The search continues for quality AYCE sushi in Vegas, which shouldn't make sense when AYCE and sushi are in the same sentence.\n\nWalking in on a Sunday evening around 9 pm, and the place is pretty packed.  With only four seats left at the sushi bar, we take two of them near the end.\n\nThe waitresses got us our beverage orders and bring out a little plate of cooked bean sprouts.  And then we started ordering with our sushi chef.\n\nFirst attempt - uni.  The chef looks at us and says they are out.  Oh.  (I should have gone with my gut and just left then and there!)\n\n* Seafood Salad - One order per person, and so we got one each.  Definitely generous with the cuts of fish - tuna and mackerel mostly on a bed of cucumbers and daikon radish with a spicy sauce.\n\n* Amaebi - He asks us if we want the heads and we say yes, although we wonder if there's an extra charge for it.  Two pieces come out, no rice.  We don't complain about the lack of rice, but wonder why only two pieces when we did say two orders.  (This item is one of the \"one order limit per person\" and we know two pieces is usually one order.)  The heads are deep-fried, but not enough as I had to spit out some of it.  When we attempted to order our 2nd order of it later on, he gives us this look and says we are trying to order more than we are allowed.  We're confused at this point, and ask him if two pieces account for one order.  He says it does, for the 'other' amaebi.  He then pulls out this plate of these tiny sweet shrimp that I would have been insulted if I got.  So, since we chose to get the heads, we got the jumbo size one (regular size in every other sushi restaurant) and that means only ONE PIECE per person.  Oh.\n\nWe continue on with our nigiri choices:\n \n* yellowtail, albacore, salmon, halibut, giant clam (one order limit) and ikura - We're confused when we get our fish because one of them is obviously tuna - it's bright pink and you just know and plus we didn't order that.  Later on when we ask for hamachi, thinking that it never came, it points out that he did give us hamachi already, it was the pink one he served us earlier.  Oh?  Hmmm... Also, there's too much rice for the size of fish cuts he gave us.  That's never a good thing.\n\nAnd with the whole mix up of the amaebi and the lack of uni, he offers us 'hamachi belly'.  This is the all white version and yes, it's good.  But this is what I normally get when I order hamachi at a nice sushi restaurant.  So, I still don't know what their version of regular hamachi looks like!  \n\nFrom the appetizers, we got softshell crab (I wasn't particularly fond of their batter for this.), agedashi tofu (pretty good with an enjoyable batter), and hamachi kama.  One thing for certain was that things coming out of the kitchen were super hot, so watch your tongue! \n\nWe're not big on rolls, and perhaps this is also why we weren't as impressed.  They are known for their rolls as many yelpers mention, and since we didn't focus on their strengths, we weren't as pleased.\n\nTheir saving grace is that there's no limit on dessert!  Unlimited ice cream (green tea, red bean, and plum) and mochi ice cream (vanilla, strawberry, mango, and chocolate - although they were out of vanilla when I went).\n\nService - the waitresses do come often enough to clear dishes if you put them on the side, but don't bother if you leave them in front of you.  I did have to request more tea, so it just depends.  Our sushi chef wasn't the most personable, which set the tone for our dinner.  He was hollering at us from the start, and plus, I couldn't understand him either.\n\nLike another yelper mentioned, we were the only other Asian people there (besides the staff), so if that makes a difference to you.  And it gets loud - as in you can hear the conversations of people from across the room - not sure if it's the people who are loud or the acoustics of the restaurant.\n\nYama Sushi is definitely one of the cheaper options for AYCE sushi (Lunch $19.95/pp or Dinner $22.95/pp) in Vegas, but we'd rather pay a few bucks more for a better experience.  We probably won't be back.\n\n2.5 stars