Yama Restaurant

Yama can be found at Carmine St 38. The following is offered: Restaurants: Japanese. The entry is present with us since Sep 7, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 12, 2013. In New York there are 86 other Restaurants: Japanese . An overview can be found here.

"Bigger is better" declare sushiphiles who report that these Japanese triplets roll out "monster-size" slabs of the "freshest fish" at a "decent price"; even with "hit-or-miss" service, "crowded" conditions and "drab" quarters, there are usually "long waits at prime times."

Huge portions hardly make up for the lack of inventiveness in Yama's repertoire and the seemingly endless wait to get seated. If you do brave the lines, though, you'll be rewarded with some spectacular appetizers—unfortunately, that's the height of the otherwise pronounced sine curve.

The Scene
Given a quick makeover, this Carmine Street outpost of the popular Yama chain could easily pass for a trattoria, as fireplaces and exposed brick walls lend the space a rustic...

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