It was my first time at Umami and I was surprised at the scene upon arrival - loud and totally packed with football fans. I did not realize that not only is it a restaurant and beer garden but sports book as well - and we were there the first Sunday of the football season. I'm not a sports bar type of girl - I enjoy watching sports but from the comfort of my own couch :p And it was too loud for my liking. We were reserved a table inside but were shown a table outside and allowed to choose whether to dine inside or out. The only tables available on the patio were out in the hot sun, so back inside we went! It was very loud in there, and it looked like my sister and I were the only ones there for the food and not the games, but I couldn't complain being in a room full of guys and the 49ers game playing on all the TV's :p
Service was good and the food even better. I ordered the Manly Burger (fitting for the day we were there lol) which is basically a bacon cheeseburger with onion strings. My sister got the Truffle Burger, and we split some Tempura Onion Rings and Truffle Fries (like we couldn't get enough of them in our burgers lol). I liked all the food, especially the burger and the onion rings - soooo good! I was afraid the burgers were going to be on the smaller side - they look like sliders in pictures - but it was plenty of food. I couldn't finish it all. We split an ice cream sandwich for dessert, the one with snickerdoodle cookies and salted caramel ice cream. I like both snickerdoodle cookies and salted caramel ice cream but this ice cream sandwich was just "meh." Sounds great on paper but really not all that spectacular.
While the dessert was underwhelming, overall I was definitely not disappointed by this place at all, and while I wasn't too sure about the loud sports bar atmosphere it ended up being a fun time :)