Yamato

Delicious food - HOWEVER can’t stress this enough:

PROCEED WITH EXTREME CAUTION

Long story short - they twice served me a rainbow roll with gluten ingredients - first with wheat containing crabstick, and next with fish roe soaked in that wheaty soy sauce solution roe sometimes has. Third time was the charm and the roll I eventually got was the bees knees.

Full disclosure version: Ordered a Rainbow Roll off the exclusively gluten free menu, mentioned I have celiac and how even cross contamination is scary. Phoebe was reassuring; told me her bestie has gut issues so she knows how important that stuff is. Roll came out with black and red fish roe on it - I hadn’t expected that so I asked to doublecheck the roe wasn’t the kind prepackaged in wheaty soy sauce solution- she graciously goes and gets me both the black and red roe packages so I can read the ingredients lists - no wheat listed - yay! I go to take my first bite - I see crab stick. Shoot. Okay, let’s doublecheck this too (did I mention I got badly glutened about 4 weeks ago, am now hyper vigilant). She brings that package out and ….oh damn. There is wheat in this crab stick. That’s…not good. They offer to make me a second roll, cool. Second one comes out, it has a third kind of fish egg on it, now the colors are red/black/yellow. Dammit, better check the yellow roe (but surely it’s fine) ….nope, yellow roe has the soy sauce gluteny coating. They take that roll back and make me a third roll - this one delicious, this one with yellowtail instead of crab, no yellow roe and no gluten, just totally delicious.

But if I hadn’t been THAT level of *extra* about it, I would have gotten crazy sick. I hope they go back to the drawing board and become better informed as a result of this experience. 💕 y’all be safe and doublecheck stuff in the mean time

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Not very

Safety Feature Ratings

• Dedicated gluten-free fryer

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Separate gluten-free menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

The staff is always very friendly. When I ask for accommodations they are quick to assist. Today when I went they finally had a gluten free menu available! I was very excited and it was all delicious.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Very

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Separate gluten-free menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Most/All

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

They have an entire gluten free menu! Even gluten free hibachi! The spring rolls were delicious! What a great find! I didn't get any symptoms, bloating etc! Thankful for thus restaurant!

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Very

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Separate gluten-free menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Most/All

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

This was our second time eating at Yamato’s in the last 3 weeks. The staff was FANTASTIC! They understood our needs as celiacs. They made recommendations and checked & rechecked our orders! They were attentive, polite and followed through on our orders. There was gluten free soy sauce. We had gluten free ciders with our meal. Enjoyed it the first time and we came back a second time. We very much enjoyed & appreciated our meals here!

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Very

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— No gluten-free information on the menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent