Pacific East

Phone number disconnected, closing doesn’t appear to be temporary

Went by there today. sign says TEMPORARILY CLOSED & TO GO TO COVENTRY LOCATION TO REDEEM GIFT CERTIFICATE. Sooo sad to this location closed. went to the Eton location instead which although it has the same quality sushi does not have the Malaysian cuisine. I was sooo craving the Scalloped XO Fried Rice.

Sorry to report that I think they’ve closed. Bummer. This was a great place.

I don’t know if it smelled fishy as someone else said. Maybe I smell bad and just don’t know. This is one of my favorite places to go for lunch. They have a special called «Lunch Box» and it really continues to make me happy. It comes with a side of chicken or salmon in a teriyaki or other kind of sauce, four pieces of california roll, miso soup, rice and a spring roll. All of this for $ 8.50. Or you can get two kinds of sushi rolls for $ 6.95. The staff there is really friendly every time.

This place has really good sushi but it is kind of expensive.
The people are nice and they’ll bring you an extra deep dish if you want to totally submerge your nigiri in soya sauce. Here’s a trick you can try: ask for an extra gob of the green horseradish sauce which you swill around in your bowl. It dissolves and makes this sort of mud sauce that is hot and salty and will clobber you when you dip your raw fish in it. Its not like the horsey sauce at Arby’s which is for less sophisticated palates than ours.
Another good idea to try when you’re done and are really hungry, roll up some of those ginger slices and dunk them in your sauce and it just about tastes like sushi without that rubbery bite to it. You get the good taste and the punch in the palate without paying $ 2.50 for a bite of food.
I also like the freshwater eel that is cooked and has this brown unagi sauce on it and man is it good. I could eat these little bastards all night long providing I had infinite cash, infinite beer and was like running on a treadmill while I ate. No, that’s weird. Forget that last part.
Any of the specialty rolls are great too. You can get these giant rolls that take two bites to get one of the chunks down which can be a hassle but it is so good. I can’t say enough good things about this place or the awesome sushi you can get here.
Don’t be shy asking for extra condiments like ginger and green stuff because let’s face it, a sushi chef in Solon doesn’t really care if you’re a connosieur or a face-​jammer. Yours and my money works just like the guy’s who pairs his sashimi with Asahi because the astringency of Sapporo interferes with the umami sensation of raw tuna.
Don’t go there hungry, though or you’ll be jonesing for a burger an hour later.

Pacific East Solon and Woodmere are my sushi haunts when I want simple, everyday maki rolls and nigiri sushi. (Pacific East Coventry is my destination for sashimi.) I would recommend Pacific East to anyone who is new to sushi.
My go-​to sushi when I want «fast food» are the spicy tuna (for the heat), unagi (for the smoky sweet flavor), cucumber (clean and refreshing), and sweet potato (sweet crunch). Each sushi resto has their own take on how spicy tuna should be prepared. In the Cleveland area, I like Pacific East’s best. The spicy tuna roll is often larger than the other maki rolls but I love its spicy, velvet texture.
The smaller maki rolls are well made though the larger, non-​traditional maki rolls can be unwieldy. I have yet to have the go-​to maki rolls unfurl on me, though. The sushi rice has a good texture and is well seasoned, hallmarks of good sushi. The ginger is pickled to how I like it. Only a dollop of true wasabi would complete the trifecta. But, alas, fresh wasabi is not so easy to come by in the Midwest.
The service is always friendly. Once in awhile when I come in for dinner on the weekends I come across the waitress who can’t seem to remember anything. The front staff, though, keeps track of what I’ve order recently in case I want to repeat an order and I can’t remember what I had the last time.

I second Caroline C.‘s notion of sloppily made, over sized sushi rolls.
After thoroughly enjoying the spicy salmon and x’mas rolls at the Coventry location, I thought I’d give the Solon location a shot… expecting to receive the same rolls. Unfortunately, the quality of the tuna differed, as did the proportions of rice (so much rice!), Many of the rolls were so loosely prepared that they fell apart when dipped in soy sauce. I also tried the Boston Roll, which was good in theory, but way larger than I could consume in one bite.

The roti chanai and Nasi lemak were delicious. Malaysian cuisine is rare; we are glad to have discovered this. The sushi is OK but I think that on the next visit I will stick to sampling another of the Malaysian dishes.

We tried this after the restaurant we were headed to turned out to have been permanently closed. We were seated next to this bright, odd display case with a few figurines that still had price tags on them. The restaurant was probably half-​full.
Our service was pretty good, except that our waitress seemed to forget our requests until about her third visit back the whole night. My husband loved his chicken katsu but I was definitely let down by the sushi rolls. The presentation is beautiful and the chef showed off his knife cuts in the garnish, but the rolls were not flavorful and almost falling apart.
The worst part of the night for me was that the one, lone sushi chef quickly ran out of things to do and decided to stand there surveying the small dining room the remainder of our meal. I imagine this is what eating in a prison surrounded by guards feels like. I’m not used to this since our old restaurant always had at least four sushi chefs and they never had time to even look up!
We may return, but definitely not to get a good sushi fix. I actually enjoy the rolls at our local Heinen’s more…

Pacific East in Solon is not much different rom Pacific East in Cleveland. Fair quality, gigantic portions, and fair prices.
The boyfriend and I found ourselves in Solon running errands for a friend, and decided to grab dinner there. Maybe we were in the wrong part of town, but dinner options seem to be a bit limited in Solon. We chose Pacific East because we love sushi and because we had a decent experience at the Cleveland location.
Upon first entering the establishment, we were turned off by the intense fishy smell. It was seriously overpowering… I wanted to turn around and leave, but the boyfriend convinced me to stay. The place was completely empty except for two other customers. It appears that this location used to be a Wendy’s or Roy Roger’s, or some other fast-​food joint. It has those curved windows that you often see at said establishments. The décor inside was pretty plain.
Service was friendly and prompt. Our water glasses were kept full and our server repeatedly checked in to see if we needed anything. I suppose this is a benefit of dining in an empty restaurant.
For our meal, we chose to split the «Bridge for Two» which contains 14 pieces of nigiri, 22 pieces of sashimi, a spicy tuna roll, and a California roll. It is served with house salad and miso soup for two as well. Total cost? $ 50. The miso soup was a tad on the salty side, but still flavorful. The salad was the typical salad you get a sushi restaurants: iceburg, cucumber, tomato, and ginger dressing.
When our «bridge» arrived, it was beautifully presented. The sushi chef obviously took pride in the presentation. The amount of fish on it was actually a bit daunting. The chef did not skimp on the cuts of fish. The fish on the nigiri was literally hanging off both ends of the rice. The sashimi was cut into huge slices. The rolls were completely stuffed with goodies. I normally don’t even like rolls, but I devoured these without a problem. We were hardly able to finish the entire meal, but didn’t want to waste good food, so we made ourselves uncomfortably full. It was worth it.
The quality of the fish was good, but not great. While we had much variety, some of the fish seemed a bit dull. None of it tasted bad by any means, just not as fresh and flavorful as it could have been. I was quite pleased that the fish was served at the perfect temperature, too.
Would I go out of my way to grab sushi here? No, probably not. But it’s good, especially for the area.

I was a bit let down by my meal at Pacific East. Their website touts «premium grade short rice», «gold and silver grade nori» and quality tuna, but none of that seemed to overcome sloppily made, oversized sushi rolls. The spicy tuna was way off balance and the Alaska roll had so much cucumber, I could hardly taste anything else. +1 for the natual white pickled ginger — the only thing from their website that seemed to hold true.
We also tried some of the noodle dishes and Malaysian clay pot dishes. The Curry Chicken Clay Pot seemed to be the overall best choice of the night. The chicken was tender, the sauce was flavorful and the vegetables weren’t overcooked.
The noodle dishes seemed to have a really flat taste. There just wasn’t any good flavor and the noodles were overcooked. Noodle dishes are somewhat of a guilty pleasure for me, so I don’t indulge too often. These dishes totally weren’t worth the carb and calorie load.
If anyone knows any other good Asian near Solon, I’d love a recommendation. This is the only somewhat decent one we’ve found so far.

Absolute Perfection
I have now sampled dishes from both the Malaysian and Japanese menu. Everything is made to perfection. The meals are beautifully prepared and presented and the tastes match what the eyes have enjoyed. I saw some lovely sushi presentations going to other tables. It has moved up to be my favorite restaurant with lots of interesting dishes which I will be sampling for many days to come. I recommend it without reservation to all who enjoy good food. EAU Chagrin Falls