Tabe

Asian restaurant · Main Street

Tabe

Asian restaurant · Main Street

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209 S Main St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

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Authentic Asian cuisine, Omakase, fresh sushi, rare whisky  

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209 S Main St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Get directions

tabefusion.com

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209 S Main St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Get directions

+1 734 987 1688
tabefusion.com

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Ann Arbor’s Best New Restaurants and Bars, May 2025 | Eater Detroit

"This new spot on Main Street showcases chef Li Zhou’s passion for blending flavors and highlighting diverse Asian cuisines. The two-level space offers distinct experiences: fusion dishes like braised beef short ribs with wasabi mashed potatoes and whole pan-fried branzino on the first floor, and a rotating omakase menu upstairs featuring inventive sushi such as toro nigiri with truffle, and salmon with avocado and strawberries. Exposed brick walls add warmth to the restaurant’s modern, upscale vibe. To sip, choose from the Japanese whisky and sake choices. Book a reservation at Tabe’s website." - Mary Hayes Weier

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Allison Flemming

Google
Best sushi in Michigan! The quality of sashimi at Tabe in unmatched! Great service and excellent quality fish. I have got carryout there several times and it never disappoints! I can’t wait to go back!

Matthew Aldrich

Google
Best sushi in Ann Arbor, in my opinion. We had salmon and tuna sashimi along with the Christmas roll and a Chilean sea bass roll. Our server, Jess, was excellent and knowledgeable and provided great recommendations. We’ll have to come back to try the rest of the menu and the omakaze. The oysters were good too, in particular the one with the quail egg

Christine Taft

Google
Updated review: Be sure that your deposit is removed from your check. My server missed it and it took 12 business days and 5 phone calls to get my money back. Management has apologized and said they are working to improve that process. Original review before refund issues: 10/10 will come again. Everything was delicious. The 6 course Omakase was an incredible amount of food and the chef was so friendly and knowledgeable.

Alan Leung

Google
I have been here with friends about 4-5 times now and will continue coming back. My criticisms of this place in this review is meant to help improve what I view as the best place to get sushi in downtown Ann Arbor. The freshness has always been top notch, as well as the plating of the food. The vibes are also really good both inside and out of the restaurant. As far as service goes, there is a lot of improvement that is needed. I will say that most experiences I have had, are small technical fixes that should improve with a little time. Here's what I have to share: - Servers are always cordial, but they often are not aware of stock of certain things. For example, what desserts are in stock, what wines are available, or when happy hour is. It used to be during lunch hours but recently changed, but since it was still displayed, they did give us that pricing. - A specific, and rather unfortunate, experience I have had was after ordering a spicy scallop roll (a special roll). Upon receiving a plate full of my and my friends orders, the waiter pointed out each roll that was ordered. After leaving, my friend and I agreed that the roll that he claimed was mine, was actually his salmon roll. I think this server was particularly busy that day (4th of July), as it took a while to get our soy sauce after receiving the sushi. We had to ask the other server to get it for us, and when she returned with it, we asked her about the sushi mix up. We saw them speak soon after, and when he returned, he doubled down that I had received what I ordered. I conceded, because it just wasn't worth continuing, but my request was simply to be charged for what I had actually received in its place. We received a spicy tuna roll (about half the price of the spicy scallop) in addition to our order, so we suspect it was put in improperly. I recently went back and ordered 1 roll, the spicy scallop roll, to confirm my suspicions. It was delicious, and definitely not served to me the first time. We've had two really good service experiences, but on the 4th, we've had our first bad experience which didn't bode well with any of us. It seems that whenever we were sat inside, the service was a lot better or it may seem to depend on the server that you get. We've had one server a few times outside and she was fantastic. She may have been off on the 4th and that was our first bad experience there. There is a lot of good about this restaurant, so I'm really hoping they improve on communication across their team and with guests (in some cases), and their technology.

Danniell Hu

Google
Extremely underwhelmed by this place. The service was just okay. We had three people and there were only two place settings at the table. We didn’t get a third place setting for a while. The server also took a very long time to input our orders into the handheld POS, and it was really awkward to sit there and wait for her to search and type while we said our orders. We also had to say our orders a few times because she forgot while she was searching. She came back to refill our waters pretty regularly though which was nice. The food was mediocre and expensive. The portion I got was very small for what we paid for. I ordered the sea bass. It came with only 2 pieces of completely unseasoned (not even salt) asparagus. The fish was cooked fine but was not impressive. It was served with a small bowl of rice. I can’t imagine how anyone would find this enough food for the price. We also ordered a few sushi rolls. The sushi were fine but I wasn’t a huge fan of the sesame exterior of the rolls. It overpowers the subtle taste of the fish. They also brought out the sushi plate with a centerpiece with liquid nitrogen to make it seem cool, which IMO is a bit tacky and can be dangerous if someone decides to play with it at the table. Overall, I really don’t understand the hype of this place. We paid a lot of money and left hungry. If you are asian and want authentic food, I don’t recommend. If you even vaguely like food with flavor, I don’t recommend.

Tan

Google
Don’t be fooled by the quiet entrance—upstairs is a vibrant yet cozy space with dim lighting, perfect for date nights. The food is outstanding: we had bao buns, miso soup, sushi, and the orange chicken—all beautifully presented and full of refined, unexpected flavors. The Christmas roll is a must-try! Service was fantastic—Jess took amazing care of us with friendly, thoughtful recommendations. A bit pricey, but absolutely worth it for the quality and experience.

Jose Vasquez (Yeahbuddy)

Google
Wow. This place is amazing. A must for a fancy date. If you really wanna impress, bring them here. I came in for the Omakase Experience. We went with the premium option which was 9 courses and very filling. We even took some left over sushi home, which the chef was very nice and boxed up for us. EVERYTHING was on a next level of fresh. Staff are so friendly. Chefs knew when to interact and when to let us enjoy the food. Never had a dinning experience like this.

Ashley Waddell Tingstad

Google
This was AMAZING!!! We reserved Omakase for my daughter’s eleventh birthday. This was, hands down, the best sushi I’ve ever had. It was exceedingly fresh and melt-in-your mouth tender. The wasabi was made tableside from a fresh imported wasabi root, and both the texture and taste were a delight. This restaurant is top quality. If I could rate it ten stars I would! Totally worth it!
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Rachel O.

Yelp
*disclaimer: was offered free dessert in exchange for review. Was walking around with a friend looking for somewhere to eat. Saw this place (new!) and decided to stop in. LOVED it. I thought the decor was gorgeous and the food delicious. There isn't really another upscale Asian restaurant in Ann Arbor, save Slurping Turtle- and this is nicer than that. Everything was good and we enjoyed our experience. The only thing that could have been improved was speed of service- the servers all looked busy and I think we were being served by a manager. Had to flag them down for the check but we'd been sitting a long while, it's possible they didn't know when we'd be done. It was busy and as a server myself, that absolutely happens, no big. Cocktail was yummy and the offer of free dessert was a nice touch. Both desserts were wonderful.
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Hannah M.

Yelp
Easily the best sushi restaurant (in terms of atmosphere) in Ann Arbor. As far as I'm aware it's the only place that does omakase. I haven't done the full omakase experience but I have had sushi multiple times and can say it's great and the ambiance is fantastic but it has its faults. The sushi deluxe which I ordered tonight was filled with redundant cheap cuts of fish. The salmon was delicious but most of it was mid white fish. It came with a salad which I really enjoyed and was packaged nicely. The workers are lovely and try hard but need to be educated more. To be clear I am blaming this on the owner/manager. They should do a crash course on sushi for everyone that works there. Regardless I would happily go back, it's really excellent sushi and the rice is perfect.
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Chelsea Y.

Yelp
Came here on a friday night and wasn't too hard to get a reservation. Our server was attentive and very knowledgeable on the menu and ingredients. The lemon slices on the sushi was a nice addition to the fresh salmon and our server mentioned the fish is flown in from Japan daily. Highly recommend the thai curry as well as it had a great depth of flavor and good portion size.
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Jodie R.

Yelp
We did the 12 course omakase. Oh my gosh--AMAZING. Not inexpensive but each course was amazing. They even served a complementary sake with the sashimi and the dessert course. Service was wonderful, and I can't say enough great things about the experience!
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Mariah P.

Yelp
The omakase dinning is AMAZING! The freshest sushi I have ever had! You won't leave disappointed
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Michael B.

Yelp
I came here for the $90 omakase experience. The sashimi and sushi were quite tasty. The overall amount of food was good too. It came with a delicious dessert at the end. The meal came with miso soup (great), tiny fried fish (ok, oily), and oysters two ways (not a huge fan of oysters but they were fine). Personally I wouldn't mind getting rid of these three for more sushi and sashimi. Highlights- otoro, salmon, yellowtail, sea bream, squid, scallops, and the dessert! Overall the best sushi in Ann Arbor, however it is pretty pricey. They do get the fish and wasabi from Japan (we were told by the chefs). Ambiance was nice and quiet. Watching the chefs was a treat as well. Service was decent. Overall very good, but a touch expensive. For those who want to enjoy sushi beyond an Americanized roll, I would recommend it. Omakase requires a $50/person reservation fee online which is subtracted from the final bill. Reserving was easy.
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Linda I.

Yelp
Ended up spontaneously stumbling into Tabe Fusion for dinner on a beautiful March Thursday, and it happened to be their grand opening day. I guess we missed the big party during the day, so it was pretty quiet walking in, but beautiful design, decor, music, ambiance! Mixed menu of sushi varietals, small plates, and entrees. We decided to go a bit mix and match and tried: - Wolverine Roll. This was our fave bite! Fish was generous and fresh. Very tasty, and high quality sushi. - Yuzu Fluke (appetizer). Unique and also very good! Loved the complexity of flavors in this one. - Shrimp Shu Mai (4 pieces). This was served warm with its own special dipping (soy) sauce. One of the tastier bites of Shu Mai I've had in a while. - Ginger Scallion Lobster. This surprised me at first as it came out looking like a really small dish (for a $40 entree). That being said, it was really all lobster served, probably 1-2 tails worth. The sauce was delicious! Came with a small bowl of white rice (which we mixed right into the sauce too), and miso soup (which was really nice). I might actually recommend adding a bit more "filler" to this dish so it doesn't look so small, but of course also understand if that's not the vibe they're going for. (With a bit of extra rice and some extra stuff in the dish, it might look more like an entree and then the amount of lobster might stand out more as well.) Presentation of everything was really beautiful. And overall very tasty. I think I would stick to sushi rolls next time, as that was our favorite. Because it was grand opening, we also got free sake samples which was a pleasant surprise! I got to try 4 different sakes, and learn about them as well. The one miss we had was that we both actually tried to order drinks (to pay for), but weren't successful. My husband tried to order some Japanese whisky to try specifically, and they talked about what they had and picked one out, but this never came. I had tried to order sake (after the first sample), and instead got more small samples. Not really complaining about that! But perhaps a first day kind of hiccup. Overall, I enjoyed and would come back! Perhaps with girlfriends or others with smaller appetites. I left full (my husband, less so :)).
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Reagan S.

Yelp
Food and drinks were great. The service was a bit slow and disorganized, but it's a new restaurant and they'll figure It out!
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Craig J.

Yelp
Service was not good. Forgot to come back for our main meal order, drink order after water service took forever (and it was not busy) and server disappeared. Luckily the other nearby server noticed our awkward glares for help and came to the rescue. No edamame options (garlic or spicy) which most sushi places easily will do even if not on the menu. Sushi we order was good from a size perspective but was just ok. Nothing to write home about...or yelp about. Plenty of other options out there.

Alyson R.

Yelp
I tried to send a private note to the restaurant but their "Contact Us" link responds with "Failed to send message. Please try again later" so I'm adding my note here: Hello, I wanted to share my experience at your restaurant April 8, 2025. I made a reservation for six people on the first floor. When I checked in two of us were seated on the second floor despite my mentioning that my reservation was on the first floor. We sat upstairs and the rest of our party did not join. About 6:15 pm a woman came up and said the rest of our part was seated downstairs. When they arrived, they had been told I had not checked in. Secondly, the waiter did not appear to be well-informed. He did not know about the wine list or food allergies. Lastly, two of party ordered the same dish. One was brought it with the rest of the orders. The other arrived half-way through our meal. What we found particularly surprising was the waiter did not seem empowered to offer that meal free or similiar - or approach the manager about doing so. While to food was good, the service was severely lacking. It feels more like a training, as opposed to competence, issue. A different group of friends also dined at Tabe and had the same experience. We all hope you are able to get the kinks out and best of luck! Alyson

Katherine G.

Yelp
Came for lunch and had just amazing food. The avocado salad was divine. Got a vegetarian roll and rainbow rolls. Miso soup was delicious. We asked them to make tempura without the shrimp and it was fantastic. As a vegetarian, I had plenty of choices. Prices were extremely reasonable for the quality of the food, and it was really high quality. Like eating in NYC at a fancy restaurant. Will ABSOLUTELY come back and send my friends. Everyone was very friendly and helpful.

P S.

Yelp
Food was well prepared, fresh, and tasty. Ambiance is modern but comfortable. Staff seemed professional but overworked and lacking precision. Our appetizers and salads came quickly but the main entrees were significantly delayed. Server apologized but said there was a large party upstairs. Staff did not offer anything to address our displeasure during the wait.

Melissa S.

Yelp
Great food and a really nice vibe. We sat at the bar and the service was excellent--friendly and attentive without being overbearing. The menu had a good variety and everything we tried was delicious. Perfect spot for a relaxed night out. Will definitely be back!

Claire B.

Yelp
The food was delicious! I got the stirfried udon noodles and tiramisu. I loved both dishes and would go back! The service was great. The food came out quick and and the staff was wonderful. The ambiance was a nice vibe low lighting which i really enjoyed

Renee T.

Yelp
While Tabe is lovely and the servers are polite, the service was a bit laggardly. I'm always mystified when the first round of cocktails is done, and the main dish arrives, and you have to hunt down your server to place another drink order. The cuisine is tasty, particularly the avocado salad. I found that the three 1 1/2" long pieces of squid scallion were very flavorful, but underwhelming at $18. Pad thai and short ribs were nice. I may have been hoping for more, but I felt that the cuisine was comparable to the other fusion restaurants in town. Maybe there are too many such establishments?

Juliet O.

Yelp
I went to tabe impulsively walking around Ann Arbor visiting I walked in and it was beautiful!! Our server was Ty, he was amazing he was very attentive and kind and helped us with any questions we had. It's a new business and I believe it will thrive ! The food was amazing too the sushi was the best I've had in Ann Arbor so far! Highly recommend when visiting Ann Arbor

Maiko W.

Yelp
We had a great time here at Tabe, our server Mason took good care of us. We've been looking for a sushi spot in Ann Arbor for a while, and at Tabe the sushi was very fresh and they had a creative menu. Especially liked the toro, the salmon, the sweet shrimp, and the tiramisu! The sashimi was at a reasonable price point for the quality. Also had a neat ambiance inside.

Kelli G.

Yelp
What an amazing restaurant!! It's a nice addition to downtown Ann Arbor. The Thai Curry Chicken & Shrimp was very tasty! We will be back!

Alex F.

Yelp
The service was among the worst I've ever experienced. They have no idea how to run a restaurant. Would definitely not recommend this place to anyone.

Lynn M.

Yelp
While the service was slow to start, it was TOTALLY WORTH THE WAIT. We sat at the sushi bar on the second level. The atmosphere and decor were calming and great music playing in the background. We ordered up Omakase at the sushi bar for my birthday. It was the best Japanese meal we have ever eaten in Ann Arbor! Every bite was fresh, perfectly presented with great accoutrements and tastes both subtle and bold. Highlights included toro nigiri with truffle shavings, a toro and uni handroll, and a ceviche of salmon, avocado, strawberries, mango and a light sauce. Every flavor in that ceviche was present in every bite. Beyond delicious! The smiling and kind head chef came out twice to chat and ask how the meal was going. And the sushi chef gave us lovely descriptions all along the way, sometimes sharing a photo and info about fish that was new to us. We are already planning our next meal there.