# Umu

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## Quick facts

- **Category:** Eat
- **Area:** Makati
- **Address:** Ground Floor, Dusit Thani Manila, Ayala Center, Makati 1223
- **Hours:** Lunch 11:30am to 2:30pm, dinner 5:30pm to 11pm. The hotel page says both 'open daily' and 'closed every Monday', and the Michelin Guide lists different hours, so check before you go
- **Phone:** +63 2 7238 8888
- **Price:** ₱₱₱
- **Website:** https://www.dusit.com/dusitthani-manila/dining/umu/
- **Instagram:** https://instagram.com/dusitthani.manila

Umu is the Japanese restaurant on the ground floor of Dusit Thani Manila in Ayala Center, with a long menu of sushi, sashimi, tempura, teppanyaki and A5 Wagyu. The main room has black tiles inscribed with Japanese fish names, and there is a separate teppanyaki room, private rooms for 6 to 20, and al fresco seats by a koi pond and garden. At lunch there is a business set menu of gozen trays.

## Why go

1. Business lunch gozen sets from ₱1,950, close to the Ayala offices
2. A teppanyaki room with views of a Japanese garden
3. Al fresco seats by a koi pond, rare in central Makati
4. Private rooms for 6 to 20 people

## Good to know

- **Best time:** Weekday lunch for the sets; dinner for the teppan room
- **Good for:** A business lunch, a family teppanyaki dinner
- **Reservations:** Advance booking encouraged; 24 hours ahead for teppan sets
- **Noise:** Quiet