Umi Hotpot Sushi & Seafood Buffet

Always fresh sushi. Wide variety of non buffet traditional food. Their traditional buffet food is far superior to any buffet I've been to Service is excellent, music is a bit too loud So much to choose from. Nothing like it anywhere else. Price is reasonable for what you get. Beverages included with meal

The food was ok - the sushi is just ok, nothing special. The hot food section has more to offer. The steamed fish is good. Its interesting they offer the hotpot, but after surveying the ingredient we decided the just stick to the buffet.The place is spacious and can holst a lot of people. However the AC is not strong enough and it feels really stuffy inside.

This review is more like 3.5 stars. 4 stars for the food, and 3 stars for the service. This place has such huge selections of buffet. I think the sushi/sashimi can improve a lot more with their variations, but on weekends you can get all sorts of seafood, Chinese food, meat entrees, and others. We were impressed with the extent of food offered here. I didn't get to take lots of photos since I was busy gorging myself, but I particularly liked the Chinese style medicinal mini soup pot (very soothing), and peach gum and bird's nest soup (more like cold dessert). There were lot of customers, and the employee came often to clear empty plates. I do have to say the front desk employees were not friendly nor welcoming. At one point the front desk person and few employees stood right near our table and just yapped away.

I wanted to visit a spot where we could get all you can eat oysters and I wanted quality oysters. I'm skeptical of buffets, but I was surprised by this restaurant. We found it right here on Yelp.We did not wait to be seated, we walked in, and were seated rather quickly. The service was definitely friendly and fast. The sushi selections were awesome. Fresh sushi is prepared as you watch. Cooked sushi and raw sushi are available. Oysters and clams were smaller than expected, but they were fresh. Crab legs also fresh and abundant. The variety of food here is absolutely insane, there's so much to choose, and desserts are also available. If you do not do seafood there's also a wide selection of food for you to choose. I had the Bubble Tea, which was soooooooooo delicious.The restaurant was festive with families celebrating birthdays. I saw many families sitting together, laughing. It's not quiet, but it's not disturbing. The staff was also welcoming. We loved it. I want to come back with my BFF, she enjoys seafood too.Five stars.Great buffet experience.

I would recommend this place for dinner and dinner only, not their lunch. First time trying their lunch, I am quite disappointed. Definitely save that money for their dinner time instead. I find out not much food I like during lunch. Dinner of course has better food selections like the vermicelli abalone, the scallop sashimi, the "fut tiu cheung" (佛跳牆). Even watermelon and some other dessert are only dinner time too.

Amazing place! Went with my friend for her birthday, and the wait was a bit, but it made sense since it was packed and they even had a wedding party there. Wasn't too bad of a wait, and was sooo worth it!The food was so good, I kept getting crab legs (if you want the hot ones, they're in the item called 'seafood boil' which has crab, shrimp and crawfish and corn) and they hd oxtail that day, which I like better at Jamaican places, but it was okay. The braised pork belly was so good, and the crab and cheese in clamshell was soo yummy! The coconut shrimp was really good too!Definitely your moneys worth for the variety! I gotta go back to have their sushi, and hot pot and ramen next time!The sever we had for our section kept staring at me, but me and my friend laughed that it was cause I kept getting two plates at a time. She was really on top of collecting empty plates and doing drink refills. So we didn't mind.

Really extensive buffet line up featuring decent sushi, hot pot, ramen, and other dishes. Lots of standard buffet trays and also some more uncommon things. Focus on Asian cuisine and there are also desserts and tea. The sushi is the main appeal here and the quality was decent. The rolls are presented nicely and so many variations to choose from. Sashimi was also nicely presented as well. The hot foods beyond that have lots of fried heavier foods, but some lighter dishes are available. Gets pretty busy on the weekend as the value is decent. Overall pretty good. Thanks

WOW! JUST WOW!A lot of food, makes sense since it's a buffet. Most of the food is fried tho. There is some sushi available but it's limited and not as fancy as the other Japanese restaurants. Hot pot is also an offering here which is good b/c this covers a lot of Asian foods.If you go during peak hours, you may be waiting for a certain amount of time. You can go in and reserve on a machine. We went in and did just that and waited bout like 20 mins til we were seated. We were seated in the back room where there were many other tables & people. Luckily, we were by a wall. It is a BYO place.Music is pretty loud here & it's also loud since there are lots of other people in there. NOTE: When there is a birthday in the house, they REALLY crank up the birthday greetings & come around with a big sign too. Cute for maybe smaller kids. Had to hear this about like 7x while we were eating.The buffet has many of the typical items you see @ a buffet with the soups, fish, dumplings, noodles, etc. The buffet is delicious. Everything I took was pretty much delicious. But since most of it's fried, I know I tend to get full easily. The hot pot was decent but I'm not a hot pot person so I will avoid this dish next time. Sushi was good, not great tho but I get it, they have lots of other offerings.They do have milk tea drinks, not bubble, b/c they have red beans in the drinks, so please don't think that it's boboa. I tried 3 different flavors & liked the strawberry 1 the best. Tasted like Nestle Quick.There is a time limit there that is posted, I think it's either 1 1/2 or 2 hour limit. We actually stayed a lil beyond that but we weren't asked to leave either.Service was quick and efficient. It's about $40 per person W/O tip but it's worth the splurge every so often.

I'll start by saying buffets are not our favorite kind of restaurant but i thought this would be an interesting experience. I took my husband to this buffet for Fathers Day. We were very impressed with the selection of items offered. Yes, they had sushi and seafood which is a part of the expectation (name says it all) but they had a lot of other food to try as well like your traditional American fare as well as Chinese meal options. My son who was free because he is 1 years old really enjoyed the fruit, corn on the cob,french fries, shrimp and General Tso Chicken. My husband liked the sushi options. He thought the rolls were really fresh, which is impressive for a buffet. I thought several items were pretty good but I was so excited that they had bubble tea!The ambiance was very nice but it still had that 'in and out', quickly cleaned buffet look and feel. The staff worked to keep things neat and orderly during an extremely busy afternoon. They turned tables over tables really quickly. It is pricey compared to other buffets ($43 pp over 12 years old) but the food was good for price. I think they get away with it because certain days they have shrimp, crab, lobster and salmon dishes. Most of the people seemed to be there for the crab legs--there was a bit of a line that formed when it was low.Overall, I'd visit this buffet again, perhaps for lunch on Saturday.

Have visited twice so far. This buffet is amazing. Sushi, ramen, AND hot pot are all foods you would normally need to go to speciality restaurants to enjoy. Having them all in one roof is pretty cool. The sushi is pretty good! It is a cut above the typical buffet sushi and has a pretty good selection. The ramen station currently has four choices of ramen. I've had the tonkotsu and kanji mystery ramens, both are very authentic and can be meals on their own. There are also your typical Chinese buffet staples to fall back on if for some reason you want to. I did try some of them and they are good. But I wouldn't recommend wasting precious stomach space on that stuff (even though they are good!). I do however recommend the hibachi station near the ramen area. The hibachi salmon and the braised pork belly are two very amazing dishes I've gotten from there. There are also milk teas that are complimentary! There seems to be three different flavors everyday, it was different both times I visited. It's not as sweet as it normally is and there's no boba in the drinks. I go back and forth on these points. While I would love boba or other jelly toppings, it's probably for the best that patrons don't fill up on that anyway. Plus I think some people would appreciate a less sweet drink. So I'm neutral about those points.For a place that knocked it out of the park, one area that could use improvement is the desserts. Nothing really stands out and most of it seems like generic store bought pastries. Maybe a chocolate fondue fountain or a soft serve ice cream machine could be a good addition?A minor thing I noticed when I visited is that many of the items were mislabeled. It's not a big deal but noticeable. One more thing I need to bring up is price. This place is not cheap. It's about $30 per person for dinner service. Add another $10 if you come on the weekend. I think it mostly worth it, but you cannot be a light eater. If you're on the fence about coming, I would recommend coming during lunchtime. It was only about $20 to do so during that time and I think any sane person would agree it's 100% worth that rate. Definitely come on an empty stomach. There are so many things you will want to try but you will be held back by your stomach capacity. It's why I have yet to try the hotpot, but I will definitely return and report back! I highly recommend trying this place.