My parents begged and insisted to come for family dinner. I honestly was not feeling it since I…read moreknow the history of this place. BUT I am so GLAD I gave them another chance and came. The food was surprisingly really delicious. Everything was kept to temp as it should. The food was hot and fresh. I was surprise to see lobster and so many seafood options! There was even abalone! I enjoyed the sashimi and the salmon nigiri that was torched with cream sauce. I got the mushroom hot pot and it was delicious with the beef. I was not a fan of the lamb. It made my whole broth làmby and I couldn't eat the hot pot any more. The Cajun crab was a bit salty. The fried shrimp was good. The snails were delicious too. The service was great and they were refilling the food. Do I recommend this place? Yes, they have greatly improved and every one deserves a second chance. It's $39.95 per person for dinner. Dinner you get more options. If you are craving seafood this is your place.

I've been to Umi multiples times since it opened, and it's progressively getting worse in quality…read moreof the food. Service from the host and servers has always been good. Unfortunately, my most recent visit will be my last. On a weeknight, it is a tad bit slower with crowds and so restocking the food was slow. Restaurant was very empty. For a buffet with lots of raw sushi and food items sensitive to air, the food quality worsen each time I visited the buffet. Crab legs were rarely replenished. I had to ask if they were still serving them, and they brought out only a small batch of chilled crab legs. They offer a seafood boil which had remnants of cooked crab legs but these were mostly taken by earlier diners and never restocked. As you will see in my pictures, some food like fried rice became VERY dry as it is sitting out. Nothing looked fresh. There is a large variety of options here. Hot pot, ramen, sushi, seafood, pizza, French fries, and fruit. A big advantage of picky eaters. But sadly, the taste and freshness all around is terrible. No lobster in the buffet at this time (host says it is not in season). Spacious and well lighted restaurant.

Soto's happy hour is a fantastic deal, especially when they have it on the daily. This is by far my…read morewife's favorite restaurant and we regularly go here for date night. For roughly $60 the wife was full and we had roughly 6 dishes and one cocktail (I was still slightly hungry). Think of it as more of a tapas style ordering. Soft shelled crab - My absolute favorite and by far the best dish! Crispy from the breading, soft shell and subtle crab taste, and to top it off the fried egg adds some creaminess from the yolk. Not greasy at all due to the way it's fried. And who doesn't like a little microgreen to add some freshness to it?! It could likely use a little more salt, and this particular time the yolk was a overcooked. Sushi Tacos - 2nd favorite! You get two, and frankly I prefer not sharing these (although my wife forced me to). It's such a unique dish. Each taco is palm sized. They take a yummy piece of laver (seaweed), coat one side and deep fry it to make a nice hard shell taco casing. Then they fill it with sushi rice, top it with plentiful tuna, add a slice of avocado, and top it with micro greens. Refreshing, light (once you squeeze the tiny lime on top), slightly filling due to the rice, and absolutely delicious. Takoyaki - I'm not a fan, but the wife is. For me it's a texture thing. Even when visiting Japan I didn't enjoy this dish. Honestly though I do think it deserves far more bonito flakes, as the dish is meant to look alive from the waving flakes. Honestly we love this place so much, I always get engrossed in the food so much I forget to take pics. The overall ambience is chill and refined, albeit no white tableclothes, but it acts like it should have them. This location gets busy during dinner time, however during happy hour it's rarely even 1/4 full. Monday's the happy hour is all day!

Really disappointing experience. The sea bass took over an hour, while my husband's meal came out…read morequickly. Our server said she would remove it from the bill, which I appreciated--but the manager refused. Instead, he insisted I pay for it and even tried to pressure me into eating it. The lack of flexibility and understanding made an already frustrating situation worse. We don't go out to eat often, so this was especially disappointing. Overall, the service was poor and not how customers should be treated.

I love this restaurant, I have been coming here for about a year and a half now and refuse to go…read moreanywhere else for my sushi. The quality is so good and fresh and Jasmine is such a sweet, kind person and waitress! Definitely recommend coming here if you want good service and good authentic Japanese food

This shop was amazing. All menu is fresh and delicious . All staff is kind. Kitchen is opened and…read moreclean.

This place is so inviting, and I would highly recommend it…read more Victoria was very thorough of going over the menu, very honest and even stated about the macha. I then chose the torah with boba.Oh my gosh, this drink is so good. My wife and I had one of the best meals here Bolgogi is really good. Oishi was also very good We are definetlt coming back here. After living around here for 3 years finally made it out to eat at this magnificent place. It did not disappoint. Thank you again Victoria for the great service

We got the white tonkutsu ramen and some gyozas as appetizers. For bobba, they had mango and…read morePassionfruit , everything was delicious. Our server was very nice, like very courteous and not overly asking if our food was OK. This was our first time here and we're definitely coming back.