Industrial-chic sushi bar with murals offering family-style or omakase meals, plus cocktails & sake. Based on 171 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.4 stars. Price $$$$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No delivery
Address:
5849 Ellsworth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Phone: (412) 362-6198
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Hours
| Wednesday | 5–9 PM |
| Thursday | 5–9 PM |
| Friday | 5–9 PM |
| Saturday | 5–9 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 5–9 PM |
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Reservations: opentable.com
Reviews
Ting Jennings
We traveled all the way from Atlanta, Georgia. We celebrated my birthday at Umi Japanese Restaurant, and it was absolutely worth it! The food was amazing and incredibly delicious. The flavors were authentic and the presentation was a feast for the eyes. The staff were attentive and made the dining experience even more enjoyable. The effort they put into every detail, from the ambiance to the service, truly showed. If you’re a sushi and Japanese cuisine enthusiast, this place is a must-visit. I’ll cherish the memories of this special birthday celebration. Highly recommended!
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Ashton Harvey
We went here on New Year’s eve for dinner. The restaurant is affiliated with the Soba restaurant below. All of the drinks come from that restaurant. They have typical western style seating and a strange hybrid Japanese style seating option. The latter has an elevated floor so it feels like you are eating at a floor level table, but its actually an elevated platform the server are serving you from. Your seating at those tables is actually western style and your legs dangle below the level of this elevated platform in a typical western fashion.
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Jessica Brady
This is the best restaurant I have been to in a while. Great staff. Explained everything he brought out and was fun to joke around with… We went downstairs before our reservation and had delish cocktails.. Definitely don’t leave hungry. We went as a big sized group and had a blast. Different flavored sake/great wines. I believe we did the 10 course meal. Pshew. So much flavor to everything we ate and if you have a shellfish allergy they are super on top with that and replace the shellfish plate with something else. I tried taking pics of the food before eating and that never turned out well because it smelled delicious and looked great.
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Mikhail Lessey-Hordatt
The ambiance was perfect for the date night we had. Staff was lovely, personable and well informed on the menu. The food itself was delicious, melt in your mouth pieces of fish in every course. It was a decadent experience but well worth it.
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Andrew Yauger
Had a great time. I went for my birthday and didn’t take any pics because I just wanted to enjoy the meal. My wife and I went for the 11 course omakase. We also ended up ordering extras of some of our favorite courses. I can still taste the sashimi with the shitake truffle topping. It was my favorite. I can’t say a bad word about the place except that you will spend a lot of money. But, honestly, it’s worth every penny! I had been so excited to try Umi finally. I was worried I might have built it up too much, but the food and the people all lived up to high expectations.
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squeek0603
Food was great, but not remotely worth the money. For a dinner over $400 and 11 courses, one should NOT leave hungry, which all in my party did. For less than half of the cost, one could go to another sushi place in the city and get similarly excellent food that didn’t leave you needing more to eat. Overall, left feeling completely ripped off.
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Zhizhuo Zhou
One star – the ambiance and service here is great, but the food has some major red flags.
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Mohamed Eshnuk
The ambience and vibe of Umi is top notch, walking up the stairs passed all of the cool wall art is exciting and then you get up to what feels like a fancy hidden gem. It’s upscale, so yeah the sushi is a bit pricier than other places around, but the quality and pallet of flavors that they are able to pack into one bite is amazing! On top of that they have killer desserts, the chocolate mousse was one of the best desserts I have ever had at a restaurant. 5/5 this is an awesome place to go on a special date night.
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Gregory Copley
Up a very dark, steep staircase to a warm and personable restaurant with a distinctive full multi course menu from which it is difficult to vary. So it is a real “experience restaurant”, and not for a casual meal. Have twice driven hundreds of miles to get to Umi. An impressive culinary experience.
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Krista Abboud
This has been a favorite of mine since they opened. I’ve never been to this place (which I frequent often) and had a less than exceptional experience. The food, the drinks, the waitstaff.. always on their top game. I recommend the red snapper sashimi, and any of the sushi rolls. You won’t be disappointed. They have an option where you can get either 7 or 11 courses. This is also great if you’re hungry and not sure what to order. It’s a must try!
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