Young's Sushi — Restaurant in Willoughby

For the most part the food was decent and I enjoyed most of my meal, but one thing caught my attention during my meal. The one type of sashimi on my plate had a distinct rich buttery taste. I ordered the sushi, sashimi and roll plate and I’m about 99 percent sure I was served escolar instead of white tuna. I’ve intentionally tried escolar before and I know exactly how it tastes. Escolar is a cheaper oily deep sea fished that contains a high amount of wax esters that can cause digestive issues because of human’s ability to digest the wax. It has a rich, buttery fishy taste which is very different from white tuna. It’s also banned in some countries because of these health concerns. Many sushi places lie and use escolar instead of white tuna because it’s cheaper and they know that most people won’t find out. On the menu white tuna is listed, not only are they misleading costumers, but they’re putting people at risk by serving this. If you want sushi in the area, I definitely recommend going to Isho Ni or Ninja sushi instead of here. It’s unfortunate because the staff was very friendly on all the 3 of the times I went. Also keep in mind all 3 times I ordered the sushi, sashimi and roll plate and had the same suspicion. Some places like pacific east put escolar on their menu, why can’t they just do that? It’s not white tuna....

If you’re looking for high quality sushi, this is not the place. But if you’re in the mood for low-grade sushi that only vaguely resembles sushi, then hey you’ve found your spot. We were just passing through Cleveland, saw the 4.6 star reviews, and thought, “What could go wrong?” Well… everything 😅.

Credit where it’s due: the waitress was super sweet and friendly. But the food? Yikes. The tuna looked like it had been defrosted for about three days straight pale, watery, and sad, like it had been soaking in an ice bath until it gave up on life. Almost every roll had cream cheese in it (still not sure who decided that was a good idea), and none of it tasted right.

The udon soup was another adventure noodles clumped together, broken into tiny bits, basically like someone dumped the package straight into hot water and called it a day. And the wasabi? It didn’t just look fake it looked exactly like green PlayDoh.

To be fair, we still ate everything… partly because we were starving, and partly because we hate wasting food. But let’s just say: our stomachs were full, but our souls were...

Update, we gave it a second chance because we were in dtw and my son wanted sushi. It was worse than before and they obviously have no intent of improving the quality of their food. Done. My rolls were really uneven and thick with rice with almost no filling. I could barely fit the roll in my mouth, they resembled the rolls I first made when making them at home. They weren't even the same thickness when cut. Either a new person on the line or they figured since it was a veggie roll this person doesn't know what sushi should look or taste like. For the price point I was really disappointed in the dtw staple. Service was fine. I probably should have sent it back, but I am not sure what the etiquette at a sushi restaurant is. We mostly order sushi our from another place and the rice has such a nice and thin even coating so it caught...