Best Japanese Restaurants in Downtown Cleveland

What an amazing Valentines Day dinner. Chief Lee and his staff are amazing. The servers were VERY attentive. And this is on one of their busiest days of the year. Exceeded our expectations. When you are paying top end price for food and are also receiving top end service and top end food that is exactly what you want. Well done Goma! See you soon!

The food was great. Our server was very attentive.

We loved our dining experience. We had a party of four and our seating was perfect. The restaurant was very busy but we could have conversation and hear each other without any issues. The food and cocktails were great and our waitress had perfect suggestions for items to try. Everyone enjoyed the evening.

Amanda the front of house hostess was fantastic. Because this was valentine day and every couple in Cleveland wanted to have a nice dinner it was super busy. Amanda handle things with a smile and a great attitude even having to turn late people away.

WOW! What a Valentine’s Day!! We had never been to Sora and we were so excited to try a little bit of everything! The restaurant itself is beautiful inside! Our waitress (I believe her name was Stephanie) in the bar/high top area was so personable and helpful! She made our experience great and she was always checking in on how we were doing, making sure we enjoyed our “culinary journey”! We started off with the chili wontons and the pork belly bao buns, both of which were superb!! And had excellent flavors. Out of nowhere a manager asked us if we liked spicy tuna and gave us a free spicy tuna crispy rice appetizer, which was so kind and perfect for us since we were thinking about trying it! It was so kind and the kitchen did an excellent job preparing each dish. For our entrees we got a little bit of everything to try, knowing we’d have leftovers we didn’t hold back! We tried the sora roll, along with the chicken katsu sandwich and we did the shiitake udon bowl and added pork belly. The sora roll was super delicious and the wagyu on top was perfect! We also thoroughly enjoyed the udon bowl and thought that the pork belly was perfect and crispy! And lastly…DO NOT SKIP THE CHICKEN SANDWICH! Phenomenal flavor and so crispy, the chicken was cooked perfectly and the brioche bun was a delicious touch. For dessert was we’re given some chocolate covered strawberries and the lava cake, both were a yummy and tasty way to end the evening. Our drinks were also delicious! I started with the cinnamon toad crunch cocktail and my girlfriend had a blueberry citrus tequila type margarita, it was awesome! We also enjoyed an espresso martini and a sora old fashioned. We do not have enough wonderful things to say about our experience at sora, the entire staff was so pleasant, kind and helpful! Multiple people checked in on us to see how our evening was and it was so kind and thoughtful given how busy they were for Valentine’s Day! Thank you so much! We can’t wait to come back!:)