5 stars for Umai Sushi. If you're dining in, you have 2 choices - 1.) Do all you can eat sushi for a fixed price lunch or dinner (this includes appetizers like soup, salad etc) 2.) order a La carte - you can order sushi or the Japanese food they have I opted for the all you can eat lunch special sushi - it was delicious. All of the sushi was very fresh and perfect temperature and presentation wise. They have patio garden seating and plenty of indoor seating - there are also some cool lights and decor inside (even in the bathroom!). The server I had was also very friendly. I'd definitely recommend a visit if you're in the area and want some great sushi. read more

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Not worth it this place food was horrible We order shrimp tempura roll and few rolls All our rolls with shrimp was terrible shrimp wasn't clean has poop line on it what joke even we complained to waiter about and they still charged us we didn't even eat it we won't be back read more

Good sushi, good rolls, good sashimi. It was a bit dark on the outside and I wasn't too sure walking in but pleasantly surprised.

We were starving and driving from St. Pete to Clearwater and ended up wandering into this joint. Parking was easy outside in the lot. It was lunch time and we were the only customers in the whole place, so we got very prompt service. It was very dark inside, but I don't mind that on a super hot day. They had a nice lunch special of 3 rolls for only $13 (from a limited selection of basic rolls) and I feel like that's a good deal. The rolls were nothing special, but good enough. read more

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The restaurant is clean. Upon entering it has an over powering smell of cleaning products. The walls have cute paintings matching the Asian theme. Our server was cordial and quickly took our drink and food orders. Didn't take long to get our food, even though we had a party of seven. I ordered the lunch special - hibachi steak and chicken. The plate is a nice portion. The fried rice was mildly flavored, the noodles were a bit greasy. The shrimp was delicious and the steak was small in portion and slightly overcooked. For the price, though, it was okay. read more

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Amazing sushi!! All the rolls were fire plum wine striking! And the tempura cheesecake oh wow one of a kind item. This cheesecake is the best dessert ever read more

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Accidentally ordered food from here instead of Umai Cafe, and it was tremendously disappointing in comparison. To begin, when I walked in to pick up my food, the woman at the desk didn't even speak English (she was hispanic). The strip mall it was located in was sketchy, and the inside of the restaurant was as well. The portion sizes were awful and the sushi was well below mediocre. 0/10 experience. I wish I could give it a 0/5 stars, but 1 is the limit. read more

If you like sushi and sushi alone, this is your place their menu does not offer many choices for anything but sushi. My daughter thought that it was absolutely amazing sushi read more

great food! very flavorful and filling. the music was calm, and decorations were nice! however, it took a bot long for our food. overall great though! read more

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One of my favorites! The chicken with noodles. Add fresh mushrooms!! Crab Rangoon is delish! Chicken katsu is crispy & fresh. I'm not a fan of the beef since it's generally tough. Everything else is perfect. Yum!! read more

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Have been enjoying this establishment for many years, and the one time I didn't think a fish wasn't very fresh, they served a complete new plate, not just the one of 3 items I chose. They always satisfy! read more

Excellent lunch specials! Food was delicious, service was friendly and prices very reasonable.

Stopped here with my mom and it was really great! They were definitely short staffed and I felt bad for the one server that was running around like crazy, but she did a great job! My mom and I split 3 rolls and all of them were great and you could taste that the ingredients were definitely fresh. While I enjoyed all the rolls, I wouldn't say there was anything exceptional about them. All pretty standard, but still tasty. The spicy miso soup was delicious! Honestly, it's one of the best, simple soups I've ever had at a restaurant! It was light, but flavorful with the perfect amount of spice. I would come back here for sure if I'm in town again. It's a cute, small place with fresh, flavorful foods. read more

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There was a dead cockroach dancing in the middle of the hallway when you pass through their bathroom! Their sushi sometimes the rice on it it's too wet, and then sometimes when the sushi is just right sometimes they make it too small and not satisfying, they also don't have soap in the ladies bathroom when I went there! read more

Great sushi place in Largo. The service is awesome. The sushi is always fresh. Took a friend who can be picky and they accommodated all of her substitutions. She also raved about the crispiness of the tempura batter. This is a little gem of a place. read more

Visited this restaurant after hearing from my nephew that the sushi was good. I moved to the beach last August and have not found "that great sushi place" yet so I decided to try it. My order was to go, but the service that I did receive was very good. The sushi on the other hand was just OK . Good but nothing to write home about. I also tried their crab Rangoon and for me that is now a hard pass. I guess my search will continue ... read more

Tasty little place. An interesting variety of sushi considering we were in the middle of Florida, and surprisingly fresh. The size of sushi is smaller than what we normally get up in New York but the price was about half of what we pay in New York, so felt like a really good deal. The staff was really helpful and polite. The inside is pretty unremarkable, it's too bad they don't have outdoor seating. All said, It feels like a really decent choice if you're looking for a fresh sushi meal while traveling. read more

I had been meaning to try this place out but never got around to it. Went today & I won't be going back! The service was nice but I saw one of the staff members touching the food without gloves. Everyone had on gloves but him. With so much going around that was all I needed to see. Luckily what he was touching was not not what I ordered or I would have gotten up and left! That's not acceptable! I had the spicy tuna roll which was deep fried and the tuna was very warm and fully cooked. I didn't eat all of it. I'm all for trying new places especially when it's close to home. But nope... never going back. read more

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Umai is a GREAT place to eat! The Sushi rolls and Apps are Amazing! We are big eaters so we get 4 apps and 4 rolls, Try the Hawaii Roll! The Crab salad was new to us and we loved it, also their potstickers/shumai/gyozas are Awesome! Prices are also VERY reasonable!!! Ask for Pedro, he knows the menu inside out and he makes everything possible. Also, their prices are the best in Pinellas. OH and the BEST thing for us? Their Corkage fee for bringing your own Wine is $5.00. We chill our Wine, and pair select Wines with Select rolls so each time we go, it is also an experience for us. We had to stop going to our favorite Sushi Restaurant in Clearwater because they all of a sudden implemented a ridiculous $20 corkage fee which is actually how we found Umai ...and we are SO glad we did! Wishing you all Happy Sushi-ing! read more

Based on all the 5 star reviews, we went to this restaurant close to our Airbnb. It was quite the letdown. The sushi and sushi rolls that we ordered looked average at best. The rice was compacted to the point you really can't see the individual grains of rice. We had salmon roe sushi (ikura) and the roe looked "mushy". The shrimp tempura dinner was overloaded with more veggie than shrimp and it was rather greasy. Gyoza was bland and the sauce that came with it was okay. The only items that I truly enjoyed was the seaweed salad. It was not easy to get the soup and salad served. We had to keep asking if the dinner entree came with both soup and salad as it wasn't brought out without prompting. For a Japanese restaurant, it was interesting that not a single staff member was Asian. Not sure if the owner is Asian. My first clue should have been the lack of Asian reviewers and then at the restaurant, not a single Asian customer. I thought I'll be more honest with the stars and quality of food. If you're looking for good sushi, this place is not it. However, if you're looking for cheap sushi, this is where you want to be. read more

Umai sushi is one of my favorite sushi places in the Tampa Bay Area. Not only is their food delicious, it is fairly priced as well! I've ordered takeout from here many times and it never disappoints. Consistency is key! I've dined in once as well. The staff is very nice. I like how the restaurant is small, so staff is in full view for whenever you need anything. It's fairly quiet inside. Last time I went, they did not have any music playing, which I think was odd. All-in-all, Umai is a great place for sushi. read more

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Umai has stayed open for business during this pandemic and never disappoints. It has become our go-to delivery sushi place and we've been ordering from here every other week. I love their variety in rolls from their standard traditional spicy tuna or spicy scallop to their specialty selections like the green dragon or crystal roll. Very flavorful and fresh fish - it definitely satisfies our sushi fix and we get to enjoy it at the comfort of our own home. Compared to other sushi spots in the area, I'd say Umai is worth trying. My husband and I are sushi lovers and have a minimum of six rolls we share. That can get pricey for just a weeknight dinner but we feel less guilty since Umai's rolls go for under $12 for specialty and $6 for standard. More affordable than its competitors and still good quality! read more

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Our family loves Umai!! Best sushi in the area for a great price. Staff is all so kind. As a vegetarian I love their veggie combo roll and would looooveee to see one day a Largo sushi place add even more exciting vegetarian options (like a shiitake tempura roll or something with vegan mock shrimp/fish would be so cool!) read more

Umai Sushi has great deal at lunch time. Their lunch special stop at 3 pm. The lunch special included hibachi and tempura under $10. They also have roll lunch special with $7 for two selected rolls or $10 for three rolls. They also has happy hour beer 3 to 6 pm with domestic beer for $1.99 and $2.99 for imported beer. I got a piece of surf clam sushi, one escolar roll and one chef special roll Fantastic Spicy Tuna roll. The surf clam is big and cover the entire rice ball. The escolar roll is still feel a bit frozen. The Fantastic Spicy Tuna is good. It is spicy tuna deep fried then add the special mayo and ell sauce. Then top with shredded imitation crab meat. This is good. Service is very attentive. Food is good. I like the decorations but can improve. read more

This is a recently opened sushi bar. It's located in a rundown plaza on Missouri in Clearwater but don't -by any means -let that put you off. Place is large and looks like it might have been another type of restaurants in a prior life. Nice sushi bar with many seats. We ordered the seaweed salmon skin salad and three rolls (with soup and salad), and it was excellent. Kudos for the salmon skin salad. Amazing, not large, but so tasty. The sushi rolls were fresh, as was the salmon and tuna. The waitstaff was courteous and very open to my request for no mayonnaise on anything. I'll be back. read more

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OH MY SWEET LORD! I love sushi and am very particular about it. This was up there with the best I've ever had. The prices are incredibly reasonable. We got the Monster Roll, Crunch Roll and the Spicy Salmon roll. The Spicy Salmon was good. The Monster Roll? AMAZING! And the Crunch Roll wasn't too far from amazing. The wait staff was very friendly. Our waitress talked us into getting desert and we chose the fried cheesecake. It was ok. I didn't love it. The restaurant itself was lovely, adorned with hand drawn murals. I'm new to this area and am excited to have found my new favorite restaurant. read more

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Staff was very friendly. Came on a slow shift. Ordered gyoza (comes 8) which was very good! Nice and crispy! Ordered the spicy salmon hand roll loved it! Then ordered the pink fusion roll substitute spicy tuna with salmon. Not a big fan of spicy tuna! The server was nice enough to do that for me. Liked the pink fusion, it was good but a little too tropical for me. Overall, good experience! Enjoyed this place and will be back to try other rolls! Also, it's close to my house so that's a plus! read more

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You might want to skip this place I had the Lobster Scallops Shrimp Hibachi One of their signature dish's $35 $45 after Uber charges A carb mess One pound of yucky brown rice One pound of noodles really not too bad The lobster was tuff and tasteless as leather I could have made new beach shoes I think I got 2 scallops and they were good The shrimp soup and veggies were ok I won't return Bye read more

Umai Sushi - 2 pounds of carbs The rest junk Tuff tasteless lobster - Sushi Bars Near Me - Largo, Florida

I purchased 2 lunch Sushi meals for take out and my wife didn't even finish hers. The tuna and salmon did not look fresh and I was sick within 30min. I spare you the details but I will not eat here again. On top of that; it says lunch Sushi comes with soup or salad but that's only if you eat there according to the staff member that gave me the food. I just saw a picture from someone else taking a photo of a chef who touches food without gloves, so no surprise why I don't feel well after eating the food. read more

So....I really struggled with this rating. If I could, I would have given this place a 2.5 but I guess I'll round that up to 3 since Yelp doesn't allow for 1/2 stars. I ordered from this place using Uber Eats tonight. I ordered the steak & chicken hibachi meal and a spicy tuna roll. Let's start with the good: - the food was still hot when it arrived so I know it was super fresh! - the portion size is HUGE. There is NO WAY 1 person could (or should) eat a full hibachi meal alone - all of the extras I asked for (ginger, wasabi, etc) were all included - the spicy tuna roll had a great kick...I usually need to add wasabi because it's never spicy enough but this one was on point!! The not so good: - while the miso soup was still piping hot when it arrived which I really appreciated, unfortunately it was a SALT BOMB and barely edible because it was so salty. A crying shame because other than the excessive salt level, the flavor was beautiful - I ordered my hibachi steak medium rare (I wanted to make sure my steak was still juicy when it got here so I purposely ordered it under to account for the delivery time) but when it got here, the steak was BEYOND well done. My steak had ZERO pink or red inside, all fully cooked. The chicken in the hibachi meal was also SUPER dry (think sandpaper...) - the hibachi meal includes rice AND noodles which I didn't realize, unfortunately neither one were great, they were both just fine. No real flavor in either but the fried rice was 1/2 a step better than the noodles. All in all, the food was meh. Maybe if I had eaten in the restaurant I would have had better food. If I find myself back in the area, I'll check this place out again, but I'll definitely eat in vs takeout. read more

Being that it's a newly opened restaurant, we decided to have lunch there and see what it was like. We were pleasantly surprised! It's located in a sort of sketchy strip center on Missouri Ave. in Largo but don't let that dissuade you. The interior is open and the restrooms and back area of the restaurant are a work in progress. They have a vast menu of sushi rolls, tempura and hibachi meals. We opted for the lunch specials menu. For lunch, they also had a special price for sushi rolls. We decided to get the two rolls for $6.99. We got the Spicy Tuna roll and the Eel Roll. They were tasty but a little on the mushy side. For entrées, we ordered the Combination Hibachi meal with steak and shrimp ($10.50). (see pic) The meal came with miso soup and a salad with ginger dressing. The entrée came with lots of veggies and some tasty fried rice. We had ordered our steak medium rare and indeed it was! The shrimp were nicely seasoned. Overall, we had a great lunch! The Hibachi meal was the star of the show. We would definitely get it again. For something different, the Umai was a wonderful choice. I'm thinking that this restaurant might be the reincarnation of the Umai Japanese Hibachi and Sushi Cuisine restaurant that recently closed in Dunedin. read more

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Great spot! I was pleasantly surprised to find this place. It is a hidden gem inside of a strip mall. The food was delicious and fresh. Also great prices and a great value. I will get definitely be back next time I am in town. read more

Great lunch menu! Food is always consistent. Staff are all nice and friendly! Nice atmosphere!

Sushi was delicious! Presentation was great. Staff was quick and friendly. I'm taking away one star bc I got a dirty glass for my soda and half of the lights were out in the bathroom hallway. I am taking away another star bc there was an incessant dinging coming from the front kiosk. It seemed to start periodically and didn't stop until an employee hit a button. And they were real slow to hit that button, so the dinging continued on and off for most of our meal. read more

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They had very good food we had the sushi and chicken teriyaki service was good had a hard time communicating with waitress who couldn't speak English very good that was only draw back read more

Love this sushi place! So fresh, many options, hot or cold dishes abound, each so savory and tasty! And....$7 hot saki. Only place in town with that price! read more

Decent and reasonably priced sushi with great service, but the whole place is really dirty and disorganized. Very fair priced sushi, which was weird, because most of the regular menu items are considerably overpriced. The condition of the place is worrisome as everything is dirty AND messy. Nothing is where it's supposed to go. The bathrooms are dirty. The window blinds are filthy and broken. Etc... If it wasn't late and we had other options, we prob would have walked due to the lack of cleanliness. If the entire place is filthy and unkept, the obviously the kitchen is the worst part of that. Once we got our food, it was decent. The portions of nigiri are big. The crunch roll was well built and tasty. The Pacific Fusion roll was super tasty. Most of the nigiri (tuna, unagi, masago) was good except for the octopus; it was more rubbery than normal and not fresh. Basically: we won't be back because the place is way dirty and disorganized, although the food was pretty good. If they cleaned it up and kept it clean, we would give it another try. 4 stars for the food 5 stars for the service -4 stars for the cleanliness read more

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I've been going to this restaurant for a couple years now (at least once a month). The food is always amazing, reasonably priced. The restaurant is clean, quiet and in a plaza with plenty of parking. Leaving a review today because the service has just become awful. They have one server who works day shift, I assume (never see her at dinner) and this is the second time that she was just rude and awful. I stopped dining inside for lunch because there was always only this one server. Today took me by surprise to hear her laughing, loudly, about my order right behind the doors of the kitchen (keep in mind I'm the only one in the restaurant). The manager is always fantastic, night crew is great but... I will not be eating inside for lunch again. Worst server I have EVER met. read more

Great service, fast food. Selection wasn't exactly for me but I had gotten the bento box and enjoyed it!

Where do you go when it's raining outside, you were supposed to walk on the beach & you're craving sushi???? Umani Japanese cuisine. Excellent service, excellent sushi!!!! Joe, the owner was so great with us. He gave some great recommendations and was so gracious and patient with all of our many questions. Spicy miso soup was on point. Pacific Roll was soooooo delicious. Fresh, with crunchies & avacado goodness. Let's not forget that delicious eel & spicy mayo sauce on top. My friend had an equally yummy spicy rose which showcased the spicy tuna beautifully. Another had the avocado roll since she was trying to be vegan. Great reviews from everyone! Mmmmmm you guys! Support local & go visit Joe & the fam! He's been perfecting his craft for 16 years, so, that should speak for itself. Great atmosphere, great service, fresh & delicious sushi!!! Get you some!!! read more

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