Persona 3 Reload’s Umiushi Beef Bowls restaurant is incredibly exclusive; in order to get takeout, you must go through several hoops.
There are many of locations to buy food in Persona 3 Reload’s Iwatodai Strip Mall. If you can make it past the throngs, Wakatsu Kitchen offers brain food, Hagakure Ramen increases charm, and Wilduck Burger increases courage.
But Umiushi Beef Bowls is one place in the strip mall that is always packed and impossible to dine at. The clerk tells you that you should order takeaway instead of entering since you have to be a member to accomplish it. Although obtaining this membership requires effort and money, Umiushi’s products are well worth the cost.
How to Sign Up for Umiushi Membership
First and foremost, a little patience is required to join Umiushi. The Umiushi cashier advises that you may obtain your membership by purchasing a fan book from the nearby net café, but the café won’t be operational for a few weeks after the game begins. In particular, you will need to wait until 4/29 when the internet connection at the Iwatodai Dorm is restored.
You are welcome to use the dorm lobby public computer as of today. Once he gets access to this computer, the main character will only go into the net café to purchase software, and “Umiushi Fan Book” is the last item on the list. It is also extremely reasonably priced at 450 yen.
You may use the public computer to interact with the fan book and choose it from the list with it in your inventory. When you utilize this item, time will pass, but there won’t be any more fees, and you’ll get unlimited access to the Umiushi takeout menu going forward.
Is Membership in Umiushi Worth It?
To put it briefly: sure. The Spring Cabbage Bowl, priced at 800 yen and good for 100 HP regeneration to one ally, is among the initial menu options. That’s equivalent to 1,400 yen (or 980 yen when on sale) for Medical Powder, which also provides the same amount of healing. If you replace that Medical Powder with three Cabbage Bowls, you’ll recoup the cost of the fan book. Although it only recovers 20 HP, the Umiushi Beef Bowl is still a great option for takeaway.
As the game continues, Umiushi Beef Bowls, like other businesses in Persona 3 Reload, modifies its inventory. For example, the restaurant will be adding the Great Yakiniku Bowl in May, which has a three-turn attack bonus.It is uncommon to find such an item for sale in any Persona game.
Compared to other places in the game, Umiushi Beef Bowls is an exclusive area, and accessing it requires significant money. But the unique and reasonably priced things on their menu more than make up for the price.