Oishii Teppan-yaki

Great food, great place to eat out

Very slow service. Waited over 20 minutes for boba. Takoyaki was not bad but quite expensive for the quantity.

I had brought a friend with me to Gardena, because we were looking to find some takoyaki. Not many places that have it, but Oishii had it, along with some staple Japanese traditional cuisine. I did also hear that the kitchen was closed, so no okonomiyaki, but the takoyaki was the best I’ve had this side of Tokyo, and combined with an iced milk tea, it was an awesome snack. They also make taiyaki, obanyaki and other «street cuisine» of Japan. I don’t know about the other dishes, the ones people are used to ordering in a Japanese restaurant… but for traditional tastes, it was just right!

me and my friend went there for lunch, and GUESS WHAT? It’s only TWO of us in the restaurant, and it took like 35 minutes until our food are serve… and the sause for the porkchop is salty. and the pork chop was not juicy at all, the meat was so hard to chew… OMG, i don think i will ever go back ever… sorry…its been my second times already…

I will say the same thing already said, their drinks don’t have enough tea in them and they are watery at best. Boba is average and food was bland. Can’t say I will go to Tea Station (even though I love them but they’re too high!) but I’m still looking for a good cheap tea place.

This is just to rate their boba. Not their food.
I came in here because they were having a holiday special of $ 1 boba. SO CHEAP. Especially since I LOVE it so much and spend way too much money on it as it is.
Anyway. The boba was pretty good. Chewy and had nice consistency. The drink was okay. Pretty milky. Not too sweet. But it didn’t have enough «tea» in it.

While not overtly bad, the lackluster food and preoccupied (but friendly) service make this place average at best.
This place is new, next to Tea Station. Unfortunately, a little too new it seems. Upon greeted and seated, the waitress informed us that about half of the menu is not available since they just opened? Looks like they need to do stock up on food (don’t restaurants usually have food?). or make a new menu. wait isn’t this the menu already new, because the place is new? Um…
Anyway, lets get down to business: I ordered the Combination Steak and Chicken with the sides hibachi fried rice and wasabi mashed potatoes. Steak was tender, but tasteless. Chicken was moist but, had a weird texture. Cooked, but I’m not sure. just not good for some reason, and could have used a little more seasoning. The fired rice was COLD! They serve the entire dinner on a lukewarm «sizzling» platter, and the FRIED rice was still cold. Overall, the food was forgettable. It kinda seems like the food was precooked, and they just nuked it or something. Not sure.
The staff was friendly, but was too involved with their own conversation to notice the lonely patrons in the empty restaurant who made the unfortunate blunder of dining in this restaurant on this night. So we walked to the counter to pay, but wait we still get desert! Yeah, can we just get it to go? On second thought, we’ll just pass…