I was excited during the lengthy build-out of Omiza, and hopeful that there might finally be some decent Asian cuisine coming to D-Town. Alas, our quest continues. Omiza focuses primarily on Japanese and Korean dishes, with a bit of Thai thrown in. We ordered a lot of food, trying to touch on all three to get a good gauge of what they do well, and what they don't. One thing to note, when placing the order online, I was initially told it would be ready in 30-35 minutes. Only after submitting the order and paying for it, was this updated to 60-65 minutes. Not really a problem for us last night, but had we had later plans, it would have been an issue - particularly in the light of the fact that I waited an additional 20 minutes after the specified time to actually get our food. So, basically it took nearly 1.5 hours to prepare our order. So, that means it had to be really good, right? Right? Unfortunately, no. Pretty much everything was bland and Americanized to the point of having no character. Nothing was patently inedible or offensive, but nothing stood out as particularly good, either. One umbrella complaint is that there was a dearth of veggies in everything. Veggie dumplings were as flat as pancakes and tasted of nothing but wonton skins. Omiza Soba with veggies in garlic sauce featured a scant handful of broccoli flowerettes and a few snow peas with no discernable garlic flavor from the sauce. The Salmon Poke salad was watery and limp. We ordered two sushi rolls - one cooked (Dynamite Alaska Roll) and one raw ("Chef's special II") and while neither was bad, necessarily, both were pretty uninspired. The Crispy Chicken entree was okay, although the chicken was heavily overcooked and the sweet sauce harkened to strip-mall sesame chicken. The best dish was probably the Corn Kakiage, which is basically corn kernels gathered in batter and deep fried, so what can go wrong, right? Without a doubt the worst dish was the Pad Thai. Despite choosing "hot" from the spicing options presented, this solid gelatinous wad of noodles wasn't just "not hot" it had no flavor at all. The few incredibly overcooked slivers of chicken, resembling cardboard in flavor and texture, did the dish no favors. So, while it appears that Omiza is not the Asian restaurant Doylestown needs, based on the fact that the entire restaurant was packed to the gill, COVID be damned, it is apparently the Asian restaurant we deserve. read more