything yummy and delicious. Thank you. read more

My wife and I visited Yama on a weekday for lunch. In general the decor is modern with some Japanese flair as opposed to traditional you see in other Japanese restaurants. The dinner menu is very standard as in other Japanese restaurants. Appetizer - raw and cooked, sushi dinner, standard rolls and specialty rolls. Cooked dinner entrees. For the most part reasonably priced. There was a lunch menu and specials for lunch. We ordered some rolls and an appetizer. The appetizer was the Kani salad which was good. The rolls were ok. Fish was fresh, but my major pet peeve is the consistency of the rice which was on the stiffer side. The flavors are overall good. Portions were average. The staff was very friendly albeit on the slower side. I would come here again if i met up with friends, but would rather go to Wasabi house in Matawan or Konbu in Manalapan if i need a sushi fix. read more

Yama Sushi - Sushi lunch - Japanese Near Me - Manalapan, New Jersey

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MY FAVORITE SUSHI SPOT! The udon is so so so delicious and perfect. My brother and I once bought three larges on a random Wednesday because we love it so much! I've tried udon from many different spots but I always come back here. The avocados are always a perfect texture! The only negative is it's very pricey but most Japanese places are. read more

First off, I eat sushi A LOT. I've been to dozens of places in different states, east and west coast. That being said, I've been to Yama three times already, once for dinner and twice for lunch, each time the food was great. The crunchy kani/seaweed salad mix is amazing! Service is good, prices are average. The lunch special is great... I believe it's a special roll, a regular roll and soup for $13.95. At some places, one special roll alone can cost that much. Please ignore the folks whining about the AYCE situation... get over it. It was a special and has nothing to do with the quality of food or service and it's unfortunate that this business is being rated poorly based on that alone. Place is awesome and I would definitely recommend this place now that Mahzu in Freehold has gone down the tubes, basically. read more

Yama Sushi - Japanese Near Me - Manalapan, New Jersey

Yama Sushi is a pretty decent sushi joint. It's nestled into a little blink-and-you'll-miss-it strip mall off Route 9, so I admit I didn't have super high hopes when I first saw it. However, once inside, it proved to be a clean, tasteful, and cozy environment. The sushi itself was fresh and well-presented, and the prices were about spot-on for other sushi places in the area. Seems like a few of the negative reviews were complaining about the changing of an "All you can eat" policy... my hidden sushi snob may be showing a bit, but hardly any reputable, quality sushi place is going to offer AYCE indefinitely... that's not how sushi is supposed to be enjoyed. If you want to shovel hours-old California rolls into your face with no consideration for the subtleties of enjoying sushi, go down the street to Tokyo - they have a large sushi buffet. Overall not the best sushi I have ever had, but by far not the worst, and better than most. Sushi lovers, do yourself a favor and check this little place out sometime. read more

Bought Groupon 6:30pm today, went to take my Dad out for his birthday 30 minutes later... we show up and they're only doing takeout and delivery, both of which do NOT accept the Groupon, as it is for "dine-in" only. I proceed to tell management that I just bought the Groupon, I understand it's for dine in only, but if you are not offering dine-in... then you really shouldn't be luring in business thru a Groupon that is useless. Gave them the opportunity to honor the Groupon based on principle... Nope! Wouldn't take it! So for $15, you'd rather lose a customer and have a shitty review?? That is BS and they should have accepted the Groupon. Returning the Groupon and they can go screw! Many other good sushi places in town!! PS-manager tried telling me that they told Groupon to stop offering their Groupon! Not my problem and not buying it!! This is very poor business!! read more

Came here recently and it was super delicious. Highly recommend the specialty rolls as they are pretty and tasty. read more

Yama Sushi - Japanese Near Me - Manalapan, New Jersey

Just moved to the area and was fairly underwhelmed with sushi options. I'm more into nigiri than fancy rolls, and that requires the fish to be extra fresh and the rice to be seasoned right, since there's no sauces to hide behind. This place won't change your life, and it's certainly nowhere near omakase standards of nyc. But from a takeout perspective it did not disappoint and they didn't nickel and dime when I wanted to change out the roll that comes with the sushi deluxe. May become my go to spot after trying a few more places for comparison. Def give them a try! read more

Yama is the definition of serviceable. What separates them from their competitors is their handling of the sushi rice. Too often, the sushi restaurants nearby under-season their rice and go too light on the wasabi. Sushi is all about balance and harmony and sticking slices of fish, no matter how fresh, on nearly plain white rice is just wrong. Yama gets the rice part right, not perfect mind you, but closer to what it should be than it's competitors. The fish is fresh though the nigiri slices could be a bit more generous. Standouts include the yellowtail jalapeño appetizer, thin slices of yellowtail dressed in a sweet ponzu with slices of jalapeño over a salad. The negimaki is nice as well. Thin slices of steak are stuffed with scallion and rolled in a sweet teriyaki sauce. The deluxe sushi assortment is a good value as is the sushi/sashimi combination. Yama will not change your life, but if you've got a sushi hankering for sushi you could certainly do worse. L,, read more

Best sushi around from specialty rolls to custom rolls. Always picture worthy ! OMG roll and custom cucumber avacado cream cheese mango roll ! Kani and green tea even have Japanese soda ! read more

I have ordered delivery from here on Seamless twice and after fast, accurate and delicious deliveries I decided to try it out in person. OMG it was packed! I was offered a complimentary cucumber/salmon/mango salad for the wait. Then I ordered the hot lover roll (special) and two orders of sashimi (salmon and tuna). The presentation was outstanding! Almost too beautiful to eat! And Man was it delicious! I was absolutely be back! One of the best sushi places I've ever been to! read more

Yama Sushi - Hot lover roll, salmon sashimi, tuna sashimi. Beautifully presented!!! - Japanese Near Me - Manalapan, New Jersey

Okay sushi. I only had one roll and opted for the chicken katsu dinner. Katsu was cooked well, but I do wish it was served with a little bit more stuff on the side. Run by Chinese so the stir fry items are more on par with what you'd find in a Chinese restaurant. read more

Nothing too special worth going out of your way for at this suburban sushi spot. Went on a double date last night with another couple and we all ordered our own dishes (mainly sushi but the gf got a Hibachi Chicken main). Overall the sushi is fresh and pretty decent but the prices are a bit high for stuff that isn't out of this world amazing. Would be a bit more fair priced if they knocked a buck or two off of the rolls to give it a bit more money for value. The combination sushi platter I had was $15 for 3 rolls that were on the smallish side. The others at the table enjoyed their sushi as well but the special rolls seemed to mainly be a mix and match of sauces and fish with large Maki pieces to compensate for the OK quality of the food. Outside of the sushi, the chicken hibachi main was pretty dreadful with sauce that was cloyingly sweet and overcooked chunks chicken. For the $14 or so dollars that it cost for this dish, you are much better off going to a real teppanyaki place for a show with a lot more food for only maybe a buck or two more. The place is BYOB so that allows you to save a few bucks on alcohol which is always a plus and the service is attentive without being too annoying. At the end of the day there is nothing really wrong with this place, but the endless supply of suburban sushi within a 20 minute drive radius that give you better value for money or an all you can eat option for a few more bucks then the prices at this restaurant really has me wanting to take my patronage elsewhere the next time I need my sushi fix. read more

They are consistently getting better I order to go mostly because they are the only Sushi restaurant that delivers. The special rolls are very creative and delicious with really good sauces on the side like the spicy green and orange mayo. I have been here twice and both times the fish doesn't seem fresh any longer and the rolls have become boring and don't taste like they used to. Unfortunately I need to remove a star. read more

Cute local sushi place. Nice ambiance. Modern and cool. Rolls and other dishes are tasty. We had a crappy experience our first visit but we decided to give them another shot because they were new. We're glad we did because we became regulars read more

I used to go to fuchsia before I decided to give Yama a try fuchsia we all know is probably by far the worst sushi place anyone has ever been to in their entire life and I am so sorry to say, is only a star above fuchsia. I've ordered from Yama couple of times the first time I ordered from there it was not good at all I decided to give it one more try and it was pretty decent decent enough for a fast delivery sushi place with acceptable priced rolls. Tonight is definitely the last time I will order from Yama I ordered a Kani salad which is extremely Bland and very very soupy the quantity is enough for your typical Kani salad it's just the soupy consistency of the sauce is horrid and tasteless. I also ordered the Philadelphia roll a salmon avocado roll and a Boston roll to start off the rolls have a massive amount of rice on them so much that I will get full off of one roll this Philadelphia rolls look pretty decent except for the rice but the salmon rolls look like nothing I've ever seen it almost scares me to eat it in hopes I will not get food poisoning tomorrow morning the Boston roll avocados are brownish and the sushi paper is falling apart as soon as I pick it up I'm really not happy with this experience ganga will forever be the only place I get sushi ever again. read more

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New to the area wanted to try some noodles and rice for lunch. Both dry with no flavor...very bland and paid 15 dollars for two sides. Whatever about the money but portion are also small. read more

Always fresh and yummy and ready quickly! My husband who doesn't love sushi loves their sushi!

Used to like this place. Service has gone way downhill. Ordering from them online or by phone is a joke. Right now we are waiting for over an hour past the estimated delivery time (which was 40 mins to begin with) and the restaurant won't even answer the phone to give any sort of update or allow us to cancel. The sushi used to be fresher and better as well. Save the headache and go elsewhere. read more

Delicious! From the ambiance to the service to the food Yama is hands down 5 stars. Located in the galleria strip mall in Manalapan, when you entire the restaurant you feel like you have traveled to Asia with the cherry Blossom theme decor. Although a little on the procier side for sushi and Asian fusion the food is delicious and worth the price. If I ever want a nice night out with friends or family for sushi this is the place to go to. Even on Friday nights when it's more crowded you can always find a seat and are not rushed. The sushi is very fresh and placed on the plate beautifully. The portions for hibachi are excellent- just wish they added rice to the option for the hibachi lunch and dinner. There are plenty of options for your pickiest eaters even those who don't enjoy sushi like my husband can always find something in yama. I really enjoy their Kani salad, fried shumai, avocado salad, and all their sushi rolls. Great quality of food and a frequent returner. read more

Don't ever order takeout from this place!! There's one thing I can't stand is ordering food, going there, picking it up, getting it home and finding out it's not what you ordered. That's exactly what happened with my order. I called up the restaurant and they said well, you can come back and pick it up and pay for whatever was missing. At my inconvenience, I don't think so. This will be the last time I ever go to this place!!!!!!! read more