Oishii Bowl

How did this place ever get a review over 1 star? Honestly I’d give it 0 stars if I could. Worst ramen I have ever eaten… Mine and my wife’s noodles where so over cooked. Know when you overlook ramen in the microwave and they get all pastey and get that slime on them? Exactly that is what their noodles where like. I got the spicy one and let me tell you… Spicy is not the right word, bland would be the correct word. Idk if they forgot to add spice or flavor but it was not even close to spicy. The ground pork in my ramen tasted like it had been boiled to cook it. And had absolutely no flavor. My broth tasted like leftover milk from cereal, and not in a good way. My wife got the ramen with the soy sauce broth and the broth was better but with the gross noodles and the egg tasted like it was pickled it wasn’t much better than mine. Save yourself the money and time and grab a cup o soup from Walmart, ⁰⁄₁₀ would never go back.

Great ramen and rice bowls. A place not to be missed!

Avoid at all cost. They gave me food poisoning. I threw up after eating their fried chicken kaarage and Katsu don. Disappointing experience.

I have gotten food from oishii bowl twice so far and I will definitely come again. There isn’t much seating inside but there are plenty of people who do take out. I have eaten in once and have done take out once. I have ordered the shoyu ramen and the miso ramen and they tasted great both times. The price is hard to beat for the taste and the convenience. My friends have gotten rice bowls and they really give you a lot of food.

Meh. Miso ramen is so so. The best thing about this place is their prices. It makes you full but not satisfied.

Excellent little shop. We had Ramen and Udon soups and a noodle bowl. All tasty. Quick. Cheap.

I love oishii bowl
The ramen is great.
The karaage is killer.
And the service, with a smile.

Actually, it was not Japanese food. They served Kao Mun Kai (It’s Thai language: meaning: Steam chicken with steam rice), that’s really Thai or Chinese food.
The food are very pricey and too much MSG in both food and their hot tray. I don’t like the chicken that they served, too. It was low quality and not a well-​prepared one. I stopped by for a couple times and not been there anymore because too oily soup in noodle soup and price is too expensive for the little ingredient that I recieved. I preferred anyplace else for the better and healthier quality of food and service. Or just stopped by at 7 – 11 for cheap boneless chicken wings or make instant noodle at home still worth it better, healthier.

Followup:
To be fair, I revisited Oishii recently to see if my first visit was just a product of an enterprise off to a rough start.
Nope.
Only this time, the experience was «enhanced» by an authentic barely English-​speaking Asian clerk at the counter. I made the mistake of inquiring why there was an upcharge for brown rice in a dish, since brown rice costs a fraction of white rice and it should not increase the cost of an item. Silly me! Shut up and eat.
Like I noted originally, maybe if the items were $ 4 a bowl, Oishii wouldn’t continue to be such a mystery to me. As it is, I have no idea what niche Oishii is filling in C-​town. But they are still there, so they must be doing something for somebody.

The place has definitely improved since opening. I now come here maybe once every two or three weeks, but I’d eat here twice a week if they increased the portions and added more ramen (at a marginal cost to them of 25cents, I reckon).
At $ 8, you have Apollo next door that will do a long line up of noodle soups *stuffed* with noodles. That said, the soups are Chinese style and the Japanese broth is different, so variety keeps me coming back once in awhile.

I have been here over three times already since it’s so close. Their japanese hand-​pulled ramen soup is great but a little too salty. Still pretty good though.

My bf and I got the tantan spicy ramen and the baked chicken noodles. Both were pretty good. Broth in the tan tan was very spicy. THE soups come out piping hot. There is a good quantity of noodles esp for 8 dollars.
Only complaint I would have is that they need more veggies and other condiments in the noodle soups. Can’t just be just noodles and soup, oishii!
Also their sweet tea is good (Thai tea without the cream) but it is really sweet. I diluted with some water and waited for the ice to melt
Their current rating is 2.5 stars. I think it deserves way more. 4!

The other items might be lousy, but the ramen soups are pretty decent. The noodle quality pales in comparison to NYC ramen joints. The broth is ok and the portions are big enough to feed one hungry person or two less peckish people. Of the ramen options, I think the tan tan men (spicy with ground pork) is the tastiest. Everything is about 8 bucks, which isn’t terrible for lunch in collegetown. They are quite slow however, so you may want to call in your order ahead of time.

The food here is ok… Not great, but not bad either. I got the tan tan men… Broth was ok, had decent flavor but was pretty oily. (I still had to add a ton of spices) toppings were tasty and the pork was crumbly. But they didn’t give you a lot of it. Noodles were cooked well and were a good consistency.
My wife ordered the tofu veggie bowl and it was not very good. Basically just steamed veggies on top of A LOT of rice.
If you are in the mood for ramen, this is your only game in town… And If you do come here, def stick with the ramen.

The food here is actually horrifying. My friend was ill the next day after eating the «ramen» here, which was served with an undercooked egg with runny yolk.
Also, they are really stingy about the soy sauce. You have to actually go up and ask for it, and the cashier will silently give you one tiny packet of soy sauce per person, like she is the guardian of the soy sauce.

Update: glad to see that this place is improving, although I only recommend one thing on their menu, number 14 with roasted chicken.
Basically a Japanese fast food place where gives you instant noodle with boring toppings. I would say it’s slightly above being edible.

After many-​a-​trip to Boston recently and enjoying the various ramen restaurants, I actually made a post on Reddit asking for recommendations on where I could find ramen around town. Someone’s recommendation? Oishii (or Oishii Bowl, as the sign reads). I had never heard of this place… which isn’t super surprising, considering it’s fairly new. The decision? To try it tonight after work.
I made a quick order to go as I was walking to my car after work and the girl who had picked up the phone was very polite. I arrived at Oishii about 5 minutes later, noticing that it’s a simple little takeout place and appears to be fairly clean, and my takeout order of miso ramen was waiting on the counter.
The menu seems to be pretty complete, including 13 different dishes, 4 sides, and 3 different tea beverages. They take credit cards, which is convenient (not all ramen places in Boston/​Cambridge do, so I always end up having to remember to get cash before going out to dinner with friends), and the service seems pretty efficient.
The miso ramen itself was okay. More bland than what I’m used to from ramen places in Boston/​Cambridge, perhaps, but it tasted good on this freezing cold night. Perhaps some garlic would enhance the taste? More salt seems like it would help too. That said, it’d be easy enough to doctor up this ramen a bit at home.
TL;DR Decent ramen option, but could be spicier/​more flavorful. Will visit again to try the Chicken Mango Salad, Shoyu Ramen, or Oyaku Don though.

The menu has more than 14 items now. I got number 4, which is fried fish on top of rice with 3 slices of cucumber. They were out of unagi sauce, so I asked for the spicy ginger sauce (seriously, the ginger sauce was really good!). All dishes are $ 7.99 and they have three different kinds of iced tea. From the looks of it, some dishes might be pretty sweet, so if you’re not a fan of that, stick to what I ordered or ask them what is sweet and what’s not.
— awesome location, cheap food.

The place has been open for just a week and from what I’ve seen, it’s getting a fair amount of business.
Their menu is really limited — seven items (possibly eight, but one was blocked out) and half are Japanese and half are Thai. I’ve tried two different items here and was pretty satisfied with both. One was the mango chicken salad which was pretty enjoyable. The salad wasn’t drenched with dressing, although I would have preferred if the mango was sweeter. The other thing I tried was the katsu don bowl. It definitely beats out Café Pacific’s version of it, and it’s much cheaper. The only downside of this one was that I thought the rice was a bit too moist.
There are already several Japanese options in Collegetown, but this one wins in price and speed without compromising taste.

Oishii is a new Japanese restaurant in collegetown that serves quickly prepared rice bowls. There are only about 7 bowls on the menu ranging between $ 7 and $ 8. I ordered the mango chicken salad ($ 7) that had freshly fried katsu style chicken over a bed of iceberg lettuce and shredded mango. The chicken tasted very fresh, but lacked salt. The dressing was a touch too sweet but not as bad as many Japanese restaurants in Ithaca. I also ordered a green tea latte that was pretty tasty, not overly sweet. My friend’s bowl, which contained fried pork and onions over rice, while fresh and crispy, also tasted kind of bland. It was decent enough that I’ll give them a second try when they become a bit more established.