Maruhide - Long Beach

Helllllo, uni! I ordered a bunch of goodies from Maruhide Marine Products with much skepticism as the destination will be Honolulu. I had a vision of FedEx tossing the box around in their warehouse and the uni overheating in the FedEx delivery truck. I couldn't be more wrong as this was clearly not their first rodeo. The products came perfectly intact, it was superbly packed with preciseness in a Styrofoam box. The cold pack was wrapped to prevent sweat/water spots on uni shutou and sea urchin soy sauce outer packaging. My first taste of their super-premium uni in a metal tray blew me out of the water. The uni isn't tiny like Japan's uni, the flavor was of the highest quality and fresh with a tiny hint of saltwater. Delicious! We will purchase uni from Maruhide Marine Products again. Arigato gozaimasu, Kawamura-san!

Fresh uni, reasonable prices, and great service during pickup.

Uni here super fresh! They only carry Santa Barbara uni, but oh is it fresh and juicy. You place a reservation request online; if they have it in stock they will then email back a confirmation and you arrange a pick up time. I personally received a response within a few hours. I ordered their five pocket tray uni, and oh my these were some of the biggest, juiciest uni I've ever had. Also grabbed a jar of their famous uni shutou since I was already there; haven't cracked that open yet but am quite excited to try soon. They also package every order nicely in a zippered insulated bag and ice pack. They do ship, but as I live 20 minutes away I just dropped by. Only open M-F and not all day so plan accordingly.

This is the premier producer of Santa Barbara uni in the world. They supply some of the best restaurants in both the U.S. and Japan, so you know you're getting top quality. The saltwater uni boxes are absolutely amazing, and they also offer pasta kits and A5 Wagyu, both of which are outstanding. I highly recommend this place!

If you're looking for the freshest uni, you need to get it straight from the source!