Joanna Q.
Yelp
As those close to me know, I've been endlessly searching for sushi spot replacements since I moved here from Houston. The Yujo restaurants are one branch I've been visiting a lot whenever I crave sushi in North Dallas. Starting with the food, I always get a large variety of Golden Seafoam nigiri (scallop foie gras), wagyu nigiri, all-in-one nigiri, foie gras nigiri, snapper nigiri, salmon nigiri, salmon belly nigiri, yellowtail nigiri, bluefin nigiri, aji nigiri, all their dry-aged nigiri options, and more. I don't really like their crudos nor their starters, but their nigiri (especially the specialty ones like the Golden Seafoam) are pretty top-notch. My favorite aspects of this restaurant are the incorporation of foie gras and dry-aged nigiri pieces. This place satisfies my sharp cravings for gourmet sushi when I know I won't be going to Houston for a while. Their hot sake is also average, I always get it when I come here but like many other places, it's obvious they just microwave normal sake and one time they charged me for a full hot sake, yet gave me half a bottle (I'm guessing a lot of it evaporated in the microwave).
While the food is pretty good, the service here is really not the best unless you sit at the sushi bar. In the multiple times I've been here with friends and family, we've gotten a large variety of servers: some with a bad attitude, some who look like they have no clue what's going on, some who forget our order despite us asking 3 times, and rarely we get the tall gentlemen who is our favorite server. We never got his name, but he is our favorite, always gets our order correct, and brings our food out quickly. The rest of the servers we've had have been okay, but never 100% on point with their service. When we sit at the sushi bar, the sushi chefs ensure we're taken care of, so we'll be sitting there from now on. Also, the chairs and tables here are pretty uncomfortable. The bench at the tables don't match well with the height of the table and I had to hunch over the whole time, which hurt my back. While I do love this place, I cannot give it 5 stars with how many issues there are with the service + ambiance of the restaurant. However, I will be returning and hoping that my next experiences with their service will wow me enough to increase this review to 5 stars.