O-Dai-Ba Japanese Grill — Restaurant in Rancho Cucamonga

I think I understand what O-Dai-Ba is supposed to be about: very large rolls at fairly reasonable prices. Unfortunately I can't have them because of allergies. I decided to try a couple of their appetizers instead, as well as their yakisoba.

First we had tako yaki. My fiance's first bite was nice and hot, but not scalding. When I ate one from the other side of the plate however, it had a bit of ice still in the center. Microwaving your food without making sure it is thoroughly heated is a very bad sign for a restaurant in my opinion.

Disappointed, I moved on to the miso soup. This was fine at least. Hot, and reasonably priced. Not much else to say.

What I was really looking forward to was my steak yakisoba. At the price they charged, and seeing the large sushi rolls they were serving, I was expecting a fairly large portion with two small but refreshing side salads, and some rice. This is not what I received.

On my plate there was approximately a cup and a half of yakisoba, half a cup of each salad, and a full cup of plain white rice with a few black sesame seeds on top. I was stunned. I have never in my life ordered yakisoba and been given such a small portion, and the way it was plated atop a cheap plastic plate made me feel like I was in a cafeteria or hospital.

The yakisoba was decently tasty, which is unfortunate because it was gone in a few bites. I didn't eat the rice because it was completely plain and I'm not really a fan. The green cabbage salad I ate half of. It was pretty much just coleslaw. The baby greens salad was pretty good. Slightly tangy dressing I've come to expect from Japanese salads.

Unfortunately O-Dai-Ba was entirely disappointing. Had the price of the dishes matched the quality, I would have likely had a much better time, and expected...

O-Dai-Ba is a expensive sub par sushi restaurant. I'm gonna start with their long waits when they have customers. I came here when they where half full and it took them and hour to bring out a six piece Spicy Californian Roll. A whole hour for just six pieces, that weren't even that good. I've been to many sushi restaurants and on days where they are crowded it takes about 15-20 minutes for one plate of sushi(6-9 pieces). Secondly there food and sauces taste bland as hell. I order a side of there spicy mayo and it had zero taste. It was bland and it just made my mouth sting slightly. The roll i ordered(Spicy California roll) had no flavor and wasn't even that spicy. It was like i ordered a rice roll covered in hot sauce. Thirdly they have piss poor service, they do not come to your table and you have to ask them. My friend had raised his hand to order some more sushi and the waiter rolled her eyes and begrudgingly walked over and severed him. Lastly their menus is misleading and the food cost way to much for its taste. We came during happy hour and was given the menu which has the name of the item to the left and the prices to the right. There where two options for each dish which was hand or sliced(don't remember the second name). The hand dishes cost more than the sliced ones. So when i got my bill i was surprised how expensive my meal was cause my waiter didn't tell me that it was hand made and not sliced.

In conclusion, I would not recommend eating at O-Dai-Ba their food is to bland,expensive, and to long of a wait. There are many sushi bars that do what they do better...

This first time I ordered from here was via Grubhub or another food pick up service. That time it tasted fresh and great. With the Sashimi sampler tasting so amazing that my mom even complimented on its price, value, and quality. She wanted more. So I ordered it again later that week (after Sunday May 12th), the next time I ordered via the phone directly to the restaurant. Disappointly it tasted really bad and kinda a huge letdown from what we got last time. The items were cold on items on baked ingredients on top of the sushi. It wasn’t lukewarm. It was flat out cool, like they just took it out from the fridge and let it sit on a counter for 10 mins. For some reason the imitation crabmeat in the sushi roll was warm. During this second order, I also had the Sashimi Sampler again. Shockingly those sashimis were not fresh and did not even taste decent. My mom and I had just finished moving a lot of heavy stuff and rearranged my house so we were starving. Having no energy to cook we just ate half of it. But at some point I just stopped and told her not to try the baked sushi I had picked. She didnt try to push me too hard to eat it even though we are like the typical Asian household and try hard not to waste money on food we have bought. I don’t know if they had switched chefs or were just having a bad day that day. All of it tasted really bad. It seemed like they didnt try and just added all the ingredients together to make it look like what we ordered. But I'm only giving them one more chance. This time it will be in person to see if I can clue in why the 2nd time...