
Marella Cruises, TUI’s UK ocean cruise line, has launched its fourth a la carte dining experience on Marella Voyager, Umi Sushi, a Japanese inspired cuisine which will be available onboard from December 2025.
Umi Sushi is the fourth à la carte restaurant and the 17th dining venue onboard Marella Voyager. It offers a menu inspired by Japanese cuisine, featuring freshly prepared ramen, customisable sushi boxes and Mochi Ice Cream bowls.
The pre-bookable bento dining experience is priced at £18.95 and includes a ramen dish, two Otsumami-style snack bites, two selections from either sushi, sashimi, and poke dishes and a dessert. Each meal also comes with a trio of bites: edamame, seaweed crackers and Asian pickles.
Customers can choose from a selection of comforting, Japanese-style ramen dishes, with various options including Char Siu Pork Fillet, Golden Panko Chicken or Miso Tofu.
To accompany the meal, they can select from a variety of ‘Otsumami’, Japanese small plates designed for sharing, such as Katsu Chicken Wings, Pork Gyoza, Crab Shumai and Steamed Bao Buns.
Then customers can choose from a wide variety of freshly prepared sashimi, poke, and sushi dishes made at the counter.
Options include the Mr Chang, featuring prawn tempura, avocado, cucumber, spicy mayonnaise and crispy crumb; the Legend with crab, roasted red pepper, Japanese mayonnaise and smoked caviar; East “Meats” West with bacon, beef sirloin and cheese wrapped in potato strings; Teriyaki with chicken, avocado and teriyaki sauce; Teriyaki Tofu with carrot, sweet pepper and cucumber; Tuna Poke with cucumber, radish and spicy mayo; and Salmon Sashimi, served as thinly sliced salmon with traditional condiments.
To finish the meal, dessert options include a delicious Chocolate and Miso Torte served with toasted sesame cream, a refreshing Strawberry and Lime Leaf Cheesecake and Mochi Ice Cream available in strawberry, chocolate, or vanilla flavours.
The 34 seated capacity bookable a la carte restaurant, Umi Sushi, will be open from 18:30 – 21:00 every day and will provide the unrivalled service onboard by the crew which Marella Cruises’ prides itself on. This new a la carte restaurant will join familiar the other three restaurants onboard the ocean cruise line brand, Silver Fork, Kora La and Surf & Turf, which are also available across the whole fleet of Marella Cruises’ ships.
Marella Cruises is part of TUI Group. It is the third largest cruise line in the UK. As of 1 June 2023, there are five ships in the Marella Cruises fleet, Marella Discovery, Marella Discovery 2, Marella Explorer, Marella Explorer 2 and the newest ship to the fleet, Marella Voyager. Marella Cruises offers its customers all-inclusive as standard with all tips and service charges included, customers enjoy an unrivalled level of service and award-winning entertainment. Marella Cruises has also received accolades in Which? as recommended provider for Ocean Cruises since Feb 2023 and Good Housekeeping Reader Recommended for onboard service since 2019.