I have been eating at Oishi Thai Restaurant, Front Beach Rd, Panama City Beach, FL, at least once a week lately. Today was the last time. I was charged dinner price for a lunch meal. The lunch meals are already expensive for what you get. Then to be charged more for no more food is not acceptable. They were rude when I called to question their goof up. The owner told me to find a cheaper Chinese Restaurant if I could. I know I can. That is not the point. It's no wonder they don't have very much business. read more

Would give it 0 stars. Told us wait would be 30 minutes, waited an hour and 15. Food was horrible, service was horrible, ripoff. Staff doesn't know anything. Dont waste your money read more

Had a sushi lunch platter. Price was about 9.50... I had wonton soup which was a bit too salty. I also ordered shrimp shumai which was decent. The presentation of the sushi was stunning. It came with 1 shrimp, two salmon, two yellowtail and one tuna and a california roll. The fish is fresh as is the rice...but I don't think the rice is seasoned at all with rice vinegar which makes for so-so sushi. Not a bad place for sushi but not the greatest I've ever had. read more

Oishi - Japanese Near Me - Champaign, Illinois

Decor is beautiful nice relaxed atmosphere. Salad comes with your choice of dressing....I opted for the ginger dressing....very bitter after-taste...not good at all. The waiter was not that friendly/attentive...she was more busy eating her food a couple tables away. I got the lunch chirashi for about 11.50 and 2 rolls for 8.50 which was an excellent price (spicy salmon and tuna) . If you don't mind unattentive waitresses then this place isn't to bad for lunch. Dinner prices seem expensive. read more

Oishi - Japanese Near Me - Champaign, Illinois

This is review will be covering the Hibachi grill, only. If you do hibachi get the filet mignon and salmon or scallops. Ginger salad, with the hot and sour soup. I go here all the time for this and it has been consistent every time and delicious. There is also a coupon you can get for this establishment, usually comes in as a flier. i believe its spend $50 dollars get $10 off or the $25 and get $5 off. Great deal and good food. If you can try to avoid the busy hours, as service falls a bit there. The regular dine in looks questionable and the sushi, at your own risk. read more

Personally, one of my favoriate place to go in Champaign. This place is more of a Asian Fusion than traditional Japanese or traditional Asian. I usually go out for their lunch special. A three course meal (soup/salad/meal) for $6.95. All three soups they offer there taste good and their food is really good. I personnally enjoy their Sambal Shrimp. The appetizers taste really good. Personal favorite is the calamari. I like the ones from here the most. The salad can create some issues. I do admit. the ginger dressing is too ginery for my taste and the salad itself is not too consistent quality wise. read more

Have enjoyed their sushi takeout. Went for Hibachi. Letting couples site with empty seats between them, so my family of four had to sit on the side, me looking at the chef's back. Started out with the Tuna Lover's roll. Was absolutely terrible, flavorless, with the chopped tuna on top more like a blended mush. I almost order more sushi a la carte when I dine Japanese, but after that I just lost my taste for it. The Hibachi chef was less than engaging. Terrible aim the two times he tried to toss some food to the guests. Nothing unique about the 'show.' Once the food was on the grill just stood, cooked, then cleaned and left, yawn. Had the filet/lobster. Filet mignon was good. Lobster was off - kinda dry and tough, bummer. Not nearly worth 100+$. First and last trip. read more

3.5 stars I went to Oishi a couple of weeks ago for the first time with a friend. I got a half off coupon from some website, so I didn't really expect it to be that great. I guess my philosophy is that if a restaurant has to consistently resort to selling half price gift certificates, then they probably aren't that good to begin with. The menu was a mixture of Asian cuisines. I expected a more Japanese menu, but I thought the menu was just all over the place (which is not a good sign in a restaurant). I got some chicken katsu-like dish which turned out to be pretty good. Huge portion, great presentation, and a bargain with my half price certificate. My friend got some mango vegetable dish, and it was good, but not great. One gripe though. Our waitress was just rude and plain bad. Probably one of the worst waitresses I've come across. She spoke poor english and looked like she's pissed off all the time. For a restaurant that puts such a heavy emphasis on presentation, they should probably hire a real professional waitress/waiter instead of hiring probably a family friend or something who just immigrated here. Pros: good enough food. very cheap with coupons (which can be easily found online). very beautiful presentation. Cons: rude waitress. read more

Food is great. Love their ginger dressing for the salad (try it! don't default to ranch or an american alternative...). The sushi is delicious, perfectly prepared. Their presentation is beautiful, and love the china. The only reason I knock off one star is because I feel their wait staff is clueless about how to serve customers. I haven't had a good server experience yet, really hope they step up their expectations of their wait staff. read more

I like their sushi a lot, and their crab rangoon is solid. Some of their other dishes are kind of meh. They wind up on CiSaves a lot, so what we usually get for the price is fantastic. I'm not sure if I would continue to go there otherwise. read more

Not sure why this location is rated so low, every time we have had this place wether it was dine in or delivery it has been great. The management at this restaurant is very involved and hands on. Anytime I've ever been inside the location is clean and well kept. We will keep returning here for years to come. My girlfriend loves their sushi and Salmon, I think their steak and chicken is pretty good. The food is always HOT when it arrives, and the accuracy of the order is always on point. Thanks Oishi Hibachi Steakhouse for providing a great value. read more

I feel bad for the waitress that works there. She was excellent, but the poor interior (a poor imitation of KO fusion's vibe) and horrid food quality ties Oishi to one star. I resisted the urge to puke while chewing stale, old fish meat. Also, the price for hibachi doubles from lunch to dinner, though there seems to be no evident difference in the amount you get. Talk about unreasonable! read more

We had the seafood lover with miso soup and salad The ambient trys to be sofisticated and romantic however with several 42 inch screens showing the sport of fashion doesn't make it The food was Really good and it was enough to share between me and my lovely wife The service was very nice, the food came fast and tasty. read more

Outstanding. Like usual. Elaine is wonderful. Hot. Fresh. Clean. Delish. We always share. read more

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I went in for lunch wanting a nice meal, ended up getting a salad with a big hair in it and didn't see it until after a couple bites. Completely disgusted me so I left. With all the new COVID restrictions and guidelines, you would think they would be extra cautious. Not at all. read more

Ive been here 3 times now. THe first time they were busy and the wait time was real long. They compensated me with 10% off. I was fine with it. I order sushi or sahimi here every time. The sashimi tastes fresh, they are cut large and the price is fair. I have yet to try the hibachi but everyone seems to be having a good time. I recommend this place read more

The customer service is horrible! I came in for lunch today & was refused service to sit for hibachi because I was the only one. She told me I would have to wait for other people to come in even before I got served! RIDICULOUS! I honestly don't know how this place is still open! read more

I love this place. Their salmon and steak hibachi combo. Also try the chicken tempura rolls as your appetizer if you go. I recommend just sitting at a regular table, you'll get you food way faster and you could still the hibachi show next to your table. read more

I do not recommend this restaurant. I was so sick after my meal and so were my friends! We ate habachi and sushi and felt so sick. We will never go back! read more

We just love their Singapore thin noodles and vegetarian rolls. Ambience is great and food tastes nice. Reasonable Priced, the only downside is the service is so so. read more

I spoke with the manager and owner about a issue I had with my order and he was rude. It's unfortunate because their food is okay, though he was being very rude and literally hung the phone up on me. This is NOT my first time having an issue either. Terrible management. The hostess was nice and so were the cooks, but terrible management. If you have an issue about anything, expect for it to not get solved. He will most likely dismiss you. read more

First hibachi experience and it was such a fun time. The food was excellent and well priced for how much you get. Our cook was entertaining and attentive. Definitely plan to go back soon! read more

Took my girlfriend here for our anniversary... she got food poisoning from the shrimp. Rest of the meal was phenomenal, but the food poisoning, plus the constant feeling of being rushed out of the restaurant after our food was served, warrant as few stars as possible. As nearly every other recent review has shown, and as the vomit in the parking lot will certainly show, do not go to this place until they seriously figure out how to change their ways. read more

First off... Very nice place. Clean. Staff. Hella Nice. Miso soup. Delicious. House Salad. YUMMY! Next. Nigiri sushi... Meh. The rice they use. Is super dense. It's hard to explain. So you have a little piece of delicious fish. And then this huge mound of dense sushi rice. I was better off ordering sashimi. But I don't know if they'd be greedy with the portion size of it as well. So I won't go back to find out. Fiancée had fried rice. Didn't care for it. Ordered yum yum sauce. Little did we know it would actually be Yuck Yuck sauce. Seriously. It was terrible. She a kinda picky. I , not so much. But yeah, I had to agree with her on that one. So in conclusion. Passed by this place hella times. Had to try it out. So my fiancée and I had gone one lovely evening. More than likely not going back. Atleast we gave it a shot. read more

My experience at this restaurant was very disappointing. The lady who took my to-go order at the front desk was very rude with a rushed, dismissive attitude. However she was very patient and polite to the white family that was in there. I know that its deep rooted issue but it was still disgusting to see. It hurt me to have to notice racist micro- aggressions in 2019. Everyone, every customer should be treated with respect and professionalism regardless of race. It's quite sad to see. Never coming here again. read more

Fantastic food! And of course watching our chef cook and toss shrimp onto people's plates was fun. Very clean restaurant with fast friendly service and the prices weren't crazy. Go hungry though cause you get lots of food, plenty to take home. Nice atmosphere for families as well as a date night. read more

Stopped here on our way to Springfield. It was a good find. We sat at the bar and I ordered the lunch special. Three rolls with the salad with the ginger dressing. I really enjoyed the dressing - had a creamier consistency than I'm used to. Could have used a little more ginger flavor though. I ordered pretty standard rolls; tuna, spicy crunchy tuna and shrimp tempura. All were good; the spicy crunchy tuna was a little underwhelming though. It wasn't very spicy or crunchy. Tuna was whipped into a paste-like consistency too. Overall, a good find in Champaign. I would definitely return! read more

This use to be one of my favorite hibachi grills. The last few times I have visited it hasn't been the greatest and I thought tonight let's try it one more time. I was very disappointed. Service was TERRIBLE. Food was mediocre. Definitely not spending any more of my money here. read more

Enjoyed our lunch. We had three different sushi rolls and fried rice. All were delicious. Service was good and quick. Would come here again.

I've had better. It's not awful, but sad that this is the only hibachi around. Wish there was a Myabi!! One time I ordered it for pickup and I don't eat the white sauce or ginger sauce, I put teriyaki on everything! They wanted $1 per little side of teriyaki! But if you eat there, it's free. They also don't give you salt or pepper when ordering to go. Make better tasting food, and I wouldn't have to salt and pepper it. I will say they were nice, and let me open my dish and salt and pepper at a vacant table. read more

My daughter and I went to Oishi to eat sushi and sashimi. The food was delicious and the service was fast. Our waiter was extremely nice!

Always had a quality experience at Oishi. Food is delicious, service attentive, and pricing is in-line with the experience (more than I would pay for every week, but a fun treat every now and then). Will def go back after COVID calms down. read more

The service and this restaurant is horrible!!! The waiters ignore you, they act condescending towards you, and don't even bother trying to use the got spot coupon!! They scoff when they see the coupon, act like it's the biggest pain in the ass to process it, and if you come with a group of people, god forbid you try using two coupons per table!! The mean lady at the hostess station (I'm assuming a manager) laughed at me when I showed her my coupon after a friend of mine had used hers and paid. You know, if you hate these coupons so much, why are they always on got spot?? Probably because your restaurant sucks. I'll never be back, so now I've spent the money on a crappy coupon I'll never even use. read more

Extremely disappointed this evening. A party of eight of us were there to celebrate 2 birthdays....one of which was our 80 year old grandma. Once our bill came, exceeding $200, we were charged for a "birthday". We asked the manager as they were trying to rush us out and he said it was for the birthday cake. We explained that we were never informed of this surcharge as we've never been charged for a birthday before! He said we have to charge you for one if your bill is under $100. Obviously it was over. We also had a $10 coupon that they only redeemed for $5. The manager proceeded to argue with us even after we expressed our waitress never informed us of this charge. He then turned and walked away. This is no way to build repeat customers and quite embarrassing to have to deal with in front of birthday guests! We won't be back read more

NEVER AGAIN! It was not at all worth what we had to go through to eat there as a family. I have never seen such a poor excuse for management anywhere, she was RUDE and did not even try to explain things, she had no consistency in explanations and actually tried blaming her waitress for their problem. My family decided to meet here to have dinner one night. Unfortunately we found out how much they do not care for their customers. My mother in law purchased gift certificates for this place on-line and gave them to my wife and all her siblings as a Christmas present. We were all going to use these that night, not on one bill but we were all paying separate bills and were trying to use them individually. This apparently isn't allowed if you sit at the same table, but the manager said it would be OK if we sat at different tables. The manager then tried to tell us the only reason we couldn't use them was because the gift certificates have the same name on them, we explained that when you purchase them you cannot choose what name you put on them, its the name of who purchased them. To try to prove her point she whips out her iphone to show us a laundry service add from where my mother in law purchased the gift certificates. We explained that was completely different than a gift certificate to this place, then the manager actually stated "your waitress didn't have the guts to explain this when you wanted to pay", actually the waitress said it should be fine because we were paying separately. At that point the manager tried to make us feel bad because when we use the coupons they loose money.... The only response to that was: So stop selling them!!! She even had some guy from the kitchen stalking our table while she attempted to make sense to us. The manager then said it would be OK to use the coupons, ran our bill, then decided against her first decision and re-ran our bill after voiding out the coupon. I will absolutely never darken their door again. I hope they lose all of their customers by running them off. Take my advice, don't buy a coupon to their place, if you do you may have to waste 45 minutes of your life dealing with the sorry excuse of a manager that was working. The worst part of it all was that they could have told us about this before we gave them our credit cards and we would have just paid. read more

Our service was horrible!!y mom and I brought my uncle here for his birthday and sat at the hibachi grill because that's what he wanted to order! My mom and I ordered other things off the menu which wasn't the issue. My mom ordered a side of bok choy and some grilled shrimp, and at no point did the waiter say that wasn't an option except for hibachi. What he brought out was not what she requested or ordered!! The waited then tried to explain that you can't just order shrimp so this is what he brought!! He tried to go back and forth with her so I got up and went to speak to a manager. Upon speaking with the manager he began to say that you can't just order shrimp unless it's from the hibachi grill, and I said that's my point.... the waiter never said that otherwise she would've just ordered hibachi grilled shrimp . He wasn't the friendliest and asked what is that I want???? I replied take that meal off my bill, it's not what she ordered and she will not be eating or paying for it !! The manager proceeded to our table and said something in a foreign language to the waiter and he took the plate! Horrible service read more

Really enjoyed ourselves 2 weeks ago. The food was outstanding. The hibachis chef was very entertaining. We will definitely go back!

Kind of expensive, but the restaurant is pretty nice. I ordered the Chirashi Bowl 10/10. Really pretty and really yummy!

Food and drinks were good but the service from the start to the bar all the way to the table were a bit off putting. I was with a group of people and it took 10 to 15 minutes for the bartender to wait on me and that is only after everyone else had ordered a drink and I had to tell him I wanted to order something. read more

Overall just okay. We received great service but the food lacked any depth of flavor. They really don't do any spicy options and the hot sauce provided wasn't hot. The California roll was tasteless. We had non-traditional sushi eaters and went with Pink Lady lobster roll and Jimmy's Sexy Roll (name a bit disconcerting) and these were the best things we ordered. Chicken Udon was bland-one note flavor. Beef Pad Thai had too much fish sauce and tasted off - like salty metal. Better options for sushi (Kofusion nigiri plate is awesome and Sakanaya). Better Asian options (Kofusion again and Pho 911 on campus never disappoints but zero ambiance). I'd probably go somewhere else rather than back to Oishi. read more