Oriental Star — Restaurant in Town of Manlius

Update 11/2023 - It's nice to see their indoor dining hours restored. We had Sushi tonight and it was excellent as always. They really do seem to be one of the most consistent restaurants I have been to. The service has been excellent the last couple times as well. Prices remain reasonable... Still 5 Stars.

Update 12/2022 - Still a really great place but since COVID their indoor dining hours have been very limited which is a shame as this was one of the few nice indoor dining Chinese - Japanese restaurants in the eastern suburbs. Food is still amazing though!

You can't go wrong here. I've been coming here for 15 years and they are a model of consistency... Excellent food , Service and prices in nice clean restaurant.

What sets them apart from a lot of places is they are a mostly eat in mid level establishment that does Chinese , Japanese ( great sushi) and some Thai dishes and do an excellent job with all of them. This is not your typical corner take out Chinese place... ( although they do takeout as well ). That's hard to find these days as most Asian restaurants seem to be corner take out or are very upscale pricey , this place finds that...

I went for a celebration with my girlfriend and was very hungry as I hadn't eaten all day. I ordered a chicken teryaki meal, an avocado peanut roll, and a shirmp tempura. My girlfriend ordered the general tso tofu/bean curd. After the miso and sushi, it seemed like the food would be fairly decent.

I WAS DEAD WRONG

My girlfriend had to spit out her tofu upon first bite and then began to tear up, as she was the one that suggested the place. I let her eat the last of my avocado rolls to calm her down and told her to order something else so she wouldn't be hungry. Then the server brought out my chicken and her tempura plate. A huge miss. I am not a super picky eater but even I had to spit out the chicken, as it was awful. It tasted like shellfish and left a weird taste in my throat. My girlfriend picked at her tempura but was still unsatisfied. I was amazed by the sizes of the plates and how a company could afford to make such large quantities of food with terrible taste.

I was shocked, as the place had decent reviews but do not be fooled. The sushi was okay but $46 worth of ABSOLUTEL GARBAGE food left me...

Had an extremely bizarre first (and last) experience here. My wife and I are new to the area and this place was recommended by locals. Upon arriving we enjoyed the traditional decor, it looked clean, and the two sushi chefs behind the bar seem to know what they were doing. Once we sat down and began to order things began to take a change. Our appetizers never came out nor did our dinner. After 45 minutes, we asked our waitress what was going on because we noticed that the two sushi chefs had left and instead a young boy of maybe 15 years of age at most who was previously doing homework at one of the tables had now taken their place. He was not dressed Appropriately to be handling food, and was clearly still wearing the clothes he wore to school. We chose to leave instead of waiting additional time for a child to...