Umami

Wow. Everything is so good! Staff is excellent, bathrooms are impeccable and the food is just amazing! 5 stars.

Bien servicio. Calidad de comida

Wow!! Amazing food and the service from Giorgio was the best I have had. He cut up fresh habaneros and made a special sauce. The tacos are on point. Come get you some.

Love the place. Great food, good atmosphere, bartenders are always full of energy. They have happy hour specials so you can try things at a good prices. Love the sushi!

Grorgio was an excellent server. I'd suggest waiting until their new Trussville location is opened as the restaurant was understaffed. Vegetarian options: Substitutions are allowed.

UPDATE 2/18/24: I've been to Umami at least 20 times since my first review, and have never had a meal I consider less than excellent. The sushi is creative and tasty, the ramen is very good and service is consistently fast and friendly. I've had lots of dishes and the food does not disappoint. The cocktails are very good too. One of our favorite restaurants, and I'm so happy they're open in Trussville too. Enthusiastically recommend! Very tasty sushi. Eclectic menu; we really liked everything we tasted. Service was very good too.

Working in Birmingham, AL for a few weeks and I did my usual Yelp due-diligence to find the best places to eat! Well, I found this place, took my wife and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves! So much that we came back again the next week! Here's why we spun the block. Atmosphere/Appearance: Set right on the corner of 29th Street and 7th Ave in a more, residential, modern-like district of Birmingham, is this gem. There's no private parking, but finding space on the street wasn't too bad. We came on a Wednesday for a special reason (more on that later) and the restaurant was decently busy. You love to see places thriving no matter what day or time it is. The exterior is a part of a very modern apartment building so it looks fairly inviting. There is a cute outdoor patio facing the sidewalk that contains plenty of comfortable seating. The interior is tastefully decorated and not overly done at all. It's modern, it's chic, spacious and just nice. Service: Service both times was excellent. The manager actually took care of me the 2nd time and she was so sweet. The staff were friendly and made sure I had everything that I needed. Food: So I tried a wide variety of things. Let's start with the wings that are actually served in an edible crispy rice bowl. Lol. The Teriyaki were nice and sticky, a good size. It was GREAT. It was crispy, decently salty, not over-the-top and the sesame seeds were a good addition. The Korean BBQ were beautiful. They're served with scallions and a sauce over top. They tasted delicious. I felt like there may be some schezwan pepper involved in the sauce, but it was bold, tasty and well-executed. The last wing flavor was Mango Habanero. It was thick and as juicy as the other wings, not terribly spicy as I would expect from a flavor that involved Habanero. It was a creamy sauce, a bit sweet and incredibly complex. Really hard to describe. Next up was the Basil Duck taco! In it is duck confit wrapped in bibb lettuce then topped with an Asian slaw, basil, red onion and jalapeno. It was DELICOUS. The fresh jalapeno definitely adds spice and wakes up the WHOLE taco. Lol. It even felt better eating it since it was served in lettuce and not a carb-y tortilla! Lastly I had to try some sushi and I landed on the W.T.F. Roll. Lol, in it is tuna, crab salad, green onion, cucumber then topped wit tuna, masago and sweet spicy sour sauce. The whole thing really just melts in your mouth and was FANTASTIC. I loved it SO MUCH! Value: Wednesdays are 1/2 off bottles of wine and 4 wings for $6.00! So make sure you pull up on hump day indeed! Lol. My roll was $25.00 and totally worth it. So this isn't a cheap-eats place, but a good date night spot. Bring the wallet, but you may not need the credit cards. Lol. In conclusion, I don't really even need to say much more. Lol. I like it here and will continue to return! Make sure you do the same!

Amazing food! Definitely somewhere I love to go with friends for a weekend dinner out on the town!