Oh Baby Sushi — Restaurant in Redwood City

This is one of those places that I really really wished I liked more but didn't.

Sushi has become one of those staple foods I need in my life in order to function. I will try, eat, and review every sushi restaurant if I could. Oh Baby Sushi had such great potential but unfortunately it fell flat for me. I will say though that their service is a spectacular 5 starzzz! they were super attentive, friendly, and polite. I felt like I was being taken care of which is always nice :)

I went here for dinner and got a bento box and an order of the seared salmon belly. The seared salmon belly was wonderful. I thought the pieces were adequately big and the salmon belly had a nice fatty taste. Not sure if I can justify the price, but it was good. I thought the bento box was a steal! It was only $15 for three different items! The portion was pretty big too :) I got the tempura, sashimi, and spicy tuna roll. The tempura was okay.. a little too much batter but still good. I loved how spicy the tuna was but the roll had too much cucumber in it. It was like a giant size spicy tuna tekka roll with lots of cucumbers. The sashimi was probably the most disappointing. You get three pieces which I didn't really have a problem with but the quality of the fish was not good. The sashimi wasn't fresh, and the fish didn't taste good at all. I thought the fish was dry. It's a sushi restaurant, so I would expect your raw fish to be at least decently good and this was disappointing.

Overall, as much as I loved the service and quantity of food, the quality was just not there. Hence me really wanting to like this place but I just can't. I will definitely give this place another chance since I've only...

My family just loves Oh Baby Sushi! Of course we all have our favorite dishes, but I suspect you will love anything that you order here. And they offer REAL wasabi!! Such a treat!!

It's also a wonderful treat not to have to fix dinner some days. They are often incredibly busy, and don't take reservations, There can be quite a backup of people waiting for takeout as well as for a table. They've raised their prices, and perhaps that will thin the crowd a bit? They've updated their menu, and included new drinks, as well as some cocktails! Unfortunately, like many restaurants, they are using QR code menus that you need to read and order via your phone. They do still have paper menus, but they are not current and you will miss quite a few offerings if you don't use the QR code. Also, If you use a wheelchair, it might be a bit awkward and perhaps impossible for indoor seating, But they do also have outdoor seating which might work just fine. I would recommend calling first to find out how wheelchair friendly the restaurant is. To me it looks small and tight for getting around. There is disabled parking very close by.

Oh Baby Sushi is also reasonably kid friendly. I've seen strollers parked at outside tables, but the space is pretty tight. There are a few items on a...

Service was really bad. The waiter was upset at my group because we had 2 in our party come late and we asked for an additional table to accommodate them. This was our bad, my friends were really apologetic for this, but the service staff was not having it.

First, he intentionally slammed the additional table onto ours. Our group looked up at him startled and he raised his hands up and shrugged. Yikes. Later, he came to our table and told us this was a one-time accomodation and he will not do it again. We got it, he is upset. We had to explicitly ask for water and utensils for the two latecomers. Speculation, but our service took extremely long. Our full party was seated by 12.45PM and our first plate of rolls only arrived at 1.30PM. The two tables after us had their dishes served first. The waitress came to our table and told us at 1.54PM that they were closing at 2PM and that we had to leave by then. Because service was so slow, this happened BEFORE our last plate of rolls arrived. They basically expected us to finish our last dish in 5 minutes.

I honestly think that the service staff was trying to punish my group for our table request for the duration of our...