Nice environment, but that's about it. Not sure why this place has high ratings. Maybe it's better at lunch?
The sashimi from the chef's special (~$20) was clearly relatively old. You know, when you can vaguely taste the underside of a boat, and all the fish start to turn the same brown color, even if it's yellowtail or whatever. Not nausea-inducing but certainly not worth shelling out the cash. Cruel, but I've had better sushi and sashimi at Giant Eagle for $5.
I had the bento box, which was completely underwhelming with a mushroom "broth"... that had on freeze-dried mushroom floating near the edge. So, this is just lukewarm salty water? Yep. The spring rolls were also overfried into blandness. Teriyaki shrimp was decent but slathered in sauce to taste oblivion. And on that note, the "ginger salad" = a few slimy pieces of iceberg with about a cup of ginger sauce slathered on top. Just. No. PLEASE be more sparing in your sauces! My tastebuds are still relatively healthy and don't need to be blasted to oblivion.
Sigh. Maybe it was an off-day. I really, really wanted to like this place. Is it so hard to get fresh fish in NE Ohio?! Okay, I know the answer to that. (Yes.)