Oishi Japanese Cuisine — Restaurant in Simsbury

We ordered takeout from this place after reading reviews. I saw a mixed bag of reviews so I wasn't keeping my hopes up. I called around 4 pm on a Friday and someone picked up immediately. I ordered 9 sushi rolls for my family (yes, we can eat, lol). It was a variety of rolls, can't remember all the names; I remember my favorites, and those were the shrimp tempura, eel avocado, spicy tuna, spicy salmon, and Philadelphia rolls. The person on the phone said they will call me when the order is ready in 45 minutes; I thought that was odd because I never had a place say that.

The restaurant is in a quiet plaza and looked like it was a sit in restaurant at one point but turned into a takeout only place. They also gave us a couple egg rolls and crab rangoons for free; it was okay and had little to no filling, but I guess it's the thought that counts.

The sushi was fresh, tasty, and CHEAP. I read that if you order sushi too late, they can run out. We got all our sushis and was very impressed by the quality and quantity for the price. This is definitely my new favorite sushi spot. I can't wait to try out their other menu items. Overall, a great experience and I...

So upon entering this place, I wasn’t sure how good it was going to be. It certainly doesn’t boast “5-Star restaurant” with its paper menus, lack of decoration, and middle of nowhere location. BUT they always tell you not to judge a book by its cover and this rings true with Oishi. This was some of the best sushi I’ve had. EVER. The fish tasted fresh, the sauces were delectable and the combinations in the roles were spot on. Also, I don’t know if they happened to think there was a celebrity in our party, they were using us as taste-testers, or they just had a lot of leftover food at the end of the night, but they randomly brought us about 5 or 6 free appetizers. This...

Another update - I got an entire order of black burnt meat. Safe to say I'm done giving them chances...

Get ANYTHING but the sushi. Everything else is good, I've tried the sushi twice now. Both had rancid smell and taste terrible. Pretty sure this is Chinese food disguised as Japanese food, however I will say all the meals are pretty good and fairly cheap. They've gotten my order wrong multiple times now and have taken 3 hours before to get my meal ready. All in all, it's a nice place to have locally on this end of Simsbury. The plaza it's in is usually cursed with failing businesses, but I really hope this one...