The BEST SUSHI IN CLEARWATER. The prices are amazing and I crave their chicken fried rice daily. The sushi is incredibly fresh, whether it's sashimi, sushi rolls, or dishes they are mouthwatering and pleasant always. Not only that but I was devastated I placed a Uber Eats order and forgot my favorite/ miso soup. I called and asked if they were able to add miso soup and adjust my price accordingly but the nice lady on the phone informed me they could not. Which is expected it was my mistake. I received my order and then to my suprise there was a miso soup !! It was the perfect addition to my stressful day and they will ALWAYS get my service. Kind people are rare in this world but somehow Umai sushi is full of them. God bless. And try out this amazing place. read more

Umai Cafe - Sushi Bars Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

I would give zero stars if that was possible. I've never experienced a situation where I was rushed three times in less than two minutes to order when a restaurant closes in 45 minutes. We even called them prior to ask when they stopped serving, and they said for us to come. I don't care how good the food is, that's very disrespectful to do to a customer. We got up and left. I highly recommend avoiding this place. read more

Small and cute! I love the fengshui! I ordered a cup of green tea, which was divine. The gyoza was crispy and tender, while the chicken yaki udon tasted fresh and savory; a very nice flavor . The noodle ratio to chicken and vegetables was pretty balanced. The waitresses were so kind and helpful. My total was around 25 dollars. I will be back for their sushi because i noticed a lot of patrons were eating sushi. read more

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This place is SOO good! We have a usual sushi spot but we were getting kind of bored and started exploring new spots. We stumbled across this one searching for sushi and are so glad we did. Our server was extremely nice and made great suggestions to us. I definitely recommend the sashimi it was one of those meals you're just like WOW. They gave us a little orange as a dessert super cute :) read more

Umai Cafe - Sashimi Platter - Sushi Bars Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

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I always get Tuna amazing. It was a special for years but no longer lucky for me you can still get it though! So good! A read more

Umai Cafe - Tuna amazing - Sushi Bars Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

Felt like staying in and ordered Umai Cafe for take-out delivery on our last night in Sand Key. We both ordered a teriyaki bento box and we're pleasantly surprised by the amount of food+sides and overall quality. The miso soup was so soothing, the tempura batter perfection, and the California-roll alternative was a delicious imitation crab + crunchy flakes combo. My beef teriyaki was tender and I really enjoyed the teriyaki sauce. Falls in my realm of comfort food after several days of eating American/casual poolside. I've read good reviews of Umai being a favorite local spot and I can see why. Definitely filled our craving for Japanese/Asian cuisine while on vacation in FL! read more

Umai Cafe - Chicken teriyaki bento - Sushi Bars Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

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We eat in this place last year when we were in town , the lunch bento box was pretty good , so this time gonna try their dinners it said close at 10 pm so we had close to one hour to eat a bowl of Ramen so should not be any problem, but the moment we walk in , the waitress said you only have 30 min. It was 9:05 ! Ok no problem just order a Tonkasu ramen , then more people walk in but the waitress didn't have any issues with them ,then the noodles comes looks good but the broth was totally blend and no taste no flavors,must went out of broth and just add more water , and the noodles were over cook and soggy absolutely the worst ramen I ever had , don't go there for dinner maybe lunch but go early read more

My go to sushi spot. They have great sushi options and a good lunch menu. Decent pricing and never had an issues with my orders. Their kimchi is also really good. read more

I came in for lunch and got a seat right away. The staff was very quick to bring me water and take my order when I was ready. The lunch special was a good deal, I got 3 sushi rolls and they were all delicious. I would for sure come back here if I were in the area again. read more

Even though I'm not a big sushi fan, it was a nice experience the food tasted extremely fresh and the fried rice was excellent

Wow, can't believe I haven't left a review. I think it's cause I'm here all the time. This is my local go to spot and great for your everyday sushi or light date night out. Service is great, food is always been spot on, prices are pretty reasonable really nothing to complain about here except the occasional homeless in downtown Clearwater on your walk over I've been here, probably north of 15 times I don't think I've ever had a bad experience read more

Great sushi and other Japanese dishes too! Probably the best Japanese restaurant in Pinellas County. Nice interior and friendly staff. The prices are fair and the quality of the seafood is excellent. I regret that it took us so long to discover this gem! read more

Had a great experience as a DoorDash order! Took about 40min for dinner time. We ordered the sashimi platter, Cali rolls, Octopus, & shrimp tempura roll. Everything was delicious and packed nicely. read more

The food was great!! HOWEVER the dining experience was terrible. Our hostess sat us and left us there roughly for 30 min , we had to ask if we can order. I didn't know we had to ask to order. When we finally were ordering, she had rushed us and had a bad attitude. When my friends got their miso soup, they didn't like how the flavoring was so one asked if she could switch out for the salad. Oh boy did the host to sit there and get upset that she snatched away the soup, tried to take my salad so I had to tell her to put my salad down and she just threw salad dressing into my friends salad bowl to where it was leaking all on the side of the bowl and then she tossed it on the table. From that point on we were too afraid to ask for anything else. We were 40 minutes late with going back to work from my lunch because we kept getting ignored. I would recommend takeout over dining Inn because again the food is wonderful, but the lack of customer service makes a horrible experience. read more

This place was excellent and the sushi amazing! We also loved the teriyaki! and the parking was easy.

I love this place. They have a very good quality food and the place is right in downtown Clearwater with a big parking for this plaza. I love to order to go food, it's always ready in 10-15 min and no mistakes in orders. I love their place. It's small but cozy. And prices are very competitive. read more

Ordered Umai Cafe from Uber eats (which I don't usually use due to high fees and what they take from businesses) however it has been a LONG DAY. I decided to go with two rolls plus a seaweed salad which all arrived well and intact. I went with the Samurai roll and Ichiban roll after reading some reviews. Between the two, I ordered the Ichiban roll which had a lot of flavor and crunch which was a perfect combo. The rolls were definitely pricey at $18 for the Ichiban and $16 for the Samurai but definitely marked up due to Uber Eats. The seaweed salad was a good size for the price and delicious. Both rolls had extremely fresh fish and traveled well considering. Overall, I wish the rolls were a few dollars cheaper but the quality of the fish was excellent. The samurai roll didn't blow me away so I'll try a different option next time. Highly recommend the Ichiban roll and looking forward to my next visit! read more

Umai Cafe - Seaweed salad, Ichiban and Samurai rolls - Sushi Bars Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

As a Sushi savant I can honestly say that Umai Cafe Has the best Sushi in Clearwater and possibly all of Tampa.. I'm from NYC and have eaten in elite Japanese restaurants throughout the metropolitan area... and Umai Cafe is my favorite. of them all. read more

Umai Cafe - Umai Jumbo Roll Dancing Dragon Roll Rainbow Roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

Overall a very underwhelming experience. Our waitress was very inattentive and seemed a bit disorganized. Took a while to even put in our drink order and then our food sat in the window for a while before it was brought to our table. The food itself was mediocre. For the price and location, I was expecting a lot higher quality. The balance of ingredients in the rolls weren't very complimentary to each other. Don't think I'll return. read more

Delicious sushi and the restaurant is quite beautiful. Small and romantic, the staff is great. Don't let the location at the edge of a strip mall fool you. Highly recommend! read more

Umai Cafe - Ordered one roll and let the sushi chef pick the other. His choice was better (the one in front), of course. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

Great service, quiet environment, quality fish. Even the rolls are perfectly balanced. You can tell a lot of thought went into it.

Sushi is very good! That's what we normally get but we got the ramen last time and we all loved it!

I am not sure what happened to this place, it used to be my favorite sushi spot. New management? I have never received a plate of sushi that had a pungent fishy odor. Ate it anyway thinking maybe I am just overreacting - the eel tasted incredibly fishy it was inedible. The sushi doesn't appear fresh anymore. The miso soup is so underwhelming. Food aside, they are serving plastic cups and dirty dishes now. So unfortunate - tmake my favorite roll of all time. But don't think I will be returning read more

This a quaint shop and the quality of the sushi is amazing. We got the Spicy Girl Roll, Spicy Tuna Roll, Philadelphia Roll, and the kimchi seafood soup. All the fish tasted fresh and seasoned well. Highly recommend. Really delicious. read more

I FINNALY FOUND MY SUSHI SPOT ! The best Sushi in town! It is a small, hidden place with FIG FLAVOR! The staff was friendly and food arrived fast. Great for lunch and evening gathering with friends. Will be coming back often! read more

I don't know how this place has such good reviews. I thought it was terrible. The coconut roll didn't have much flavor and I can't remember the name of the other roll but it had a strange flavor to it. I think it was the chili sauce. The presentation was bleh and the service wasn't great either. Not very helpful knowing we'd never been there before. The only reason I give it 2 stars is the shrimp tempura was ok. I wish we would have gone somewhere else. read more

Umai Cafe - Sushi Bars Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

Highest recommendation Wonderful freshly prepared sushi and habichi meals Good lunch specials read more

The food is ok , service ok but they charge me for lemons and for Sriracha sauce wow that was a big surprise!!! Not good they should put it on the menu , and let the customers know!! read more

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Decided to go by for ramen for a late dinner. We also tried some sake and the kani appetizer. The staff was friendly and helpful, but wasn't really able to explain questions we had about the sake. The food was served hot and quickly, but that's really the end of the good things. We ordered the traditional ramen, hoping the reviews were just skewed a bit. Unfortunately, they were right on. The broth appeared more like miso and the shredded kelp was not complimentary at all. In fact it smelled weird and tasted, well, it just wasn't good. The pork was extremely thinly sliced, there were a decent amount of veggies, and the ramen noodles looked like they came out of a ramen noodle package. Just... don't. Craving ramen? Don't come here. Think you'll have better luck? Just keep on driving to somewhere else. Don't pass go. Don't collect $200. Keep on trucking to the next spot for ramen. read more

Umai Cafe - Traditional pork ramen - Sushi Bars Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

We got it delivered and it was great! Super fresh and great tasting! The coconut shrimp roll was my favorite, the shrimp was so fresh and had great texture! read more

Umai Cafe - Sushi Bars Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

Best sushi ever!! We are staying 5 minutes from this place. We went here on a whim to try it. We might go back every day this week. Absolutely incredible. The seaweed salad is my favorite of all time and the sakaro roll (which I probably spelt wrong) is amazing. Plus you can't beat the price $$. We'll be back for sure. read more

Stopped here to try a new sushi place. Great ambiance, and super yummy sushi. The only reason why I'm not giving it 5/5 is that the miso was really bland. Other than that we loved everything else we ordered. read more

Umai Cafe - Umai jumbo roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

Very good!!!! Would highly recommend this place!!!!!!! Had a few rolls and some uni...was great!!!

I'm so surprised that anyone would give less than 5 stars for their sushi. Literally phenomenal. To give you a comparison, Ken Sushi is my favorite spot for high quality sushi but Umai really takes it for quality and price. I got the Sunshine roll, sake nigiri, hamachi nigiri and escolar nigiri. The quality and just how fresh the sushi is mind blowing. The fish melts in your mouth. My favorite out of then all would be the hamachi. I will probably literally just order a whole plate of that next time. I devoured my food in less than 15 minutes. The Sunshine rolls is nice take on the Rainbow roll except there's spicy tuna inside. Very, very good. I will definitely be back! read more

Umai Cafe - Sake nigiri, hamachi nigiri, escolar nigiri and Sunshine roll. Yum yum yum! - Sushi Bars Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

I had really high hopes for this restaurant as I'm trying to find the best tasting tonkotsu in the area. I tried the pork ramen and it was just ok. Very bland. Not the traditional bone broth.The reason I gave it two stars was because of the service. The lady was really nice and attentive. The overall feel of the restaurant is pretty laid back and casual. I went there on a Saturday around 8 PM and it was not busy. read more

Umai Cafe - Pork ramen - Sushi Bars Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

This is my favorite Japanese restaurant in the area. I'm Japanese born and raised in Japan, so this will tell you a lot Also many of my Japanese friends who visited Clearwater said this restaurant was their favorite! My favorite is "Nigiri Sushi Lunch Special." It's sooooo good! I highly recommend it read more

Umai Cafe - Nigiri Sushi Lunch special - in the restaurant - Sushi Bars Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

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This is my favorite place for Asian food!!!! I love their fried rice. It is like no other and truly delicious. The service is always quick, even with takeout orders. Highly recommend!! read more

Got the mega lobster roll for $20.00 and I am not sure if it was lobster meat or snake meat. Show me a lobster that turns black when cooked. I want my dinero back asap! Do not waste your dinero! read more

Umai Cafe - Mega lobster rolls or Mega snake roll. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

We went to Tampa Bay for vacation, and this restaurant is close to our resort. We hoped to find Umai earlier than when we had. The food is delicious, every dish. The environment is very clean. Waitresses are friendly and welcoming. The best sushi restaurant in our experience. read more

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In Clearwater for a few days, and looking for a good sushi place and this came up. After reading the reviews, we decided to come here and were not disappointed. It's a small restaurant but definitely the sushi selection was great. We got seated pretty quickly with the friendly staff- and they gave us a few moments to go over the menu. The staff was real nice. We wanted to change the combo a little, the waitress went to chef and asked if it was possible to do and they didn't have any issues changing around one of the appetizers for us. The spicy crab salad was great. Definitely had a kick to it! After we ordered and were waiting for our sushi/ and appetizers to come out the chef gave us some chef special rolls which were really good. Some white tail rolls. Yum! I really recommend the Sunset roll so good. I am sure all there rolls are amazing but this was my favorite and really recommend it. All the fish in the sushi were fresh, and actual chunks. (I hate when sushi restaurants use mushy stuff; it ruins the flavor) read more

Umai Cafe - Sushi Bars Near Me - Clearwater, Florida