Restaurant Umami is the newest and probably one of the coolest restaurant in Tirana. The restaurant opened on the most festive day of the year, on the New Year’s Eve, 31 December 2016. The restaurant is owned by the Albanian MasterChef Renato Mekolli. The name of restaurant has a special meaning “Umami” in Japanese is used to describe a taste of sensation that is meaty or savory and is produced by several amino acids and nucleotides (as glutamate and aspartate) and the world knows it as the fifth taste.

The interior of the restaurant is very modern with big windows, a transparent kitchen where you can see the chef cooking your favorite dish. The restaurant has a great atmosphere with faint lights, comfort tables and seats, everything combined with elegance. If you want to enjoy a lunch or a dinner cooked by the Chef Renato Mekolli, don’t think twice and thank us later.