Sumo Boy Sushi and Teriyaki House

Sumo Boys is another hidden gem in Lake County. One of the first sushi restaurants in the area, it sits in a relatively non descript strip mall. The seating area is small, with a nice sushi bar, so best to call ahead and make a reservation.
The sushi is excellent, along with one of the largest menus of different Japanese cuisine to choose from, if you’re looking for something more.

Inconsistent went for half price. not so half price after all. :/​Also a hair on my sushi… need I say more?

Amazing food! I love the seaweed salad and every sushi roll! Highly recommend to everyone. Great staff. I have never left feeling any thing other than happy and full!

Been there only twice. Adequate sushi, pricey compared to Young’s or Otani.

Honestly this is the best sushi on this side of town, very fresh and well priced. It is under new ownership (his name is Ray and he is the resident Sushi Chef) and he and his team have brought a lot of love and customer service back to the restaurant. I’ve been a regular patron since it originally opened and I couldn’t be more excited. Since he took over he has already brought in red snapper, squid, is finalizing his source for white tuna, has amazing quality yellowtail. He just cares. I highly recommend it.

New owner! Wonderful and fresh sushi. Great service and prices. Have been going here for years and it’s just getting better! Give it another try if you were not satisfied before new ownership!

I went there with my friends, the price is really fair with very fresh sashimi. This is the biggest reason for why I give the five star. And I wanna recommend the dragon ball, that is amazing!

A great place to hang out with friends! Delicious and fresh sushi! Highly recommended

Super good sushi! The best in this neighborhood! Fish is fresh, service is friendly. Price is fair. Highly recommend!

Enjoyed their sushi. Price was fair too. I ordered take out, but service was friendly and order was ready when promised. Good choice for sushi near Painesville without driving far or spending a lot.

Terrible! Server comes in late and pretty much uninterested in taking your order. When asked for a menu throws it. Extremely rude woman. walked out of the restaurant then she comes begging to stay.

This is the first time I have been here, and we ordered straight from the menu with no fancy instructions for the staff.
The B-​53 was so bland. the «spicy» lobster was a piece of imitation lobster/​crab meat, and there was no spicy sauce or anything on top or inside the roll. It was also the thinnest roll I have ever seen, especially since it was a «jumbo». It was so sorrowfully boring looking too. The avocado was space and just a smear of brownish green mush.
The Ohio dream was fine. Nothing special and about twice the thickness of the other «jumbo» roll the B-​53.
The Box #3 was good the chicken teryaki and sumai left nothing to complain about. It was really good.
The noodle stir fry was good as well, as was the miso soup.
One big issue I have was the PRICE of it all in comparison to the quality of presentation and flavor, and the small size of the jumbo roll.
Nobody got sick or anything, so I might try it again, but honestly I love spicy food, and when something is listed as spicy on the menu, it should have a kick to it. Straight up bland is unacceptable.

Open signs aren’t even on, and the place looks dead. Very annoyed with this. Probably will mot come back again.

I ordered an order for pick up. It was waiting for me when I arrived. I ordered the Super fashion, B-​53, and Philadelphia rolls. Philly roll was gross! Super salty dried smoked salmon. The Super fashion roll was pretty good and the B-​53 was extremely bland. I also ordered gyoza and crab rangoon. The gyoza was half the size of any dumpling I’ve ever had. The taste was a little weird. I could taste peanut and luckily I’m not allergic. The plum sauce with it was decent. Crab was the best thing from there. Maybe I will try the teriyaki but no more sushi for me

Really good food apple pie sushi is my favorite the teriaki is so tasty try it out if your in the area.

This sushi restaurant is close to the Starbucks location I was at earlier, so I figured I’d try it. Since I love sushi.
I love sushi, but I adore great sushi. Even «ehh, it’s okay» sushi. This place had neither. I can totally tell I’ll be on the toilet all night because of this place, but what I think got me was their sashimi. It’s not sitting well with me at all.
The rolls didn’t taste too great either. Nothing was particularly fresh, which is strange this early in the day. I could understand at 8pm, one hour before closing. But at 2:38pm ?? Come on, now.
The staff was great, which is why I gave it 2 stars, instead of one. But even with great staff, I cannot in good faith recommend this to you. I can tell you I won’t be back, personally.
I’m usually always up to giving a place a second chance. Heck, even a third chance if other reviews contradict mine. But bad sushi? Bad raw fish ?? I can’t risk that a second time.

I have had good and bad meals here. The sushi is typically fair and responsibly fresh The soup is always delicious, the salad can be watery. My biggest complaint is the quality of their meat. I love getting the bento boxes. A little rice, salad, a roll, and chicken teriyaki. The chicken is fatty, gelatinous, sinewy, and gross. I’ve had the beef before too and it was so tough I couldn’t chew it. Stick with the sushi! There used to be a woman who service who I think was the manager or owner. She was an asian lady with a shitty attitude, was mean, and condescending. She no longer works in the seating area. I’d likely go back since it is so close but they need to buy better higher quality chicken and beef. The décor is nice and it is pretty clean too.

When I’m hungry I’ll eat just about anything … But I shouldn’t really. When I arrived here, I should’ve turn around. The restaurant is not clean. Air vents in the ceiling were filthy with black dirty dust, plastic flowers — magnets for those pesky dust balls … You get the pic?
Sushi was not fresh! The miso soup tasted watered down. In fact this was one of the worst tasting meal experience when it comes to sushi.
The waitress was nice though so that is the one star I’m giving.

I was surprised to find decent sushi in Mentor. I just recently moved from Los Angeles to Zurich and was in town visiting family. In LA, fabulous cheap sushi abounds; in Zurich, notsomuch. So I was jonsing for some raw fish.
My first visit I had a lunch special of 3 rolls (from an abbreviated list) and mushroom soup. Very fresh, and the lunch special price was really great deal.
The second time, I came for dinner and brought my parents. Again, a delightful meal. We came for ½ price Monday. The ½ price selection list is somewhat short, but a few discounted selections + a few regular priced rolls and it was still a relatively inexpensive sushi outing. Again, all the fish was fresh. The specialty rolls were fun and unique.
Is it Matsuhisa or Sugarfish? No. Of course not. But it’s a great local sushi joint.

Yes, I am totally giving Sumo Boy 5 stars. Why? Because it’s the only place near Mentor/​Painesville to get decent sushi and they have some bomb ass udon bowls.
Like everyone else said, it’s nothing fancy, nothing special.
But as far as suburban food goes, it’s always my go to.