Umi Japanese Bar & Restaurant

We've been to Umi a few times and never had a bad experience, the staff are always really friendly and quick to serve. I tend to try most of the meals on the menu and the most recent time (yesterday) I tried the Steak Teriyaki Don and I just had to leave a review because it's the best meal I've had there. The steak was cooked perfectly with amazing flavour.

This place was on my to vodit list. Dropped in at the last minute for lunch whilst passing through boro. Nothing was a problem for (Alex) server. Genuine advice/ suggestions and guidance given. Me specifically requesting a runny egg in ramen if possible. Chef poached one especially. Which they totally didn't have to do. Very few customers at the time as we arrived around midday, but still cool and relatively relaxing environment. We where a couple of people. One of us never having never had Japanese food before. Both chose from the set menu. ALL food was excellent tbf. Love ramen and wasn't disappointed. Order the toasted sesame seeds to top it off, which would have been nice if offered with, but none the less very good quality fare. Gyoza's were yum af. Both left full and happy. Would return 100%.

Been meaning to try this restaurant for a while and boy, I’m glad we did, we didn’t really know what to order , so asked Alex the waiter what he would recommend and he delivered in spades! The food was excellent, the scallops were quite possibly some of the best that I’ve tried. If you’ve fancied dipping your toe into Japanese cuisine, don’t hesitate to give it a try. We will definitely be back.

Although having never tried much Japanese cuisine before attending, I was slightly apprehensive of the pallet and nervous about cost but after my first visit, I can honestly say, Umi is a wonderful experience. Very friendly staff, lovely ambience and layout but to top off the cuisine is exquisite. The food is really good value for the quality delivered to the table.