Yume-Ya has many things going for it:

Open until 11pm (which is the reason we ended up here in the first place) in an area where most restaurants close by 10pm at the latest.

A great selection of non-sushi dishes. While most Japanese restaurants offer the usual teriyaki and udon dishes, Yume-Ya has a large selection of interesting Japanese dishes that you don’t see normally in America.

Very friendly sushi chef. We came late in the evening when the restaurant wasn’t very busy. The chef (and the waiter for that mattter) was very nice to everyone and chatted with people sitting at the bar. He asked us how we liked the sushi and offered recommendations for rolls when we couldn’t decide which one we wanted.

All in all this is a surprisingly good restaurant in a random strip mall. The prices aren’t dirt cheap but they aren’t extravagant either. They don’t skimp on the portion sizes, the fish is fresh and tasty, and there’s a variety of dishes on the menu and on the specials board.