Nobu Tei

Love this place! Always my lunch choice with colleagues. Green curry shrimp is delicious!

A little sushi and hibachi on a Saturday night. Service was above average and our hibachi chef was very nice and attentive and tracked our server down for us when we needed water.
Their ginger salad dressing was one of the better dressings we have had as was the fried rice. They used lots of eggs in the rice which I like.
Hibachi filet was a bit salty for my taste but cooked perfectly otherwise. A decent sushi option in the eastern suburbs.

Great food and wonderful service. Enjoyed the sushi and curry dishes. Great flavors and menu choices.

Friendly and fast service. The food was awesome and the presentation was nicely done. Great atmosphere as well.

My wife and I love this place! We come here often. Mona is the best!!! I had just about everything on the menu and while they went thru some growing pains, we have always had a good time. I recommend the Beef Basil Fried Rice and Sushi specials. We’re fans!

Friendly staff and great sushi! Clean and modern décor. Lots of sushi combos and they let you substitute.

Would you enjoy a casual delicious evening in Solon? Here is your answer. This restaurant will not disappoint you. Everything from fine music and a pleasant staff to fine food in a wonderful atmosphere. The décor is very inviting and the room temperature is very comfortable. The sushi is amazing and the soups and curry will have your mouth watering for more. I plan on making this a weekly stop at the very least. The location is very accessible with plenty of lighted parking.

It’s no Wasabi or Bennihana. So in comparison to the popular sushi/​habachi restaurants nobu lunch portions are small but gives you more meat were as the others I think give you more rice and vegetables.
The yum yum is sweeter. And prices are a bit lower then the other popular spots.
Décor and vibe had a young hip social feel, especially during the lunch hour. All in all I may come back to try dinner service, nothing extremely special about this place though.

Fairly good sushi/​hibachi restuarant in Solon.
We ordered the sashimi deluxe and vrious hand sushi. All of them were fresh but nothing really blew us away. The sashimi slices were quite large and came with a good assortment. I would have told them to hold the fake crab meat if I knew it was on there. Came with soup so I ordered the standard, pre-​made, seaweed salad which was a nice size.
Service was good and prices were reasonable.

Amazing sushi. Loved the two rolls and tuna sashimi. Found this place randomly but will be back! Only recommendation is that they play music.

I am a repeat customer and I love everything they have to offer. They make great maki rolls. You have to try the crispy duck with curry. By far one of the best duck meals I’ve ever had.

First night in Cleveland and had to get some sushi. Ordered the angle roll and red snapper sashimi.
Great atmosphere and nice staff.

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.)

I really like this place! I think it will be even better once they get the alcohol in.
I went here with my family two times and we ordered a large variety of things. From the appetizers like the tempura, fried rice and chicken satay – to the entrees like the sushi, green curry, and bento boxes. Everything we ordered was at minimum, very good. The green curry and chicken satay though won rave reviews from my family – so much so that we ordered it twice!
I think this is an excellent choice for lunch or dinner and I seriously hope that this business succeeds because I think it makes a great addition to the Solon area!

4.5 stars. Seriously?!? Went for lunch on Friday. I ordered the spicy green curry fried rice. It was not spicy and if it had curry in it, I didn’t notice. The rice was overcooked and it was very Americanized and bland. The miso soup was mediocre at best. My friend had the sushi and the pieces of fish were tiny (I mean super tiny. Like, a sliver of fish tiny) while the veggies were quite a bit larger. The service was also bad. The servers took long taking our order and the food took long as well. They were fairly busy however. As a side note, I noticed Fettuccine Alfredo on the menu which is odd to say the least.

What am I missing? I don’t understand the 4.5 rating. Unilocalers please tell me what’s the «right» dish to order here!
We had
Eel cucumber roll — it’s ok. Not a whole lot of eel to be found in the roll.
Bento box-​steak — not bad, but the beef is more «steak-​y» at Akira
Pad Thai — it’s ok. The authentic pad Thai should come out pale. Here it was served bright orange here. Even peppermint’s has more dimension of flavors (among the Americanized ones). Map of Thailand is still the most authentic.
The audience sitting at the hibachi section seemed to have lots of fun! There were lots of happy noises coming out of the room. I suppose that’s what drives the 4.5 stars?
Random facts:
— this place is really new. We sat by the window and there was no air-​conditioning. They still have equipments wrapped in plastic behind the counter.
— Our server said the chef here is Chinese who’s worked in Thai restaurant 20 years.
Portion is big. I walked away full but unsatisfied.
In conclusion,
In this area, (Solon, beechwood, chagrin falls, pepper pike)
If you want sushi, I’d go Shinano. If closed, I’d go wasabi.
If you want Thai, I’d go peppermint’s.
If you want bento with steak, I’d go Akira.

This place is many things; a bar, a Thai restaurant, a sushi place, and a hibachi.
What I can speak to is their ability to make good Thai food. The chicken and vegetable pad Thia are delectable. We went there for the lunch time special and was nice. Tea came out hot and fresh as soon as we sat down and the whole production came with a cute little misso soup to drink for our short wait

Overall: 3 stars. They opened recently, and they have a nice atmosphere, but they need to work on the Thai food and customer service.
Food: 2 stars. The Pad See Ew and Tom-​Kha-​Gai Coconut soup were very bland and very below average. The crispy spring rolls were weak too. I didn’t try the sushi.
Price: 3 stars. The Thai noodle dishes were very overpriced at $ 15. Sushi seemed priced right.
Service: 2 stars. I had a bad experience with ordering carryout. I asked for the total price and she was too busy to find get for me.
Atmosphere: 4 stars. The inside looked good, but I didn’t eat inside.

I am really feeling this place!
They are very new to the Solon area, so new that the alcohol for the bar hasn’t even arrived yet. We stopped in here for a lunch break for some take out. I ordered the pineapple fried rice with chicken off of their pretty large lunch menu. I am not an egg fan, so I got no egg in my fried rice which was fine because I was surprised to find the rice also had dried cranberries and cashews mixed in. I really enjoyed that! The chicken was grilled all white meat with a light sauce it seemed to be cooked in. I chose the green salad as my side, paired with ginger dressing. The salad was kind of underwhelming, just some greens and shredded carrots. You can also choose miso soup or a mushroom broth. I would like to come back next time and try the sushi! There is really no where else to get fresh sushi in Solon, so this place is a good addition!
The service was good and the staff was very friendly. Next time we will call ahead to pick up our order, so that we don’t have to wait there.
They also have private hibachi rooms for events or birthday parties.

Very decent sushi and Thai in Solon
The bento box was great for the price. It came with two small Thai rolls with a Thai chili sauce for dipping, fried rice or lo mein, a 4-​piece California roll, and (I chose) chicken teriyaki. It also included a salad or soup.
The teriyaki chicken and vegetables in the bento box were very good. The chicken seemed to be freshly chopped off of whole breasts and there was an impressive amount of vegetables (carrots, broccoli, onions, mushrooms and zucchini) included.
After a little negotiation I was able to substitute the included California roll for an up-​charge.
The salad was swimming in dressing and could possibly be confused as lettuce & carrot soup. I had to request chopsticks, and they were the absolute cheapest chopsticks they could buy.
I also ordered a Mama Roll off their ‘special maki roll’ menu. After I left I took a to-​go menu with me and found they have a lot more sushi options than what was included on the lunch menu. If you are here for sushi you may wish to ask for a menu that contains more of the sushi options.
Both maki rolls were good. The raw fish was fresh and the rice was very good. It included a very small amount of unimpressive wasabi and pickled ginger. They did fashion my wasabi into a little leaf shape which was neat though.
I saw three servers serving about 16 people at 7 tables. The servers seemed to bounce back and forth between tables so I assume tips are shared. When my food was delivered the one server asked me if I wanted some low-​sodium ketchup; he meant soy sauce, and that mildly amused me.
The whole restaurant seemed pretty clean. The men’s restroom was dimly lit, but clean.
Overall, I had a very good experience and will definitely return.