Umai
730 S Clark St, Chicago
(312) 986-8888
Customers' Favorites
Spicy Roasted Garlic Pork Ramen
Tempura Udon and Nabeyaki Udon
White Truffle Tails Roll
Green Tea Creme Brulee
Yellowtail Sashimi
Unagi Avo Crunchy
Winter Ramen
Chicago Roll
Spider Roll
Katsu Kare
Most Popular
Mexicana Maki
Tuna, salmon, wasabi tobiko, spicy mayonnaise, avocado, cilantro, and jalapeno topped with chili oil and limes juice.
Sloopin Maki
Shrimp tempura, cucumber, avocado, cream cheese, spicy mayonnaise, and masago wrapped with crunchy topped with eel sauce and wasabi mayonnaise.
Spicy Roasted Garlic Pork Ramen
Spicy miso, ground pork, wakame seaweed, fish cakes, half a boiled egg, Japanese leeks, braised pork belly, and garlic chips. Served raw or undercooked or contain (or may contain) raw or undercooked ingredients.
Umai Salad
Mixed greens, green bean, Romaine, carrot, tomato, Hawaiian sweet potato, tofu strip, and dried nori. Served with deep roasted sesame dressing.
Chicago Maki
Tuna, salmon, white fish, cucumber, avocado, and spicy mayonnaise wrapped with black tobiko and crunchy topped with honey miso sauce.
Chef's Specialties
Katsu Don
Popular Japanese food. A bowl of rice topped with a pork cutlet, egg, and condiments. Served with a salad and miso soup.
Katsu Kare
Pork cutlets or shrimp tempura, smooth fragrant curry steamed rice.
Teriyaki Chicken
Chicken sauteed with teriyaki sauce. Served with salad, miso soup, and rice.
Gyu Don
Sliced ribeye sauteed with sweet shoga shoyu sauce. Served over rice with a small udon soup and salad.
Salmon Teriyaki
Broiled salmon with teriyaki. Served with a small salad, miso soup, and rice.
Sukiyaki
Thinly sliced beef loin, watercress, soft bamboo, shirataki noodle, mushroom, grilled tofu, and savory sukiyaki sauce.
Teriyaki Beef
Beef sauteed with teriyaki served with salad, miso soup, and rice.
Tempura Dinner
Three pieces shrimp and veggie. Served with salad, miso soup, rice, and fresh fruits.
Oyako Don
Chicken tender (not breaded) add egg simmered in sweet savory dashi sauce, dried nori served w/salad and miso soup
Salmon Shioyaki
Broiled salmon with sea salt. Served with a small salad, miso soup, and rice.
Chashu Don
Braised pork belly served over rice with small salad, miso soup, and Japanese pickles.
Japanese Steak
12 oz. Ribeye steak served in Japanese style served with salad, miso soup, and rice.
Udon and Ramen
Ton Katsu Ramen
Wakame seaweed, corn, fish cake, half boiled egg, Japanese leeks, menma bamboo, and chashu braised pork belly. Served raw or under cooked or contain (or may contain) raw or under cooked ingredients.
Miso Ramen
Pork belly, bamboo, half broiled egg, cabbage, bean sprouts, and scallion in a miso paste broth. Served raw or under cooked or contain (or may contain) raw or under cooked ingredients.
Tsukemen (Dipping Noodles)
Dipping noodles. Enjoy the umami ginger broth with thick al dente noodles, chashu, wakame, and half boiled. Served raw or under cooked or contain (or may contain) raw or under cooked ingredients.
Spicy Roasted Garlic Pork Ramen
Spicy miso, ground pork, wakame seaweed, fish cakes, half a boiled egg, Japanese leeks, braised pork belly, and garlic chips. Served raw or under cooked or contain (or may contain) raw or under cooked ingredients.
Nabeyaki Udon
Shrimp tempura, chicken, poached egg, spinach, fish cake, shiitake mushroom, and udon noodle in dashi broth. Served raw or under cooked or contain (or may contain) raw or under cooked ingredients.
Udon Kare With Beef
Smooth fragrant Japanese curry, udon noodles. Served raw or under cooked or contain (or may contain) raw or under cooked ingredients.
Zaru Soba
Chilled buckwheat noodles. Served with tsuyu sauce, ginger, radish, wasabi, and quail eggs. Served raw or under cooked or contain (or may contain) raw or under cooked ingredients.
Tempura Udon
Two shrimps, veggie tempura, fish cake, scallion, and udon noodles in a dashi broth. Served raw or under cooked or contain (or may contain) raw or under cooked ingredients.
Winter Ramen With Sliced Ribeye
Homemade spicy miso ground pork, sliced ribeye, wakame seaweed, fish cake, poach egg, japanese leeks in spicy dashi broth. Served raw or under cooked or contain (or may contain) raw or under cooked ingredients.
Japanese BBQ
Japanese BBQ Beef Tongue
Served with lemon sea salt.
Japanese BBQ Pork Shoulder
Served with roasted garlic mayonnaise.
Japanese BBQ Beef Hanger Tender
Marinated.
Grilled Assorted Vegetable
With sankyo sauce
Japanese BBQ Cauliflower
Served with honey miso sauce
Grilled Tofu
Grilled Tofu with spicy miso sauce
Japanese BBQ Shishito Pepper
Served with bonito flakes.
Maki and Hand Rolls
Spicy Tuna Roll
Salmon Avocado Roll
Fresh salmon and avocado. Contains sesame seeds.
Shrimp Tempura Roll
Shrimp tempura, cucumber, mayonnaise, avocado, masago, and eel sauce. Contains sesame seeds.
Spicy Salmon Roll
Salmon, masago, and spicy mayonnaise. Contains sesame seeds.
Dragon
Shrimp tempura, cucumber, eel, and avocado. Contains sesame seeds.
California Roll
Crabstick, cucumber, avocado, and masago. Contains sesame seeds.
Philidelphia
Smoked salmon, cream cheese, and avocado. Contains sesame seeds.
Spider
Soft shell crab, cucumber, radish sprout, mayonnaise, masago, and eel sauce. Contains sesame seeds.
Rainbow
California roll, avocado, assorted fish, and honey miso. Contains sesame seeds.
Negi Hamachi
Yellowtail and scallion. Contains sesame seeds.
Dynamite
Sweet potato tempura roll topped with spicy Kani kama salad, crabstick mixed with cilantro, jalapeno, spicy mayonnaise, chili oil, chili powder, lime juice, and eel sauce. It contains sesame seeds.
Tuna Avocado Roll
Tuna and avocado. Contains sesame seeds.
White Tuna Jalapeno
Super white tuna and jalapeno. Contains sesame seeds.
Spicy Hamachi Roll
Yellowtail, Masago, Spicy mayo
Spicy Scallop
Sea sallop, masago, and spicy mayonnaise.
Fresh Philly
Salmon, cream cheese, and avocado. Contains sesame seeds.
Unagi Avo Roll
Unagi and avocado. Contains sesame seeds.
Salmon Maki Roll
Served raw or under cooked or contain (or may contain) raw or under cooked ingredients.
Salmon Skin Roll
Crispy salmon skin, radish sprout, masago, and eel sauce. Contains sesame seeds.
Caterpillar
Eel, shrimp tempura, cream cheese, and cucumber topped with avocado and eel sauce. Contains sesame seeds.
Unagi Avo Crunchy
Eel, avocado, and crunch. Contains sesame seeds.
Unagi Kyu Roll
Eel, cucumber, and eel sauce. Contains sesame seeds.
Hamachi Avocado Roll
Yellowtail and avocado. Contains sesame seeds.
Hamachi Roll
Yellowtail
Spicy Maki Shrimp Roll
Masago and spicy mayonnaise. Served raw or under cooked or contain (or may contain) raw or under cooked ingredients.
Spicy Unagi Roll
Eel, masago, and spicy mayonnaise. Contains sesame seeds.
Tekka Roll
Tuna.
Spicy Tako Roll
Octopus, masago, and spicy mayonnaise. Contains sesame seeds.
Salmon Cucumber Maki (Kyu) Roll
Served raw or under cooked or contain (or may contain) raw or under cooked ingredients.
Hamachi Kyu Roll
Yellowtail and cucumber. Contains sesame seeds.
Spicy Ebi Roll
Cooked shrimp, masago, and spicy mayonnaise. Contains sesame seeds.
Tuna Maki Roll
Served raw or under cooked or contain (or may contain) raw or under cooked ingredients.
White Tuna Maki Roll
Served raw or under cooked or contain (or may contain) raw or under cooked ingredients.
Unagi Roll
Eel
Tuna and Asparagus
Tuna and asparagus. Contains sesame seeds.
White Tuna Avocado
Super white tuna and avocado. Contains sesame seeds.
Futo Maki
Sweet omelette, crab stick, spinach, and kampyo. Contains sesame seeds.
White Tuna Kyu Roll
White Tuna and cucumber. Contains sesame seeds.
Escolar Roll
Super white tuna. Contains sesame seeds.
Negi Escolar
Super white tuna and scallion. Contains sesame seeds.
Tuna Kyu Roll
Tuna and cucumber. Contains sesame seeds.
Veggie Maki
Sweet Potato Tempura Maki Roll
Avocado Maki Roll
Cucumber Maki Roll
Shitake Maki Roll
Oshinko Maki Roll
Pickle radish.
Yamago Gobo Maki Roll
Marinated burdock root.
Asparagus Maki Roll
Asparagus Tempura Veggie Maki
Ume Shiso Maki Roll
Sour plum and shiso mint leaf.
Kampyo Maki Roll
Marinated gourd.
Goma Ae Maki Roll
Chilled spinach and sesame pure.
Donburi
Chirashi
Assorted sashimi on sushi rice. Served with miso soup.
Nama Sake Don
Fresh salmon sashimi on sushi rice.
Unagi Don
BBQ fresh water eel sashimi on sushi rice with eel sauce. Served with miso soup.
Tekka Don
Tuna sashimi on sushi rice. Served with miso soup.
Hamachi Don
Yellowtail sashimi on sushi rice. Served with miso soup.
Nigiri and Sashimi
Sake (2 pcs)
Fresh salmon.
Maguro (2 pcs)
Tuna.
Hamachi (2 pcs)
Yellowtail.
Amaebi (2 pcs)
Sweet shrimp with fried head.
Sea Bream (Madai) (2 pcs)
Served raw or under cooked or contain (or may contain) raw or under cooked ingredients.
Escolar (2 pcs)
White Tuna.
Ikura (2 pcs)
Salmon roe.
Albacore (2 pcs)
Seared butter white tuna.
Inari (2 pcs)
Soybean pocket.
Tamago (2 pcs)
Sweet omlette.
Hotate Gai (2 pcs)
Sea scallop.
Unagi (2 pcs)
Freshwater eel.
Ika (2 pcs)
Squid.
Tako Madako (2 pcs)
Octopus.
Saba (2 pcs)
Mackeral.
Hirame (2 pcs)
Flounder.
Tobiko (2 pcs)
Flying fish roe.
Masago (2 pcs)
Smelt fish roe.
Uzura (2 pcs)
Quail egg.
Aji (2 pcs)
Baby horse mackerel.
Ebi (2 pcs)
Cooked shrimp.
Smoked Sake (2 pcs)
Smoked salmon.
Hokkigai (2 pcs)
Surf crab.
Sides
Extra Sauce
Spicy mayonnaise, unagi sauce or wasabi mayonnaise.
Steamed Rice
Sushi Rice
House Dressing
Ginger mayonnaise dressing.
Teriyaki Sauce
Umai Salad Dressing
Deep roasted sesame dressing.
Organic Brown Rice
Signature Maki
Chicago Maki
Tuna, salmon, white fish, cucumber, avocado, and spicy mayonnaise wrapped with black tobiko and crunchy topped with honey miso sauce.
Umai Crunchi Maki
Lobster salad, cucumber, avocado, and spicy mayonnaise wrapped with crunchy and crushed seaweed topped with eel sauce.
Mexicana Maki
Tuna, salmon, wasabi tobiko, spicy mayonnaise, avocado, cilantro, and jalapeno topped with chili oil and limes juice.
Naked Maki (without rice)
Salmon, blue fin tuna, Kani kama, and tamago wrapped with nori sheet and cucumber topped with ponzu sauce.
Surf and Turf Maki
Shrimp tempura, asparagus, cream cheese, and apple topped with seared medium, rare beef sirloin, drizzled with parsley yuzu oil.
White Truffle Tails Maki
Seared hamachi, shrimp, asparagus, shishito pepper, and white truffle sauce
Sloopin Maki
Shrimp tempura, cucumber, avocado, cream cheese, spicy mayonnaise, and masago wrapped with crunchy topped with eel sauce and wasabi mayonnaise.
Goosebumps Maki
Shrimp tempura, asparagus, cilantro, and Sriracha sauce topped with seared calamari and miso sauce.
Spicy Cajun Soft Shell Crab Roll
Jalapeno, red bell pepper, cucumber, cilantro, masago, lime
Beni Imo Maki
Baked Hawaiian sweet potato, asparagus, avocado, yamagobo, tomato, crunch, and honey miso sauce.
Sunburn Maki
Seard smoked salmon, apple, creamcheese, and asparagus tempura.
Platter From Sushi Bar
Omakase Sushi
Sushi ten pieces chef's selection. Served with miso soup and salad.
Moriawase Sushi
Seven pieces of sushi chef's selection. Served with your choice of one roll.
Omakase Sashimi
Sashimi ten pieces chef's selection. Served with miso soup and salad.
Umai Grand
Five pieces sushi and five pieces sashimi chef's selection, Unagi kyu maki and hamachi jalapeno maki. Served with miso soup and salad.
Moriawase Sashimi
Seven pieces of sashimi chef's selection. Served with your choice of one roll.
Hot Appetizers
Gyoza (6 pcs)
Japanese style pork or veggies potstickers.
Lollipops Chicken
Japanese fried chicken. Served with yuzu mayonnaise.
Edamame
Boiled soy beans with sea salt.
Spicy Fried Chicken
Fried chicken wings sauteed in sweet chili sauce.
Spicy Edamame
Sauteed edamame in Japanese garlic spiced.
Tempura Plate
Two shrimps, assorted vegetables served with warm dashi dipping.
Shrimp Shumai
Steamed shrimp dumpling served with soy vinegar.
Takoyaki (Hot)
Flour battered, chopped tako, Japanese mayonnaise, takoyaki sauce, and bonito flakes.
Age Dashi Tofu
Fried silky tofu in dashi soy broth, ginger, scallion, and bonito flakes.
Hamachi Kama
Grilled hamachi collar with ponzu sauce.
Wasabi Shumai
Steamed pork dumpling with wasabi flavors served with soy vinegar.
Ika Karaage (Hot)
Deep-fried squid tentacles with lemon.
Asparagus Beef Roll
Asparagus wrapped in lean steak and sauteed with ginger teriyaki sauce.
Nasu Dengaku
Roasted Japanese eggplant with miso sauce.
Cold Appetizers
Seaweed Salad
Cucumber, seaweed, masago, and Japanese vinegar.
House Garden Salad
Mixed greens, green bean, Romaine, carrot, and tomato with ginger mayonnaise dressing.
Umai Salad
Mixed greens, green bean, Romaine, carrot, tomato, Hawaiian sweet potato, tofu strip, and dried nori. Served with deep roasted sesame dressing.
Goma Ae Salad
Chilled spinach and sesame puree sauce.
Beef Tataki
Thin sliced seared beef loin, garlic chips, scallion, ginger, daikon, and ponzu sauce.
Salmon Skin Salad
Assorted Japanese seaweed, Romaine, mixed greens, green bean, carrot, tomato, and salmon skin crushed. Served with ginger mayonnaise dressing.
Tako Su
Octopus, wakame, and English cucumber with Japanese vinegar.
Sashimi Appetizer
Four pieces of sashimi. Chef's selection.
Sushi Appetizer
Four pieces of nigiri. Chef's selection.
Beverage
Soda
Ice Green Tea
Fiji Bottled Water
Iced Tea
San Pellegrino
Hot Green Tea
Desserts
Mochi
Lychee Sorbet
Ice Cream
Soup
Miso Soup
Miso broth, silky soft tofu, and scallion.
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Recent Reviews
The food here is generally solid. The rolls are tasty, and the ramen is decent. I’ve visited a few times and usually enjoy my meals. However, I tried the kare katsu today and was a bit disappointed. The pork was over-fried and too tough, though the curry itself was delicious. Also, I had to wait over 30 minutes for my food, which was a bit frustrating. Despite this, I’m still open to giving it another go next time.
January 2025
I would come back here. We went specifically for Katsu Don and Ramen as our local place was closed for maintenance. While the prices are above average (it’s close to downtown so not surprised), we were satisfied with the food. The atmosphere is nice and the service was 10/10.
Fiancé got the Katsu Don and he enjoyed it. He wished the rice was more flavorful or maybe had more Katsu sauce. I got Tonkatsu Ramen and I thought the pork belly was pretty bland as...
Fiancé got the Katsu Don and he enjoyed it. He wished the rice was more flavorful or maybe had more Katsu sauce. I got Tonkatsu Ramen and I thought the pork belly was pretty bland as...
December 2024
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Only the ramen recipe is too much spicy, be aware of it. The lemon martini was quite bad to be honest. Maybe I just didn’t chose the best options, but the service was 10/10