This is the best sushi you are going to get in Cleveland period. Don't go anywhere else I've pretty much tried them all. Nothing was even worth writing a review about beyond this place.
Anyway I took my girlfriend here on their notoriously busy "Tsunami Wednesday" because they do half price rolls. We were warned in advance about the wait time thanks to Yelp and so we came expecting a disaster similar to what happened with Melt Bar and Grilled plopping a nice 3 and a half hour wait time on our heads.
We waited around the bar (which had open spots with fast service another difference between this and Melt). We waited there for about and hour and change before the hostess managed to grab us a place at the sushi bar which had been completely packed along with the reservation only dining area.
Knowing what I know now I would have made reservations for a table despite loving to eat at the sushi bar and watch them make the rolls... but it was fine waiting just a little over an hour for a place that was packed with people. I'm willing to wait up to two hours for good food. None of this 3 and a half hour wait that Melt tried to pull on us. =)
So they have a DJ on Tsunami Wednesday. He was playing some of the best mixes I have ever heard. I was quite impressed. Made the wait time feel even shorter.
The food itself was half price sushi rolls as mentioned. Some of the freshest sushi I have ever had and I have tried a wide variety of locations both here and abroad. The white tuna was melt in your mouth delicious. The spicy tuna was prepared with expert perfection and fresh ingredients. Also the service was lightning fast all around from the bar to the waitress to the food.
Did around 32 pieces of sushi when all was said and done (a new record for me). Girlfriend was a newcomer to real sushi having only tried cali rolls before. She enjoyed her first taste of REAL sushi here (spicy tuna roll). Had two pitchers of sake along with desert. Left happy as hell and will definately return.
If you are going to take your special someone out on a sushi date. Make a reservation on wednesday night here and you will NOT be sorry.