Great sushi and great service. Also byob which is always great We are working our way through the menu of rolls. We will be back for more. Try it if you haven't read more

5 years later and this place is still the BEST! My husband and I moved to a different town, but we still drive back just to have the best sushi, noodles, and everything else. Service is friendly, fast, and it's an overall amazing dinner out! read more

I ordered takeout from here again on a Friday night and once again wasn't disappointed. The sushi is extremely fresh and made beautifully. It's all very reasonable in price, especially considering how high quality it is. They are still only doing takeout but it is well worth it. read more

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This is my favorite Japanese restaurant ever. The staff is super friendly, the restaurant is very clean and the food is fresh and delicious! We were so worried that, being a small business, that they'd close because of the pandemic, but are so very happy that they're back open! Best sushi in the area hands-down! read more

Hands down the best tasting sushi around and we've eaten A LOT of sushi. Fish is super fresh, friendly and attentive staff and their specials are always a pleasant surprise. Between the noodle bowls and kitchen entres, there is something for everyone even if sushi is not their fave. Some of our favorites are - Beef Nagimaki (fully cooked), Eel roll with the most luscious plump eel I've ever tasted, Scallop sushi is delicate and quite elegant in it's simplicity with a simple lemon piece. If it's your initial visit, sit at the sushi bar and you're likely to get a tasty morsel to activate your palate. Take out is as delicious as dine in without skimping on portions or taste. read more

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Amazing place! The sushi is so so good and fresh. They are definitely on their game. The service was great. They have all kinds of different types of rolls. I haven't been excited about sushi in a while cause sometimes it seems everyone serves the same thing. Not this place. The variety is evident and the different unique rolls are amazing. I highly recommend this place. It might even take the place as my favorite sushi spot! Now I just wish they had all you can eat! read more

Love the food, the fish is always fresh. Always super nice and friendly, I've been going for years and the staff hasn't changed super nice and efficient. 10/10 read more

Great food! Very happy each and every time we visit (mostly takeout). Several varieties of options and all are delicious so far!

This was our first visit and were are Very impressed! Our server was extremely friendly and allowed us to pick our booth. The first thing we noted was the clean and welcoming decor; very tasteful! Owen our server was extremely attentive!!! We had the union, spicy crab , Boston and Transformer roll .......amazing and beautifully presented. The steamed shumai and goyza will not disappoint you!!!!! If you live the the Vernon/Manchester are...this should be your go to place!!!!!! A wonderful sushi experience... the best since we have been here in Connecticut!!! read more

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Will never go to this restaurant again. Over priced, didn't get what I ordered and management could care less.

One of our favorite places to eat! Love the environment and ambiance! Great family owned restaurant! Super fresh fish and quick service! Owners are so personable and sweet!! Also had an avocado salad, steamed shrimp shumai and miso soup! Along with the two delicious rolls! Highly recommended! read more

The building does not look impressive. First time to try this place and glad we tried it. Tee ordered a sushi and sashimi combo for 2. The sashimi tasted fresh! We really enjoyed it and are happy to discover a new sushi go to place' read more

Umami - Sushi and Sashimi Combo - Sushi Bars Near Me - Vernon, Connecticut

Really good quality sushi. It has a nice clean interior with a great variety of sushi. Service is friendly and prompt. We opted for the Tuna Avocado Roll, Vernon Roll, Fancy Shrimp Roll. All of them were stellar. The last roll we had, the Flaming Mountains Roll, came with a cool neon lighted garnish. They were deep fried with Sriracha on top which built up into a lovely warm feeling. The flavors worked really well together. read more

Umami - Tuna Avocado Hand Roll, 20. Vernon Roll, & Fancy Shrimp Tempura Hand Roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Vernon, Connecticut

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I've been to several sushi restaurants over the year across Connecticut and Massachusetts's and to my surprise my favorite one popped up walking distance from my home - Umami. Umami was the most pleasant surprise. The food is outrageously delicious and you can tell it is super fresh. My favorite roll, ever, is the Pink Lady roll... it is so good. The restaurant is spotless, probably one of the clear eat restaurants I've ever eaten in. The folks that work at Umami are hands down, the nicest people. If you go there more than once, they'll remember you. They are so kind and so welcoming. The service for dining in is equally as good as take out. Every time I go to pick up my food and take it home, they give me a cold glass of water and bring me to sit while I wait. Five star service Five star food Five star everything. Do NOT drive past this place without giving it a shot. read more

This is the true definition of hole one the wall. There is no direct highway to it. It's backroads for a couple of miles. True to form though, this hole in the wall. Absolutely amazing food. Quick service patient, solid choices of food. Great service. Low prices and superb quality food. If you get a chance, stop by, you will not be disappointed. They do close at 10pm and that is there only downfall, but this is small town USA (not big city/midnight,1 am...) so 10pm is normal. Again the quality of food is worth it. read more

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Fresh quality sushi and appetizers; great service and cozy atmosphere ... reasonable prices and super tasty portions. Kids friendly ;)) their orange juice for kids is absolutely enormous and freshly squeezed. If you are looking for a cozy evening with your significant other or friends this is the ultimate place to dine and celebrate read more

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Excellent product, presentation and service! I highly recommend Umami!! Clearly the sushi chef is highly skilled and creative! Pricing is excellent as well! read more

Food was absolutely amazing. This is a must try sushi restaurant. All the sushi was presented with a unique pattern on the plate. read more

Umami - Superman roll, transformer roll, dancing eel roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Vernon, Connecticut

Went after 7 on a Friday. Not very busy. Waitress was so sweet. We tried the rock shrimp (which were basically shrimp tempura drizzled with spicy mayo). It was good. My husband had the maki platter (Which were three rolls: spicy tuna, spicy salmon, and I think spicy yellowtail) and I had chicken tempura "sushi". Both very good. Wait staff was attentive. Food came fast and on the sushi plates they drew little characters with eel sauce which I thought was really cool. Clean and inviting. Decent selection of alcohol too. Attention to detail with their plating. We will be back. read more

Umami - Chicken tempura "sushi" - Sushi Bars Near Me - Vernon, Connecticut

Rolls are always amazing and presentation is beautiful. I would highly recommend for lunch or dinner.

This is the best restaurant around. The food is incredible. I recommend the pink lady roll. The service is good. The food comes quickly. No complaints. Hands down my favorite restaurant. read more

This place is absolutely phenomenal, 100 percent the best sushi place in town. The prices are more than reasonable and I have never been disappointed by any sushi roll or any meal here and on top of all that there wait staff is super friendly and more than accommodating. read more

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I rarely post but this place by far deserves everyone of their five star review. I am not sure they are capable of making a bad meal. Also, everything tasted amazingly fresh. Staff was super nice and presentation was the best I have ever seen in real life. read more

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Everything was soooo delicious and everyone was very nice. What a gem! We'll definitely come again if we're in the area

Great food, wonderful lunch values . The ice cream for dessert was a perfect compliment to the delicious meal! Cucumber rolls are amazing as well as the California roll!! read more

Such an amazingly fresh and tasty food. It leaves you feeling so lite after eating but so satisfying at the same time. We absolutely love it. read more

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Yummy! I'm never disappointed!!!! So delicious and great service. I really love this place. Came here the other day and had the lunch special it was awesome. Tonight was dinner and the fancy rolls. Wowwwwwww!!!!!!!! also it's very clean which is good when you are eating sushi!! Go here you will love it! read more

This was one of the better Japanese restaurants I have been to in years. It was clean. The server was attentive and very nice. The food was great! The presentation was beautiful. They had a good selection of different sushi, sashimi and Japanese desserts. The only drawback was the location. There is a Chinese restaurant right next door that also serves Japanese style food and the neighborhood was a little rough. If this place was in downtown Hartford or West Hartford, you would need reservations every night of the week. The owners are very sweet people and really aim to please their customers. The only reason I gave it four stars was the location. I highly recommend Umami. read more

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Great little sushi place, good creative selection and attentive service. Try the Passion Roll and 2017 Rolls--they were delicious! read more

Umami - Umami sign - Sushi Bars Near Me - Vernon, Connecticut

2/26/18 tried for first time on a recommendation of a colleague at work. Factually speaking- Very Good. Well designed Japanese restaurant. Clean, calm, simple. Quiet. Prices are very reasonable. Service was very attentive unlike many others I've been too. So, the decor and service are a hit! Now for the food. It was awesome! Very enjoyable, tasty, fresh, well apportioned. I sat at the bar. The sushi chef started with an amuse bouche. I could tell from that simple bite he was skilled at his profession. He took his time methodically slicing fish. I enjoyed watching. I noticed as I ate he silently watched me out of the corner of his eye. Not to bother me but to see if I was enjoying it. He asked twice during my meal if everything was okay? I said it was excellent. The portion sizes were appropriate and presented with pride. The sushi was fresh. Every piece of fish tasted distinctly different so I knew storage was done well too. After sushi I had the beef yaki udon. I think their noodles are made fresh. Not sure but the sizes were not perfect and they were so soft and melted in my mouth I presumed they made them. The sauces didnt cover anything up but accompanied the dish. This place is a must try. Was perfect on a Monday evening. I will return. read more

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one of the best japanese restaurants i have ever been to. such fresh and tasty food. the staff is always so pleasant and has great service. great job always guys!! read more

The restaurant pretty far from my place. Yesterday as I'm craving for Japanese food and search recomendation from Yelp, I saw Umami has 5 stars rating and good review. So we decide to try it out. We tried 4 dish, edamame, Rock shrimp, sweetheart roll and cheese cake tempura. The edamame have generous portion. The food came with pretty presentation also. And the roll has tuna on it, it was fresh too. Most of all everything is tasty. Cheese cake tempura also amazing. It sound weird at first but it works. There is one thing for me only that I think it will be better if the batter for the fried shrimp is crunchier not too soft. The other good thing was the server was very friendly and attentive. So the long drive for us is really worthed. If you look for good Japanese food try Umami :) read more

My first time. Ordered lunch special Sashimi. The fishes are fresh but sizes are small. Each piece is thin and less than half of the "normal" Sashimi size, any Sushi places I have been to. Won't recommend this dish. read more

We had an amazing experience here. I had the chicken teriyaki with salad ( loved the ginger dressing) and my man had the thin noodles with chicken. Everything was spiced great and tasted fantastic! We never get dessert but....they had tempura cheesecake!! Wow!! Def keep rpom for dessert. The restaurant is dimly lit, nice atmosphere. Friendly attentive staff and the chef came to the table to see how we liked everything . We will definitely be back and are so happy to have this gem so close to home!! We can't wait to try the sushi, it looked very good! read more

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This is our favorite place for sushi and delicious rolls. Great staff, convenient parking. We were here for dinner tonight. We had sushi appetizer, seaweed salad, sea urchin sushi, sake and 3 special rolls (Big Boston, Spiderman, and Umami). Usually we get one of the yummy desserts but we were too full tonight! Don't be fooled by the location, the food and atmosphere are perfect! read more

Umami - Sushi appetizer - look at the presentation! - Sushi Bars Near Me - Vernon, Connecticut

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Nice Japanese cousin place in the area for ordering sushi and love their salmon dishes very much!

Really great sushi place. Had everything I like. Mackerel. Salmon skin. You know how you can tell when fish is really fresh? Firm, no slim,tasteful. That's what this was. Really fresh. Wide variety of rolls and lots of sushi and sashimi options. Presentation was artful. Like sushi should be served. Not fancy and reasonably priced. This one is keeper. read more

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Delicious food, wonderful service, great people. What more could you want in a restaurant. We've only had take-out from them and I'm impressed with that! As I waited for my take-out order, they brought me a glass of ice water while I waited. (I was early, my order was ready on time.) Give them a try, you will not be disappointed. read more

We stopped here somewhat at random on a road trip and were very pleasantly surprised. We had mostly vegetarian appetizers and rolls, along with shrimp shumai and udon soup with chicken. Everything was very fresh and well prepared. Service was polite and efficient. My only regret is that we are unlikely to be passing by again anytime soon. read more

Not bad, slightly above average.. average sushi being not worth eating.. Not too much rice, the peices were not too big for your mouth & stayed together well, but not tight and hard. Some flair, but not theatrically overdone, ( i personally would rather have flavor than flair) flavors were good, but not super bright. One thing to note is we as a group had several different rolls; 9 in total, but 5 out of the 9 were blended like they do when they mix the panko w/ the spicy tuna. (also noteworthy that 2 of the 5 were a spicy tuna combo) It was a mealy texture, not so hot, but the others were ok. I tried the rainbow roll, the dragon and the Hawaii five 0. The dragon roll was the winner, the Hawaii having spicy tuna mix inside w/ salmon, whitefish & yellowtail outside. My companions ordered union street, pink lady & spicy tuna. Also, the spicy maki combo, which consisted of a spicy salmon roll, spicy salmon & spicy yellowtail. All 3 were mixed and mealy. The flavor was reported as decent, but the texture was not great. Seperate fish is preferrable of course. We tried the wines as well the pino grigio & a white wine with the word monkey in the name. Monkey was the winner. The grigio had an acidic finish where the monkey was slightly sweeter and refreshing. Hope this helps. Try Koma in west hartford or Higashi in south windsor. Koma has been phenominal every time we have gone, and higashi is not as flashy, but consistently good.. like good good. I have yet to try feng.. that is next stop. ;) read more