UMÉ Japanese in Lichfield

Had an amazing sushi platter, absolutely 10/10

Easily the best food we have had in Lichfield. Excellent, tasty food at a very good price point. We can’t wait to come back!

Very nice food, well priced, great staff, relaxed atmosphere

Really good food and excellent service. Would recommend

Couldn’t face the Premier Inn menu again so wondered out for a collection order. Wasn’t disappointed!!! Friendly staff and food was delicious- thank you.

Food were amazing, staff were friendly and respectful. Great experience. Would definitely return.

After a disappointing meal in the city center, we stumbled upon this gem, and it turned our day around! The chicken katsu and rice were hands-down the best we’ve ever had. The chicken was perfectly crispy, the flavors were beautifully balanced, and every bite was a delight. The atmosphere inside was lovely, with a warm and welcoming vibe. The staff, especially the waitresses, were incredibly friendly, making the experience even better. The service was quick too—we didn’t have to wait long, but when the food arrived, it was absolutely worth it. The prices were very reasonable for the quality, making it even more impressive. We’re so glad we gave this place a try, and we’ll definitely be back. Highly recommend if you’re looking for flavorful dishes and top-notch service!

This is such a lovely place. Clean. Quiet. Friendly staff. And the food is AMAZING. The cocktails are to die for - we had a sip of our first cocktail and ordered another round of them straight away. The choice of rolls, excellent. We couldn’t get over the flavours. Presented beautifully. Can’t wait to come back

delicious food, good service and authentic. Would recommend and will visit again!

Beautiful fresh ingredients. Very tasty and warming on this winter day.

One of the Best Japone restaurant we've been . Authentic Tonkotsu Ramen . Amazing Sevice and Atmosphere. We will be back definitely. Thank you 😊

Great place, we will be back soon. The beef pot is just great for coñd days

Nice staffs here, amazing foods too!

Lovely meal, attentive service. Would recommend

Excellent Raman and very friendly and attentive service. Food comes out quickly and has been delicious on both my visits. Highly recommend Shokudo!

lovely food, very reasonably priced, staff were lovely!! will definitely come again !

Really calm & relaxing place. Food was absolutely amazing! Customer service was 10/10 will definitely be back now we’ve found this little gem. Thank you Shokudo (Lichfield)

Really nice food and service was amazing, would definitely recommend!

Amazing staff and food. Definitely recommend

Amazing friendly staff, tasty food & impeccable service. 10/10 and will 100% be back - Thank you!

Delicious katsina curry and very reasonable prices. Great!

Lovely setting, great food and really chill ambiance. Portion size is great and left us full.

Shokudo was an incredible experience. I had the beef bento box, and every bite was packed with flavor, with perfectly cooked beef and fresh, well-prepared sides. My girlfriend ordered the pork ramen, which was equally impressive—rich, savory broth and tender, melt-in-your-mouth pork. The presentation and attention to detail were top-notch. Shokudo truly delivers, Highly recommended!

Beautiful food as always. Brought my dad here for the first time today as a boxing day treat and he loved it. He tried the mochi for the first time too. Lovely food, people and place. Highly recommend

What a hidden gem in Lichfield! Incredible food and service. Sushi was so fresh and Katsu was the best I have had

Had a lovely family meal and was well looked after. The service was excellent and the food was delicious.

Wonderful food and service. So good to see a Japanese restaurant in Lichfield! 🤗🇯🇵 Thank you for the great eats 🙏🙏🙏

Had Takoyaki and Edamame beans to start, both were beautiful. For main, we had vegetable katsu curry and the tonkotsu ramen. Although we both enjoyed our meals, I must say the ramen I had was the best ramen I have ever had, hands down. Beautiful flavours, all fresh and seasoned well, and the broth was amazing! Would 100% recommend this place for sushi, ramen and katsu curry, for sure!

Best Sushi I have had in a long time. Service was AMAZING 👏🏻

Took my sushi obsessed daughter and what a great place. Katsu Curry was brilliant and very good value for money. Will definitely come again.

best gyoza ever!!! and best chicken karaage i’ve had since i visited japan last summer! tonkotsu ramen was also another highlight. authentic food, lovely staff & cute restaurant in convenient location in lichfield town centre, will be visiting again asap :]

Shokudo is a fabulous Japanese restaurant in Lichfield town centre. We dine here from both the lunch special menu which is brilliant value for money and the evening menu. There is a Sushi 🍣 chef here and the food is authentic Japanese cuisine. Highly recommend

Lovely restaurant. All food was fresh and delicious. We both had the lunch special which was great value for money and very filling! Highly recommended. We'll be back!

Been here a number of times. Lovely food, friendly staff. They do a lunch deal Monday to Friday - Sushi or Katsu curry with miso soup and a soft drink. Highly recommended!

Beautiful food, fab variety and really friendly, attentive service. Will definitely return!

A lovely meal in a quiet restaurants. Friendly staff. I enjoyed it.

This place deserves so much more recognition. The sushi is fresh, rice and noodle dishes are very tasty. The staff are very friendly. The lights could be dimmed a bit to add some atmosphere - but this doesn't stop me going every time I'm back in Lichfield. Go support this great restaurant!

Great food, excellent service, would recommend!

Lovely authentic restaurant, food and drink came quick and was delicious!

Great service and food. Improved from previous incarnation, well worth a visit! The ramen was great, as were the starters we both had.

Lovely atmosphere & great fresh quality food. Highly recommend it.

Come here regularly, super lovely food and staff

unreal food here and great service. come here every fortnight with some friends because we don’t want to go anywhere else, this place is too good! a real gem in lichfield!

I highly recommend it to fans of rolls! The food is delicious, the place is cozy, the atmosphere is calm. The staff is friendly and fast)

Always lovely, quick and warm service. The sushi is incredibly fresh, tasty and excellent value. A great addition to Lichfield's Bird St. I'll be back!

Great food and a nice atmosphere, would recommend!

Amazing food. Will be coming here again

Came here for a quick bit to eat for dinner, service was great and food was delicious and came out fast! Would defo come back! 😊

Everything was very rich. The Ramen highly recommended. Very nice service

Excellent food and service. All very fresh and prepared with pride and care. A lovely meal in a relaxing atmosphere.

I recently dined at shokudo japanese kichen for casual dinner with my friends. And we all loved it, the atmosphere was cozy and inviting, with soft light and treditional decor. The service was excellent and the menu have wide variety of hot food and sushi i had a shokudo special roll it was really good and fresh. The price was aslo reasonable with good quality, must try place .

wonderful place, food was delicious and came out very quickly, staff and hosts were amazing. 10/10 would recommend!

After the change of management, this place has improved immensely. The food is varied, tasty and fresh. The staff are pleasant and the environment pleasant welcoming. Try the bento boxes and gyoza.

Great 🤩. Very fine cuisine. Very pleasant atypical setting in complete relaxation.

Absolutely amazed by their ramen and the overall experience … been to their Tamworth branch a few times … really a blessing to have such top quality Japanese restsurants by the doorsteps

What a great restaurant, about time Lichfield had some top quality food the sushi 🍣 is amazing the crunch roller one one of the best I have had ❤️

Visited for lunch today, it was amazing and we will most defo be back, we started with takoyaki and chicken karaage, big portions then we had seafood ramen and chicken bibimbap, which again for the price was plentiful and hot, we were looked after by a lovely waitress who was warm and friendly, great customer service, brilliant food, reasonably priced, what's not to love x

Absolutely fantastic food, the sushi is incredible and the service is second to none.

I’ve been in Lichfield this week for work and ate at Shokudo every day, after being so impressed by the tuna poke bowl that I ordered for takeaway on Tuesday. The food was fresh and delicious, and the portions were really generous. The staff at Shokudo were lovely, very welcoming and attentive and the food came out really quickly. If I ever come back to Lichfield I’ll definitely be returning! Thanks :)

Superb food and amazing service. Will absolutely be returning !

One of the best Japanese spots in the UK! As a ramen lover, I was blown away by the flavors—the veggie gyoza and ramen were soul-satisfying. They even treated me to a complimentary mocktail, such a thoughtful touch! Wish I could be here daily, but it’s worth every trip from Leeds. Thank you for an amazing experience!

We ordered Takoyaki (squid balls), we got it cold and frozen in the centre

Second visit and again the food and service were excellent

Unadon was delicious, karaage good but the gyudon was inedible. No sauce, tough meat chunks. Nothing like the gyudon we know from Japan. It's a shame, as not many places around doing gyudon, so we've had high hopes. We will be back for the unadon, but for gyudon we'll be looking elsewhere.

We ordered the chicken curry and Teriyaki salmon, but unfortunately, neither dish lived up to expectations. The chicken was a thin, flat slice that looked like a processed, pre-formed product, covered in breadcrumbs and deep-fried. It was served with an overwhelming amount of rice and potatoes but very little bland sauce. As for the salmon, it had potential but was sadly overcooked and dry, likely due to how thin it was. Overall, disappointing.

Made the trip here as there is not many other sushi venues in Staffordshire Moorlands where I live. The Sushi was amazing as well as the Gyoza. The service was great and we were introduced in a lovely manner. We ordered alot of Sushi and it was well worth what we paid. The Mochi was lovely also. Thank you

unbelievable food, great service. Glad lichfield now has a Japanese restaraunt!

Me and my husband have not had Japanese food this excellent since we left Japan ! The happiness and nostalgia these dishes brought us was out of this world .. sashimi was so fresh and melted in my mouth & the curry omg ! It was just immaculate .. will defo be ordering a lot more that’s for sure 26/10 !

Great traditional food and lovely staff

Really very good. I have eaten sushi many times, in Japan as well and this ranked as a fantastic lunch. Chicken katsu curry was very delicious with fresh flavours. Good value, and I liked the Japanese music! Well recommended.

Visited new branch after Tamworth, liked here as well, quality food and great service same as in Tamworth branch, "quality sushi "

This restaurant has quickly become my favourite in town, amazing food and brilliant service 5 stars are not enough

Shokudo - There is a wide selection of dishes, reasonably priced and the food is tasty. Drinks are also good value and the staff are friendly.

Umé has now been renamed Shokudo. We’ve passed it several times, and thought it looked attractive. We finally decided to have a Japanese meal there this week, and were not disappointed. There were no other lunchtime customers, which was a pity, since the food was excellent. There is an extremely large menu, and vegetarians can have a good meal. We enjoyed the vegetable katsu curry, which was quite substantial – next time we’ll order sushi, since that’s one of the restaurant’s specialities. Service was friendly and prompt. Being in the middle of Lichfield, the restaurant doesn’t have its own car park, but there is ample municipal parking nearby.

Absolutely delicious food, we had the pumpkin korroke as a starter, salmon fried sushi to share, beef bibimbap and seafood ramen.....it was all incredible, all freshly cooked, delicious. The menu has so many nice things to choose from, it was difficult to decide! The staff are really friendly and offer great service. The price was very reasonable for all of the above plus fries and 2 pints of Asahi. The portion sizes are very generous. I would definitely recommend to anyone wanting delicious Japanese or sushi. Can't wait to go back!

Greeted very promptly and accommodated us with a pushchair. Great level of service that felt friendly and welcoming. Food was served with little wait and will hear no complaints from us. Our table had Champon Ramen, chicken karaage, cucumber hosomaki, california ISO rolls and chicken gyoza 5pc. All great choices and will be happy to visit again! Look forward to trying the bento and hotpot on future visits!

Absolutely incredible food, we already can't wait to come back. Only disappointment was that the food we ordered was so filling, we didn't get chance to have one of the delicious looking desserts. Would highly recommend the Karaage Chicken Ramen & Chicken Yaki Soba.

Food was immensely tasty, staff were attentive, polite, and not overbearing. My partner and I found it to be such a delight and can't wait to return!

Delicious bento box. But the pancake dessert was rather stodgy.

Absolutely the best place to eat in Lichfield, the restaurant is beautifully decorated, the staff are lovely and friendly and the food is to die for. I couldn't recommend this place enough.

We ate here when it was Ume and it was lovely. Happy to say it's still lovely. Very friendly and super food.

We had such a lovely time here for my partners birthday tonight. They were very attentive and the food was delicious. I urge anyone thinking about trying here to give it a go. The server we had was very knowledgeable about what they were serving and even told us about the sake we had ordered. It was our first time trying sushi and we both loved it - particularly with the wasabi and pickled ginger. The chicken gyozas were to die for and we thoroughly enjoyed the whole meal. We'll definitely be returning!

We came across this place by chance having visited the famous fabulous Cathedral (actually the library: really worth a visit (you have to book) to see the 15C hand written and illustrated bibles etc). Anyhow Very very good food, service, tea Really worth stopping here for lunch I expect the dinner good too And very reasonable prices Worth a trip in itself And other things of interest in this small town (it calls itself a city) too e.g. the home of Erasmus Darwin (aka ‘the other Darwin).

Best sushi I’ve ever had! My friend who was with us had just come back from Japan and said it reminded her of Japanese sushi! Couldn’t recommend highly enough service was also excellent! Will be back soon

1st time dining here & 1st time eating japanese food. Food and service was 1st class; will definitely return.

The food was great! Especially the Bangkok rolls and the gyoza! Service was a little slow and the music was quite unbearable however. It seems the music was being played at highest volume from a small radio or somebodys phone?

I dunno why this restaurant has bad reviews! I have eaten in and also now tried the delivery both are so good, the sushi is the best I ever tried and the restaurant is ran by lovely people. 100% recommend :).

Brilliant Japanese restaurant in lichfield, just round the corner from the high Street, would very much recommend the bento which comes in a variety of flavours and fillings

Fantastic! We had a lovely lunch at Ume, was our first time but we will definitely be back. Shoyu pork ramen was delicious, broth and noodles were very tasty and plenty of meat and extras on top - and really good value. My wife had a yakisoba bento box which was all excellent especially the sushi California roll and tempura squid. We love Japanese food and it was some of the best and most authentic we’ve had in the UK. We do enjoy a Wagamama, but Ume is a league above! 10/10 would go again!

I recently tried the ramen with pork at this restaurant, and it was a mixed experience. The broth was decent, but the noodles were overcooked, and the egg was also disappointing in texture. The pork lacked the necessary charring and the fat wasn't rendered well, which affected the overall flavor. The accompanying vegetables were just average. Service was unremarkable, and the ambience felt more like a typical Chinese takeaway rather than a cozy dining spot.

We enjoyed the variety of sushi, noodles and bento! My kids are huge sushi fans so imagine our excitement to discover this gem of Japanese food. Everything was quite fresh, tasty, and well presented. Service was prompt and friendly. The ambience was quite good so we took a photo. We chatted with other diners who similarly commented that they very much enjoyed their meal. Highly recommend!

Our 1st time to this restaurant. What a lovely experience. The food was amazing, very authentic. The staff were very helpful. We will definitely recommend to family and friends and be returning in the future.

Really delicious food, great friendly service, very reasonable prices. 10/10 would recommend. The service was fast and the atmosphere was nice too. Sushi was really fresh and portion sized good!

Unfortunately the food was very delayed and suspect we were forgotten about due to the serving staff double checking our order after 25 minutes. In the past it has been amazing so will return but this time was disappointing unfortunately.

Everything was lovely! Definitely plan to return

Unfortunately delivery and food quality where poor sushi left with hot food making the tempura soggy and unpleasant, the main was stodgy soggy and no “Japanese Sauce” in sight basicly a very poor chinease chow mein. I was told by the restaurant my food had been collected a hour ago then the delivery driver said it was collected 20/30 mins ago. For 3 items the food should of been here on time but unfortunately it was inedible when it finally got here. For the price of the food here I’m very disappointed

Service was nice and respectable, was a nice atmosphere. Bill was roughly £50 for the 2 of us to have a drink and a main each with 2 starters to share which left us very full. Had the prawn gyozas which were nice and came with a sweet sauce (u get 5 not 3 like the picture). Philadelphia uramaki sushi roll was very good, really soft and fresh ingredients used (best part of our meal). For mains, I had the pork miso ramen soup which was okay. The soup was made nicely but everything else lacked abit of flavour. My partner had the chicken katsu curry, was nice but the sauce was very watery. Not a bad experience, most likely wouldn't come again but only because I am from busy cities with more options.

Second visit to this lovely restaurant! Delicious food, arrives hot and service with a smile! I love that the menu has pictures and that the menu is small but full of quality choices. No puddings are available, but after a starter and main we were pleasantly full. We love Ume!

New favourite restaurant in Lichfield, food was amazing and service was brilliant will be back soon!

Food was amazing and service was brilliant, we had the duck Japanese curry and chicken Ramen with some shiitake sushi and prawn gyoza, so delicious!!!