Parallax Restaurant & Lounge

Service is top tier, huge shout out to Meredith! Thank you and the team for your hospitality! Food was unreal, and the ambience is lovely for friends, family and significant others. Will be coming back every time I’m in town.

It was our first time here and it won't be our last! Fantastic is the first word I can think of to describe our meal. The service was top-notch, and our server ( Janelle) couldn't have been more helpful. She was just a perfect mix of information and hospitality. We were shocked ( but delighted) to find out the sushi was half off... a perk for us older folks that enjoy an earlier meal. Everything was great, but as I lay here writing my review, I wish I had another steak roll right now. Seriously considering making a reservation for tomorrow... it was THAT good!

One of the best meals I have had in Cleveland. Everything we ordered was perfect and full of flavors. Service was great as well.

Wow what can I say...one of Clevelands hidden gems...service was exceptional they were knowledgeable and kind...the martinis were fantastic especially the Pear 75...smoked salmon was one of the best I have ever had...I tasted the duck confit and as soon as I put my fork in it the meat just fell off the bone and seasoned perfectly...also had the swordfish belly and what tender meat inside the crispy outsides...the green beans and corn set it off to a whole new level...I should have gotten two just to make sure it wasn't a fluke (which it probably wasn't)...this place is a great setting for two or a small dinner party...I had a wonderful time here and will be back very soon

Incredible service, perfect pacing of courses, wonderful support from the entire staff, and outstanding food. Can't go wrong with any of the dishes, but the swordfish belly is can't-miss.

Wow! They deliver on their promise! Beautiful place to hang out. Great service even late on a weekday. The salmon w/potato pancakes was spectacular (hors d’oeuvres). Great sushi. Helpful and very present staff. Expensive but you get what you pay for here. Will go back if I can.

These were photos from last year but service and food were awesome. I’ll be returning in a few days, can’t wait!

Best duck confit in town! (I forgot to take a photo of it because it was so good). Service was on point (kept refilling our water glasses and checking in on us). Love Parallax.

Got out of our comfort zone here. Tried something new. We really liked this meal and the staff was great.

Overall great food and service. Some of the things were new to me so I ordered off of what I thought I'd like. Started with the escargot and potstickers. Potstickers were alittle on the salty side from the sauce in the bowl. Loved the play on escargot. We then ordered the frisee and sashimi salad. Loved them both. Very good flavor. For dinner got the surf and turf sushi which was phenomenal and the cod dinner. I loved the cod but was not a huge fan of the risotto. It was on the sweet side. For dessert got the chocolate mousse cake and strawberry shortcake. Loved both of them equally.

We’ve been craving for Sushi and went on Monday (half off Sushi) for a birthday celebration. The place was packed and the food was soooo good.

Fine dining! ✅ Valet! ✅ Accommodating ✅ Patio ✅ Well trained server ✅ Extensive menu ✅ Make reservations in advance if you don't want to dine outside on patio as we had to!! All was good, server was great = 27% tip! Only suggestion would be to make sure all of your patio tables are sturdy and free of wobbles. I liked my Crab roll and my date enjoyed her gluten free dinner. Was very accommodating. Server knew his stuff. Boggles my mind they can remember the half dozen new daily specials, describing the dish, sauces, and such. Impressed. I strongly recommend going to the end of the street and taking photos of the city view where you'll find a massive 6 person wooden swing!

The service was EXCELLENT and the food was delicious. The warm goat cheese salad is a must! The sushi was fresh and very flavorful. Had a great first time experience and will definitely be back. They also offer half off sushi on Mondays!

Good service but even better snails. Yes that's right snails as in escargot. They come out of the shell and soaked in butter and garlic with croutons, quite possibly one of the tastiest dishes I have ever had. The crudo isn't bad either, fresh sushi cuts of fish with a little bit of oil, spices, jalapeno and ponzu sauce. The service is definitely 5 stars and my waiter was great. Drinks are a bit expensive but that's all I can complain about.

This place has a great atmosphere for a group, couple, or an individual dining experience. It is cozy. It has a bar area, little booths in bar area, and two dining rooms. I believe the interior decorator received an award for the work. I have been coming here regularly. The staff and service were always great. They have half-priced sushi on Monday. I recommend reserving a table that day since it fills up during peak dinner hours.

Impeccable from start to finish. Staff was attentive without being intrusive and anticipated every possible need or want. Our meals were beautifully presented and tasted delicious. So delicious in fact we decided to try coffee and dessert! Creme Brûlée & Lemon Ginger Tart - to die for!!! I’m so impressed with Parallax. Can’t wait to go back!

We had the 3 part special menu for $33. I had sweet potato and coconut soup, stuffed trout with blue crab and sorbet. It was wonderful. My husband had Korean chicken, an appetizer and the ginger creme brulee and he said it was very good. The staff is attentive and friendly.

Tonight was our first time at Parallax and it was great. The food was excellent and the sushi was exceptional and very fresh. Julien the manager on duty did a phenomenal job. He was all over helping his staff and his presence throughout the restaurant was very impressive. Can't wait to come back again!

Just went here for the first time during lunch hour & loved the atmosphere, food, service, and the prices are very affordable. Squid salad beats any other place I've had before! Hot sake on a chilly afternoon hit the spot! The bread was a little on the hard side but I THINK it's supposed to be like that? Overall, good experience.

EXCELLENT experience in every way! The atmosphere was calm and relaxed. The service (including the wonderful hosts and server) was outstanding - our server was very warm and attentive, and everything was timed perfectly. The food was absolutely mind-blowing. We ate a beautiful platter of extremely fresh and high quality sushi, followed by their delicious chocolate mousse cake for dessert. And just as a nice bonus...we indicated on our reservation via Resy that it was our anniversary, not expecting that to be noticed even in the slightest - but we were wished a happy anniversary by 4 different staff at this restaurant...they were so kind and made us feel special. Highly recommend this place. The 2 of us ate a total of 5 sushi rolls and dessert (no alcohol) and our total was only $96, which all in all is a great deal for a sushi dinner! Highly recommend for a nice night out.

I cannot say enough positive things about this restaurant. 1-the atmosphere is spot on. Has the vibe of a upscale yet cozy local spot in NYC…chic but not pretentious. 2-the service was top notch. All of the staff was attentive and working together to care for all the parties there. They are also very Covid conscious and safe which is a huge bonus 3- the food was outstanding. Each dish arrived to our table fresh from the kitchen, piping hot and amazing. The flavors are to die for. As an added bonus, Julian who manages the restaurant can give you great recommendations on wine selection. This just became my favorite spot in Cleveland. :) 10/10 recommend

Good service, great food. Great atmosphere. Forgot to take photos of the food because we were so excited to eat. The oysters are a little pricey, but those Blue Point oysters were phenomenal. Tried the strawberry fields alcoholic beverage and it was strong so I enjoyed it but my partner did not. Tried the cheesecake with crème anglaise and berries... one of the best cheesecakes we have ever had and my partner makes cheesecakes. Would come back if we were ever that way. Amazing experience.

We had a fabulous experience here this weekend. My husband and I came in for dinner and were impressed with the COVID precautions taken (including temperature checks at the door). Beyond that, the service was exquisite. Our waitress was incredibly attentive and we had multiple staff checking in on us throughout our meal - refilling waters, seeing how we enjoyed our meals, and checking if we needed anything. We also enjoyed the happy hour and half-priced sushi. The food overall was excellent. My only criticism is that the curry vegetables were a little undercooked, but outside that, the small plates made a perfect meal. We’re looking forward to coming back!

Excellent service, superior food. The sushi presentation was the loveliest I've ever seen. And it was fresh and delicious. All of our meals were outstanding. Fresh ingredients, seasoned to perfection. I will make it a point to return when I'm in town.

The atmosphere of the restaurant is quite classy with a modern, yet, relaxed vibe. The staff is very polite and knowledgeable about the menu. We had the calamari for an appetizer and it was very delicious and the dipping sauces complemented the dish very well. The Ramen entree and the Korean braised beef entrées were both absolutely amazing and I highly recommend them. There are spicy peppers in some of the dishes so beware if you don't like spicy! Overall it was such a wonderful experience from beginning to finish!

Fancier than expected. The tap water in a fancy glass decanter gave me a chuckle, but definitely in good humor. Calamari was fantastic, as well as the sushi. Cocktails and sake were also great. Service is insanely attentive and kind, and the staff was even able to accommodate my disability and let my party sit before the restaurant opened. That kind of kindness really helped turn a bad disability day around. It can be really hard and isolating when I feel like my disability prevents me from going out, but the Parallax staff really went the extra mile to ensure I had as regular and comfortable a day as they could.

Pretty good sushi. Wait staff was very attentive- almost too attentive. We had 6 different waiters come to our table in the span of 30 minutes.

So amazed at the size of the menu and how great all the meals looked coming out. Sushi was great and we had enjoyed everything we ordered. Service was really bad (after waiting over 30 min tracked down busboy for check and tracked down another one when 1 order was wrong - oh and waitress was on something - best guess) but with the quality of everything else we are assuming this is a problem with 1 employee and not establishment. Will go back B/C of food!

The sushi is the thing to get at this place. I had the sake nigiri and sashimi along with the unavo roll. The only downside is that it can sometimes feel like certain menu items are a bit over priced.

GREAT PEOPLE AND FOOD! Also following COVID PROTOCOL. 4 Stars only because the silverware and glasses had too many ware and tare. But love it!

Very solid experience overall. Would not describe as particularly French or Japanese, rather does its own thing which works well.

I went specifically for the happy hour, only to be seated at a table and then be told that the happy hour didn't apply if you were at a table. Only at the bar. The food was good and there were a lot of options. As with most decent sushi places, the prices are a little high and the portions are small, so I left hungry, but pleased with the quality. I might try to come back again for happy hour.

Glad that I didn't read the reviews first. They may have swayed me not to go. The food was fantastic! I had a seared salmon special and my husband had the crabmeat crusted walleye special. The service was great. Very attentive, but not pushy or hurrying. This was a Saturday evening. Very clean. Can't wait to go back and try something else!

We ordered the Shrimp Stuffed Pepper appetizer, Frisée salad, and Walleye special each of which were excellent. Service was good but the obsession with refilling our waters every 5 minutes was overkill and annoying. Also didn’t care for cold bread served in a bag. Food is worth going back for but the environment lacks originality.

The food was amazing, and the wait staff very accommodating - even took special care regarding food allergies. HOWEVER - every 20 minutes, someone that I didn't see serving kept coming to our table, and instead of waiting to be acknowledged just immediately and loudly said "SORRY TO INTERRUPT" and then proceeded to try to get us to basically wrap things up. My first thought was that they needed the table, and maybe we should hurry, but then I realized this had happened three times within the first 60 minutes of being there AND he wasn't doing this to any of the other tables i could see. I feel like I really couldn't enjoy the meal. My plan was to share one of the samplers with my party, and then when that was done order a different sampler, so on an so on until we tried everything. Couldn't do it. Too much anxiety from this guy popping up, interrupting me mid sentence, ruining train of thought. Pretty bonkers for a mid-tier place like this. Couple observations that are subjective, but maybe someone will benefit from my sharing - the decor and lighting was very relaxing. The place was very crowded, however, and there was evidently nothing solid between my seat and the booth behind me, because every time the person behind me shifted in their seat, it was pushing me in the back - almost made me spill my saké at one point. Pros: Great food, appropriately priced, very accommodating staff Cons: broken seat, really pushy staff

No complaints with the service but food is a terrible disappointment, quite overhyped & pretentious. They aspire to be fancy but the food is nowhere there & fails to capture the essence of delicate balance in French & Japanese cooking/influence. I say this as a person having experience with a hell lot of affordable as well as expensive high-end restaurants with amazing food in Cleveland & elsewhere. Not sure what the reviews are raving about. Had yellow tail & scallion hand roll, green dragon sushi roll, edamame, beef potstickers, sashimi salad, iceberg wedge salad, & sake. The yellow tail hand roll was simply wrapped into a cone/burrito with thick fish slices with no flavor at all. The green dragon sushi was good but way too huge, not bit sized (can barely even pick it up with chopsticks), thick rice layer & drenched in sauces - not typical of authentic sushi. Sashimi salad had huge thick slices of raw fish, some of which we had to cut ourselves bc we couldn't consume it & feared having that much quantity of raw fish (gave me a stomach ache next day). The edamame was drenched in a soup of butter. The iceberg wedge salad had massive chunks of lettuce & tomato that we had to chop & it was drenched in dressing along with thick slices of soft bacon (not crispy). The beef potstickers were really good & loved the sake. The staff was extremely warm & welcoming. But, the food needs a hell lot of improvement. Can excuse a few exceptions but issues with almost every dish is a big red flag to me. Even the complementary bread was served cold & tasted weird & it wasn't even sourdough or ciabatta or baguette, just some almost stale tasting bread. You can find much better quality of the same dishes elsewhere. Really appreciate the wine director helping us with our sake selection though & constantly being asked if we liked the food by the staff.

Disclaimer, our very first dining experience here was during Valentine's day evening so our accounts were probably due to the overwhelming night the staff had to occur.... Pros any meat dish we ordered was prepared very nicely and the texture was awesome. HOWEVER, they claim to be a sushi restaurant and even place an expensive price tag. In doing so, the presentation and authenticity was not reflecting what was served. In addition we ordered a "Korean meat dish". The meat was prepared well but flavoring was far from "Korean" or even Asian in general, too salty and maybe too much soy sauce was used. Lastly, the picture shows how the dish was served. I am not picky with the utensil placement, however, if an "older" Asian generation was served a dish with the chopsticks inside the meal they would be beyond appalled. Culturally it is considered a rude gesture to have chopsticks "standing" up or inside a dish.

Food is average, Sushi is very average, we ordered one of the soft shell crab rolls and it tasted weird, had to go to the restroom and spit it out. Owner was standing right in front inspecting all the dishes which is often a great sign, but its just not there in terms of finesse and quality. Service and staff were great and we had great company which made then made up for the average Sushi, not sure if I will ever go back!! Google ratings are starting to get really misleading for me.....

Very poor dining experience. Had reservations and was seated in the outside partition. My seat was so cold it felt like I was sitting on ice. Tried to move inside and was offered 6 inches of counter space in front of the sushi case. Which by the way i would not even think about ordering sushi here. Smelled awful. Several open tables. Several open barstools. We spent 90 per person to be treated like a charity case eating average food at best.

My friends, boyfriend, and myself ate here over the weekend and I usually don’t leave bad reviews because I always try to give the benefit of the doubt, however, this was an all-around terrible experience. First and foremost, the staff was extremely judgmental and eyed my party consistently throughout the night. Second, we had made a reservation for 5, assuming we could eat dinner, have dessert, and stay to enjoy a couple of drinks, but were promptly asked to leave at 7:30 because another reservation was scheduled for that time. We were never informed about this “time limit” prior to that moment, and the manager then informed us that she had moved said reservation to 8 pm (as if she was doing us a favor). Our food took 45 minutes to come out, we waited from 6:40 when we placed our orders, until around 7:20-7:30 for our meals. Even if we wanted to leave at 7:30, the food would not have been done by then. I ordered the salmon, which was around 24 dollars and came with no additional sides or vegetables. My friends stated that their food was cold, and they barely ate. Not to mention every single time we ordered an appetizer, drink, or bread, it was taken away from us by staff who walked over and promptly cleared the table without a word, even though we clearly still had portions of our appetizers left. It was an awful experience and the bill, for my boyfriend and myself that consisted of one salmon entree, two sushi rolls, and two beers for my boyfriend, was $90. NEVER AGAIN.