We had a great dinner. Love the boat conveyor belt. Very sweet staff, great prices and delicious food.

This place was great, had a great time with the wife. The little boats were cool and for the price I'm very satisfied.

We stopped by this place on a whim. It is a very nice place for a quick dinner. Service was good and fast. Fresh sushi. Very enjoyable.

Sushi was just ok, but I absolutely loved the presentation and sitting at the bar with the sushi coming around in little boats! Only a few rolls were floating around though, even though there were many on their sushi bar menu. Fun place to go. read more

Great restaurant and friendly staff. Fish was fresh. Better than expected for a rotating boat sushi bar. The nabeyaki udon was very good.

You are a communist if you don't love this place. They do the best sushi in redding. Super good food, reasonably priced, clean restaurant, helpful staff...etc. You can't miss with this place. read more

Atmosphere is casual and friendly. Love the staff. They are the BEST. Dragon Balls, spicy and delish, also love the mango roll and honey prawns. If you don't see it on the boat, ask anyone, they will have it made for you. Even a good spot for your new to sushi friends with some teryaki chicken, etc. Love it. Keep up the great work. read more

Food is decent. It's quick to order off the boats floating around sushi bar and great entertainment for kids. Lunch is reasonable if you are ordering off menu but dinner is spendy for what you get. read more

It is so much fun to go to Yama and sit at the sushi bar. The service is great. The boats are fun for the kids to watch. The food is delicious and there are alot of choices. read more

Order Lion King Roll and Mango Lover's Roll and you too will give this place 5 stars. Service is adequete.

We just tried Yama Sushi for the first time after moving to Redding a few months ago. I asked around at work for a good place for sushi and everyone said to try Yama. First off, my kids LOVED the boats. We ate a few things off the boats, but I couldn't tell what was raw, so we stuck to pineapple and the teriyaki chicken (it was just okay to me). We ordered several types of rolls and they were all great. The tempura yam/avocado roll was delicious! The staff was extremely nice and attentive - refilling out water several times and even coming over to go through the menu to point out all the non-raw fish items since I'm pregnant. Overall a great experience, we loved it and will definitely be back. It's a great place to take the family! read more

Our server was extremely kind and attentive to our dining needs. She did get one order wrong but she apologized for it. The combination dinner was good. I didn't care for the sushi. read more

I really enjoy the convenience and good options at Yama Sushi. I would definitely suggest going during their busy hours because as it gets later the sushi just starts to sit out a little too long. Overall I am a regular and I love the food. read more

My husband had a gig in Redding. We checked into the hotel and asked the clerk there for a suggestion. She suggested Yama Sushi. We got there about one thirty. We were seated right away, very impressive menu. As we looked over the menu, our waiter brought over edemami. We tried to each order a dinner, our waiter suggested getting a combination dinner and splitting it to save money. They were fast, friendly and good. read more

The atmosphere of this place is great. I would go there just to watch the boats go around, it's just really fun and super chill. The food however I've not had a good experience with. It probably sits on the boats for to long, it never tastes fresh to me. We used to frequently go there because the staff is really nice but my husband got sick off one of the rolls and hasn't be able to stomach sushi ever since. All in all good atmosphere, average sushi, great staff. read more

Very good sushi, but expensive. If you sit at the sushi bar the boats float by in the water and you just grab a plate that comes by if it looks good. The chefs are in the middle of the bar area making fresh sushi constantly. I usually watch them make some and wait for them to put it out on the boats so I know it's real fresh. But it's real easy to sit there and eat $50 worth of sushi, so I would recommend counting your plates so you don't get sticker shock. Three of us went there and spent around $80 including drinks. So it is really good, but expensive. read more

Our plan for Saturday night was to pre-order and pickup something in the afternoon, and dine in home at night while watching some old Def Leppard and GNR concerts. We did not want to have to go out, or wait for a delivery. We selected Yama Sushi, thinking that things like sashimi and rolls would likely hold up well for a few hours. I ordered the sashimi deluxe, 12 pieces of assorted, which came with clearly fresh cuts of salmon, hamachi, maguro tuna and snapper. It was a colorful and well arranged combo. I put it away for that evening's delight. I also ordered the Crazy Monkey Roll, which looked beautiful. My wife had a variety, including tamago, sesame rolls, vegie roll, and some tempura. I would not have ordered tempura, since our plan was to eat later. We pulled out the Yama Sushi stuff mid way through Def leppard and between a couple of glasses of Paul Lato Chardonnay, and a couple glasses of Altus Cabernet. I think good wine is good, no matter what you are eating or not eating. First, I must say that the sashimi lived up to all my expectations. Each bite was sensational, fresh, perfect size, and not limp or watery like some I have had, but rather naturally plump and full of flavor, mediated by wasabi, of course. My Crazy Monkey Roll was a good combo, including scallop, shrimp, crab, cucumber, hamachi and tobiko. This roll contained hamachi, my favorite and it was a great roll, properly cooked rice, which held up well. Though I did not taste the tamago, it looked lovely, a pure brilliant yellow. I tried her sesame rolls and found them to be taste treats. Maybe I'll expand my order next time. As usual, I wish I had ordered more. But, this was so good, and the plan worked so well, that we will repeat this again. Yama Sushi packed everything well, had the order ready on time, and the price was not Vegas style outlandish. A very impressive menu, I might add. A very impressive dinner as well. read more

Excellent Sushi and Sashimi - If you want hot items like Pot Stickers, I suggest ordering them fresh, but cold items are great strait off the passing boats. For anyone who doesn't want Sushi, they have a wide variety of other options such as stir-fries, soups, etc... I've had sushi many places throughout California and Yama is right in the mix with the bay area! Glad this place is here - my wife eats there with her friends weekly and we go at least once a month as a family. read more

I love the bar with the boats - the self serve setup is right up my alley and makes me nostalgic for my days in Tokyo. The sushi is the best I've found in Redding, but I wish they had more variety. read more

Great food! Love the live piano music. Don't be fooled by the fact that it's in a strip mall!

Always a smooth and delicious experience. Hospitality is great from every worker you interact with.

Found this on Yelp and agree that it was a great find! My wife and I really enjoyed sitting at the 'boat-bar' to pick the exact dishes that we wanted it. read more

Not bad and good prices. The only thing I didn't like was the fact that the sushi on boats that doesn't get chosen just keeps going round and round. This made me wonder how long each roll had been there before I sat down. I also found it difficult to communicate with the chef and order what I wanted which is what I prefer to do as I don't actually like fish. It's quality sushi, I just prefer a more personal experience. read more

The sushi was very good, as always, but the last couple of times I've been here the service has been terrible. I'm very disappointed as I come here quite often and I brought a girlfriend who had never been today, embarrassed by my choice. Today was probably the worst service I've ever had from here. Lunch from start to finish was over an hr. We waited over 10 minutes to order, had to ask for utensils and wasabi, and I had to flag my waiter down to order a couple extra small rolls as he wasn't coming and checking on us. After finishing our lunch, we again waited 10-15 minutes to get our check and I pretty much had to flag him down again to ask for it. I don't know when or if I'll come back, maybe for takeout, but get your act together yama, your sushi is yummy!! read more

We LOVE this place! It is such a treat to come here, sit at the bar and know that my family is all going to love what they get! My son asked for the spiciest roll and the chef made up a beautiful roll that my son devoured! We definitely recommend Yama Sushi! read more

Yama Sushi - Japanese Near Me - Redding, California

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Nice people....dry sushi, not fresh and tastes old. No much more could be said about this place. And for what you get for the price. I will not be returning. read more

This place is awesome. The sushi is fresh and delicious. They have an awesome Sushi Bar. The prices are affordable and the service is great. I eat here regularly. I highly recommend getting the Caterpillar Roll. read more

We couldn't have been more surprised with this great place in Redding. New in town the floating sushi bar was wonderful but the sushi was the winner. Try the caterpillar roll and you would think your in heaven with the fresh taste. Loved it and you have to try this place. We finished with fried bananas that were out of this world. Go there.....now. read more

Yama Sushi - The floating bar at Yama sushi - Japanese Near Me - Redding, California

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I would go to Yama Sushi with my boyfriend at least once or maybe twice a week, we were regulars and usually ordered the same thing and always enjoyed our meals. Upon my last, and final visit I was already feeling a strange ambiance, the waiters took forever to give us our food, and that's when I spotted it -- on the wall beside me there was a LARGE cockroach, and I just went into panic mode, oh fucking no, my favourite restaurant has BUGS. I had a panic attack and told the employees, which then proceeded to move us to a different table, and search for the bug. I wouldn't go there anymore, as I am afraid they might have a cockroach infestation. read more

Service tends to suck, but the food is top notch! And I mean come on, sushi boats!

The sushi is good but the service isn't worth going. The worst service I have ever received. They are rude. They use the bait and switch method. There prices are misleading. I wouldn't recommend anyone to go here, they scam there customers. read more

Today, Oct 29th 2015 went for luncheon and ordered a Tiger sushi, teriaki chicken and udomi. The tiger sushi had only rice, sea weed wrap with some minced chicken meat and some sauce. It was not the tiger sushi. My friend ordered teriyaki chicken which was suppose to come with salad and soup and she got teriyaki chicken with steam rice on the side and no soup or salad as it was suggested. The udomi soup was disgraceful to us -substandard. It had sliced cucumber, soaked tempura (looked liked a vomit)with no shrimp or one tiny mushroom and diced onion. Tasted and looked disgusting. We asked the waiter about the shrimp and the greens and she said this is how it comes. Bet two people we paid $40 and not only the food, the service was horrible. This place needs to google to see how to make a tiger sushi, udomi and service food as menu suggest. Horrible...disgraceful to japanese restaurants read more

I really really want to like this place. I keep going back in hopes of liking it, but I'm always disappointed. I don't mind that the staff isn't good. I don't need great accommodations. But the food... Stale tasting and just gross. I'm not the type that sends plates back, but last time I was there I was fed up, so I sent something back because it was atrocious. When I went to pay my bill, they had charged me for it. I only took one bite and it was obviously BAD! I told the lady, but she made me pay for it because I ordered it. I'm done with this place. It's sad because I really wanted to like it, but I will not go there again. read more

Love this place!!! Sushi chef Marc is amazing he caters to my daughter and make sure her special wrong because summer service is usually great. I am a very satisfied customer read more

The sushi tastes great, (when fresh) but the waitress was extremely rude when we pointed out an obvious error on their menu. The menu showed a certain roll as being a purple plate($2.50) but a piece of printer paper on the side of the revolving sushi glass showed the same dish as a red ($4.75). When we asked about it. She said it doesn't matter what the menu says, look here!! And an employee tried to be very nice and not charge us for the clear misunderstanding, but they lady snarled and waved her Garda at us causing everyone in the restaurant to look at us, and make us feel really uncomfortable. Well lady... how the fxxx are we suppose to know what color plate our food is coming on, and how much it costs, if the menu is wrong??? I understand that your sign says otherwise.. but there is no way for us to know that you changed the price, until you set the plate down in front of us?? Other then that the bathroom was pretty nasty and the flood in the entire restaurant was sticky. I always stop by here while in town but I will not be coming back. Kobe is where you'll find us! More expensive, but always worth it! read more

I've eaten here a lot. I mean hundreds of times. So one may question my intelligence, and rightly so, since I only gave it three stars. Here's the deal - if you ask them to make something to order I would recommend their stuffed jalapeños, they also make a very nice tuna nigiri. Every time I'm feeling like I want something crunchy and go for a deep-fried item, the taste is always disappointing and it is always cold. I mean let's be honest, it was probably floating around on those boats for hours. It seems like about every six months I forget this fact and go in for another plate of deep-fried goodness only to be immediately disappointed by the first bite. One wonderful thing about Yams is at lunchtime you can come and sit down and be eating within a couple of minutes. You typically have to badger the servers for your check, but in their defense they are typically very busy and understaffed. So buyer be warned, avoid the cooked food, and then maybe consider ordering something from the menu as opposed to the food on the boats. read more

If you like SF type sushi then this is the place for you. Good sushi and its off a boat so makes it more fun for families!!!

Best sushi in Redding! Great atmosphere, service, and food. Always my choice for sushi!

Sushi floating on boats isn't going to be the freshest (yes it does sit out a bit) but it is a fun concept and one I have enjoyed with my kids for a quick lunch since it opened about 10 years ago. The place has been going downhill since. First they stopped serving free edamame. Then they hiked the prices and decreased the quality. Recently more fried food and pink cake and less fancy sushi was showing up on the boats. You had to ask for ginger and wasabi. Yesterday, however, was the point of no return. Riding on the stern of one of the slow moving sushi boats was an anxious little sailor . My kid pointed and said,"Land ho! Stow away roach on board, matey!" I couldn't eat another bite and immediately found the manager. She asked if anyone else had seen the roach. I was aware the group of business men next to us had, and told her they had left immediately. She told me all restaurants have roaches; the entire strip mall was full of them. The exterminator had sprayed the night prior so all the roaches were all disturbed and active. This was normal. She then handed me a $23 bill! I told her most of the food was left uneaten as we did not want to eat food crawling with roaches. I refused to pay. Still trying to figure out how that roach got on the boat. Do they swim? read more

We tried again the seared pepper tuna is great there tuna pokie and salom pokie are hubby favorite honey prawns yummie the lover roll tastie but the pricking has got to were $65.00 plus tip and not full is little much just last yr it was $45.00 plus tip for same things so twice a yr know not twice a month read more