Little Tokyo - OISHINBO Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in Makati

Ambience: Eating here was relaxing thanks to the peace, quiet, Japanese television (2 sets), and bar seat experience. There were Japanese customers too! Entire branch was nearly full including seats outside.

Food: California Maki was only six pieces but they were all big, making the count irrelevant. Each piece was delicious with creamy mayo and sweet mango. The mango at the ends were the best due to the bigger size.

Potato Yaki was extremely buttery. Smell wasn't that appetizing and in terms of texture, I felt it could've been grilled better.

Overall pricing is VERY expensive even for the dinner bentos.

Service: Hearing them greet customers in Nihonggo was really nice! I felt like I was at Japan! Wait time for Potato Yaki...

Secluded place and lots of japanese resto to choose from but honestly it's just a drinking resto , japanese cuisine are bland and needs more authenticity to it. You'll enjoy it more if you're a fan of drinks and ambiance.

Food 4.4/10 - The only commendable thing about it is that they make it like the authentic ones (except the eggs in ramen ) but the taste is very bland , and lacking of the flavor that you'd expect in a japanese cuisine especially the ramen. You'll come here for the drinks

Price 6/10 - it's just okay for the price , a 280 pesos for a combo meal is great

Service 8/10 - They'll assist you like a VIP even if there are lots of customers

Place 8/10 - More like a "secret place" vibes to it...

Go elsewhere if you're looking for value. Oishinbo is overpriced considering the food quality, service, and ambiance. We ordered spicy salmon roll, karaage, and beer. The roll had a few little pieces of sashimi, drizzled with what seems to be tabasco sauce and surrounded by cheap and watery rice. Karaage meat was juicy but tastes bland that we had to ask for mayo and salt. The oil smelled like it was used several times already. The servers were talking loudly. The aircon seemed to have a hard time getting the room cold. There was a mosquito and a fly buzzing around. The only positive in this experience was having beer and some fresh vegetables to...