House of Umami

This place is my favorite Ramen spot in Canton. I am a huge Ramen fan and I moved into a new area and I was looking for a Ramen spot that I could frequent. Upon looking for restaurants in yelp, I came across House of Umami. So I drove to the restaurant and placed an order. While waiting on my order, I sat at the bar. Me being a person that loves scotch, they had a variety and they had my favorite, which was is McCallan 12, 18 & 25! The bartender was so nice and sweet and her and I had an opportunity to chop it up for quite some time. The restaurant is clean. It has a nice authentic ambience and I cannot wait to come back.

I made a mental note to visit House of Umami on my next trip to Michigan as I noticed its presence during my last visit. The standalone structure on Ford Rd has seen many businesses pass through its doors after the original tenant of Elias Brothers' Big Boy closed decades ago. The exterior facade was neatly decorated with hanging red lanterns that are common in Asian cultures because they symbolize prosperity. The inside was refurbished from the last enterprise (coney hot dogs) to a modern izakaya setting.We arrived for dinner and sat at one of the booths. The menu was a potpourri of Japanese offerings. Ramen, donburi bowls, small plates, sushi rolls, nigiri/sashimi, and desserts were the categories. My friends started with the Bao Buns containing chicken while I settled for the Bang Bang Chicken from the small plates. Each of us then ordered a ramen bowl. Mine was the Miso Ramen that had chashu, molten egg (soft boiled), bean sprouts, sweet corn, seasoned bamboo shoots, nori (seaweed), and sesame seeds as components to supplement the noodles.For the Bang Bang, the chicken pieces were coated with a breading and then fried and served with a spicy sweet sauce topped with green onions. They tasted like breaded nuggets. I wish a light starch batter would have been applied to the meat and then fried like karaage. The noodles in my ramen bowl were cooked just fine. The broth was a little off-point for my palate. The liquid was more on the heavy side while a lot of corn kernels were added. One large piece of tender chashu pork was placed in the center.The prices were reasonable for the amount of food we received. taste and quality could have used some improvement. For our dinner experience at House of Umami, I gave a rating between three and four stars.

We went here on Sunday night with a group of 8 of us an hour before closing. The servers and host were very nice to us despite this. We ordered quite a few appetizers to start. I got the Crispy Rangoons and the Chicken Bao Bun. Both were fairly good. Nothing crazy. My sister and her husband got the pork Bao buns, the spicy edamame (not pictured) and the bang bang chicken. The chicken was very good and tender. For the mains, I got the mango tango roll and I absolutely loved it. Very good mango to fish to spice ratio. I will say, I'm not the biggest fan of yellowtail so I got shrimp instead. Didn't make the biggest difference so I wouldn't do that again.(I want to say that everything pictured I tried despite it not being my main meal) I tried the chicken shio ramen from my sister and it was a very plain ramen. The broth tasted like cup-o-noodles in my personal opinion. The tonkotsu ramen was the best ramen of the night. The curry chicken dish was my least favorite of the night but mostly because I don't like curry. Overall, the service was amazing and the food was pretty good. I rate it 3.9/5.

Right down the street from IKEA is this spot . I don't get to Canton often and this looked good to a friend and of course me who said yes. We had ramen and soup noodles. Waitress was friendly, the soup noodles took a few, middle of day- ramen came quicker. Soup noodles were special app, they were hot and steamy. I liked the sauce they brought for them. We ordered tonkatsu ramen next and it was a lot of delicious noodles, pork, and egg. Unfortunately lacking broth to cover as well as it being other than like warm in temperature. I did eat a significant amount of it still- it was good. Perhaps lots of sodium resulted in my gurgly and friends gurgly stomach later- and still good . Unfortunately also in this expedition my card disappeared and the restaurant said did not have. Odd outing. Great concept.

The food was terrible!!! It got us sick, we all ordered ramen and it literally tasted indescribable. The chicken we got was not cooked all the way through as well, and we all got very sick. Even the fountain drinks tasted fishy. I will say though, the service and atmosphere was great ! But the food is a no for me ;(

Very good food here. Everything I have tried was yummy and came out hot and fresh and both times the two servers were very Intentive and suggested items off the menu they liked and they were friendly. The alcohol drinks we're good also you could actually taste alcohol in them lol instead of just pop or everything else. Ramen was very good but I like to add alot of veggies and that can get pricey since it cost extra to add to your bowl,but that's normal at any place.

Very tasty sushi and ramenSushi nowhere near a coastline? Sure, why not!Came in and the staff were very friendly and professional. The ambiance was very much a swanky sushi place.We got some ramen, a sushi roll, and a couple of appetizers. Service was relatively quick and the meal was paced well.Best bite was the ramen. Fresh noodles with a umami bite was a highlight. The egg was perfectly poached and the black garlic was mellow and sweet.The sushi roll was prepped well, properly seasoned rice, fried to crispy. But the cream cheese overpowered the other elements.The angry edamame were not spicy at all. I had to get them "furious" by dunking them into shiracha. But they were cooked.The avocado bomb was good. The hot fried avocado and the ice cold crab played nicely on the pallet.The pork belly bao was a stellar bite though. Rich, meaty, little sweet and spicy, on a soft but spongy bao bun. A very nice little bite.Pricing was a little high, but the quality matched the price.It's good but kind of basic sushi. The non-sushi items were very good, and it's not the cheapest place around but they place care into their craft. Great as that special occasion place to go, but not a day-to-day location

First two pictures are from February 2025 and the last three are from March 2024. The drinks here are so good. Crepe cake is great as well.

I would rate my House if Umami experience a 5 star! the service was actually the best I've had. My waitress, Kam, did a great job of being fun and hospitable. She made us feel at home and had a way of making us want to come back! The food was very well done as well. thank you for the good food!

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