Oishi Sushi Bar — Restaurant in Oldsmar

I found this restaurant when trying to find something to eat near a friend in the Oldsmar area. I'm always a little apprehensive about sushi as much as I love it because of concerns over the freshness and quality of the seafood. The location is a little hidden in a larger strip mall. From the outside my expectations were a little low. This isn't so much because of them, but because of the store front. I was pleasantly surprised when we entered. Everything seemed clean, and I appreciated the layout of the restaurant. The staff was very polite, and were seated promptly. The menu has a very large variety of rolls and Thai food. We opted for the pick 2 lunch special which I believe was $11.95. It included your choice of 2 rolls from that list, a small salad, and a small soup. I have to admit that when they brought them to the table I was a bit amused at how little they were, but come to find out later they were the perfect size.The salad had a ginger based dressing that was good. Lettuce and produce in the salad was very fresh. The soup more like a broth with small pieces of seaweed, and soy. When they first brought the rolls I thought they were on the same plate. Then the second plate came out and I realized we both got to full rolls as a part of the special. That made me realize why the soup and salad were smaller. The lunch rolls were very generous in portion size. The seafood was fresh, the avocado was creamy and perfectly ripe. The cucumber as crunchy and clean, and the rice was nicely cooked. This was very pleasing experience. I highly recommend the lunch special, and based on this experience have every intention of going back to try their dinner menu. I would highly recommend giving this...

Oishi Sushi Bar has a clean and quiet atmosphere to enjoy decent sushi and thai dishes. Their menu range from appetizers, soups, salads, sushi, don bowls, bento boxes, to thai curry. My first visit was on a Sunday afternoon and the service was slow and the wait staff seemed a bit uninterested being there. I noticed that one of the wait staff also was making the sushi I ordered, though she didn't seem to the usual sushi chef there.

The crispy tofu came out very lightly warm and seemed to have been thawed out and hurriedly prepped. This affected the taste and the usual expected crisp was missing from these 'crispy' tofu.

The bento box had a very nice variety of different items just in the right portions for a bento box. The pad thai tasted quite nice, while the nigiri didn't taste as fresh as could have been. However, the presentation of the bento box was very pleasing to the eye.

The Keywest roll with spicy conch was my most favorite here. The crunchy and spicy conch add a very tasty combination of flavors with cucumber and sushi rice. I could have had two rolls of these.

The Fresh Salmon roll has double layers of fresh salmon (inside as well on top). Although this roll came recommended by some of my other yelp friends, unfortunately the salmon in this roll didn't taste very fresh to me. Though the taste wasn't terrible, but salmon tasted a bit 'un-fresh'.

I will return to Oishi again to try some of their thai dishes and have their...

We used to love this place. Recently they have increased their prices while both decreasing portions ans QUALITY. We ordered gyoza that was supposed to have protein in it and it was filled with chopped up noodles. When you order to go, they will ring you up for items you did not order and then argue with you. On one occasion I ordered (per their menu at the time) shrimp tempura as a meal, apparently they had stopped serving it as a meal and only offered it as an appetizer, which as a customer I would onlu know if they told me since they hadn't updated their menu on their website. They didn't say anything to me when I placed the order, and they charged me for a full dinner meal but served me the appetizer version. When I tried to correct the issue the server and the owner yell and don't listen and treat you poorly. They told me they could give me a credit but would not refund me. I never was able to use that credit because they miraculously said it never happened The menu is almost never correct and the do not question or communicate to make it correct. We have been eating here 4-5 times a month since they opened and I'm officially done giving them the benefit of the doubt. Quit stealing from...