This story covers sushi in the Cleveland suburbs, going from the west side to the east side so you can find a table close to home. The west suburbs have the widest range, from a revolving sushi bar in Parma to all you can eat in Brooklyn and a lounge with a vegan menu in Rocky River, and the east side choices run from Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights out to Beachwood, Willoughby and Chardon.
In the city itself, Ginko in Tremont and Sora on West 10th Street are the names to know. For those and every other sushi restaurant in the area, open the full Cleveland sushi guide.
West suburbs, then east
Suburban sushi restaurants from west to east
Lakewood
Voodoo Tuna Sushi Bar and Lounge
Best for: Sushi and sake on Detroit Avenue in Lakewood
Voodoo Tuna Sushi Bar and Lounge is at 15326 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, the first suburb west of the city line. It runs as a lounge as much as a sushi bar, with sake, a happy hour and plates like lobster nachos and potstickers next to the sushi rolls. It suits a night out with friends, and Detroit Avenue in Lakewood has other bars nearby if you want to keep going.
Rocky River
Sakana Sushi Bar and Lounge | Japanese
Best for: A vegan menu and a sushi happy hour in Rocky River
Sakana Sushi Bar and Lounge is at 19300 Detroit Road in Rocky River, and it keeps a vegan menu, which makes it the easy suburban sushi bar to choose when someone at the table does not eat fish. The rest of the menu includes crab rangoon and crispy duck. There is a sushi happy hour too, so check the timing before you go if you want to catch it.
Brooklyn
Kintaro All You Can Eat Sushi & Hot Pot
Best for: All you can eat sushi with hibachi and hot pot
Kintaro at 7325 Northcliff Avenue in Brooklyn runs all you can eat sushi alongside hibachi and hot pot, with bubble tea to drink. It is the place to go when the table cannot agree on one kind of meal. A second Kintaro at Westgate in Fairview Park offers the same trio of all you can eat sushi, hot pot and hibachi, with a sauce bar and a spicy broth, if that side of the west suburbs is closer.
Parma
Watami Revolving Sushi Bar | Japanese
Best for: Conveyor belt sushi in Parma
Watami Revolving Sushi Bar at 7426 Broadview Road in Parma sends plates past on a conveyor belt, so you can eat at your own pace and stop when you are full. Seating tends to be quick, which makes it a good choice on a weeknight when you are hungry and want to eat soon. Save room for the sesame balls or the green tea cheesecake.
Parma
Mizu Sushi
Best for: An easy menu for mixed tables in Parma
Mizu Sushi is at 10219 Brookpark Road in Parma, and its picture book menu makes ordering easy for anyone new to sushi. The spicy crab roll is a good place to start. The kitchen also covers sukiyaki, crab rangoon and a chicken katsu bento box, so people who would rather skip raw fish still have plenty to order.
Strongsville
Sakura Sushi House
Best for: Sushi and hibachi in Strongsville
Sakura Sushi House at 15040 Pearl Road in Strongsville is the southernmost stop in this story. Alongside the sushi it serves hibachi, crab rangoon and general tso’s, and the pink lady roll is the house roll to try. There is a drive thru, which is handy on a busy weeknight when nobody wants to sit down.
Cleveland Heights
Pacific East Japanese Restaurant
Best for: Sushi and Malaysian food on Coventry
Pacific East Japanese Restaurant at 1763 Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights serves sushi rolls and Malaysian cooking from the same kitchen, with laksa, mee goreng and mango chicken on the Malaysian side. That makes it a strong choice when half the table wants rolls and the other half wants noodles. Coventry Village has shops and bars on the same stretch for before or after dinner.
Beachwood
Shuhei Restaurant
Best for: A quieter sushi dinner in Beachwood
Shuhei Restaurant at 23360 Chagrin Boulevard in Beachwood is an intimate room with an extensive sushi menu. The rolls run large, and the spicy crunchy tuna is a good first order. It is the most sit-down of the east side choices here, which makes it a good pick for a date or a quieter dinner on the Chagrin Boulevard side of Beachwood.
Willoughby
Young's Sushi
Best for: Sushi with outdoor seating in Willoughby
Young’s Sushi is at 12 East Spaulding Street in Willoughby, in Lake County, and it has outdoor seating when the weather cooperates. The crunch roll and the pot stickers are the orders to start with. Downtown Willoughby is easy to walk, so dinner here fits well into an evening spent on the surrounding streets.
Chardon
Hayashi Mayple
Best for: Hibachi and sushi in Chardon
Hayashi Mayple is at 540 Water Street in Chardon, the farthest east of the restaurants here, in Geauga County. Hibachi is the main event, with hibachi steak and hibachi vegetables with chicken as the common orders, and the eel roll covers the sushi side. The wait staff are known for being friendly. It is a good stop if you are already out in Geauga County for the day.
How to choose
Picking the right kind of sushi night
The restaurants here fall into a few kinds of sushi night. For a quick, filling meal, Watami’s conveyor belt and the all you can eat setup at both Kintaro locations are built for it. For a table where some people want sushi and others want something cooked, the hibachi at Kintaro, Sakura and Hayashi Mayple and the Malaysian menu at Pacific East cover both. For a slower dinner with drinks, Sakana, Voodoo Tuna and Shuhei work best.
In Westlake, The Pacific East Cafe on Union Street leans toward bubble tea, with fruit teas, passion fruit bubbles and takoyaki, and it makes a good dessert stop after dinner in Rocky River or Westlake. For everywhere else in Greater Cleveland, the sushi guide’s map shows where each restaurant sits.
Good to know
Questions before you go.
Where should I go for sushi in the city instead?
Ginko is in a basement space on Professor Avenue in Tremont, with bar seating, real wasabi and a happy hour. Sora on West 10th Street is known for its crispy rice and its Sora roll.
Which Cleveland sushi restaurants have bar seating?
Ginko in Tremont and Sora on West 10th Street both have bar seating, which is the best way to eat there on your own or as a pair.
City and suburbs
See every sushi restaurant on the map
The full guide covers sushi restaurants across Cleveland and the suburbs, with a map and details for each one.