Our Dinner at Umi Japanese Restaurant

Here I am at Umi Japanese Restaurant, Lexis Suites Penang (26 February 2016)


Umi Japanese Restaurant is a new Japanese restaurant at Lexis Suites Penang. As soon as I learned that it has opened, we wanted to give it a try. We booked a table for Friday, 26 February, 2016.

Being a Friday, our journey to Teluk Kumbar was slow, as we had to wade through rush hour traffic. The traffic was particularly heavy in the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone, and all the lanes were crawling. But once we reached Bayan Lepas town, traffic became smooth.

Umi Japanese Restaurant has opened for just a week when we went there. It is still quite empty when we got there. I think not many people know about it yet. Umi Japanese Restaurant has a quiet elegance to it. There are individual rooms for groups.

Our reserved table has been prepared for us, and once we settled in, the Sales & Marketing Director of Lexis Suites came to greet us. She also introduced us to the chef, who was previously attached to a major Japanese restaurant in Penang.

My wife selected the tempura bento (RM45 nett) while I selected the sukiyaki set (RM48 nett). The tempura bento includes grilled salmon, chawanmushi, miso soup and salad. My sukiyaki set also comes with chawanmushi. In addition, we also had a platter of sashimi.

My wife's tempura bento set at Umi Japanese Restaurant (26 February 2016)


Close up of the tofu (26 February 2016)


The sukiyaki I had at Umi Japanese Restaurant (26 February 2016)


A bowl of sashimi that we had at Umi Japanese Restaurant (16 January 2016)


It was a very nice meal at Umi Japanese Restaurant. Although at first I thought the meal was not a lot, turns out I couldn't finish my rice. It was quite substantial after all. On the whole, the restaurant is still pretty quiet. During our visit, there were only three tables occupied. For a quiet dinner away from the crowds, I will certain make a return visit.

My wife and I at Umi Japanese Restaurant, Lexis Suites Penang (26 February 2016)

Umi Japanese Restaurant mainpage; List of Japanese Restaurants in Penang

Private Guided Tours of Penang

If you are seeking private guided tours of Penang, message Penang Tour Guides at penangtourguides@gmail.com and enquire with them.

 Buy, rent or sell properties in Penang

Do you have a property for sale or to rent out? Are you looking to buy or rent a property? Get in touch with me. WhatsApp me (Timothy Tye) at 012 429 9844, and I will assign one of my property agents to serve you. I will choose the agent for you, according to your property needs. So when you message me, provide me some details of what you need, whether to sell, to buy, to rent or to rent out, and what type of property, is it condo, apartment, house, shop, office or land.

 Latest updates on Penang Travel Tips

Map of Roads in Penang

Looking for information on Penang? Use this Map of Roads in Penang to zoom in on information about Penang, brought to you road by road.

About this website

Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.

While I try my best to provide you information as accurate as I can get it to be, I do apologize for any errors and for outdated information which I am unaware. Nevertheless, I hope that what I have described here will be useful to you.