Uo-bei Sannomiya Kunoi-dori — Restaurant in Kobe

The price is inexpensive, but the selection of sushi is very average. Quality of sushi is ok.

I was very surprised and shocked to see that they put mayonnaise on sushi! I do not consider this to be a traditional Japanese condiment.

If you want want a simple, inexpensive sushi meal it is good, but if you are looking for a greater variety or something special then maybe another sushi restaurant is a better choice.

The ordering system, delivery and checkout are all automated. Everything is in Japanese, but you are able to pick another language (like English). Unfortunately some of the translations are not clear or not meaningful. In a number of cases we just had to try pushing a button to see what it meant. So we had to undo it and try another option. Maybe not a good place for first time foreigners to eat sushi!

NOTE: this is NOT a conveyor sushi restaurant. You do not select dishes from a conveyor belt system. You can not see actual dishes in advance. You must use the automated ordering system to order specific dishes (maximum 4 dishes at a time). The dishes are then delivered to your table via a conveyor belt.

Tables are VERY small. No space if you have several...

The portion per plate is excessively large both in terms of the length and thickness of the slice of fish as well as the amount of rice. There is no option for half size rice or to have one piece of the items that usually come as two pieces, as you can often find in other sushi chains. As a result, I couldn't try as many things as I would otherwise have done. 4 plates and I'm full. On the other occasion I ate here I ate 5 plates and felt so overwhelmingly full that I almost threw up. You better have a big appetite here otherwise go over to Sushiro for more manageable serving sizes. Side note: the uo-uo-bei-bei (whoa whoa baby) jingle being piped into the restaurant every few minutes is cute at first but grates after a while. But it's more peaceful than the shouting and manic...

Uobei is my favourite sushi chain for really cheap sushi. My usual place is the branch in Shibuya, Tokyo, but on a trip to visit a friend in Sannomiya, she took me here, and again this restaurant did not dissapoint me, even though inflation went up, still sushi from ¥120 onwards is still cheaper than many places outside Japan, and it is still delicious. You can even have a burger sushi (Cooked and on rice) with a side of fries if you can't eat raw food, and many other cooked food to choose from. Really...