Oishi Japanese Kitchen — Restaurant in Tracyton

After hearing a recommendation from a friend, Hubby and I decided to try Oishi Japanese restaurant.

Walking into Oishi, we were warmly greeted and allowed to choose our own seating. The simple yet tasteful Japanese-inspired decor on the walls added to the restaurant's fresh and clean ambiance. Our server promptly arrived with menus and water, allowing us a few moments to review the menu. Oishis has some yummy-sounding dishes on its menu, so it wasn't easy in choosing what we wanted.

I decided on the Vegetable Yakisoba noodles, and Hubby chose Katsudon.

My Yakisoba noodles were good but not extraordinary. I have had them many times in the past at other restaurants. But the quantity wasn't there, and Oishis Yakisoba noodles were too sweet for my liking. And I couldn't tell you if they included seaweed within the dish; maybe it was the leftover taste in my mouth from the Miso soup, but I kept tasting seaweed. And about that Miso soup, my cup of soup had large pieces of seaweed, no tofu or green onions, just seaweed and broth. I tasted nothing other than seaweed.

I wish the Oishis had offered a variety of protein to choose from, not just vegetarian, not that I mind, but I would have loved chicken.

My Hubby said his Katsudon was okay, but it was pretty bland in taste. He put soy sauce on it, hoping to enhance the flavors.

So, although the dining experience wasn't bad, and the Oishi seems to get a lot of business, the server was friendly enough, and the establishment was clean; I cant give you an opinion on the restrooms because we did not visit them, I don't see us returning anytime soon.

As I have said in a few other reviews, sometimes a person needs to try something new. Everyone's taste is different, so I can only give you a personal opinion.

Oishi is at 1554 NE Fairgrounds Road #1B, Bremerton, Washington, right off the 303. The restaurant is near Mobile Gas Station, Subway, and Burger King. Other surrounding businesses are Brown Bear Car Wash and Arco Gas Station.

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We went here yesterday, had about a 20-25 minute, they were very busy with a large group, so we were fine waiting no big deal. We were seated, and served water right away and our appetizer order was taken promptly. The service here and atmosphere easily gets a 5 star review. I will say before I rate food items, I can be a bit picky, my family that came with me loved everything they ate. Regardless, I still rate my food overall a 7/10. We ordered gyoza, several yakotori, beef bowl, and my boyfriend got udon. The gyoza for me was a bit over cooked (we got pan fried) but also (only to me) had a strange after taste. But the dipping sauce was very nice. All the yakitori we got (chicken, neigi chicken, quail egg) was delicious 10/10. We also ordered beef steak and unagi. The beef steak was very well done, tough to eat unfortunately. The Unagi had good flavor but I believe was a cheap product, but was overly fatty. My boyfriend said his Udon was 10/10 (im not a fan of udon so I won't rate!) My beef bowl was good. Good flavor, only negative bit is there was not alot of beef, and for the price I had hoped for more. I will return to definitely try the ramen, and the team there...

Ignore the haters posting negative comments. This is the most authentic Japanese street food I’ve had since having it in Japan (and I lived in Japan for a long time).

They were just featured in the local paper, so the hype is causing long lines and a bit of a crazy wait situation, but it’s worth it.

Had the takoyaki, gyoza, yakitori chicken set, yakisoba, and katsudon (missed getting pics of the takoyaki and yakitori - they looked so good, I forgot to get a picture lol). All were really good, but the takoyaki and katsudon really stood out as amazing - 10/10 for both! They also make chu-hi drinks, which is impossible to find anywhere else and they are SO good!

If I had to give a critique, it would be that the yakitori needs a bit more sauce before serving to get that authentic street side / bazaar cart flavor. And the gyoza were pretty average - I’d skip over those for pretty much any other appetizer next time.

Can’t recommend enough and I’ll definitely be back many more times to work though...