Umu Restaurant

Hidden in the city. In a corner deep in the alley, if you don't pay attention, you won't notice this high-end Japanese restaurant at all. There are no traditional Japanese food signs inside and outside the restaurant. At first glance, it looks more like a legendary high-end bar and nightclub without signs. I was already doubting the authenticity of this restaurant. Since I'm here, I'll make the best of it. I saved time studying the menu and ordered the Winter Kaiseki Menu, plus a serving of sea urchin sashimi. Good wine needs no bush! Very exquisite Kaiseki cuisine. The presentation is elegant, the ingredients are fresh, the taste is excellent, and it is quite innovative. The scallop tempura is wrapped in roasted seaweed in a hand roll. The waiter repeatedly told us to eat it in three bites, and the last bite should be accompanied by soup to taste the different tastes, full of ritual. The venison and wagyu sushi with matsutake, the meat is delicate, covered with matsutake, and the color and taste are excellent. The slate on which the sashimi is placed is accompanied by a poem card written by the chef himself (which can be taken home as a souvenir after the meal), which shows the good intentions of the store. The sea urchin sashimi that can be ordered is very delicious and absolutely first-class. As soon as this dish comes out, you know that you have come to the right place. It is definitely a high-quality new-style Japanese restaurant. If you want to eat high-end Japanese food in London, don't miss this restaurant.

This is a kaiseki restaurant in London with good reviews. The sushi there is good, and the chef saw that I like it, so he made the sushi a little bigger. There is also fresh sea fish sashimi, which is only slightly worse than the ones in Japan.

Umu serves modern kaiseki cuisine, which is the most cost-effective modern kaiseki I have eaten in many cities in recent years, and has become one of my favorite restaurants in London. The entrance is a bit hidden, and the decoration is very modern after entering. I ordered the kaiseki winter menu. The first dish is cornish cuttlefish with okinawa snow salt. The snow salt just highlights the freshness of the fish without overshadowing the main dish. Spider crab cake clear soup is crab cake with clear soup. The crab cake here is different from the crab cake I have eaten before. The meat is firmer and the clear soup is very fresh! The third dish is sashimi, which is placed on a paper written by the chef himself. The presentation is perfect, and the taste is also perfect. Sashimi, tuna, salmon, etc., which came later, these mainstream sashimi ingredients, because they are very fresh, can also taste amazing. The texture of the meat is very good. To be honest, there are fewer and fewer restaurants that can taste wow with sashimi nowadays. I think these slices of umu made me feel wow. The fourth dish was fried shrimp tempura. I just want to remind everyone that the shrimp head is just for decoration and cannot be eaten. Unlike the tempura I ate before, the shrimp head is a dish in itself. The shrimp head here cannot be eaten. The fifth dish is sushi. This dish is a bit ordinary. After all, it is still a new style, and it is very different from the traditional hand-held sushi. The sixth dish is monkfish hot pot. The presentation is very interesting. The ingredients are all placed in a paper box. The monkfish is very fresh and the winter vegetables are also very tasty. Since I don’t eat venison, the last dish was replaced with scallops and winter black truffles. I have to say that the truffle slices are very generous, each slice is thick and has a good taste. The whole bowl of rice is full of flavor, which makes me, who doesn’t like rice, finish it all. The last dessert is also fresh and refreshing, not greasy at all, which suits the taste of Asians. After eating the whole meal, I feel that I like every dish except sushi. The overall seafood is the main, the taste is light and tasty, and the presentation and decoration are very delicate. Looking at the price list, the price-performance ratio is very high. This is a very good kaiseki cuisine with a very high price-performance ratio. It is worth mentioning that the service is very good. Unlike some Japanese restaurants with a very tough attitude, it is very comfortable to eat here! When I return to London in the future, this is definitely a place I must visit.

I didn't have high hopes for Japanese food in the UK at first, but the taste of this restaurant surprised me even though I didn't see any Japanese chefs. The wagyu beef was topped with sauce and rolled with vegetables, and the presentation was beautiful. It didn't make me feel greasy and full after eating too much meat. With a bowl of steamed rice, it was a satisfying lunch. The sushi platter was not special. The sashimi tasted fresh, but the rice was not well kneaded and was loose. The foie gras sushi was very creative. I liked the potted tiramisu very much, and it tasted good. This is a Japanese restaurant worth recommending. The restaurant is located in a relatively hidden alley, which is easy to find. The space between the seats is not big, but the environment is not crowded and has a good dining atmosphere. The waiters and chefs are mostly Europeans and Americans, which is different from the impression of Japanese restaurants, but they all greet in Japanese, but it sounds a little weird, haha. And their service makes people feel professionally trained.

UmU did not disappoint me, especially the tiramisu, which was very special. The bottom was filled with Japanese ingredients such as plum sauce. Wagyu beef must be the favorite of carnivores. Remind everyone to make reservations in advance on weekends to avoid waiting.

As the only Michelin one-star kaiseki restaurant in London, UMU lives up to its reputation. Although the restaurant's location and environment are not as quiet as traditional kaiseki restaurants, the other world hidden behind the wooden door is a well-thought-out little ingenuity. "The saint is clothed in coarse clothes but holds a jade in his heart", the simple exterior contains full sincerity!