Osaka Sushi

07/05/08

Osaka - good food, fair prices, very bad service

by sfresident2008

I just don't know why I came back to this restaurant, maybe because I was in the neighborhood and I had a craving for sushi, but let me tell you something: the food is good, the prices are fair, but the service is terrible, slow and inattentive. An example, my partner and I ordered Iced Tea. We got the Ice Tea, drank them down. We ordered our meal, and eventually got it, but the glasses of Iced Tea never got refilled and we had empty glasses for the entire meal. No water, nothing. When I got the check and I was filling out the tip, the waitress interjected if I wanted a refill. I simply said No, it was too late for that. We had gone to this place when it was filled with unknowing tourists and when it was pretty dead, the service remain as bad. BTW: I had never seen the sushi chefs talk to customers at the sushi bar. The chefs don't seem friendly. San Francisco have other restaurants that are far superior in quality of service than Osaka. If you are in the Castro neighborhood and you have a craving for sushi, go the extra mile and go to a better sushi restaurant than Osaka. It will be worth it.

• Pros: Food
• Cons: Service, parking

03/25/07

First-timer gets a lesson in sushi

by portageeboy

As the title clearly explains my first sushi experience was here and I'm glad I finally gave it a try! When you're on the outside looking in you think sushi is for those with a death wish but it's more for those who want something that hasn't been tampered with (fried, sauteed, etc). I came to like your typical shiro maguro (albacore), unagi (eel), sake (salmon), to name a few. If I remember correctly I think I tried almost everything on the sushi menu and still got out of there with some cash to spare. This experience definately opened my eyes to sushi and Japanese food as a whole.

10/09/06

it hurts so good

by sushisnob7

I like to use enough wasabi to make me cry, and this restaurant doesn't use the word spicy lightly (like so many other places!) The fish is outstandingly fresh and the menu is awsome. It has everything, traditional and california creative. Get some.