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| - I'm not exactly sure why Sushi Rock receives so many bad ratings in regard to the taste of food. I've patronized both the Downtown and Beachwood locations dozens of times since 2009. Only once has the sushi been less than delicious (it was very dry and tasteless.) I'd say that's a pretty good track record. I've dined at sushi restaurants all over Northeast Ohio, and had sushi prepared by first class sushi chefs. Sushi Rock is one of my favorites.
I generally order Crabstick Salad Maki, Kani Su, Eel Maki and Kani Nigiri. Everything is always fresh and delicious, which is what you want when eating anything raw (Eel and Kani Nigiri.) The rice to fish ratio is always excellent, and I've never had sushi with too much rice.
I've never ordered any of their other food, so I can't offer an opinion either way.
Yes, it's loud, which is very annoying. Yes, the service usually sucks, especially Downtown. Yes, the place is full of douchebags on most nights. These reasons are why I knocked my rating down to 4-star. I've found that sitting upstairs (Downtown) greatly reduces the volume, and you can hold a somewhat normal conversation. The service is truly terrible at both locations. Examples include taking forever to receive your sushi, waiting forever for drink refills, snotty hostesses, clueless waitresses and not receiving napkin/chopsticks/soy until 20 minutes after the sushi arrived.
I always go on Tsunami night (Wednesday Downtown & Thursday Beachwood,) to ease the pain. When I'm only paying $3.25-$4.50 per roll, the horrible service and general atmosphere can be overlooked.
Parking is a breeze in Beachwood, where you can park in the garage or in the lot right in front of the restaurant. Downtown is a slight pain, with on-street parking your only option, or valet.
Now I want sushi.
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