Very delicious and filling - had the duck with asian noodles, orange and almond salad and papaya - yum! Husband had the tuna with noodles, wasabi potatoes and broccholi. Everything was flavorful and it is hard to say what we liked best because we enjoyed it.
It was busy for a 1:30 PM weekday but our server Molly did a great job of keeping our glasses filled and checking on us.
Definitely will go again when in the neighborhood!
A nice location in the little town of Winona Lake just a short distance from the lake. Plenty of parking in the lot immediately in front of the restaurant. Nice little shops to visit in the area all within short walk of the restaurant. We sat on the enclosed porch on the rear which has a view of the canal. It was a cold day and the room temperature was just a little chilly. But other than the room temperature the meal was great. We had lunch there on  a weekday and they had a number of patrons. Service was quick and friendly.
Lunch consists of a choice of maybe eight entrees each with 3 sides and served in a Benito box. I had the seared tuna and my wife had the Basil-Soy salmon. She said the salmon was great. I really enjoyed the tuna but the serving size is small but not unexpected in a Asian Fusion upscale restaurant. It is served on a bed of Sushi rice and had a very nice side sauce. My three sides included the broccoli salad which was great, the Asian noodles with peanuts, also great and a very nice wasabi potato salad. The different flavors and textures were a nice contrast to a typical lunch. I had iced tea which was a little weak for my taste but I like my tea strong and most people probably don't.
Although all portions are small, lunch consisted of 4 items {entre and 3 sides} and altogether make for a satisfying lunch. Our dinners were $12 each and my iced tea $2. The glass was rather small {I like restaurants which have large drink glasses!} but they brought me a new glass whenever it was down to about 1/4th full. After we finished our meals they quickly cleared the table and asked if we wanted the bill which was brought immediately. Â We don't usually spend this much for lunch but it was worth it and we will return.
Good meal, lovely and sophisticated spot. I was in town for work and thought all they had was Applebee's when much to my surprise I find several very nice restaurants in town with Cerulean being the best. Had a fantastic piece of sea bass on top of a floppy polenta cake filled with sweet goat cheese. Had a wonderful rib eye salad 2 days ago. Good sushi as well.
Review Source:Loved this place! Â Lovely interiors as well as a great location on a canal leading to Lake Winona. Â Very busy restaurant with a very innovative menu. Â We started with a beet salad and lobster cake which the hubby and I shared and it was fabulous! I then had the sunfish with cappelini with a goat cheese sauce which was not to my liking as I'm not a fan of goat cheese but can't blame them for that. Â The fish however was extremely crisp and flavorful. Â The mister had steak which was great as well. Â Even though we were stuffed to the gills, we decided to share the bread pudding and pear gelato. Â OMG...the pudding was to die for, very light and beautiful presentation on not just the dessert but all the dishes. Â Plate sizes were more European, read smaller, but I Â still left there wishing I had worn my elasticized pants! Fabulous all around. Â In fact, going again tonight :)
Review Source:What a great place! Â The view is great, situated on Winona Lake. Â All the food here is amazing. Â I love the Sushi here, too. Â We were so comfortable that on the 3rd bottle of wine, seeing everyone vacate, we thought .... oh boy, we better let them get home too. Â Hahaha. Â I dont think this is a place to take kids! Â I dont know that a party of 2 can escape under 100, but maybe without drinks. Â Excellent service. Â Warsaw has some warm places for such a dull town.
Review Source:Sooo good! The soft shell crab bento box with udon, spinach and orange almond salad (you get a choice of 3 sides) was delicious! The crab was cooked perfectly and even the sticky rice underneath it was lovely. We visited during lunch so there was no tapas menu (which is says on Yelp that they serve tapas) - only japanese choices but a lot of choices (perhaps tapas are during dinner???). My husband got sushi which was also very good (I'll let him tell you about it).
Staff was very friendly. Decor was very new, minimal and clean. Check this place out- it is a gem in the land of corn fields and KFC's.
The 2 stars is solely for their sashimi portions which are disappointingly small, I would say 1/4 of the usual slice portion (take note I am talking about each slice) that you would get compared to sashimi in Southern California.  I would give 3 stars as a general review of the ambience (modern, classy, spacious) which makes the restaurant a joy to dine in, and the affordability and choices for their bento meals. I liked their maple leaf duck breast bento when I was there the first time in 2010, however recently I was not that impressed with their Miso glazed scallop bento meal which was too sweet. Asian food generally is not characterized by being "sweet" and I notice that in "modern" or "fusion" asian restaurants there is a tendency to go that route in some "asian" inspired dishes. Then again maybe it was just how the scallops were prepared that day. It would be nice to see if the owners (who according to my cousin in law, do not have children) can try to be more kid friendly with their kid menu offering (as I recall, chicken tenders with a fruit based sauce - cant remember if it was pomegranate or cranberry) as ordinary catsup may appeal more to kids (my nieces wanted some but the restaurant does not provide  it). When I am back in the area I am still interested in what The Cerulean  has to offer - the restaurant and the whole strip of stores and shops along the canals and borders of Winona Lake give the place much character and life that is a joy to see in this part of the country.
Review Source:Our 3rd visit to Cerulean, again struck by the incongruity of a nice sushi place in small town Winona Lake. Â Got in just before the lunch rush, so we were quickly seated, but the line behind us built quickly, so a lot of other people like this place too. Â I had the sushi bento box (tempura ebi roll, 3 sides from a pretty long list of choices, I had kimchi, asian noodles, mandarin almond salad). Â All parts were excellent, as with previous visits; Â though the sushi rice was a little different (not as flavorful) than you would find at most sushi places, it was still good. Â Others in our party had different sushi choices, and enjoyed their selections as well. Â The menu has other selections, but we come here for the sushi, so haven't tried them yet. Â Nice wine list, but we've only come for lunch, so haven't tried that either. Â Decor is very nice, somewhat minimalistic, spare, I think is the word. Â Unfortunately, this makes the restaurant very loud when they are busy, as they were today, hard to talk quietly across the table.
Review Source:The food and service here were exceptional in all respects. The creamed soups are superb and not just a cup of thin puree. The pasta portions were on the medium to large size. I had the Sicilian Sausage cavatappi with marscapone cheese sauce. It was phenomenal. We sat out on the back screened-in patio room on an evening that was about 67 degrees. It was a great experience. The server, Toni was classically trained, and exceptional, making sure that we had proper silverware for the courses we were eating (does anyone know who Emily Poste was?). You don't often find restaurants of this caliber. We will definitely be back to sample the tapas and my friends the sashimi and sushi. The coffee was french pressed table-side and as phenomenal as the rest of the meal. If you are a stout-phile, try the "Russian Stout:" that is bottled and distributed in MI (of all places). 10.5 ALC, so it can pack a bit of a punch if you are not used to them.
Review Source:Well, a friend and I decided to give this place another chance.
This time around it wasn't bad, the service was better, our waitress was very sweet and we tried a lot for a moderate amount of money.
This was my friends first time having sushi, over the evening we got Spicy Tuna Roll, Philly Roll, Tempura Ebi roll and Tuna Nigiri.
The biggest disappointment in their spicy Tuna is that they are adding heat using chili pepper instead of asian spicy mayo. :(
But, they have sufficiently redeemed themselves so I'm sure we'll hit this place up when Noa Noa is too full.
Ate on their new outdoor patio, where they offer a different and smaller menu than the inside restaurant. Sampled a lot of their food, which is prepared outside. Slider was particularly good, but only 1 per order. The food was a bit pricy and were small portions. Definitely this is a better place for drinks and small snacks, combined with socializing. If you want dinner, I would dine inside instead.
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Loved the atmosphere. We are from Chicago, and this would hold up well there. The staff was lovely. The coffee was amazing. The sushi was tasty. The only thing that was off was the miso soup-very very too salty.
We would go again to try more!
This place is fantastic! The atmosphere is great, very bright and open, who would think that small town Winona Lake would have a place such as this. I'd expect to see this kind of place in San Diego! I went for lunch the other day and got the wasabi crusted shrimp bento box with rice and edamame. It was the perfect size for lunch, and the shrimp was perfectly done and the wasabi was understated. (I don't like really spicy, so I was a bit worried it would be like that, but it wasn't. More a flavor than spicy.) If I ever make the trek back to this small town, it will be the first place I hit up for a meal.
It may be a bit overpriced for the area, but being from SD, I found it very reasonable.
They also have added on an outdoor beer garden type patio, which looks like a welcome addition and perfect for summertime
Oh this place is wonderful and just what I have been craving; raw delicious fish and especially eel. Their Miso Soup is some of the best that I have had. I have just had their sushi rolls, but their dinner menu looks quite impressive and I am looking forward to going back and trying some of their entree's.
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