Oishii

Sweatpants!!!

Why is the entire staff wearing sweatpants?

It's inappropriate and it's lazy, please put on actual clothes.

First review....
Amazing food. I got the chicken katsu and it was crispy, fresh, and all around delicious. I also had their green tea mochi ice cream. I am a big fan of their dessert. That is my go to and will still continue to be my go to.

One last thing, there is a man that works there and I don't know how old he is but I am using yelp to try to find him. He has a sleeve of tattoos and one tattoo is behind his ear going down his neck. I have red hair and tattoos and I was sitting at the bar. If you are reading this, hi, I find you very attractive and would like your number, but if you are taken then just take this as a compliment. Thank you and yeah this place is amazing.

I heard a lot about the happy hour here, prior to ever being in Houston so def added it to my list of visits on my quick tour. Its a small, casual restaurant and filled up quickly.

Happy hour has BOGO of various appetizers along with beers and wine. We ordered a few items including dynamite roll, spicy salmon, fried squid, vegetable tempura, agedashi tofu, and edamame. Staff was all friendly and food came out quick (I'm sure they want high turn around given the popularity of the happy hour). All the food was great for the price, its nothing super special but for ~$25 for 2 people coming out full, its a great deal!

I'll have to come back to try the regular menu as well since it all seemed very affordable regardless. So far, I can say the HH was a great deal, just be prepared to wait if you're coming at 5 or later!

Cool spot with great happy hour!

Parking is limited in front but there is parking next to the restaurant.

We arrived on a Thursday after 5pm, it was two of us and had about a 15 minute wait.

The staff were very friendly and attentive and checked on us regularly throughout our dine in.

They have a vast happy hour menu with buy one get one free appetizers among a ton of other sushi options.

Pork egg rolls & miso soup were delicious.
Fries were bland and not anything outstanding.
Enjoyed the spicy salmon rolls.

Depending the time pack your patience because it is an intimate small space, and does get busy and crowded for happy hour and for good reason.

Go during happy hour to maximize your experience. It's a small dining area so there may be a wait. But it's definitely worth it.

What's your goal?
Delicious sushi - wrong place
Ok food for a good price- this is the place.

I was very excited to try this place due to the consistent long line and high reviews, but it was a let down for me. The restaurant is pretty small in the inside which explains the lines. The service was not as attentive as I would've liked based on restaurant size and the amount of patrons at the time.

The food was very regular. They have a great but one get one free hh, but everything I had was comparable to Chinese buffet. The food wasn't bad, I just expected more. If I was at a different level in my sushi pallet I might feel different

The location is very small with limited tables. We arrived (table of 2) at 6:30 and didn't get a table until about 7:45. We put our name in with our phone number, and went to nearby stores to kill time. Thank goodness we did! Anyway, the wait was worth it. 1 coke, edamame, the Philadelphia roll, and half of the shaggy dog roll was $16 in total for me (before tip). Food was great for such a low price.

Checked out their happy hour since we're in the area and we're fortunate to not have any wait at 3:30pm on a weekday. Still had to park in the lot next to the restaurant though as their main spaces are very limited. We were seated immediately, but that was about the last of the service for our visit. Although there seemed to be plenty of staff standing around, it took 30 minutes to take our order and about that long to get our check. The food itself didn't take too long. Maybe they were going through some things.

The happy hour menu is reasonable - the prices really can't be beat. But the quality of the food reflects it. You won't leave hungry but it probably isn't as satisfying. What little fish I did get seemed fresh anyway but portions just seemed a lot smaller. And without much flair. Everything else wasn't really memorable enough, so come expecting you are just filling your appetite.

Arrived at Oishii around 8 PM on a Friday so my first recommendation is to not arrive at this particular time- the wait was 1 hour and 45 minutes. We probably would've gone elsewhere if didn't have this thought 1 hour into waiting for our table.

We were able to place our orders before getting seated, so they could start working on our orders which saved time. Although it still took 15 minutes to get out our sushi order after we were seated.

Overall, it's good value. The beef don was surprisingly large for the $8.50. The sushi pieces were around $1.50-2.50 aside from Toro, Otoro, chutoro, uni. It's not the freshest sushi and the rice is too mushy/sticky. But it will satisfy your craving for sushi for a low price.

The parking is pretty limited.

Finally revisited and got their sashimi. I should probably factor in the price but found the sashimi hard to swallow. The fish quality is not the best (my prior review, I did not have a lot of experience with fresh sashimi) which makes sense given the price but I'd prefer smaller portions w better fish quality.