Sushi UNI

Sushi UNI is a small, busy, owner-run sushi and hibachi restaurant in the Rosehill Pointe strip at 87th Street Parkway and Rosehill Road in Lenexa, opened in 2014 by Jason and Landy Liu, who chose the letters U-N-I to stand for “you and I.” It built its following on fast, affordable lunch deals — any three rolls with soup or salad and two crab rangoon for under $15 — a chalkboard of specialty rolls drawn from what regulars order, and a kitchen that also turns out teriyaki, hibachi and Chinese-American plates. Johnson County Post readers named it Best Japanese in the Post’s Best of Johnson County 2024, and it was a Best Sushi finalist in The Pitch’s Best of KC 2025.

Description

Sushi UNI is an inline unit in the Rosehill Pointe strip on the south side of 87th Street Parkway at Rosehill Road, sharing the center with Black Dog Coffeehouse.¹² “It may look plucky and small from the outside, but its menu packs quite a punch,” the Johnson County Post wrote when readers voted it one of the county’s five best sushi bars in 2022; one regular recommended arriving before 11 to beat the lunch line.² IN Kansas City’s 2024 sushi survey called it “fast, affordable, and quality sushi” and noted the chalkboard of daily specialty rolls “based on dishes the regulars often order,” suggesting the large sushi-sashimi combination platters for two or a sashimi appetizer with a glass of sauvignon blanc for one.¹

The menu is built for the lunch trade. The U.N.I. Sushi Lunch offers any one, two or three rolls from a list with two crab rangoon and soup or salad ($10.95–14.95); the U.N.I. Lunch applies the same format to teriyaki, hibachi and Chinese-American plates ($12.95); assorted sushi and sashimi lunches follow.³ The full card runs from Japanese salads (wakame, ika sansai, baby octopus, sunomono) and small plates (hamachi kama, baked mussels, tempura soft-shell crab, tuna tataki, yellowtail-jalapeño sashimi, gyoza) through fried rice, lo mein and noodles, kitchen entrées (teriyaki, hibachi, General Tso’s, a grilled sea bass), sushi entrées and forty-odd rolls from kappa maki to a Dragon and a Rainbow.³ The site itself promises “quality ingredients, generous portions, and friendly service,” “always with healthy and vegetarian options,” and republishes reviews that mention the owners “always onsite.”⁴

Ownership and history

Jason and Landy Liu opened Sushi UNI in 2014.¹ “Owners Jason and Landy Liu put the U N I in the name to stand for ‘you and I,’ and they have done a nice job of making people feel like family,” IN Kansas City wrote a decade later.¹ The business e-mail, Unipartnersinc@gmail.com, suggests an operating entity named Uni Partners Inc.; this has not been checked against state records.⁴ A Post reader in 2022 recalled being a regular “since it opened as a small(er) hole in the wall,” implying an expansion of the original room at some point.² Nothing about the Lius’ background before 2014 — training, prior restaurants, hometown — has been published.

The restaurant’s reputation has been built by readers’ polls rather than critics: a top-five Post sushi pick in January 2022, Best Japanese in the Post’s Best of Johnson County 2024 (ahead of finalist Jun’s), and a Best Sushi finalist in The Pitch’s 2025 Best of KC.²⁵⁶

Links

• Website: https://www.sushiunikc.com/
• Online ordering (first-party, Menufy): https://www.ordersushiuni.com/order
• Online ordering (Chowbus, linked from the site): https://pos.chowbus.com/online-ordering/store/Sushi-UNI-KS/44228
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sushiunilenexa
• X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/sushiuni87

Menu

Last verified: 2026-08-28 · Source: the restaurant’s own Menufy ordering site (ordersushiuni.com/order) · Confidence: High for the sections below; lo mein, noodles, the remainder of the roll list, sushi and sashimi by the piece, and side orders were not captured, hence partial. ”+” marks a base price with paid options.³

Lunch (Mon–Sat 11–2:30; with 2 crab rangoon and soup or green salad)

• U.N.I. Sushi Lunch — any 1 roll ($10.95) / 2 rolls ($12.95) / 3 rolls ($14.95)
• U.N.I. Lunch ($12.95 each) — Chicken, Shrimp, Salmon or Steak Teriyaki; Hibachi Steak, Shrimp or Chicken; General Tso’s, Sesame or Orange Chicken; Chicken or Beef with Broccoli; Chicken or Beef with Mixed Vegetables
• Assorted Sushi Lunch — 7 pieces and a cucumber roll ($16.95) · Assorted Sashimi Lunch — 12 pieces, crab stick, rice ($23.95)

Soups and salads

• Miso · Egg Drop · Hot & Sour ($3.75) · Green Salad ($4.45) · Wakame Seaweed Salad ($7.00) · Spicy Crab Salad ($7.45) · Ika Sansai ($8.45) · Baby Octopus Salad ($12.45) · Octopus Sunomono ($12.95) · Seafood Sunomono ($14.95)

Small plates

• Egg Roll ($2.45) · French Fries ($4.95) · Crab Rangoon (4) ($6.00) · Edamame ($6.45; spicy $7.45) · Gyoza (6) ($7.95) · Steamed Dumplings (6) ($7.95) · Age-Dashi Tofu ($9.95) · Spicy Stuffed Mushrooms ($10.45) · Baked Mussels (6) ($10.45) · Salmon Kama ($10.95) · Vegetable Tempura ($11.45) · Crispy Calamari ($11.95) · Tuna Tataki ($11.95) · Tempura Soft Shell Crab ($12.45) · Sushi Appetizer — 5 pieces and cucumber roll ($12.95) · Ya’s Salmon — salmon, avocado, sweet chili ($12.95) · Hamachi Kama ($13.95) · Yellowtail Jalapeno Sashimi ($13.95) · Shrimp Tempura ($14.45) · Sashimi Appetizer — 3 tuna, 3 salmon, 2 tako, crab stick ($16.95)

Fried rice (with 2 crab rangoon and soup)

• Vegetable ($13.95+) · Chicken ($14.95+) · Shrimp · Beef · Combo ($15.95+)

Kitchen entrées (with rice, 2 crab rangoon and soup)

• Chicken Teriyaki · General Tso’s · Sesame · Orange Chicken · Chicken with Broccoli · Chicken with Mixed Vegetables · Hibachi Chicken ($15.95+) · Beef with Broccoli · Beef with Mixed Vegetables ($16.95+) · Steak, Shrimp Teriyaki · Hibachi Shrimp ($17.95+) · Salmon, Scallop Teriyaki ($18.95+) · Hibachi Steak ($20.95+) · Grilled Seabass ($22.95+)

Sushi entrées (with 2 crab rangoon and soup)

• 3 California Rolls ($17.95) · Maki Combination ($17.95) · 3 Tekka Maki ($18.45) · Assorted Sushi — 7 pieces and salmon roll ($19.95) · Rainbow Sushi Deluxe — 10 pieces and rainbow roll ($28.95) · Assorted Sashimi — 12 pieces with daikon maki

Sushi rolls (selection)

• Kappa, Oshinko, Avocado, Asparagus, Kanpyo ($4.95+) · California ($6.95+) · Tuna, Salmon, Negihamachi, Sweet Potato, Spicy California, Spicy Tuna, Spicy Crunch Tuna, Spicy Salmon, Spicy Crunch Salmon, Mix Vegetable ($7.45+) · Philadelphia, Alaskan, Grilled Salmon Skin, Futo Maki, Salmon Katsu, Rock ‘N Roll, Shrimp Tempura ($8.45+) · Daikon Maki ($8.95+) · Unagi Maki, Spicy Octopus, Crispy Calamari ($9.45+) · Spicy Scallop, Spider ($10.45+) · Spider Hand Roll ($11.45+) · Rainbow, Dragon ($11.95+)

Sources

Footnotes

1. “The State of Sushi: Kansas Citians have Fully Embraced the Japanese Cuisine, as Sushi Bars and Restaurants are Thriving Across the Metro,” IN Kansas City Magazine, January 2024 — Confirms: “Sushi UNI | Opened in 2014, 12841 West 87th Street Parkway, Lenexa”; same strip mall as Black Dog Coffee; “fast, affordable, and quality sushi”; owners Jason and Landy Liu; “U N I … ‘you and I’”; chalkboard specialty rolls; combo platters and sashimi appetizer. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

2. “5 to Try: Post readers’ picks for best sushi in Johnson County,” Johnson County Post, 2022-01-14 — Confirms: top-five reader pick; “plucky and small … menu packs quite a punch”; “87th and Rosehill”; “since it opened as a small(er) hole in the wall” (reader Chris Sammis); wait lines, lunch deals, spicy crab salad (reader Catherine Kirkland); address and hours. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

3. Sushi Uni — first-party online ordering (Menufy). Retrieved 2026-08-28 — Confirms: phone; business hours Mon–Thu 11–2:30 and 4:30–9:30, Fri 11–2:30 and 4:30–10, Sat 11–10, Sunday closed; carryout; every item and price in the Menu section. ↩ ↩² ↩³

4. Sushi Uni — official website, home page. Retrieved 2026-08-28 — Confirms: “Fresh Japanese sushi, fine hibachi dishes, and Chinese style favorites”; About text (quality ingredients, generous portions, friendly service; healthy and vegetarian options); Chowbus “Order Now” link; hours lunch Mon–Sat 11–2:30, dinner Mon–Thu 4:30–9:30, Fri 4:30–10, Sat 2:30–10; “12841 West 87th Street Parkway, Lenexa, Kansas 66215”; 913-322-8667; Unipartnersinc@gmail.com; Facebook sushiunilenexa and Twitter sushiuni87; republished reviews (“Owners are always onsite”; 3-roll lunch). ↩ ↩²

5. “Best of Johnson County 2024: Food & Restaurants winners,” Johnson County Post. Retrieved 2026-08-28 — Confirms: Sushi UNI, winner, Best Japanese; Jun’s among finalists. ↩

6. The Pitch — Best of KC 2025 results portal, “Best Sushi.” Retrieved 2026-08-28 — Confirms: Sushi UNI among “Other finalists.” ↩