Updated October 2026. Date night for two on a Friday, 125 Randhurst Village Drive in Mount Prospect. The bill is at the bottom.
Vika and I walked into Yori Sushi expecting very little, and I want to be honest about why. This is the same space where Hong Dae Sushi and Grill used to be, at Randhurst Village, and Yori opened there almost the moment Hong Dae closed. Same room, same layout, same everything, as far as we could see from the door. So the question in both our heads on the way in was the obvious one. Is this just the old place with a new name on it?
It is not. The sushi was very different, and it was a lot better than either of us expected. I would not call it life changing, and it is not going into my top three, but it went straight into the group of places where coming back is not even a question. Four rolls in, we were already talking about which friends to bring and when to bring the kids.
We thought it would be Hong Dae with a new name
I did not think Hong Dae was bad. But when we found out Yori had taken over the exact same space, both of us half expected the same food under a different sign. A new sushi place always gets a visit from us, that is just how we are, but this one came with low expectations attached.
What changed our minds was the fish. I will get into the rolls below, but the short version is that every one of them tasted like itself, which is the thing I complain about most at sushi places around here. That alone told us this was a different kitchen.
The room did not change, and that is a good thing
Vika put it best: the interior has not changed whatsoever, and that is fine, because it was very nicely done to begin with. It is bright, with high ceilings, modern finishes and a lot of greenery, including a living wall with a neon Good Vibes Only sign next to a wall of wine.
There are really three spaces. There is the room with the full sushi bar and quite a few tables, there is the main dining room with tables and booths, and there is a private room. That matters if you are planning anything bigger than dinner for two, and I will come back to it, because the one weak spot we found is exactly the thing a big table would feel most.
Four rolls, and we would order every one again
We ordered three rolls, then added a fourth, which is usually the moment we regret it because we cannot finish. Not this time. Here they are in the order they came out.
Chicago Fire Roll
This one came first, six pieces, and it is simple: spicy tuna wrapped in seaweed, lightly deep fried, sitting in ponzu with chili oil at the bottom of the plate. There is no rice, which is probably why it felt like an appetizer to me. We have had rice free rolls on appetizer menus at other places, and Vika thinks that is where the feeling came from.
It was Vika’s least favorite of the four. For her there was a little too much chili oil, because oil is heavy, and she thought it might have been cooked a touch too long. I see why she says that, but I liked it. The tuna was not raw and not done, and the texture worked. I normally hate a roll swimming in sauce, but this sauce is ponzu and oil, not a thick mayo, so I was fine with it. We both agreed the tuna was generous.
Spicy Angel Roll
Shrimp tempura and spicy tako inside, with cucumber, topped with spicy tuna, spicy scallop and thinly sliced avocado, with eel sauce and spicy mayo on the plate. At the table Vika was close to certain there was octopus in it, and she was right. Tako is octopus, and it is on the menu description.
What we both loved is that it was not drowning. The sauce decorates the plate and sits on top of the rolls without burying them, so you can still taste the fish and the rice.
Spicy scallop roll
This is not on the menu as a roll. They use spicy scallop in other rolls, so we asked whether they could just make it on its own, and they said that was no problem. I always order spicy scallop so I can compare it against other places.
It was not a miss at all. My benchmark is still the spicy scallop at Black Pearl in Glenview, which for me is an eleven out of ten. Against that, we would call this one a nine, and that is a compliment. It had cucumber and what we think was a little masago, and it tasted fresh.
Spicy salmon roll
The add-on, and no regrets. Big, generous chunks of salmon with cucumber and a drizzle of spicy mayo on top, and that was it. It tasted like good quality salmon.
This is the roll that says the most about the place. A lot of spots pad a spicy salmon roll with tempura crunch, and it hides the fish. Vika’s word for that is cheap, like they are sneaking something into the roll. This felt like the opposite.
What Yori gets right: the fish, the rice and the cucumber
My usual complaint with spicy rolls is that they are so over spiced you cannot tell salmon from tuna. That was not the case here. Every roll had its own flavor.
The rice to fish ratio was fantastic. Nothing fell apart, so the rolls were not underpacked, but I was never sitting there chewing through a mouthful of rice either. Vika liked the rice without calling it her favorite anywhere, but on the ratio she agrees completely.
Then there is Vika’s detail, which I would not have noticed without her. They cut the cucumber into extremely thin, crunchy strips, and it was in pretty much every roll we ordered. The balance of rice and cucumber against everything else gave the rolls a really refreshing taste.
And because I always talk about spicy mayo: theirs is not on the thick side and not on the watery side, and I actually liked the flavor of it on its own, tasted straight off a chopstick. Vika says it is not her favorite, but it worked with every roll it was on, and she enjoyed it.
The one thing to know: the rolls come out one at a time
Our one real gripe, and we both had it. The kitchen was on the slow side, and the rolls came out one at a time.
At a sushi bar with omakase, one piece at a time is the point, and I am fine with that. With rolls it is different. I like to mix them as I go, a piece of this one, then that one, then back, and Vika does the same thing. We order deliberately different rolls so we get different fish on the table together, and getting them all at once is what makes that work. That was the missing piece here.
It is also the reason I would think twice before bringing a big group without warning them. If you are coming for a birthday, the room can handle it easily, but the kitchen might need to work out the pacing first.
Here is the other side of it, though. When a place is new, the staff often do not know what they are doing yet. That was not the case. The service was a little slow, but everyone was really nice. They kept us posted on what was coming, checking in and letting us know a plate was on its way. One of the owners came over to our table herself, and she was lovely. From what we read before going, Yori is woman owned.
Is Yori Sushi good for kids?
We went without Josh and Emily this time, so I cannot tell you how they would rate it. But I would bring them here, and that is a big part of the verdict.
There is a kids section on the menu. The Kid’s Bento Box comes with sweet potato tempura and a California roll, with grilled chicken for $12.95 or grilled steak or salmon for $14.95. The Happy Sushi Plate is $11.95, a cucumber roll with a piece each of tamago, kanikama and ebi sushi. With the rolls this clean and this light on filler, I think our kids would be happy here.
Vika’s take is that Yori works for just about any crowd we would bring: lunch, date night, which is what this was, or a large group for a birthday. Just keep the one at a time pacing in mind with a big table.
What replaced Hong Dae Sushi and Grill at Randhurst?
Yori Sushi. Hong Dae Sushi and Grill has closed, and Yori opened in the same space at 125 Randhurst Village Drive almost immediately afterward. As far as we could tell the interior is unchanged.
I cannot give you an exact date for when Hong Dae closed. We did not find a notice or any local coverage of it, only listings now marked as closed. The Hong Dae sign was still lit when we walked out after dinner.
Is Yori Sushi all you can eat?
No. Yori is à la carte. There was no all you can eat option on the menu we were handed. If all you can eat is what you are after, e Sushi, also in Mount Prospect, is the one we have written up.
Is Yori Sushi open for lunch?
Yes. Their website lists them open from 11:30 am Monday through Friday and from noon on Saturday and Sunday. We did not see a separate lunch menu or lunch specials listed, so I would not count on one. Full hours are at the bottom.
What we would order
Every roll on our table, really, but if you are choosing:
- The spicy salmon roll. Big pieces of salmon, no filler. The best argument for the place.
- The Spicy Angel Roll, if you want the big, dressed up roll. It looks like a lot and still tastes like fish.
- The spicy scallop roll, even though you have to ask for it. They will make it.
- The Chicago Fire Roll, if you like heat and do not mind a roll with no rice. I liked it more than Vika did.
What dinner for two cost
Four rolls and two beers for me, a Kirin Ichiban and a Sapporo Light, came to $73.20 for the two of us with tax. For fish this good, and rolls this generous, I think that is a very fair number.
This article is not sponsored, and nothing was comped. In the spirit of being upfront, I did message the restaurant about an hour before we went, to congratulate them on opening and say we would love to come in. Nobody had replied by the time we sat down, and we ordered and paid like any other table.
Line by line: the Chicago Fire Roll was $12.95, the Spicy Angel Roll $17.95, the off menu spicy scallop roll $12.95 and the spicy salmon roll $9.95. My Kirin Ichiban and Sapporo Light were $6.00 each. That is $65.80 before tax, and with $7.40 in sales and alcohol tax it came to $73.20, which works out to about $37 each.
One more thing on the receipt: it carries five dollars off your next visit of thirty dollars or more, dine in or carryout. We will be using it.
Is Yori Sushi worth it?
Yes. We are absolutely coming back, and it is not a question of whether.
It is not the best sushi we have ever had, and I am not going to pretend it is. But the fish is clean, every roll tastes like what it is, the rice is right, and nothing is hiding behind filler or sauce. The service is slow in one specific way, and nice in every other way. For a new restaurant that most people around here will assume is the old one with a new sign, that is a very good start.
Next time, Josh and Emily are coming with us.
Yori Sushi, Mount Prospect: location and hours
Address: 125 Randhurst Village Drive, Mount Prospect, IL 60056, at Randhurst Village
Phone: (224) 398-8078
Website: yorisushirestaurant.com
Format: À la carte. No all you can eat.
Hours: Monday through Thursday, 11:30 am to 9:30 pm. Friday, 11:30 am to 10:00 pm. Saturday, noon to 10:00 pm. Sunday, noon to 9:00 pm. Those are the hours on their website; check before you go, since the place is brand new.
More sushi around the northwest suburbs: e Sushi in Mount Prospect, Deba Sushi Bar in Mount Prospect, Black Pearl in Glenview, Kaido in Arlington Heights, Shakou in Arlington Heights, Tekka Sushi in Elk Grove Village, Ari Sushi in Des Plaines, Furinkazan in Des Plaines, and Sushi Plus Thai by Sensei in Palatine.
