13 Best Japanese Restaurants near Solon

“Wonderful food as always. I can here for either the third or fourth time with my husband and my mother and grandmother. The food is always amazing. This is easily the best hot pot place in all of the Cleveland area, at least out of all the ones I have gone to. The only thing is that the service wasn’t that great today. We had to ask for utensils, plates, bowls, etc. Our server would disappear for 20-30 minutes at a time even though we were the only people there. At one point we had to go up to the front to ask the sushi chef for things because our server was nowhere to be found. The amazing quality of the food more than made up for the subpar service though. We will definitely be back.“

“First time here and will definitely be back! Affordable and the portions are beyond huge and delicious! We had the Hibachi chicken/steak and Hibachi scallops - all cooked to perfection. Not one gristly bit of steak either! There were surprise noodles in there too that we were happy to try ? Friendly service w a smile, even from the chef in the back! Clean and pleasant atmosphere.“

“We ordered an 11 piece assorted sushi/sashimi platter with miso, chicken katsu, and salads. For sushi in NE Ohio, we were solidly impressed. The sushi and sashimi were very fresh and briny and seemed well prepared. Even the ginger salad dressing had good depth of flavor.“

“A completely wonderful experience! My wife and I were exploring the area and decided for a quick bite. Great owners, very friendly and attentive. Food was fast and very fresh. Pork belly was out of this world! Noodles were excellent. Cannot wait to go back.“

“Unexpected JOY in this tiny nondescript spot. They've really responded to the previous reviews and are now serving the freshest, most attentively prepared sushi in Northeast Ohio. Prices are very competitive, making up for the drive out to Macedonia, the less than fancy setting and "minimalist decor"/location... You have to ask for an actual menu if you're not interested in scanning the qr code, but that's literally the only drawback of this dining experience (if you can even call that a drawback). Hubby and I absolutely love that there's no obnoxious music or a television screen on every wall like other sushi spots that distract from the social experience of this perfect sushi lunch. Go. You won't be disappointed.“

“This is a good Asian Restaurant right there on Coventry Blvd in the trendy Coventry neighborhood. The atmosphere was pleasant and spacious. The service was friendly and polite. They did forget the soup for my take-out order so I had to remind them, which was not a big deal. Overall Everything was good.“

“I was going to a concert with my companion and I'd read about and been recommended to this place by someone in a Facebook group. I was pretty excited to try what was billed as "Authentic Japanese". Anyone who's familiar with actual Japanese cuisine knows the struggle. The atmosphere was nice, service was great, food was a bit of a miss. They certainly appear to try to be "authentic", and they come close, closer than most any non familiar with Japanese food person would be able to tell, but just not quite. One of my favorite dishes is Agedashi Tofu. I cannot tell you how hard it is to find this dish prepared right. Nearly all of the non Japanese owned or operated "Japanese" restaurants don't come close and many offer what is actually Korean or some other form of "fried tofu", with the Korean version being my least favorite, fried portions of tofu that are very dry and bland, in my experience. This place came close but there were issues. First there were two huge blocks of fried tofu, and it was actually prepared right, but never have I had such large chunks. They're usually several small cubes. They did get the bonito flakes right but I found them not nearly as smokey as they should have been, almost non existently smokey and didn't add to the dish as they should. There was absolutely no greenery, scallions, nothing. The sauce was very almost watery tasting and not very flavorful. Needless to say I was disappointed. Second would be the "giyoza", which was actually the topic of the Facebook group post on someone looking for authentic Japanese prepared giyoza. This place is definitely "not it". The "dumplings" we got were deep fried, in a shell that was thick and powdery tasting to eat. Just not in any way remotely like actual giyoza. The sushi nigiri we ordered was fine, much like any other decent sushi place, so no complaints there. Lastly the Nabeyaki Udon took forever to come out, the tempura to go with it even longer, and the broth was different tasting than expected. At that point we were pretty full, pressed to get to our concert as the wait for our food had set us back. We took the Udon to go but later found the noodles had soaked up all the broth and it was pretty unappetizing. The Yakitori was ok, not the best but not the worst. Lastly, the place is a bit hard to find. The frontage from the street looks like office buildings or something residential and you have to go around that and down a slope to the back bottom of that to get to the actual restaurant and even then we weren't sure we were at the right place until we entered. Overall, while most people will probably enjoy this place, someone who knows Japanese food, may not.“

“The food is delicious, but they are missing out on thousands of dollars in profit by being closed between 2pm to 4pm. This is prime time, right after school! I've gone to other restaurants plenty or times due to them being closed during these hours, even though they were my first choice. They probably need to hire more staff to accommodate, so that everyone doesn't have to leave at the same time.“

“If you're looking foe ambience, this is not your place. But if you're looking for delicious and fresh, this is the place. I had the Christmas Roll and loved every bite. It's not cheap, but frankly, sushi shouldn't be cheap! Service was friendly, and I didn't have to wait very long for my meal. I will be back, for sure.“

“We visited Otani and sat at the hibachi grill. The miso soup was delicious and our steak entree and chicken entree were also quite tasty and cooked to perfection. As a matter of fact, all of our food was simply delicious. The only criticism I have is that the salad dressing was a bit too sweet for our liking. In addition, I need to say that our waiter and our grill cook/chef were wonderful. We look forward to visiting again.“

“They were handing out samples of the seasme chicken and teriyaki chicken! Both were very tasty so I went for the teriyaki chicken! Food was fresh and hot off the grill. Good price too! I will definitely go there again. I liked this food choice over the other options they had in the food court.“

“I'm from Japan and this is probably the best Japanese food in Cleveland. It's better than Shuhei (2nd best) and everything else in Cleveland isn't real Japanese food/isn't ran by Japanese ppl. Would recommend for the food!“

“Called in the order. It was ready for me when I went to pick it up 12 minutes later.Parking: Though parking is acceptable stairs down to restaurant are somewhat dangerous. Access to the railing isn't safe for someone who may have difficulty walking without help.“