Umi Japanese Restaurant

Reviews

• Katie B.

  star star star star star 21 June 2026

  This is probably one of my fav asian places! Their house ginger salad - amazing. Their fried rice - amazing. The portion on the fried rice is a little small, but still amazing ! Their sushi is fantastic, I love it. And the service is so fun and nice! And to top it off the prices are not terrible at all !!!

• Steve G.

  star star star star star_border 9 June 2026

  I'm glad we got here kind of early on a Friday, the place was packed by the time we left. It's an interesting vibe, a little noisy, no background music, almost a fast food kind of feeling with the booths... Not that that's bad, but it's unusual for a sushi place (in my experience).
  
  Also unusual is the rather limited menu. There are plenty of maki options, but the fish selection seems limited to about 3 varieties - tuna, salmon and yellowtail. Oh, and shrimp and freshwater eel.
  
  I decided to order off the cooked side of the menu since sashimi from that limited selection didn't inspire me too much. My wife decided to order nigiri off the sushi menu.
  
  We went with a roll as a starter -- the Ninja. That turned out to be an excellent choice. A wonderful large portion of tuna in the center, perfectly cut slices of the other fish option across the top, and some perfect avocado slices as well. And the sushi rice was perfectly cooked. I was rethinking my no sashimi decision...
  
  My wife selected yellowtail, ahi, and unagi as her sushi. She loves eel sauce. The fish was all presented well, expertly cut. But that was sadly very little eel sauce on that sushi. Overall, my wife enjoyed the other tastes though.
  
  I ordered the dinner special - the Yakiniku - it was cooked thinly sliced beef with a side of steamed rice. Overall, it was good, but fairly bland for my tastebuds. I should've gone with the sashimi. If only they had a sushi combo bento box!
  
  Overall, though, the place was clean, the service competent, the fish well-cut and presented, so we enjoyed the evening. I'd definitely go back.
  
  TIP: Like other spots at Berry Farms (I'm thinking of you Tito's), the air conditioning system seems barely able to keep up with the Tennessee summer heat, so take that into consideration when you're planning your visit.

• Cathy L.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 1 June 2026

  So dissatisfied with this place. Online says open until 9:30. There at 7 and they are closed. Second time this has happened.  Pathetic customer care.

• Gabrielle A.

  star star star star star_border 29 May 2026

  Good food, reasonably priced. It's in berry farms which is so cute. I did expect the inside to be "nicer" or more updated! The interior looks like an old shopping plaza while the rest of berry farms retail locations/restaurant are much more "modern"
  With that said, the food/fish is fresh. The service was excellent. The restaurant is clean and the staff is friendly.
  The playboy roll was delicious and so was the avocado roll.
  I'll be back for sure!

• Carlos M.

  star star star star star_border 28 May 2026

  Food is great but service was just ok. Upon arriving we were handled a form to fill our own order, without much explanation. Anyway, I recommend the bento box with salmon and look forward to return to Umi soon.