Tasty & fresh sushi! The food is very nicely prepared & laid out before you with a fair amount of simplicity, no really outrageous creative plating going on. The menu seemed fairly traditional, I don't recall seeing the more "Americanized" (what I consider) "crazy" rolls that many trendy sushi restaurants (like NYC's & PHL's Haru) offer. And don't take that as a bad thing. While I'll happily admit to liking those "crazy Americanized" rolls, its nice to find a great more traditional place out there. From what I understand Mr Shu is very stringent in regards to his sushi standards, to the point that he does not allow his sous chefs to prepare sushi if he is not around to supervise.
The restaurant itself is small & cozy (& up a loooooooong flights of stairs) & without the loud banging tunes you find in the more trendy restaurants so that a great conversation is possible to have whether you're there on a date or catching up with a friend.
I wanted to try the omakase, but opted against it as Umi was my second dinner of the evening (I'm a pig, I know), however I have heard pretty mixed reviews on whether or not its worth it.
The service was simply OK. Kind of slow. No, more like definitely slow. Nothing special. Still gave the waitress a 20%+ tip though so obviously I still wouldn't call the service horrendous.