Sushi Umi — Restaurant in Ottawa

Had better expectations.. the california rolls i got only had avocado barely any crab at all… and no fish eggs. More like avocado roll sucked. Then i ordered a miso soup too. The girl forgot to give me it. And i asked her where was my miso soup that i ordered… ? she then looked at me funny.. and then had to check back on the receipts.. cause she didnt remember.. even tho literally just ordered. Then, i finally got the miso soup from her. WORST MISO i’ve ever had no tofu in it.. very bland. Tasted like salty water. And the soya sauce they gave me was super super salty bitter. Blah. PLEASSE CHOSE WISELY DONT COME HERE!! This place is defs not truw authentic bland asf sushi and food. And expensive for the quality and portions! Plus quite odd.. they were giving out all pther customers except for my table.. stuff on the house. Like what the heck. ?! Will not...

A friend and myself went in for dine in at 8pm for dinner. The place is small, well-kept but oddly smelled of old wet towels. We were served tea after we were seated. We ordered miso soup, spicy tuna maki, spicy salmon maki, dynamite roll. It's not the best sushi I've had but was comparatively good I should mention. What was unanticipated & unacceptable is that for the price they're asking, the pieces were extremely small. We paid around $44 and were still left hungry!

Being from Toronto, I've had better experiences at sushi places where they serve complimentary tea and miso soup as starters & complimentary ice-cream as dessert. The sushi rolls there are definitely standard size while I pay half the price that I paid here(at Sushi Umi) & return home feeling gastronomically satisfied!!

Unfortunately, my search for a good sushi place in Ottawa...

It's difficult for a small à-la-carte restaurant like this to compete with the likes of Hokkaido Sushi, however the quality of the food and the service were both excellent.

My partner has celiac disease, and cannot eat gluten so we really appreciate that the owner ordered his staff to clean their work surfaces when we advised him of her dietary requirements.

The cost of certain items such as nigiri seemed prohibitively expensive compared to our expectations so we did not order any. The miso soup was excellent and our food tasted very fresh.

We spent about 50 dollars before gratuities and we felt the amount of food was appropriate. A meal at G&V, which is AYCE is about 60 dollars before gratuities.

We enjoyed our experience at Umi and we will consider eating there again...