Umami Asian Bistro, is located in the heart of Raleigh, right across from the NC State University’s Main Campus. Umami Asian Bistro brings culinary expertise and flair to Asian cuisine in a vibrant casual environment. Umami is defined as the fifth element of taste meaning ‘pleasant savory taste.
Umami’s sushi and sashimi selection delivers like no other in town, including our sushi fusion created by our own chef. The food is as immaculately decorated as the restaurant’s modern interior with the sushi rolls being a work of art presented on individual plates.
Based on 102 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 3.6 stars. Price $$
Address:
2420 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27607
Phone: (919) 896-8020
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Amanda K
Ordered from doordash first time tonight. It was expensive but was the food was very good tasting. The spring rolls were very tasty and warm and good dipping sauce. Tried the goza they where also very tasty and warm and the sushi was perfect. I had the Philly Roll and salmon roll. Very similar but the rice and taste was on par and presented it well. Roommate got the bang bang shrimp and the chicken bowl. Both smelt good and warm to the touch when received. Thank you I will definitely be coming back. (:
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Corey Martin
I should have known when the place was totally empty to turn around.
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Ryan Pileski
I don’t normally write bad reviews on restaurants, I know everyone has a bad night, and restaurants are recovering from COVID, but this meal was exceptionally terrible. I ordered the Ramen bowl with vegetables and tofu and it was inedible. They put cauliflower and corn in it which was just not right, they took the egg out because I ordered veggie, the mushroom looked like a child’s plastic kitchen toy, and the tofu was cut raw from the package. This would have been fine had the broth been hot enough to cook the tofu a bit (I am a huge tofu fan when it is treated right). They also used spaghetti noodles and didn’t give a spoon for the broth. I took it back and requested the Teppan bowl in it’s place with a side of edamame because that came out about even to what I paid for the first meal. I apologized to the waitress for sending it back and she never even apologized for the food, just said it came out like it should have! The next meal took about 20 minutes to come in a half empty restaurant and the edamame had so much salt on it you could see it in clumps. We had to use our napkins to clean it off before eating. The Teppan was okay, the zucchini was basically raw and I only had like 8 quartered pieces of it, but it was edible. Finally, my friend got gyoza for an appetizer ($8 for 4!) and the tops were all hard, as if they had been sitting out and it dried out. It is also the first time I have ever seen her not eat all of her sushi. It was expensive, really hard to eat (the roll was massive and we needed a knife but were given none) and something was off flavor wise, almost like they used cheap hot sauce on it. The scallion garnish looked like it had sat for two weeks before use and was all shriveled and dry. Maybe this was a bad night or a new cook, but I would not suggest a visit.
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Say
Walking in while the place was open, people were being served and in the dining room. Host looked at me and quickly spat out something about being closed, not serving right now. Was obviously made up right there, and turned me away. Not sure if this was just discrimination, or what, because there was space available and people were being served, this was during open business hours. Never trying this place again, neither is any of friends or family.
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R paulino
Awesome place .. food is fresh and cooked when ordered . The place is fenomenal at its best, the atmosphere is so cool and full of vibes . People iam telling you hit a like on my review if you receive the same quality service as I did . Iam telling you food is 5 ✨ stars easily . My fam. Loved it, thanks guys. Love this restaurant.
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Shaine
Was told the place was closed right after walking in during their business hours when it was obviously open and full of people, host muttered something about ‘not serving right now’ while you could see people being served in the lobby. It was very obviously a made up on the spot lie by the way they said it. Extremely unprofessional, possibly discriminatory.
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Ian Kleinfeld
Meh. Not bad, not great. Had the teppenyaki. Unimpressed for the price but big portion. Miso soup had so much seaweed, it might as well be seaweed soup. No contact ordering worked great.
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Caleb Coin
The Unami Bistro food truck came to my apartment complex tonight and everything was amazing. Friendly staff and great vegan options. I started with the veggie potstickers , spring roll, and the tempura veggie specialty roll. Everything was so good that I went back for more. My second order was the tofu nigiri and regular veggie rolls. The tofu nigiri was my favorite!
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Melody Hugh-Jones
I’ve only ever ordered pick up orders since being a bartender I don’t have time to place orders on apps, never had a problem before. Always got my order taken by a nice lady. The guy who answers the phone is rude though, refused to take my order and told me they don’t do pick up orders when clearly they have 3 times for me. Feel sorry for the sweet lady who has to deal with him, won’t be returning.
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Andrea Martin
I ordered door dash and got the Sweet Dragon and Bang Bang Shrimp- the sushi was good the shrimp didn’t have much flavor outside of the fried food flavor.
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