Yellow Tail Sushi & Bar

This was my first visit to Yellow Tail and I came with my son who has been here many times. Both dishes we ordered were decent, the prices were ok, the waitress was very attentive. My only issue is the time it took to get out meal…42 min from when we ordered and there was only one other couple in the restaurant. My son said it’s usually slow like that. As my first impression of the place was good, I’ll revisit, but when I have the extra time.

Okay, I have to admit, even though I only left 3 stars before, I have since ordered from Yellow Tail on a regular basis and have become a fan. Granted, I haven’t eaten actually IN the restaurant in quite a long time, but I have tried several new dishes and loved all of them.
Their Nabeyaki Udon is amazing and, because the rest of their hot soups are made with the same dashi broth, I’m excited to try the rest of their udon soups. The Snow White Roll and the Crab Delight Roll are my favorites and the Crab Angel roll is still a great staple. Their Miso soup is typically very good and they’re always very good at remembering to not put ice in your drink if you ask. :)
Also, they’ve just done the best thing and started offering DELIVERY SERVICES! Available on GrubHub and on their website. So now you don’t have to leave your home to get sushi! It’s the best!

Ramen review:
Tonkotsu ramen — solid example of the dish but not close to the upper tier of what’s available in the Atlanta metro. Good noodles, lots of nori, fair-​sized portion. On the negative side, the broth could be a lot richer, the two smallish slices of pork were underwhelming, only half a hard boiled egg (I like soft boiled) and it could have been served hotter (the ramen arrived very late after ordering even though the restaurant was not busy at all. I suspect my bowl had been sitting too long waiting to be served).
Ramen is delivered with the soup spoon in the bowl but no small dish to set it aside while the chopsticks did their work.
Server was friendly but maybe a bit distracted by phone and to-​go orders.
Not the best ambience but it was quiet. No loud music.
Parking can be challenging during lunch rush. Yellow Tail is in a food-​dominated strip mall.

I had been craving sushi. And this place hit the spot. I ordered the Firecracker roll and the Tiger Roll !!! Delicious! I will definitely be back!

Wow, I have never had such poor service as I had at Yellow Tail. I ordered the lunch special of an avocado roll and a salmon roll. When it came I noticed it smelled funny, but I tasted it and it in fact tasted very off. I think the fish was fine but the seaweed wrap was very funky. I’ve had sushi a half a million times and generally the nori has just a faint salty taste but in this case it tasted and smelled like rotten fish. I told the waiter and he told me no one else has complained so he «thinks it’s alright». He never even asked if perhaps I would like to try something else. My plate was still basically untouched when he dropped the check. Again he saw I did not eat it and never made any suggestions of an alternative. I gave him my credit card and ended up paying $ 10.65 for a bite of bad sushi. Stay away from this place!!!

This is as good as it gets in the suburbs. Trends to be nice and quiet. Staff is very polite and speedy which is always nice.

It would’ve got no stars but that’s not an option. Didn’t get our order correct and with there being very little people in the restaurant the sushi took about 20 minutes to come out. I’ve been to way better quality places that were busy that took less time for the food to come out. The rolls were terrible. The taste was terrible. Sad excuse for sushi.

Amazing seared tuna roll. They also have the best dumplings. Fried or special request. Love this place.

Love their sushi! They raised the price on the lunch special but it is still worth it! Calling in an order for pick can be challenging sometimes but all in all, I love Yellowtail! They’re across the street from where I work so I can always catch that lunch special!

Though the service was on point, the sushi was terrible. It wasn’t fresh and smelled super fishy. The items I got were also over priced for the area. Take 10 min more and go to Izumi on Town Lake.

Great prices! I go here all the time and I’m always satisfied with their great food. Also some of the best fried rice I’ve ever had. I would totally suggest stopping by and trying it.

Yellow Tail is a cute little sushi & bar restaurant on Chastain. They have amazing food and their sushi is oh so good! I never seem to get enough!

Great place to eat — their tuna tartar is supurb!
Sashimi great quality and sauces right amount of kick. Highly recommend

Stopped by waiting on my daughter attending the Kennesaw State Basketball game. Ordered Salmon Sashimi which was excellently prepared and super fresh with the utmost in texture. So good that before picking her up I returned for a second helping before heading to SW Fulton which is greatly under served for quality sushi. I hope a sushi restaurant of this caliber will come to 30 331.

This is our favorite local sushi restaurant! Everything we’ve tried has been great! The Hawaiian Sunset roll is a favorite and the Tonkatsu ramen is delicious! Lunch is definitely reasonably priced and the staff here are so friendly! We love coming back again and again! We frequent sushi restaurants and have been to several locally and this one is the best!

Came here on a Sunday night around 7 with a party of 8 people. They must not have been prepared whatsoever (which is strange for a restaurant, because they should be able to perform well even at maximum capacity). The service was slow and confused even though we were one of only three tables. Orders came out completely out of order. Not nearly enough food for the price. For the French Kiss Roll, I got five pieces for $ 12. One piece of chicken yakitori is $ 2 and took longer than the soup, salad, and sushi combined.
Gave two stars because the quality is slightly more above par, but not by much.
Definitely will be returning to Ru Sans or Sushi Bites as my regular place. Tried branching out a bit, but just doesnt work for this place. Sorry.

I experienced one of the worst service i have had in a long time. I guess when a sign at the door says hiring experienced servers, I should have known. I came here with some coworkers for lunch. I was excited about trying this place and overall the food was good. I really don’t have much to say about the food, i ordered the sushi lunch which came with 6 pieces of nigiri and a California roll. The sushi was good but not the best I’ve had. There are a lot of options for lunch specials under $ 10 which is nice.
Now for the services, from the beginning we saw that they were busy and in the middle of the lunch rush and there was really just one waiter working and one training. The waiter came to our table multiple times trying to give us other tables’ orders even before we ordered. He tried to give us salads before we ordered and left one on the table and asked it anyone wanted the salad and gave it to me when I placed my order because i picked the salad instead of the soup. So he left the salad and went off without leaving me any utensils to actually eat my salad. Next he brought out the salads and soups for everyone else at the table but again failed to provide the utensils ahead of time. After that ordeal, he came back multiple times asking what we ordered in a not so polite tone. Someone in our group came a little late and gave her order to the server that is in training supposedly but that wasn’t correct because she was just in training and can’t take the order. After all that we waited a long time for the food and i think because of the bad service, the food no longer tasted that great to me.
Definitely not coming back here.

Yellow Tail Sushi & Bar… hmmm what is different or good about this place? For starters is the long wait time. It took 45 minutes to get a few basic rolls. I thought they want to the savannah river with hans from deadliest catch to get my food. Price points are wayyy too high.
I am all for paying higher prices for knowing my raw fish is handled safely and contains no possible food virus, but I didnt find that here.
Similar to sushi bites, Kuroshio, Hamada, and the thousand other sushi places on every other main road therefor, at the I say again Whats the difference from all these? Nothin sub par sushi at high end prices.

It has been few years since I last saw Mr. Yamazaki (he left Umezono as the sushi chef, he told me that his background is «Youshoku» which is the western influenced style of Japanese food, so he went working for a Italian restaurant that specialize in home made pasta), the sushi chef at Sushi Yoko had told me that he is currently at Yellow Tail in Kennesaw.
After a long day in Chattanooga for sight seeing, we decided to stop at Yellow tail to visit Mr. Yamazaki. He greeted me with a smile, he told me that we haven’t seen each other in 4 years (I’ve know him for 15 years).
I asked for «Omakase sushi» which is a chef ‘s choice, 18 piece nigiri-​zushi and 2 rolls, quite nice for the two of us… Mr. Yamazaki the magician of sushi or more like a machine gun, while he casually talks to us in Japanese, matter of minutes he makes 18 piece nigiri, and 4 rolls to go for the take-​out customer, but every piece is beautiful, no short cuts, it’s like an art. event he rolls are picture perfect… a customer comes in and orders 2 orders of omakase with uni, he panics a little but within few minutes the order is out… and it looks beautiful on the plate.
His Miso-​soup, I missed his miso soup, broth made from shell-​fish, nothing compares to his miso-​soup (well… my mother and grandmother makes a mean miso-​soup)
We ordered «Kirin Beer» and ordered 2 more rolls and 4 piece nigiri, I believe «Shimesaba» seared mackerel shows the true talent of sushi chef (many non-​Japanese owned restaurants tends to cheat and purchase pre-​made shimesaba, store bought shimesaba usually sits in the vinegar too long, so the meat becomes tough, but if it’s home made like Mr. Yamazaki’s shimesaba is soft and melts in my mouth.
He started talking to me about how he makes his curry, being he is a youshoku chef, I had to try his beef curry, but I ordered it to go. And also told me to try the katsu-​don next time I come over.
I had my magical reunion with Mr. Yamazaki and most delicious food, I thanked for his wonderful meals and left the restaurant.
PS: Next day I had the curry for lunch at home, microwaved it, it was a very nice Japanese style thick curry with a little acid flavor from using fruits, It’s not spicy like Indian, Japanese curries are tasty, mild and thick, great with hot steamed rice.
I’m looking forward to the next visit to see him at Yellow Tail.

One of my coworkers really likes this place, so we come up here when she wants sushi. She usually suggests Yellow Tail. They have a variety of weekday lunch specials, all under $ 10 each, which we like to take advantage of. There are sushi specials (including sashimi and chirashi don), bento box specials, and combination hibachi specials.
I usually go for the sushi specials, but on our last visit, decided to try one of their bento boxes ($ 7.95). You get the choice of two items (most are cooked) and I chose the katsu chicken and fish tempura. Both the chicken and fish were deep-​fried, but the batter and texture of the skins were different. The chicken was crispy and more tasty while the fish was light and mild. The fish reminded me of a filet you can buy at the grocery store and bake yourself. Not bad, though. The bento box also comes with your choice of miso soup or house salad (with ranch or ginger dressing) and a small serving of white rice with sesame seeds sprinkled on top.
The service was good and the servers were friendly. The food took a little while to come out, but understandable given what we ordered. Overall, the lunch specials here are a reasonable deal, especially if you aren’t looking for anything heavy.