Yamamori Izakaya

Very disappointed with my spider roll here recently, for € 18 I expected it to be better quality. It was mostly batter and hardly any crab, or, at least, it had been fried for so long that all the delicious crabmeat had totally dried out. Lychee lemonade was delicious and my companions’ food looked really good so I won’t write it off completely. Service was a little bit cold and unfriendly the evening we were there.

love this place! best sushi place in Dublin! I’m going once a month for a treat! :)

Best sushi in Dublin IMO. Love the vibe, the staff and the cocktail list. It’s probably top of my go to list for a cheap and cheerful meal out with pals.

This is my favourite Yamamori restaurant. The staff are so nice and really accomadating, we have often arrived with no reservation and they find us a lovely spot. The tapas are delicious, I really love the Izakaya burger. Its a nice place to go for a casual laid back bite to eat with friends before going out.

I arrived earlier than the opening time and was surprised by friendly and welcoming staff. We sat at a very cozy and privileged spot while we wait for the «official opening». The food was really good but later on the place was very busy. The service turned slow and had to struggle a bit to get the bill.

Am letzten Abend, nach unserem Offsite, knurrte der Magen um 20:30 denn die Häppchen waren doch nicht genug. Nun ja, wohin? Kurz auf Unilocal in der Nähe gesucht und fündig geworden. Eine japanische Tapas Bar!
Angekommen, haben wir auch recht schnell einen tisch für 10 im unteren Stock bekommen.
Die Karte bietet verschiedene japanische Kleingerichte (Izakaya) mit einem special deal 5 für 35. Sehr ausgefallene, authentische Sorten sind es jedoch nicht.
Für den nicht-​so-​großen-​Hunger habe ich mich dann doch für eine Miso Suppe und Sushi entschieden. Beide waren geschmacklich sehr gut. Der Plaumenwein war leider sehr europäisiert mit Eis und Cocktailkirsche.
Freundliche, flotte Bedienung. Tamari Soße für glutenfreie ist ein Bonus. Toll!

Ambience. B
Service. B
Food A
Price. A
Found on Georges street. There are 2 Yamamori restaurants, but this was has a sushi bar you can sit and sit at the sushi bar. Sit at the bar if it gets crowded for a table.
Everyone I dealt with the was friendly. The sushi is not that adventurous. No salmon egg roes or sea urchin. But they have the mainstream of white Fah, salmon, tuna, octopus and few others.
I ordered the € 35 — 5 dish selections. A good deal to share and try different items.
Everything I ordered was cooked and prepared to perfection.
Sashimi salad had fresh bites of raw fish below the salad. I requested some wasabi on the side to give some zing to this dish.
Pumpkin croquettes were Nicely fried and hot. Love dipping in a sweet hoisin sauce.
Shrimp gyoza last were Nicky minced shrimp and spices wrapped in delicate dough and steamed perfectly Pan fried.
Calamari rings were nice size and perfectly fried with the tempura batter.
Kimchee pork belly was recommended tender and Nicely flavored.
Duck confit had some lovely five spice lightly rubbed into crispy skin and the meat was moist with each bite.
Tako Yaki. Special pan cooked octopus balls street food was nice and moist batter with tender pieces of octopus inside.
Braised pork ribs were nicely spiced and tender on the bone.
Karaage– fried chicken tenders with sweet sour sauce and veggies. Nicely cooked and great flavors!
Everything I experienced was cooked and prepared perfectly.
I do recommend requesting server to space out when to bring out certain plates until you’ve finished certain courses. However, take what you can get when it’s busy!
I’m a fan and definitely coming my back.

Yamamori is a izakaya-​type restaurant, which is supposed to mean that it is more like a tapas place, where you come to share some plates with friends.
Indeed, we ate little food. But, it was still the price one would expect to pay for a full dinner.
Also, service was slow. But food was ok and place is fine.

Love the food!
The music and atmosphere in the downstairs bar which stays open late and makes great cocktails.
The beers are good too.

Love Love love this place. Great value and a good way to try a few things out. We always go before the cinema and then have our dessert watching the movie. Their ‘Japas’ are such a great idea if you love a little bit of everything.

I love this place. The food is amazing. The cocktails are devine and I am told that the heather beer would blow the head off any good craft beer drinker. Every time I go here I always have fun and meet lovely people. It is so kool and quirky and the music is great too. Down stairs is a hidden gem.

Dublin’s culinary scene is probably not well known for good Japanese and sushi, but Yammamori is slowly working to change that perception. Once you enter the basement, you are transported from Dublin to Tokyo with big wooden tables, Japanese art, and a bar stocked with Asahi and Sapporo. The beer menu isn’t extensive beyond this, and it would be nice to have a Japanese craft beer option or two. The space is not very huge, so expect a wait or book ahead. The menu is huge, about 4 pages of sushi and Japanese style tapas dishes, yakitori. It’s a great way to get introduced to Japanese cuisine as dishes are small, and you can try many. The sampler is also a great way to try a bunch of options such as sushi and chicken skewers. One of the more interesting options on the menu are the octopus balls, tangy tender meat in a tasty sauce that make a great appetizer. The big tables are also great for groups. The prices are a little high for the size of food, but the quality is excellent.

Great location in the middle of Dublin. Vibrant restaurants and pubs around. But sushi as such not convincing. I seat just by the bar and watched how food is prepared. There is no passion to processing food here and the flavour feels on the low end.
With surprise I have watched chef repackaging fish and drying it out. Then packing again. For the price paid my expectation was to see fresh food here.
I will try other places next time. Not returning any time soon.

Across the road from my other favourite Japanese Resturant. Good menu and prices. Had yummy duck pancake starter, bento box, roll and a beer for £30 won’t break the bank. Would come again.

This was my first time here and must say I was pretty pleased. We did the 5 for € 35 option on the menu between two people. It was more than enough! The dumplings were great as was the duck hoisin with pancakes which was actually a much bigger portion than you would normally see.
The atmosphere was very relaxed and the restaurant was quite busy for 9:30pm on a Wednesday night. They also offer a pretty large selection of alcoholic beverages. Overall pretty solid meal and I would be happy to return.

I’m not completely going to eat my words about not liking Japanese food, but I’m definitely impressed by the Izakaya.
We sat downstairs and went for the Japas, 5 for 35, sharing between 2 people, which was more than enough. We went for the Squid Tempura, duck pancakes, white fish, Ebi Gyoza, Sashimi Salad.
I had never tried sushi (what?) so I was intriugued by the sashimi salad which has raw salmon, tuna and sea bass. My first bite was the salmon I’m sure, which is a fish that I love. I got a good mouthful of everything on the plate and it was actually surprisingly nice! Then I went for a second bite and it was WAY too fishy and overwhelming. I’m guessing it was the sea bass. So all in all I can’t say if I like it or not… I might need another go.
Everything else was totally delicious.
The calamari were perfectly cooked and the texture was perfect. The white fish and veg was so fresh and flavoursome, and the dip that came with (sort of black bean thing?) was unreal, and went with everything on the table.
I don’t normally like prawns, but the Ebi Gyoza was one of my favourite things I tried! It didn’t have that crunchy texture of regular prawns, and the flavours were just delicious.
The duck pancakes as many have said were just delicious.
I also tried the sweet potato wedges which were incredible, but I didn’t like the dip. I tried the chicken wings which were unremarkable but you’re not going to a place like this for the wings.
The service was fantastic and they were able to take orders at different times and keep track of everything– everything came out correct too which was brilliant.
I’ll be back!

I had my heart set on a Bunsen burger that night when my man suggested to get some Jappas. Say what? Jappas.
Jappas, you say? Is that a thing? Yes, that’s a thing: Japanese tapas in Yamamori Izakaya. I’d never been to Izakaya which now strickes me as strange since I’m a regular in both Yamamori Noodles and Yamamori Sushi for years.
So anyway, in we went, got seated right away on a Friday night without reservation and two different waitresses were looking after us. Both very friendly and just lovely. Within seconds, the menu and a big bottle of water was placed in front of us and we studied our options.
I wanted to try everything! The ‘tapas’ part of the menu (there’s normal sushi options too) is divided into salads, dim sum, veg, seafood and meat options, plus sides. 22Euro buys you 3 plates, 35Euro for 5. We opted for 5 to share between the two of us and it was plenty of food. I loved trying different tastes in one meal so I’m totally sold on the idea. I’m not a huge fan of traditional tapas outside Spain but I love the concept of a variety of small plates.
We had the venison, salmon teriyaki, duck pancakes, sashimi salad and pork and prawn dim sum. Everything, and I mean everything was fab and I would order again.
There was also an interesting looking cocktail menu (which I didn’t try cause I was trying to be good last weekend) but next time… well next time I’ll start my evening with one of those.

First things first, I really like the atmosphere of this place. I’ve been upstairs for dinner — stylish, gorgeous, standard faux-​Japanese décor — and I’ve been downstairs for a cocktail and a bite to eat — a sort of speakeasy style, black and white movie on one wall — and both areas are very nice and completely different. One minus are the very tired benches in need of new upholstery but then it IS kind of funny if one of you sits on a chair looking down on the unfortunate benchsitter. Foodwise? We shared the choice of 5 jappas (japanese tapas) which is a good amount of food for two people, some of it was very good (try the pumpkin koroko) but we were a bit disappointed with both types of gyoza. Service could be a little bit better but the cocktails are amazing and if you want anything that is not on the menu, just ask — cocktails alone would be five stars!

SUGOOOOIIIII!
I love this place with my mouth, my stomach and all my heart.
It’s the kind of place where dishes keep coming, even though you don’t have a free square centimetre on the table. You’re inbetween a Miyazaki movie and a Rabelais novel, swimming in a tsunami of succulent dishes flowing endlessly.
It’s always a risky bet for restaurants do try themselves on fusion food, and, let’s face it, it’s usually a disaster.
Yamamori Izakaya totally succeeds on this difficult challenge with their Japas (Japanese tapas): for 35 euros, you can pick 5 japas from their long menu (usually just the right amount of food for 2 people).
My favorites?
— the Izakaya burger. Yes, my mind got blown by a burger in a Japanese place, but trust me: it’s really, really good — nice juicy beef patty, cucumber dressing, homemade bun. ⁵⁄₅!
— the duck pancakes are one of the best I ate. Your tastebuds are instantly sent to Beijing with this one
— the dim sum and gyoza are very good, especially the pork one
— Venison Yaki Niku — deliiiish small venison teriyaki steaks on crispy lettuce
— Sashimi salads — prepared under your eyes, what else?
… and much more. Just pick your favorites and get ready for a culinary trip around Asia.
In addition, the place is really atmospheric (I mean, a Japanese vintage poster of Star Wars, what else do you want?) including really cool open kitchens where you can see your food being prepared, vintage decoration (well done on the celling light made in dim sum wooden boxes) and crowded tables.
Sneak in their bar downstairs where you can sip a great selection of whiskys or order a nice cocktail.
Missing this gem should be punished by seppuku — just try it!

Japas Japas Japas! What’s not to love! I returned here recently for some Sunday night Nibbles, and as ever I was stunned that such good food was available so reasonably in Dublin City Centre, I was there with my other half and between us we wolfed down:
— Tempura Vegetables, very very tasty!
— Beef Tartare Style dish that was so so good!
— Pumpkin Croquettes — surprisingly tasty!
— Sashimi Salad — Again very tasty!
— Duck Pancakes — Perhaps the tastiest I’ve had
— Sweet Potato Wedges that are so much nicer here than anywhere else!
This was all washed down with a Japanese Ale and left us both feeling as heavy as our wallets which has a nice amount left in them after we filled our boots on reasonable quit free delicious food

Loved it ! Walked in about 6.30 and the place was booked out they only had a bar side table which I was’nt mad on at first but had wanted to try this place for so long i just went with it and actually it was great we were sat on front of the chef and got to watch him make the sushi the whole night ! And watch all the amazing looking food leave the kitchen.
The place it self was lovely staff were nice, and so many of them! ive never seen so many waiting staff in one place. Not silly money for a meal either and the food really is good and looks fab could be my new favorite sushi spot :)