Reservations
Reminder: An admission ticket for Portland Japanese Garden entry is required to visit the Umami Café.
We also recommend reserving your Garden entry time at least 30-minutes earlier than your Café reservation to ensure you make it to your booking on time.
Reserve Tickets for Garden EntryHours
- The Umami Café is open from 9:00am – 4:30pm (last seating is at 4:00pm)
- Members only between 9:00-10:00am
NEW! Hot Tea To-Go
Stroll the Garden with hot tea in-hand. We are now offering hot green tea to-go! Inquire inside the café.
NEW! Special Valentines Day Menu Items 2/12 – 2/17
Celebrate Galentines and Valentines of all kinds at the Garden! In a sweet matchup, the Umami Café is collaborating with local Japanese bakery, Oyatsupan, to run two specials extending from Wednesday, February 12th through Monday, February 17th.
- Valentine’s Tea Set: Chocolate Raspberry Melon Pan (raspberry cookie wrapped around sweet roll dough, filled with raspberry jam and chocolate ganache) paired with a bowl of whisked matcha from Jugetsudo Tea.
- Lover’s Bento Box: An adorable selection of chocolate sable cookies, 4 mini shortbreads, 1 mini Okinawan purple sweet potato tart with vanilla bean custard and toasted white sesame seeds, and 1 mini cranberry curd tart with white chocolate décor.
Menu
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The Umami Café provides a place for you to relax and refresh while at the Garden. Here, you will experience the pairing of world-class Japanese tea with traditional gracious, attentive service, and delicious edible delights.
With a design reminiscent of Kyoto’s Kiyomizu-dera temple, the Umami Café floats over the hillside and provides views of the area’s natural beauty. Tea is provided by the Tokyo-based Jugetsudo tea company, while light snacks come from our partnership with Japanese food company, Ajinomoto as well as several local Japanese confectioneries, such as Yume Confections and Behind the Museum Café.