Kumo Japanese Seafood Buffet

Would be better if you could ever get hot food. Everything is always cold. Even if it just came from the kitchen.

Delicious! Kumo is not like other Americanized Asian Food Buffets, they actually have things that Asians like me can enjoy! Coming from San Francisco I frequently yearn for authentic Chinese and Japanese food and can rarely find it here in NE Ohio, unless I go to the Asian Plaza in Cleveland. Kumo offers a HUGE variety of dishes from sushi, to dim sum, soups, noodles, and meats! The food is always fresh and their always packed with customers. If you are in the area and looking for a good buffet with authentic food at a decent price, give it a shot!

Great variety of sushi. Service is good! For 14 bucks unlimited sushi and food! A good deal I must say!

Great buffet! Nice inside, I’m completely obsessed with the phở especially since you make or yourself! I find every excuse possible to go here and eat oodles of noodles

Came here on the eve of Thanksgiving (for dinner) wasn’t sure if they would be opened, they were and I am so thankful! This place has the most variety of foods I have ever seen for a Japanese buffet! From sushi, seafood, noddles, dessert were all amazing!
I was amazed by the sushi, I would come again just to eat the sushi. They must have had over 30 types/​flavors of sushi including sashimi!!! It was very fresh and you could see the people making it behind the counter.
I was also very impressed by the Udon noodle station. (I filled up on sushi, so didn’t have room to try). But you were able to select all the goodies you wanted in your soup (veggies, meat, seasoning, etc) and then the people put the fresh noddles And broth inside for you.
They also had 3 rows of just seafood, from mussels, crab, crayfish, clams… I was soon in a happy food coma! They also have the typical Chinese food selections too, so if someone in your party isn’t a seafood fan, they’ll find something they like here!
Dessert also has an impressive layout, if you have room! Mainly American dessert options, but tasty!
Dinner was $ 15, for all you can eat, which I find to be an amazing deal! I hear their lunch is cheaper but less selections.
Take the whole family, everyone will find something to satisfy their food coma! Happy eating!

Great food and great customer service!!! What a great choice of Asian foods! More than I ever expected! Had tidbits from a plethora of foods! Was there twice this week! Great pricing for an amazing amount of food! The best on the west side!

This is one of the better Chinese buffets that I’ve been to, it feels clean and the food comes out piping hot.
There’s also a sushi bar, obviously not the best but it’s good enough for a buffet place.

I went towards the end of the lunch price. After I was seated and drinks were bright to the table, I was offered a choice between lunch or dinner pricing. If I chose lunch it meant not eating the seafood options. She had to elaborate because I was confused, they’re a seafood place. If I didn’t eat the craw dads, crab legs, shrimp and one or two other items I could choose the lunch. I opted for dinner. I misread the sign on the way in and thought dinner would be 12.99, but it was 15.99 on Fri. Sat. And Sun. Perhaps they offer different food items on these days or maybe the 12.99 is a brief special?
I was disappointed when the crab legs were served cold. This makes them difficult to crack the shell. Drinks were filled promptly and plates were removed moments after I was finished with them.
They offer a crêpe station.
Food is changed out and replenished, items are hot.

I was freaken OVERWHELMED!!!
Seriously!!! I had to take a step back and just soak in ALL THE GLORIOUS DELICIOUSNESS that Kumo had to offer…
There…Was…EVERYTHING!!!
No bother trying to tell ya’s what this MAMMOTH buffet has to offer, just think what you want and yes, you will find it… I was there for over an hour and had a boatload of offerings and STILL did not get everything I wanted as again, the offerings are just GINORMOUS!!!
You want a substantial buffet for a reasonable price?
KUMO!!!

With being to Kumo a couple years ago, my boyfriend and I decided to give this place another visit. Let’s just say I wish I knew about Fuji across the street.
There was a major quality difference from a couple of years ago with both the food and the service.
We were seated and went to get our food. The sushi selection was not as good as I remembered it last time. One of the hand rolls I tried had to be one of the saltiest things I have ever eaten. The hot dishes weren’t that great, either. I like fish, but a lot of the fish dishes had this strange «ginger sauce» on them and I didn’t feel brave enough to try it. I enjoyed the crab legs and the crayfish, but that doesn’t say much.
The desserts were ok, they had this crêpe station that was alright, I wish they would use real whipped cream instead of this mysterious substance from a bag.
I try and not say anything about the service at buffets, but damn. It was very hard to get drink refills and our plates stayed with us for a while. I saw a few of them just sitting in the corner talking to one another.
I will be taking my business to Fuji across the street. They are over $ 5 cheaper and have a far better quality of food and service for the cheaper price.

Atmosphere– it’s a buffet so don’t expect excellent ambience.
Service– A, everyone was so prompt with clearing away dishes and refilling the drinks.
Food– for what it is, the quality is better than some places. I’m not a big buffet person and only came because a family member was adamant about coming here.

This is probably going to be one of the b*tchiest reviews that I’ve written thus far. Forewarning to those who can’t handle a little honesty.*
Firstly, let me say that I love this place. I’m a foodie, and consider myself someone who knows good food when I see it.
Secondly, I was extremely surprised to see such harsh reviews on the food and especially on the price for the buffet: perhaps it’s just the clientele from around the area, but a little over 30 bucks for two people for a dinner buffet is cheap as dirt. Where the heck have the people complaining about the price been eating for dinner, Mickey D’s? For gosh sakes… Applebee’s costs roughly 15 bucks for a darn pasta entrée. Either that, or the people coming here are paying 15 bucks and surpassing all of the unique dishes and expensive seafood and going strait to load up their plates with sweet and sour chicken and rice. Well no wonder you’re peeved about paying 15 bucks for the one item you like out of the vast selection of food they have here for the non-​picky eaters who eat a variety of things. Now, for people like me who load up my pâté with freshly shucked raw oysters and fresh chunks of sashimi, 15 bucks is a steal. But then again, I know how to eat.
Now that that’s over with… Kumo has a wide variety of food divided into individual sections that make up the buffet. They literally have something for everybody and I’ve tried the weirdest stuff: from sea snails to a lotus fungus soup that I found out was a type of fungus by googling it… both were pretty good btw.
So, to summarize, Kumo is an affordable, yummy spot if you’re willing to fill up your plate with all kinds of food and leave here full and satisfied. P. S. Don’t forget to grab a scoop of green tea ice cream before you leave!
*I’ve edited my swear words within the review to safer words so my post won’t get flagged.

Too expensive… more than $ 34 for two people.
They cheap out on their sushi. If you love imitation crab swimming in bread crumbs and mayonnaise, this might be your gig. They don’t prepare their rice quite right. It’s always hard. Also, if you want miniscule slices of sashimi, there’s only a 20% chance you’ll get any.
I don’t know, I always regret it when I go.

When they first open we were very impressed that I even go here on my lunch hour from time to time.
However as time passes by they started going cheap on everything.
Their servers are friendly but boy do we have to keep bugging them for water/​pop. They seem to be in a dazed and doesn’t follow through with their tables. Be forewarn that if you are a heavy water drinker like myself — order an extra glass of water otherwise your throat is going to end up dry.
The food is okay but PLEEEEEAASSEE change the damned menu!!! … They have the same exact lunch/​dinner food with an exception of one to two items that maybe the most they will change once in a full blue moon.
The price is not worth paying for something so mediocre unless you have money to throw around and doesn’t care for the quality of the food.

2.5 stars. Went here with a big group.
service was decent, spicy tuna rolls, seared tuna, shrimp, clams, soups, and Japanese salads.
Not so good
I was disappointed with the sushi selection, had to ask for sashimi, cooked fish was old and snow crab was not present.
15% gratuity added when plates were not cleared from the table is a lot lame.
Buffet is worth 10 to 11 dollars.

First time visited this buffet on April 6, 2013, we were so impressed that we started visiting it basically every week or every other weekend. I guess we are creatures of habit.
Let me tell you, we love this place. The décor is so charming, the waiters are friendly and the food is very tasty with a very large selection. We enjoyed the hibachi, loved all of the sushi and the prepared food was very tasty. The service is always very nice and welcoming. You can tell how good the place is by how busy the place is.
I definitely encourage anyone to try it! You will probably not be disappointed. I mean where can you get all of this sushi, habachi and other food selections for such a great price?!

Came here primarily to try out the sushi, but was much more impressed with their other offerings. They did have a wide selection of sushi, but I didn’t think any of their sushi offerings were exceptional. My favorite part was the extensive soup selection. I think they had 6 soups on the buffet the night I went, 4 of which I had never tried before. For me, that was a huge plus! I would go again.

The sushi is not good. I love sushi, I have tried giving this place multiple chances and it has disappointed every time.
Good variety, but not executed well. The food is either soggy, or over cooked, or hard. In all honesty, Kumo’s sushi is pretty gross.
Two people costs around $ 33 to eat. Which is fine, if the quality of food was remotely good. Lower the prices to fit the quality of product. Maybe cook the food right? Rotate it out at the right times?
Note: That’s great that you can go to a TGI Fridays or an Applebees and spend the same amount on two people, but least at those places I usually enjoy the food. I just call it the way I see it.

I have been going to Kumo for years — its previous name escapes me now. At any rate, a lot of Filipinos I know enjoy going there, my family is no exception. However, over the past year, I noticed a serious decline in the quality of food.
Sushi never disappoints, it is the rest of the menu that does. I have eaten there for lunch, dinner, & during their dim sum. And, today, was the final straw. My won ton soup was barely warm, the salmon was over done /​dry, the hibachi rice was barely cooked (grains were as hard as the peas), hot tea as barely hot, jumbo shrimps were over cooked, & we saw a server put the fresh crab legs on the buffet with her bare hands. Almost everything I ate was flavorless.
This used to. be a place I would recommend to people. I can’t do that any more. It is sad that the dessert (ice cream! l) was the best part of an expensive meal. It wasn’t worth the $ 100 spent on 6 people there.
The next time we need a
celebrate something, it won’t be there.

Took the family to Kumo once again. This is our favorite Japanese buffet these days. My son specifically asked to go here, so off we went.
As usual, the sushi and hot offerings were tasty and fresh. I definitely stuffed myself with noodles, rice, dumplings, and even a cherry crêpe! I tasted a crawdad this time and it was good too. You just pull the tail off and munch on the tasty meat that comes with it.
On this trip, the service was off. Our server brought us beverages, but never came back! So no refills. Her tip was reduced and I wrote, «No refills?» on the receipt.
Of course I’ll be back, we love the food! Four stars for food, two stars for service.