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Umi Sushi & Seafood Buffet

3.2 (49 reviews)

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Jesse W.

Umi is clean and new with plenty of helpful staff. The buffet menu is a massive list of what should be amazing food. Unfortunately our group all had the same reaction. The food was bland. Seasoning was minimal, and fillings in the dumplings, rolls, or rangoon were underrepresented. What we did enjoy - the lamb, the pork soup dumpling, a few of the sushi rolls - were very tasty. But all the rest was very much lacking in flavor. We kept trying dishes but not much stood out as worth the price tag.

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Scott L.

This is the newest Buffet restaurant in town (Nov 2024), food is great, love the sushi, dim sum station (weekend), and quality seafood choice. Seating area is bright, clean and modernized, feel much better compared to previous buffet here. Service is also great, they have the robots to help with seating and clean up. We have been here twice already, close to home, it will be one of our skip cooking choices, ;) Must check out!

Sheryl P.

My son and I finally went to this restaurant, we had a very warm welcome. The place had beautiful decor, and it was very clean. The wait staff was awesome. There was a huge selection of seafood, chicken, steak and there was plenty of different sides. I really enjoyed the ambiance and the friendliness of the wait staff and all you can eat crab legs. I highly recommend this new restaurant

Sparkle P.

I visited the Umi Buffet about six weeks ago. This review is late, I apologize Let me start by saying this place is located at the previous Old Country Buffet on Transit. They could not have picked a better location. The place is spacious and there is plenty of seating and tons of space when going up to make your plates. One thing I was happy to see is that the drink is INCLUDED with your meal (for me that's a HUGE plus) During lunch the price is more reasonable and you get a chance to try as much as you can. I also noticed they have a take out option, as there was an elderly woman coming in to make her take out meal. Ok so on to the review. I went with 2 of my children. My son who is a huge fan of sushi had been waiting to go. We went for lunch and was able to get right in. I believe at this point they had only been opened for about a month. I got the chance to speak with Chef B and as we spoke he shared with me that he was a chef at the old Sho Guns one of the original Hibachi restaurants in WNY. I was so happy to speak with him. His passion for food and flavor is the absolute best. He was very personable and friendly. He did explain the menu is more extensive during dinner, which makes sense. I noticed also that the serving trays weren't extremely full, for the sake of making sure food is fresh and not wasting food. There were a large number of chicken and shrimp dishes, fresh shrimp cocktail and more. The salad bar was full and had a nice selection of vegetables and fresh fruit. There were several soup selections. The sushi bar had a nice selection of sushi lined up. They were doing a great job keeping things wiped down and clean. Our waiter was great with not bothering you to much, but around enough to clear plates and make sure drinks were filled. Now on to the food... I enjoyed most of what I had. My biggest complaint would have been the food not being hot enough. It seemed that the warmers weren't hot enough. I couldn't figure out if it was from refilling or what but the food to me was luke warm. The flavors we good but in some cases certain items tasted the same. I would have liked to see a few more spices dishes and a signature dish. The potential here is great. I plan to give it another visit. I believe they were just getting started. I would love to see a noodle bar or hibachi

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Robert P.

Definitely a cool place and worth the try and the amount of seafood you get is fresh and worth it. This is the only location I know of which sits where old country buffet use to be on Transit . Give em a try!

Korianne L.

Umi Sushi opened a location in Buffalo and we attended the soft opening. The food is fresh and has great presentation!

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SAVE YOURSELVES. Came for the lunch all you can eat and there was barely anything edible. Could not even finish one plate of "safe" foods like rice and chicken. The worst part was when I opened up a crawfish to find the meat inside to be black. I don't know if it was rotten or what but it smelled and looked disgusting. There was also mold on my chopsticks somehow and the sushi tasted fishy and looked like it was sitting out for a long time. Service was ok but confusing as someone who has never been there before definitely do not recommend it was not even worth the 20$ a person.

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Roy C.

AI walked in like normal and immediately got the sushi. Very fresh and delicious, Great service the waiter always came over and refilled our drinks, and got rid of the dirty plates. The interior like always was comfortable and unique.

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We went on a Saturday at 2:00, paid $26.00 each an most of the food was stale hard an cold.Very disappointed.

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The food was not good and the corn was hard and not many crab legs and the food was not hot the restaurant is disappointing

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The service is garbage, they don't service as their post schedules. Not a honest person. So bad!

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1 year ago

Seafood taste fake horrible. Had to use the bathroom instantly hated it very badly, Don't recommend this place at all

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The food poisoning was the only thing they did right not going back there. The service was nasty.

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The food is always fresh and the people so friendly. The weekend buffets are fantastic...well worth the extra money!

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