Oishi Japanese Express of Olive Branch — Restaurant in Olive Branch

Food was alright, but because of the pandemic, they raised the prices on many of their menu items...which is understandable. They have a lot of plastic and wooden barriers to maintain social distancing, and I think it’s a good measure to take...which is also understandable especially with everything going on. I’m giving them 2 stars because the cashier literally shoved our food and drinks through this box to give it to us. She shoved it so hard with a wooden stick that my drink fell over and wasted. She wasn’t very concerned about the mess that she made either. I’m guessing that the cashier may have been a little annoyed with us because my mother and I were a little concerned because they removed the paper from the straw and placed the straws in our cups with their bare hands. We kindly asked for extra straws, and I guess it may have rubbed her the wrong way, even if it wasn’t our intention. Hopefully the cashier was just...

First time I went I didn't get everything I paid for and the second time I tried giving them a second chance, they told me 20 minutes till my order was ready so I got there 20 minutes later and continued waiting 45 more minute on a fried rice, noodle and crab Rangoon. VERY upset that they never discounted my food like they said they would for not giving me everything i ordered the first time and then called everybody elses togo/walkin order out except mine. Left it on the counter to get cold until i had to ask them why everybody who came in and ordered after me got all there food already and i was still waiting after almost an hour after the time they told me and had nothing to say about it. Will NOT be returning which is very sad because there food is not bad but very...

Tucked in a far corner of a strip mall near a Cato clothing shop is a small gem of a Japanese restaurant. "Oishi" is a Japanese word for "delicious" and the food certainly is.

My first visit was on a Wednesday evening. Few inside diners but there was a constant flow of take-out customers. The interior was kind of bare, with some Japanese murals on the wall.

We ordered some beef yakisoba (fried noodles), shrimp yakimesi (fried rice) and one order of Phily Roll sushi (salmon, avocado and cream cheese). The fried dishes were served in a clamshell take-home box even though we ate at the restaurant. All portions were generous and tasty.

A good and economical meal, and worth looking for in the back corner of...