This is a decent sushi place...for Ann Arbor. Several vegetarian/vegan options which is nice, and they have gluten free soy sauce (more than I can say for several places in this area), but nothing amazing or life changing. Some pretty solid lunch specials, but none are vegetarian, so I pretty much just order a few rolls and some edamame if I am feeling hungry. Not great for groups; it is a pretty petite layout. read more

Not terrible but not great... I had the salmon teriyaki bento box. Everything was just average, it came with 2 pieces of salmon, rice, 3 pieces of tempura, 4 rolls, 2 pc. gyoza, salad and miso. It was decent price, average food. read more

The quality of the fish and the food does not meet the price of the food. Everything is way overpriced. It is somewhat understandable since the location is probably expensive, but I should still feel I got my money's worth somewhat. The service here isn't that great either. This place has nothing noteworthy, below average for everything. read more

Stopped in for lunch the other day. Nice, clean, small sushi place. The staff was very nice, sat us right away. They were very attentive, made sure our drinks were always full and checked in during our meal to make sure everything was good. I had the spicy lunch special, spicy tuna & spicy California roll. Came with soup and salad, both were delicious. I really enjoyed the rolls. They weren't doused in a heavy mayo sauce, which I liked. The spice was added to the fish and gave it a great flavor. Really enjoyed this place. Will go back again when I'm in the area!! read more

I'm giving it 4 stars, with consideration that this in Ann Arbor, and you cannot expect too much when it comes to sushi. That being said, I think Umi was one of the best sushi experiences I have had in Ann Arbor. I was glad to see that there were some more daring, non-traditional rolls that you would normally find in a fancier restaurant. My boyfriend and I split a sushi combo for one, and then ordered 3 rolls. The prices were pretty fair, with a Philly roll at $4.95, and miso soup at $1 (that is reasonable!). We were going to order an additional soup and salad (the combo came with one set) so that we could both have soup and salad-- and they said that they would add it on for free! The rolls were small and dainty, with good rice! (much better than the mushy rice down the street at Saica). All around satisfactory. We tried the "hot mama" roll (kind of like california rolls, with a hwaedupbap spicy salad on top), philly roll, and eel&avocado roll. The service was attentive, and you get the feeling that it is like a family-run business. Our teacups were continually being filled (maybe they should get larger teacups). It must be Korean-run because there were Korean items on the menu as well, such as galbi and bulgogi bento boxes, and dolsot bibimbap ($11.95), as well as hwaedupbap. We found a coupon on: http://annarbor.suddenvalues.com/ for $5 off a $30 order. Check it out! read more

Rolls are not very fresh and the shrimp used is very small.I won't come again. But the soup and the salad tastes good. read more

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I'm obsessed with sushi! With that being said, I spent $27 for 3 rolls that tasted worse than the ones I attempted to make at home! 3 different rolls tasted exactly the same, no flavor, rice isn't cooked properly. Super disappointed. read more

Their new donkotsu ramen's pretty great! Broth and noodles five stars. The only thing is that it comes with just one piece of chashu meat.

Don is nice. It's very quick to get the ordered food and the environment is great. I think the price is good compared with other restaurants around north campus. read more

Let me preface this review with I Love Sushi! I travel for work and get to try new sushi places often. This was a huge disappointment. I genuinely wanted it to be tasty- and great! The raw fish had a rubbery consistency as if low grade fish. This was same for both salmon and tuna. Imagine the low grade style sushi you find at an all you can eat sushi buffet. I tried sashimi and a special roll and a standard small roll. The crab seemed as though it was "Krab." I don't have intention to be mean just honest. The place is adorable and the staff wonderfully kind. Location is convenient next to the hotel. Pricing is standard and reasonable for tasty sushi- however not the low grade fish quality I was served. They offer other menu items and perhaps those are excellent - I did not try them. read more

Had a wonderful experience. Attentive waitstaff that was friendly, and the sushi was superb. I recommend the lunch special and the bento boxes. Got a sushi/sashimi bento box and got much more than I was expecting. Great cut sashimi and it came with tempura and the soup and salad included. Can't beat the price since I got double the amount most other places would dish out. read more

Love Umi Sushi. For a neighborhood sushi place, I can't ask for more. Food is good and the owners make us feel like family. I especially enjoy the lunch boxes, with their variety and quantity, at lunch. Getting more expensive lately. Bummer. read more

Really good sushi, a little on the pricier side for what you get but the food is really good. I like their variety and the unique combinations of their specialty rolls. read more

*sigh* Given that I live within walking distance of this place, I really really really wanted to like it. In fact, after reading the Ann Arbor Observer article about how an laid off Pfizer employee didn't want to move out of the area, but instead decided to open a sushi restaurant, I thought, "A win-win. Someone gets to stay in town and I get a sushi bar near my house." Well...they've been open now for two weeks and I tried it tonight and with all of the optimism I had walking into this place, I just can't give it a thumbs up :( Food: Meh. They're not trying to be a high end sushi restaurant, which would have been great given that I'd love to live near a cheap sushi joint, but it's not as good as Totoro or Sadako. We ordered yellowtail sashimi and eel nigiri for pieces. I've had fresher sushi elsewhere in town. We also got the eel and avocado roll, the Marilyn Monroe roll, and the Christmas roll. The Marilyn Monroe roll was a california roll with salmon and salmon roe on top. The Christmas roll had tuna, salmon, cucumber, crabmeat, tempura shrimp, masago, and nori powder. One thing I noticed about the rolls was that they were small. I could barely see the eel in the eel and avocado roll. They were ok. The one good thing I can say was that the presentation was pretty good. Decor: Nothing much to say about it. It's new, so that's sort of nice. Already after being open for two weeks though, it looks like they've already got some makeshift furniture. For one, the tables in the middle of the room weren't lined up with the pendant lights hanging from the ceiling. One guest walked in and almost hit his head on it. Also, the waiters and waitresses were using this long table against the far wall that had a white tablecloth on it as a service area. This pretty much ruined any theme they were attempting. I recommend they come up with something else. A black wireframe rack to hold all of the glasses maybe...anyway, these issues are easily fixed. Service: Our waitress was friendly enough. They did pull one huge no-no and maybe they'll fix this given that they're new, but this couple walked in a good 10 minutes after us, yet they were served their sushi 10 minutes before we were. I know life's not fair, but hey...I'm a paying customer and I deserve some fairness if I'm shelling out cash. So, to sum it all up: not the fairest service (or perhaps it's screwed up), the rolls were small with some uninspiring decor...this sucks because I REALLY wanted to like this place, but I can't mislead my fellow Yelpers. To the owner of Umi Sushi: If you're reading this, please fix this stuff. I really want your place to flourish because a) I think your story would make a good TV miniseries and b) I don't want to keep driving downtown for my sushi fix. read more

Went here for lunch a few days ago. We had about a 45 dollar meal of many items on the sushi menu. Pros: It was a good location, the food tastey and the place clean. Cons: The service was slow and not friendly (they were not busy), the presentation weak, and the portions meager. read more

The food is ok, but waitress hold extremely negative attitude. She even asks us to clean the table after finishing.

We ordered the salmon lovers. The fish was tough, the sushi rice was dry, the spicy mayo was too salty, the tempura flakes were stale, and the rolls were smaller than I'm used to. The ginger salad dressing was tasty. Not happy but not terrible read more

unbelievable. if yelp offered negative stars, hell would be the limit. ordered tuna (toro). betcha 50bucks it wasnt real tuna. taste, texture, color were all off. i don't knw what lousy fish they substituted it for, but i can tell you, as a well traveled and experienced foodie, this place should be shut down. it's telling when my companion ordered the sashimi platter and requested for all salmon only (the cheapest fish), they wanted to charge him 1/3 the price more. for the supposedly cheapest fish? i wonder what other kinds of fish they use. dude, they can't even pull together a decent ponzu sauce. rice was poor grade, definitely not suitable for sushi, they scrimped so badly on the filling that i just lost my appetite. it's as if they want you to eat like a beggar. not for me, especially when the prices they command are rather exorbitant. do yourself, your stomach, and your health a big favor and stay away. i've never been so pissed and disappointed before. unbelievable. read more

Honestly, I never actually got a chance to eat here. My dad, visiting from out of town and wanted to go to a sushi place, came here a few minutes before closing (9:30 PM on a weekday I think, we were there maybe 9:20 PM or a few minutes earlier). Immediately when we walked in the door the hostess was on us, "WE'RE CLOSED!" Okay...so we turn around...then we thought maybe they'd let us atleast do take out real quick. I turned around to just ask, but before I could say a word the lady SCREAMED at us, "SUSHI BAR CLOSED!" Everyone eating in the restaurant stopped what they were doing, eating, whatever, and stared up at us. We naturally turned on our heel and walked out. There are too many other good sushi options to treat people like that. I will not put up with treatment like that. All we were going to do was ask a question and the lady screamed at us (LITERALLY). I will NEVER give them a dime. Its up to you, make your own judgement, their food might be fantastic but their service/way they treat you is horrible. read more

The food here is mediocre at best. Service is typically okay. But phone orders are horrible. The person on the end of the line often seems rushed and very rude. I cannot recommend getting takeout here, especially since there are other better alternatives. E.g. Saica read more

My friend and I went here when I was in town from Georgia. I wanted some green tea for my soar throat and they where going to charge me $2 for small cup. Than she totally screwed up both of our orders. Ordered salmon and white tail rolls and she brought me nigiri instead. She insisted that I misread the menu. I've been eating sushi for over a decade I know how to read a sushi menu. She also totally neglected to bring a portion of my friends order. The edamame was not very good. The prices where fairly high as well. Had it not been Art Fair I would've gone to my old sushi staples Sushi.com or Toroto. Not coming back here the next time I come to Ann Arbor. read more

Ridiculously Overpriced, mediocre Japanese restaurant. The chefs at the sushi bar are not really good at their job either. A Terrible experience overall. Don't think I will ever go back. read more

This new restaurant was opened by an ex-engineer....perhaps he shoulda stuck to his day job. The restaurant looks nice when you walk in...but the good feelings about the experience ends there.... 1. You don't get seated, you seat yourself. 2. You don't have your own server, instead everyone that works there likes to ignore you. 3. The prices are high.... 4. The sushi is small and not well-made. The california roll and spicy tuna roll were smaller than average and made with less care than most places...you will typically find the cucumber sliced very thinly and the crab meat torn and separated...instead here we got a stick of crabmeat and a stick of cucumber...we asked for a re-fill on tea and in one instance, the server filled it up...to the 1/2 way point of the small mug. The dishes and plates are nice, but too small. With prices like theirs, one would expect to be full after spending $24/person...the salad and soup was a children's portion. Along with the long wait time, cause they had one sushi chef for the whole restaurant on a saturday night during dinner time. A friend of mine ordered the Natto....and we all decided that we'll natto go there again. read more

A little place with some tasty sushi. My best experiences here have been late, after the dinner crowd is gone and only a few people and the servers are left. The servers were friendly and attentive, and probably in good spirits because they were about to get off for the night. Their sushi is good, but lots of places in Ann Arbor have good sushi. Umi has some things that are not sushi that make it stand out, like the takoyaki. Don't hesitate to try it. read more

I used to eat at Umi Sushi about once or twice a month since it is very close to where I live. This restaurant used to be very good. The service was good. The food was adequate for the price you paid. However, over the years (especially this year) the quality has gone down the drain. The servers are rude and bossy. The food is mediocre at best. Even though they say they are open until 10pm, the kitchen seems to close at around 9pm. I have never seen a restaurant that will stop taking orders well ahead of their closing time posted on the door. So basically people can walk in at around 9pm and get sat down, and then get harassed by the waiters to order quickly before the kitchen closes. Can't I take five minutes to think about what I want to eat for god's sake? Happened to me twice. I haven't been back since the second time. read more

Sushi is one of my favorite foods, and I tend to be pretty picky about what constitutes 'great' quality. In this vein, I think that the food at Umi is definitely above-average, considering it's in a pretty competitive restaurant environment. I visited this location with a good friend, and we ordered an entire platter of their offerings. I found the fish to be fresh, with a good balance of rice as a buffer. I ordered the ice cream for dessert, and was really satisfied with the portion size and flavor. The service here is attentive, with regularly spaced check-ins when necessary. Also, the interior has a simple wood design and ample seating room. The price is reasonable, especially if you want to split orders to maximize variety. All in all, I'd recommend that people visit at least three or four sushi restaurants in Ann Arbor before picking a specific spot, but Umi Sushi is a good place to start! read more

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My group ordered Bibimbab (veggie version) and Don Katsu. Simply speaking, terrible! The core of bibimbab is assorted and plenty of vegetable with rice. But, it had very small amount, even countable number, of vegetable with unnecessarily PLENTY of sesame oil. It became totally greasy only full of oil and rice. Don Katsu was another turned off; some fried breaded pork pieces, some potatoes, and rice on some sweet sauce. Nothing tasty; just a kind of food! On top of these, no side dishes! I have never seen Korean dishes served with no side dishes (or Banchan). How dare they are to serve Korean food like that! There are plenty of other ok/good restaurants in AA that take care of both Japanese and Korean dishes. I would recommend to find alternative places. read more

I think I found my new sushi place. A little pricey but super delicious and authentic.

Really delicious, and reasonably priced because it's so far from downtown A2! I do agree that the service is slow, considering it was not at all busy, but I'm willing to overlook small inconveniences for great food at good prices. Plus, you can get a sake flight for like $6 I think it was... I didn't notice until after I had already ordered a glass of wine, but that's on the docket for next time for sure! I also like that a ginger salad and bowl of miso soup are included with your purchase. read more

Food- average...my roommate says the tofu rolls were really good. But honestly I think they were okay. I am giving two stars not just for the food but the terrible service. We were literally ordered around here. I would not come back again for sure read more

I don't know about the sushi here, but the seafood soontofu was almost awful. I won't recommend here for Korean food for sure.

I've been to better and I've been to worse. The fish quality was okay, it's a little bit rubbery. However, they do have a very large menu with a lot of selection. Our waitress was a little hard to communicate with, though. They also forgot our Gyoza read more

Went in on a whim too. Nice crisp decor, very clean inside. I was suprised to see that they offer beer [wine coming soon] - so that's a huge bonus in my opinion. I ordered up some basic sushi rolls - avacado/salmon + spicy tuna avacado rolls. Nothing too tricky, but a good test. As I always maintain - if a sushi place can't make good rice, what is the point in even continuing? Umi has really good, very delicately textured rice - a true rarity as far as local sushi goes. Extra points for expertly done rice. The ingredients were very fresh tasting, and the rolls were nicely done. I'll definitely be back to try some of the other fun things on their menu. read more

Had lunch here today. Small quiet space. Not a big fan of the open ceiling with dust on all the exposed vents. Service was fantastic, and the sushi came out fast. We had the rainbow roll, the tiger roll, the new U of M roll and the crab mania roll. Everything was fresh and delicious! read more

I come here to get take out all the time and the quality of the food is always good and staff is friendly. Very reasonably priced as well. I come here for sushi more often than anywhere else in Ann Arbor-for the quality and price it can't be beat! read more

Empty on a weekend night for good reason. This is your standard knockoff American sushi at $20 per person for dinner.

Loved this place! Since having to follow a gluten free diet it's been hard to have sushi. I was SUPER excited when the waitress showed me all the items I could eat. She was really helpful and the sushi was great. read more

We like Umi because it is close, reasonably priced and consistent. The service is usually good and people nice. Not the greatest sushi in the world but a solid place to grab some quick decent food. read more

We have visited Umi Sushi several times. Always liked the food and the experience until the arrival of a newish [male Asian] server. Last time we went, this guy was training. He really put us on edge when we kept hearing him tell us and others that the kitchen would be closing soon. When he didn't bring the soup we expected to get, my friend asked about it, and server said he thought they were running low (??!!), but then he brought it out. He neglected to fill our water glasses. We talked to Shannon, a good female server who had waited on us before, expressing our dismay, and she said it's not their policy to pressure customers about closing. She asked if we wanted anything else, and said they could make it for us if we did. She gave us a discount on our check. I didn't even remember eating my food, much less enjoying it. When we cautiously returned tonight, guess who the only server was. He came and asked if we wanted tea or water (couldn't understand him the first time he asked), and came back with our water. At that point he says, "When you guys were here before, Shannon told me you said me won't make it," (which was untrue), which he remarked in a smug way as if to say, "Look, you were wrong, I'm still here." I looked at him and shrugged, and we decided to try to persevere although I was already quite irritated with him again. He came to take our order, and we ordered about $25 worth of food. Then he crossed the line by asking if we wanted anything else, because the kitchen was going to be closing. Then I lost my cool, and I told him unmistakably that he had really ruined our previous experience there by telling customers over and over that the kitchen would be closing. He tried to interrupt and put the blame on his manager, but I said, "No, YOU." At that point I asked my friend if he minded if we just left, and he agreed, so I told the arrogant server we were leaving, and that I hoped I'd never see him again. He seemed to smirk it off, and walked away, not seeming to care in the least. I asked if there was a manager, and he indicated another Asian guy behind the counter. I told the manager (if he was) that we were leaving because of how his server had treated us. The manager gave no indication he had understood a word I'd said, and he said nothing, so we walked out. We will never return and support this place or its inept, rude staff (not including Shannon). Congratulations to Umi Sushi on losing regular customers. Perhaps when enough other customers stop returning, the point will be made. read more

I usually don't write reviews, but I felt I needed to for Umi Sushi. After ordering lots of rolls and sushi, I recieved my order on a boat, which was totally unexpected. The food was both gorgeous and delicious. The sushi staff was very kind and I will definitely go again! read more

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