Hanami Sushi Bar & Grill

We decided to try this place with my daughter on a Sunday night. It's a big restaurant very nicely decorated and super clean. The place was almost empty so we got service right away and a very polite waitress.I ordered a house salad which was great while my daughter loved her miso soup.Then we shared 3 different sushi rolls. The Arlington was yummy, the eel and sweet potato one was so good that my girl tried eel for the first time! She loved it! The last one was a salmon/avocado roll which was as tasty as the rest! Well prepared, fresh and good proportion of fish to rice.A bit pricey including tip but worth it! We will be back!

Love to find great places only 10 minutes away from me. This is the crown jewel of Belmont eateries. Hanami is exactly the type of place that the area needs. It's vibrant, with great good and live music nights. It was packed on a Saturday night. The menu has many options. You can find staples like miso soup, vegetable tempura, crab Rangoon and pork gyoza. However, I came for the sushi to be the main attraction. A must order is the Tuna flight. I ended up ordering 2 of these just for myself. It was a tough decision since there was also Toro Toro roll on the menu which sounded awesome. Caterpillar roll was great. Individual Nigiri pieces were divine. Himachi melted in my mouth. Salmon was so good too. I will order all of these again and again. The list of specialty rolls is so creative. It was hard to pick. The signature Hanami roll was good, but the uni was very mushy. My only complaint is the uni. At $28 for this roll, it's probably one I would not repeat. Shrimp tempura roll was crispy. Unagi roll was pretty awesome as well. There are so many great options for sushi. The highlight was Gizelle, who made our experience so much more fun. She was so friendly and fun, and very engaging. I will make sure she's my server every time. I'll be back for the service and the food. Excellent experience all around. Definitely check this place out. I'll be back.

I went in a few days ago with some friends and they sat us almost right away. The restaurant is big and spacious with beautiful decor! Our server was very sweet and funny and had some very good suggestions on the menu! The menu has a little bit of everything which I wasn't expecting from a sushi restaurant. Ultimately i decided on the Red Dragon Roll and the Spicy Salmon roll. Neither were spicy as stated but they were delicious and very filling. Saturdays they must have live music which was a nice and unexpected surprise. Definitely recommend!!

This place is so freaking cute, Nord was my server. He was cool and knowledgeable and had a love for Taylor Swift. The sushi rolls here are ginormous, so if you typically get more than one, you might want to think about that because they are big. I couldn't even get through a whole roll. I also got salmon to go it comes in a little cute bento box, and it's so freaking good. And it comes with mixed vegetables rice and a salad. The only negative thing I have to say is my son got his plate before me so I was watching him eat and by the time I got mine he was done so then he was watching me eat. I always feel like that's weird when you're dining. I prefer for you to just hold the food and bring it back when everybody gets their plate so everyone eats together. Other than that everything was great it's a cute little place, plenty of street parking. That's the nice thing about Belmont after about 5:00 p.m. or when the other businesses close, there's not that much traffic or cars taking parking. Oh, this is a small little detail, but their chairs are so comfortable as soon as you sit down it's like a cloud for your bum. It is also a little pricey, so prepare yourself. Also, I noticed that they do not have red wine on the menu, though they have a full bar. It was two options of white wine, plenty of sake, and again, probably anything else you want.

New Japanese restaurant in Belmont!!! We visited for the soft opening and tried their sushi, ramen, and a couple hot tapas. Overall, the quality of the fish was excellent. The sushi was very fresh, flavorful, and soft. We also enjoyed the baked hotate gai. The hamachi collar was good too, but some spots were too bitter and burnt for our taste.I liked the interior of the restaurant -- so clean and new! The waitstaff were nice, but seemed a bit confused and disorganized, though I'm sure that will improve with time.We look forward to visiting again and trying some of their other dishes!

This place is not worth it. Took about 8 min to be greeted by a server. We got some sushi which wasn't terrible. But The spicy tuna is more flakes than it was tuna- rip off. But what really got me what the soup. I got the bone broth soup with udon noodles. Says it come with veggies- it' came with one mushroom, a few pieces of spinach and a radish worst of all the chicken was FROZEN CHICKEN! like Tyson chicken breasts. Couldn't believe it. All set with this place and wouldn't go back. Two stars only for the live jazzy music that was nice.Forgot to mention that I paid cash at check out and the lady asked if I needed change and did the tip math in her head... it was awkward and I felt very rushed

Delicious food, my first time though my partner had been. Elegant large space with a bar down one side. They have a full liquor license--cocktails, wine draft and bottled beer. Quiet and very nice. Friendly service. I'll be back.

Came in for lunch. The sushi/fish quality is excellent (Toro is the bomb), and service is excellent. Fun / cool vibe. I'll be back soon.

Trying out a new place which I was excited to learn about.Started with some izakaya small plates. The strongest was the agadashi tofu, which was quite crispy on the outside and was placed in a small bit of sauce at the bottom. The tofu was oddly a bit stiff; I'm more used to much softer variants. But overall the dish was tasty, and the very small mushrooms accompanying the dish were a nice touch.The other two dishes were weaker: the grilled chicken breast yakitori skewer was much too dry and underseasoned; the kara-age chicken also a bit dry and not super juicy in the middle.The tan tan ramen was perplexing - the pork was stiffer than what I'm used to for ramen, and the broth was not the silky pork bone broth that I see in usual ramen places, missing that deeper bone soup flavor. The noodle itself was also super soft.The Cambridge roll consisted of shrimp tempura with rice wrapped around it, and layers of tuna and salmon on top. Neither sushi fish tasted particular distinctive; neither really had a taste. The shrimp tempura was also stiff, and the rice needed more flavoring, including possibly vinegar.This is a new place, so I believe it'll keep working out its kinks as it ramps up to be a sorely needed Japanese restaurant in the West of Cambridge area.The service staff was friendly and hard-working. The environs of the restaurant seem sort of spacious, in a way that made it seem more distant than inviting; the music was way way too loud, plus they were playing really generic top 40 hits that didn't seem to enhance the environment.

I've been there on a bustling Friday night when the atmosphere was lively and fun. And a quiet mid-week afternoon where it was a peaceful break from the day. What stayed the same was the incredible quality of the food. We loved the perfectly cooked rice, sharp flavors, clean plating, beautiful earthenware, the vast menu including drinks and deserts, and wonderful service. The Watertown maki special has become a favorite of mine. The jalapeño that garnishes the top is delicious. The cherry blossom maki is simply divine. And the desert was so PERFECT - a yuzu green tea cheese cake!