Yume Sushi

What Yume Sushi does

Yume Sushi is a privately held Japanese fusion restaurant and catering operator headquartered at Shop 8, 52 Lyons Road, Drummoyne, NSW, Australia. The company was founded in October 2006 with a takeaway shop in Sydney CBD, subsequently relocated and at peak operated three storefronts across Drummoyne, North Strathfield, and Gladesville before divesting the latter two in June 2017. It now operates a single dine-in restaurant trading Tuesday–Saturday for lunch and dinner, supplemented by takeaway and event catering.

The core product is modern Japanese cuisine with an emphasis on brown rice sushi variants, specialty rolls (Spider, Dynamite, Wagyu Beef, California, Little Lobster), and a noodle menu spanning ramen, soba, udon, shirataki, tokoroten, and harusame. Catering operations extend the offer with multi-platter packages for home parties, corporate functions, and school events; an on-site chef add-on provides live sushi preparation and sushi-making classes. Technology infrastructure is light: a WordPress-based website (yumesushi.com.au) and the third-party Posway platform (palm-online for takeaway, palm-order for catering) handle digital orders. No proprietary software, apps, APIs, or AI/ML systems are disclosed.

The business model is straightforward restaurant and catering economics. Revenue derives from in-store dining, counter takeaway, and event catering under pay-as-you-go unit pricing, with custom platter quotes offered free of charge and a $5 surcharge for gluten-free soy. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via walk-in traffic, the website, and online ordering, augmented by event-driven catering sales to corporate and education clients. Marketing relies on the company blog, customer testimonials, and word-of-mouth rather than paid acquisition. The firm has 1–10 employees, no external funding, no parent company, and no disclosed revenue.

Name

Yume Sushi

Legal name

Yume Sushi

Website

https://yumesushi.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Yume Sushi is a privately held Japanese fusion restaurant and catering operator in Drummoyne, Sydney, serving individual diners, corporate clients, and schools via dine-in, takeaway, and event catering with on-site chef services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Japanese Restaurant Catering

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Caterers (722320), Caterers (72232), Limited-Service Restaurants (722513)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

In-Store Sushi & Asian Prepared Foods (CRAHAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sushi/Sashimi-Grade & Raw Ready-to-Serve Seafood (Including Poke) (AFANALAI), Ethnic/Regional Prepared Meat & Seafood Meals (e.g., Asian, Latin, Mediterranean) (AFANAFAJ)

Keywords

• Japanese restaurant dining
• Sushi catering services
• Sushi takeaway orders
• Japanese fusion cuisine
• Brown rice sushi platters

Headquarters

HQ city

Drummoyne

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Restaurant: In-store dining service at Drummoyne location, serving lunch and dinner to walk-in customers. Operating Tue-Sat for lunch (12pm-2:30pm) and dinner (Tue-Fri 5:30pm-8:30pm, Sat 5:30pm-8pm).
2. Takeaway: Counter takeaway service for customers to order and pick up meals. Orders can be placed via phone or online ordering system.
3. Catering Services: Platter catering for home parties, corporate events, birthdays, and school functions. Offers custom platter design and onsite chef services for live sushi preparation and sushi-making classes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Yume Sushi operates a Japanese fusion restaurant and sushi catering business in Drummoyne, Sydney. It sells dine-in lunch and dinner, counter and online takeaway sushi and Japanese dishes, and caters sushi platters for home parties, corporate functions, school events and birthdays, including custom platter design and onsite chef experiences with live sushi preparation and sushi-making classes. Its menu emphasises health-conscious options such as brown rice sushi alongside specialty rolls and Asian noodle dishes.

Product overview

Yume Sushi operates as a Japanese fusion restaurant and catering business in Sydney, Australia. The core offering comprises dine-in restaurant services at their Drummoyne location, takeaway and delivery ordering through their Posway platform, and comprehensive sushi catering services for events ranging from small home parties to corporate functions and school events. Their menu features Japanese fusion cuisine with signature brown rice creations, specialty sushi rolls (Spider Roll, Dynamite Roll, Wagyu Beef Roll, California Roll, Little Lobster Roll), and various noodle dishes (Ramen, Soba, Udon, Shirataki). Catering services include pre-made platters available for order and on-site chef experiences with live sushi preparation and sushi-making classes. Additional offerings include custom platter design and gluten-free options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Yume Sushi Restaurant (Dine-In) In-store Japanese fusion dining at the Drummoyne restaurant, serving lunch (Tue-Sat 12pm-2:30pm) and dinner (Tue-Fri 5:30pm-8:30pm, Sat 5:30pm-8pm). Features brown rice sushi options and signature fusion menu targeted at health-conscious individual diners.
• Sushi Catering Services Catering service supplying sushi platters for home parties, corporate events, birthday celebrations, and school functions. Offers multiple platter sizes, custom platter design, and free custom quotations; orders require 2 hours advance notice for 1-2 platters.
• Takeaway Service Counter and online takeaway ordering service allowing customers to order sushi and Japanese dishes via phone or the Posway online ordering system for in-store pickup.
• On-Site Chef Service and Sushi-Making Classes Experiential offering where a qualified Yume chef attends customer events to prepare fresh sushi on-site, with options for custom menus or interactive sushi-making classes for groups, schools, and corporate events.

Quantifiable outcome

• Sold out at Mortlake Public School Winterfare 2018
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Roll'd: Roll'd is an Australian Vietnamese-and-Asian-fusion chain offering rice paper rolls, bao, and sushi-style platters across many Sydney locations. It overlaps with Yume in healthy Asian takeaway and corporate/event catering use cases.
• Sumo Salad: Sumo Salad is an Australian healthy fast-food chain built on brown rice, salads, and Asian-inspired bowls with dine-in, takeaway, and corporate catering. Closely mirrors Yume's health-conscious brown rice positioning and Sydney catering customer base.
• Mizuya Sushi: Mizuya is a Sydney-based sushi restaurant and caterer offering Japanese fusion menu and platter catering for corporate and private events. Directly comparable to Yume in target customers, product range, and Sydney operating geography.
• Sushi Hub: Sushi Hub is one of Australia's largest sushi takeaway and dine-in chains, operating numerous stores across Sydney and other states. It directly competes with Yume in the modern Japanese, brown rice, and takeaway sushi category, serving similar health-conscious consumers and corporate catering clients.
• Wasabi Warriors: Wasabi Warriors is a Sydney-based sushi and Japanese bowl takeaway/catering brand. Directly comparable on product mix (sushi rolls, platters) and on corporate/office catering use cases within the same Sydney market.
• Sushi Sushi: Sushi Sushi is a major Australian sushi chain with widespread mall-based and high-street locations. It competes directly with Yume across dine-in, takeaway, and sushi platter categories, and overlaps strongly in the Sydney metro catering market.
• Go Sushi (Go Vita): Go Sushi operates supermarket-anchored sushi counters and catering services across Australia, providing pre-packaged sushi platters for events and offices. Comparable to Yume on sushi platter catering format and corporate event channel.
• Sushi Maroo: Sushi Maroo is a Sydney-based sushi restaurant and caterer offering traditional and modern rolls with online ordering and platter services for events. Directly comparable operating model and target market to Yume.

Broad incumbents

• Saké Restaurant & Bar: Saké is a higher-end Sydney Japanese dining group with multiple Sydney locations offering sushi, sashimi, and full-service dining. It is a broader incumbent in the same Japanese cuisine category but targets a more upscale dine-in occasion than Yume's casual fusion model.

Regional players

• Kensuke Sushi: Kensuke is an Australian sushi brand with a primarily Sydney and east-coast footprint serving takeaway and catering customers. Comparable to Yume in product category and customer segment, with a broader but still regional presence.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/YumeSushiAU
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/yume-sushi

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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