Yakitori · 焼鳥
Binchotan Yakitori Spread
Skewers turned over screaming white binchotan, glazed by hand with a house tare the chef has layered for years. Smoke, sugar, soy, and something we won't tell you.
Signature
Flame Grilled Binchotan Yakitori
One Table, Different Cravings.
An intimate Japanese fusion restaurant in the heart of Vancouver. Where white binchotan embers whisper across premium yakitori, night after night.
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01 · Philosophy
炭
Sumi · charcoal
A single ember. A quiet room. A dish worth returning to.
SUMU is a Japanese fusion room built around the discipline of white binchotan, a charcoal that burns cleaner, hotter, and quieter than any other. Around it we assemble the pieces of an easy, generous meal: yakitori by the skewer, market nabe you build yourself, mini donburi to share, and a bubble tea and matcha bar treated with the same care as the grill.
One table. Different cravings. All night.
1200°C
Binchotan heat
10
House nabe broths
60+
Skewers & plates
02 · Signatures
The dishes we're known for.
Nabe · 鍋
Nabe, Your Broth
Ten broths built the slow way. Bones are roasted then simmered for hours, dashi is drawn from Rausu kombu and thick cut katsuobushi, and aromatics are coaxed until the pot smells like the season itself.
Choose your slow simmered broth10 Broths
Donburi · 丼
Mini Donburi
Signaturefrom $8.88
03 · The room
One hundred and thirty seats. A modern yokochō.
Blackened steel, aged oak, a hand troweled teal plaster wall and a canopy of hand blown glass flowers. A room built to hold the whole night, and every table inside it.
04 · Premium bubble tea
Milk teas, matcha, every glass to order.
A full bubble tea and tea program runs alongside the grill. House brewed milk teas, ceremonial uji matcha, roasted hojicha, cold pressed juices and refreshing slushies. Sweetness and ice level tuned to your taste, with tapioca cooked fresh through the night.
Full tea list05 · Visit
888 Burrard Street.
Two blocks from the Vancouver Art Gallery, on the ground floor of the Burrard building.
Address
888 Burrard Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
Hours
11am - 3pm
5pm - 10pm
everyday
5pm - 10pm
everyday
One table · Different cravings
From comforting classics to unexpected favourites, discover SUMU your way.
06 · Reserve
Book a table.
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