One table. Different cravings.
SUMU brings Tokyo's street food culture to one of downtown Vancouver's most ambitious new dining rooms, combining binchotan grilled yakitori, customizable nabe, mini donburi, katsu, temari and izakaya inspired small plates. Also a drinks program rooted in Japan and Asia's vibrant tea and bubble tea culture, all under one roof.
888 Burrard Street
Inspired by the streets of Tokyo.
Tokyo is a city where some of its most memorable food is also its most immediate.
Yakitori grilled over binchotan. Bubbling pots of broth. Small plates passed around the table. Quick bowls, delicate bites of sushi and cups of tea that are as much a part of the day as the meal itself.
SUMU takes inspiration from that side of Tokyo and brings it into a contemporary Vancouver dining room.
At the centre is a menu built around flame, grill and broth, surrounded by the dishes that make Japanese casual dining so varied. Yakitori is prepared over imported Japanese binchotan in our kitchen. Nabe is built from more than one hundred ingredients and a collection of house broths. Mini donburi, katsu, temari sushi and izakaya inspired small plates give the table even more ways to eat.
And then there is tea.
Matcha, hojicha, milk teas, fruit teas and bubble tea inspired creations bring another side of contemporary Asian food culture into SUMU, giving tea a place at the table rather than treating it as an afterthought.
There is a touch of the yokocho spirit in the way we like to eat: plenty on the table, different tastes coming together and no reason for everyone to order the same way.
One Table. Different Cravings.
That is SUMU.
"Where do we go when everyone at the table is craving something different?"
One Table · Different Cravings
Tokyo energy. A Vancouver dining room.
SUMU was designed around what happens when people actually sit down together.
At 888 Burrard, the 130 seat space gives the experience room to unfold. A table can begin with two people and a quick bite, or become the setting for a long dinner with friends. Some guests come to share everything. Others order entirely for themselves. Both belong here.
The room is contemporary and energetic, but never formal. Sculptural glass flowers bloom overhead across sweeping golden branches, with each piece individually formed by hand. Their translucent petals catch the light and bring an unexpected softness to the room, creating a signature installation that feels more like suspended art than decoration.
The beauty of SUMU is in those contrasts. Delicate glass above and a lively dining room below. Intimate tables within a generous space. A room polished enough for a celebration, but relaxed enough to walk into on a weekday afternoon.
Dinner can be spontaneous. Another plate can always arrive. A quick meal can become a longer evening, and there is no expectation that everyone at the table has to experience SUMU in the same way. Sharing unique and unforgettable experiences together.
That flexibility is central to the room we created.
Come for an afternoon bite, a date, dinner with friends or a celebration. Stay for one dish or let the table fill as the evening unfolds.
One Table. Different Cravings.
Built around Flame, Grill & Broth.
Different cravings, one dining room. The menu is arranged so that every seat at the table can order for themselves and still eat as one.
Imported Binchotan.
White Binchotan Charcoal shipped from Japan, coaxed by a chef with three decades of yakitori grilling. Every Yakitori is placed, turned, and finished entirely by hand, with the heat guided to the second.
Personalised for the table.
Over one hundred ingredients and a full library of house broths, from a delicate soy milk to a deeply simmered mala. Build the pot your table wants and let it gently bubble between you.
Drinks Made for every mood.
Milk teas, matcha, hojicha, fresh juices and thoughtful nonalcoholic pours designed to sit beside the food, alongside creative fusion small plates that bring colour to the middle of the table.
S U M U
A word we built from the evening we hoped to create. It begins the moment you sit down and stays with you long after the last plate is cleared.
- SSharingthe table, the flame, the night.
- UUniquea menu that meets each guest where they are.
- MMemoriesthe reason a good meal outlives itself.
- UUnforgettablewhat we quietly work toward, every service.
Michael Shi
Director of Beverage Innovation
"One Table. Different Cravings."