Sushi En Twinsburg — Restaurant in Twinsburg

I truly wish that I didn’t have to leave this review, but it needs to be addressed because while I was there my waitress asked and then said I was wrong.

First, the renovations to the prior Bob Evans space is well done. The service was prompt with waters upon seating, meal delivery was prompt and the server was nice until She asked me why I wasn’t eating the scallops.

I can’t speak to their sushi much past the very basic California roll. That was fine. My son wanted it so I got it for him. We both went on to order hibachi, which is not at a hibachi table like most of us are used to in a hibachi restaurant. That isn’t a problem , just noting. I ordered the scallop hibachi with fried rice - also asked for extra mushrooms and my son ordered the chicken hibachi with fried rice and noodles.

The soup, not good, but that is just me, could be also that I really do not like miso. So this is a bit unfair on my part. I have had others that are ok. The salad was fresh, the ginger dressing is very orange and almost looks like shredded carrots, but that was okay.

Here is the part that is very different. The hibachi dinner was served on a long rectangle plate with the following : cold beet chunks, no seasoning no nothing just chunks of beets, then about 7 long green beans- fresh. Then the fried rice. Not really fried- bland no seasoning and tossed with a bag of frozen vegetables like corn? Green beans, carrots. Had a stale taste if any taste at all. Then the scallops , which were sadly rubbery, fishy and not edible. I ate 2 just to eat more than one... more about these scallops and then the vegetable which on my plate consisted of grilled fresh mushrooms (good, best thing on plate) one little piece of zucchini, three small pieces of onion.... and wait for this, one piece of chopped chicken that upon biting into looked like a raw piece of mushroom stem.... gross!!! I spit it out. Yes chicken.

My Son, didn’t touch his chicken, if by the taste of the rogue piece, then no good! Ate the fried rice and then we realized the noodles never came out. Asked for those snd they were actually delicious. Very light and tasty sauce. He only liked the rice. But he loaded it with the yum yum sauce as it was bland.

Back to scallops. The waitress came to take dishes away and asked me... why not eating the scallops and I honestly told her they were rubbery... there was a language barrier but she ended up understanding when I described them to be like gum. I didn’t go further saying they tasted fishy. Chalked that up to being frozen prior. She took them and then returned to tell me they are rubbery because they are so fresh. Ok. No but that is the answer, alright . I paid the bill. Added the 20% tip and $71 dollars later ( no alcohol - iced tea and one sprite) and left saying not again. At least not for hibachi.

Then I proceeded home. Quick stop at the store for milk. At this time my stomach was churning... I barely made it in the door... terrible stomach cramps, you know the rest.

I don’t know what to think, other than this place needs more time to get it together, but also that something is missing. Hopefully they can read this review and know that when someone says the food doesn’t taste right , then something is really wrong. You don’t just decide to order scallops, most people know what they are eating. Never in any hibachi restaurant have they been this bad. And clearly spoiled!!

I’m so so disappointed. Wanted this to be a go to place, my son has a disability and he LOVES hibachi. Darn!!!! Last item to note, they are closed from 3-4:30. I think that may be typical of hibachi restaurants though. Sitting here regretting the scallops writing this with a sick...

Tried Sushi En for the first time today for takeout and have mixed reviews. We tried a spread of different items just to get a feel for the menu. It is nice that they offer a wide variety of Japanese cuisine as well as some Korean dishes.

The nigiri sushi appetizer consists of four pieces of nigiri including tuna, salmon, cooked shrimp and red snapper. While the overall size of the sushi was small, the thickness of the cuts of fish were decent sized and tasted good as fresh to me. The shrimp tempura roll seemed a little anemic in size and the eel sauce on top was not thick enough to avoid being absorbed by the rice on top. Flavor seemed good enough however so I am curious about their other offerings and how they hold up.

The gyoza dumplings were fried nicely and the ponzu sauce provided a citrusy kick to compliment the flavor. We did try the takoyaki and while I have never had it before, I found it to be a little undercooked for my liking. I guess there are two schools of thought in Japan on this and I would prefer the Tokyo-style (more firm) than the Osakan-style which is softer and less cooked inside IMHO. (Maybe they can allow that as an option if they have control over the cooking locally?) However it had all the fixings I expected like takoyaki sauce, mayo and bonito flakes which made it very flavorful. I'd certainly appreciate it more if I got it as soon as it came out of the cooker!

The hibachi was the primary course and this is where I have to say I came back the most disappointed. Now, this may only be a case being that I ordered takeout, but when I think of hibachi, I think of the food cooked on a table in sauces to help coat and flavor the meet and vegetables. The meat and vegetables in this case seemed flavorless, like it was designed to not offend any palette. I couldn't even detect the flavor of salt or pepper on the scallops, shrimp or filet in our different meals. The incorporation of green string beans and beets was a surprise, but they lacked any seasoning. The sauces provided with the protein in small cups tasted watered down, lacking depth. The soup had little flavor, which I assume may mean I've become to accustomed to MSG in soups from other restaurants. The fried rice was interesting because it had more vegetables than normal (including corn and edamame), but was not stir fried with much soy sauce as other restaurants. The salad was alright with what I think was a citrus-ginger dressing, but the dressing was more watery so the solids did not get evenly distributed over the salad when poured on, resulting in hit-and-miss flavoring.

I know this is a new product for them, so I hope they take their customers criticisms into account and work towards making improvements. For the price however, this will not dethrone my current go-to hibachi restaurant. The sushi quality though will bring me back and if I can find a good set of rolls to cycle through, will keep me coming...

My husband and I are big fans of sushi and hibachi, and we were left nothing but completely disappointed from Sushi En. We have ordered here twice, once as a large sushi haul, and again as a hibachi to go.

Sushi- While the sushi is fresh and prepared well, some of the flavors were a bit experimental, and not in a positive way. We were very underwhelmed by our choices, felt the flavors were a bit confusing and well... Meh for the price. Even our typical rolls with expected ingredients didn't compare in size and flavor quality as other places we order from. 3/5. We would rather stay loyal to a restaurant further away that has exceptional rolls worthy of the price tag.

Hibachi- Easily, some of the most unimpressive, unflavorful, and just different hibachi we have ever had. My husband ordered a filet medium rare, which arrived medium well, compared to my medium rare which was prepared correctly. I checked receipt, and they were ordered the same. The food lacked flavor or any seasoning. No garlic, butter, ginger, soy sauce or any traditional flavor you'd receive at a typical hibachi. The ginger sauce was an interesting creamy texture, almost like it was missing the pureed onion, rice vinegar, and tamari sauce you'd find in a typical hibachi ginger sauce. I don't think rice vinegar was to be found anywhere in the dish-shocking for the expected flavors of hibachi. The ginger dressing for the salad had so much orange zest, it no longer tasted of ginger, and the yum yum sauce matched only too well. Orange zest in the yum yum sauce...just confusing. The simplicity of fat, vinegar, and sugar with the paprika in yum yum sauce is what makes it delicious, and if this sauce had those ingredients, they were completely masked by ORANGE. Miso soup lacked that true fishy broth flavor, and the fried rice had corn? All in all, it was a very different experience for the many times I have had hibachi, but the experimentation of a traditionally expected hibachi meal most definitely fell short of anything extraordinarily...