I came here for dinner with a friend around 6:45 on a Friday night. I was happy to see the…read morerestaurant was quite full but we were seated immediately. The restaurant was clean as always with a nice ambiance. The servers were all so sweet and helpful. We ordered miso soup to start. It's a favorite that is consistently excellent. I ordered udon noodles with veggies and my friend ordered soba noodles with veggies. Both of us loved our meals! They were hot and delicious. For dessert we got the tempura cheesecake. Wow! Beautiful presentation and tasted creamy and not too sweet. The tempura was a bit challenging to cut with our spoons but it was worth the struggle. This is one of my favorite restaurants and I'm so happy to see that they are doing well!

Another amazing meal at Umami! It was Valentine's Day and they were busier than usual, but we still…read morereceived the same FANTASTIC service and AMAZING food!!! Everything about this meal was perfect, from start to finish. We were seated immediately despite it being quite busy. Enjoyed a bottle of Josh Cabernet for an incredibly reasonable price. My partner's meal arrived fresh and piping hot -- my sushi arrived beautifully arranged (with the CUTEST soy sauce plate art!). We even made friends with our table-neighbors. I cannot express to the Yelp community enough how incredible this restaurant is. You can always rely on Umami for deliciousness, consistency, and hospitality. Xoxoxo Umami has our hearts forever!

I'm back! The restaurant is located on 415 Hartford Tpke in Vernon, CT. When it comes to Japanese…read morefood, this is a favorite of mine. It has a very "family" feel to it. Oh my! New menus! These haven't changed in years (decades). A couple ice waters quick to show up! For my first drink? I'm having a French Martini made with Grey Goose vodka, Chambord and a splash of pineapple juice. This is good! It is a well balanced drink. They don't garnish here so I know what I'm getting. They also use medium sized martini glasses (not the small ones). For my first item, I'm having the House Green Salad. This is made with iceberg lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes. I LOVE their ginger dressing! I like the soothing music here. This salad is awesome! My friend is getting the Kani (crab). Wow! Look at that masterpiece! I think he got an upgrade! Out comes a random complementary sushi. It looks like tuna with cream cheese and avocado. This is delicious! I love pickled ginger and lots of wasabi. That's hits your nose hard! For my next item, I'm having a miso soup. This is the lowest price I've ever seen ($2.85). It is a soybean soup made with tofu, scallions and seaweed. Miso soup is a traditional Japanese soup made from a dashi stock mixed with miso paste, a fermented soybean paste, giving it a savory, umami flavor. Key ingredients often include tofu, seaweed (wakame), and scallions, but it can be customized with mushrooms, clams, or other additions. It's served hot, typically as part of a traditional Japanese meal, and should not be boiled after adding the miso to preserve its flavor and nutrients. This is hot and steamy. It is delicious! For my next item, I'm having the Seaweed Salad. Japanese seaweed salad (often called wakame salad) is a vibrant, refreshing, and umami-packed dish. It is made by rehydrating dried seaweed, tossing it with a vinaigrette made of sesame oil, soy sauce, and rice vinegar, and garnishing it with sesame seeds. I love this stiff although it sticks to your teeth sometimes. It is quite chilled. For my next item, I'm having edamame. These are a superfood. Boiled soybeans with salt! Edamame is a Japanese dish of young soybeans, typically boiled or steamed in the pod and served as a snack or appetizer, often with salt. It can also be prepared shelled (mukimame) and seasoned in various ways, such as with garlic, soy sauce, chili, or sesame oil, and served warm or cold in salads. The beans are known for being a protein-rich, healthy, and versatile ingredient. These are an absolutely delicious! For my next drink, I am having a Strawberry Martini made with Svensk Wild Strawberry vodka, sweet vermouth and a splash of strawberry liqueur. Oh wow! This is good! Yes, you can taste the alcohol here! These edamame are good! No shortage of salt here either! For my next food item, I'm having the Tuna Nuts made with thinly sliced seared tuna served with raw seaweed and a sweet miso paste. It normally cones with scallions too. We'll see. This is good! It's might and easy to eat. Yummy! Our comes a spice tuna avocado ball AND a no rice sushi dish! This is amazing! There is NO place like this! For my next item, I'm having the Ikura (A La Carte menu). Ikura is the Japanese term for cured salmon roe (fish eggs). Prized for its vibrant orange color and signature "pop," the individual eggs are typically marinated in a soy sauce, sake, and mirin brine. It is most commonly served atop vinegared rice wrapped in a strip of nori seaweed (known as gunkan maki) or over a bowl of rice (ikura don). This is a taste of the ocean! Cucumber, no rice. It's a must when coming here! The wasabi is wicked strong! It was just made today! I love this! On my For my next item, I'm having the Spicy Crab and Mango made with snow crab, mango, avocado and cucumber. My friend is having the Spicy Crunchy Scallops hand roll. These are sushi snow cones. For my next drink, I am having g a Watermelon Martini made with Bacardi Light Malibu Coconut, pineapple juice and a splash of mango schnapps. Oh yeah! This is good! Strong too! What a unique drink! This has a maraschino cherry garnish too! OMG! For dessert, I'm having the Fried Crispy Banana and Fried Ice Cream. Yeah, right. Let's see what REALLY comes out! OMG! This is IMPOSSIBLE to finish! Look at this monster! Tiramisu?! This is quite unique! Wow! My sister is ordering the Chicken with lemongrass to go and I'm ordering a quart of hibachi soup to go. This place is the bomb! There is no better!

We had excellent food and service today! Came with a party of 8 including my grandson who is 2.5 yo…read moreand this was 1st hibachi experience. We came a little after 5:00 on a Saturday and were seated right away and got the show going. Our chef was fun, the food was delicious AND the food was plentiful. My wife abd I arrived first and they seated us and recognized us (+1) frr prior visits. They got us water and also a pair of delicious unique sushi creations! Super nice gesture and appreciated. We all ordered hibachi - different varieties. The soup and salad are both good starters. Love that they give you lots of that delicious ginger salad dressing! I got steak & chicken. The chicken was especially tender and mouth watering. Steak also very good. I ordered it medium rare and asked for extra teriyaki sauce once it was on my plate. Delicious! I also like that both fried rice AND lo mein noodles are included with the meal as is shrimp appetizer other hibachi restaurants charge e tea for this. Service was friendly and efficient. We had cocktails (not the little guy!) and I think they may have given us a couple free. Amazing dinner and experience.

This place is excellently run and presented. The interior is spotless, the service is friendly and…read morequick, the food options are a complete picture. Poke was delicious, as was the fried rice, backed up by abundant choices for sides/appetizers.

I got a spicy salmon roll as a quick takeout option and it was really good! The salmon pieces were…read morereally big and tasted fresh, and the spicy mayo on top was really yummy. My order was ready very quickly and the restaurant itself is cute and very clean. The prices are also very reasonable. Looking forward to trying one of their bowls sometime soon!

Dined in for the all you can eat option. The food and service were phenomenal. I especially loved…read morethe Monkey Roll.

A better than expected all you can eat locale…read more Came here because it was close by and they recently revamped their dine in to include boba tea and an all you can eat sushi and Chinese menu. Decided to give it a try and see how things turned out. Inside is clean and decorated well. Staff was very friendly and attentive. We told them we were doing the all you can eat, and got our ordering menu. Interestingly, they included boba tea as an option on the all you can eat menu. so we got drinks to try. They were a little sweet but tasty. We ordered a smattering of bites, with the idea that the plates would be tiny and we could try a bunch. The portions were smaller, but still very massive. There was many times we would take bites and it would look like nothing was eaten. You need to make sure you order light when picking your choices. The bites were seasoned well, tasty, and plentiful. The highlights being the garlic shrimp and the pepper tuna tataki. The sushi rice is seasoned correctly, and the fish was fresh. The taste of the rolls was a little bland, but soy and the wasabi aoli helped out. They do have the stipulation of food waste costing more, so the mass amounts of food did give us pause. The server assured us that there would not be any charges as they figure out how to portion. But it did limit our ordering. For the price, the quality is actually pretty good. It's pricy for the area, but you're not going to go hungry. If you get a chance to try them, they are a great option for a meal. It's not worthy of a trek, but versus other restaurants of that style you would be hard pressed to find better.

This is takeout from the Peking House in Vernon…read more Pictures is the sesame chicken with fried rice, and crab rangoons. The chicken combo was good, very delicious and typical Chinese takeout. The duck sauce was a nice add to the rice. Spring rolls were good too. The crab rangoons were not the best. They weren't bad, just way too much cream cheese with almost no type of crab in it. Delivery was quick, and they do deliver pretty late at night. I would go back again for another combo!

this food is really hit or miss . one day its ok then the next . do yourself a favor and check it…read moreBEFORE you get out of the driveway

I was around the area shopping and my fiancé decided that he wanted sushi. The restaurant was close…read moreby so we went in. Inside was clean and had lots of table. There is a section for hibachi. The host sat us quickly and both waitress was attentive. We ordered the miso soup that was okay. We ordered crab Rangoon and it was the best one I had in a while. The sushi was amazing. It tastes fresh and packed with flavor. My favorite was the dragon roll. Although the drive for me is a bit long, I would definitely come back here.

The family took a trip to Kobe Asian Bistro at around 5:30pm on a Friday night. Walking in, there…read morewas only one family enjoying a show, so we were seated right away. The decor looks modern, but a little neglected. There was a sign that said "don't play with the fountain" but there was no water in the fountain. As far as food goes, it hits the spot. Nothing out of the ordinary from a hibachi place. 3 of us got steak while one got chicken and we enjoyed it. Because my wife said she has an onion allergy, we were not served the starter salad, though our chef had to be reminded not to cook the onion. So just be on high alert if you have allergies. Note: choosing fried rice in the hibachi dinner is $2 extra (per person!), word to the wise. But seriously, who would go to hibachi to eat place white rice?

Found this in a whim and it was fantastic! Had the Bucklin…read moreRoll, one of the Tuna roll variations and a Sapporo Some of the best sushi Ive ever had.

This will be my new go-to for chinese food. (They have a chinese and japanese menu)…read more The lo mein portion was very generous and not overly greasy. Lots of chicken too The veg dumplings were a bit hard on the inside. The wrapper was perfectly crisp and grilled. Their location is close to everything in South windsor, I will definitely stop in again! Sometimes you just need a latenight chinese food pick me up...

Place was clean and meant for takeout. Service was fast and on point…read more Food was spot on. Recently moved to the tolland area so wanted to try a few different places and this place was recommended and I see why. Not a bad thing to say. Crab rangoon's were the biggest HIT! This place will be my new regular.

Food was flavorless. Chicken & broccoli had almost no sauce just a light brown oil that coated your…read moremouth. I love the brown sauce that flavors the chicken and rice but that was not this. Could not eat it. Sweet and sour chicken was soggy and pork fried rice was flavorless and lacked depth. Egg rolls were crispy- but didn't care for the flavors. Wanted to love it after reading the reviews. Staple in bag ripped a nice gash in my finger as well.

This is the best: sushi ever! I've eaten it. It's so many different sushi places and this is the…read morebest sushi.

Got the lunch special. Maki were huge and very tasty. Soup tasted like typical miso. Salad was…read moreinteresting. There was some red stringy things on top that I took up due to potential food sensitivity. I'm not sure what it was, maybe beets or something pickled. The dressing kind of sunk to the bottom but was OK, too watery. The fried potato ball was interesting, covered in like a katsu sauce. Overall, I enjoyed my lunch and would definitely get it again.

For the #5 review of the 9 CT Lobster Rolls I tried throughout the summer of 2022, we come to a…read moreplace that honestly surprised the heck out of me, Charlie's Fresh Catch, taking the #1 spot of the 6 central CT/Hartford area rolls and #3 of the total 9. Being from the area I must have driven past this place dozens of times without ever even noticing it. It sits just outside "Vernon Center" directly across from what used to be CT Golf Land. Charlie Ballard purchased this place from the previous owner and it's been open since December 2013 and I can't believe it took me almost 10 years to even know it was there. Charlies is a very unique place, like a stand-alone seafood department you'd find in a grocery store but bigger and better. Not only do they carry the basics, they also have things you won't find in a grocery store and a large variety of seafood creations all made right in the store. In fact they have an entire glass case filled with everything from seafood salad, stuffed clams, shrimp and mushrooms to hush puppies, pasta salads and other appetizers. They also have a small selection of produce and large racks of spices, seasonings, batter mixes and more. While they carry some of the major brands they also have their own blends to go along with whatever you're picking up. So much that you might even come out with more than you went in there for. They also carry some of the popular local brands like Hosmer Soda, it's good to see local businesses supporting each other, a win-win in my book. There's also a freezer stocked with soups, pot pies and other prepared seafood (and non-seafood dishes). So much variety that I stopped there at least five times and I feel like I barely made a dent in trying what they have to offer. For the lobster roll it was a tough decision but being the lowest price of all the 9 places I tried it is an incredible value. Served on a 7 inch NE-style hot dog bun they average a little over 6 oz for the whole roll with an average of a little under 3 oz of hot, buttered lobster meat. Probably the closest thing I've found to what you'd get near the shoreline though obviously not as fresh but literally the best one I had of the 6 in the Hartford/central CT area. Small-ish looking but filling and you can't beat the price for what you get They also have a number of other meals for purchase prepared in the store like fish and chips, fried shrimp/clams, fries, hot dogs, chicken tenders and more. The clam chowder is on par with the better ones I've had and has nice chunks of potatoes, clams and vegetable. I still need to go back and try some of the other soups they don't sell hot but keep frozen (lobster bisque). With the holidays approaching I think I may be back once or twice before the end of the year, maybe not for a lobster roll but to sample the great selection they seem to always have. Wish I had found this place years ago, definitely a new repeat customer. Five Stars!!

It's been a while since the last time I was there. it must be under new owners they have everything…read moreyou can think of from any kind of fish and steaks stuff mushrooms etc we tried the whole belly clam rolls with fries. we were surprised finally got bigger clams. the clams at the shore are smaller. We will be back