Oshibori Authentic Japanese Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Delicious food (pictured chicken katsu and tempura bento box) and really friendly staff."
• "Food was excellent both in terms of presentation and standard."
• "The food was just excellent, superb Ramen, starters and deserts."
• "The food is amazing, the waiters are extremely nice, and the whole ambiance is lovely."
• "The food itself is very nice, I had the sushi platter, the wasabi is of good standard likewise the ginger, the salmon is also pretty fresh as well as the tuna."
• "Our meal was fresh, tasty and delicious."
• "Food - Maki, Takoyaki, and Gyoza was fresh, pleasant and well presented for both the vegetarian and sea-food varieties."

Cons:

• "Food is ok (I thought it was a bit bland) and prices are a little high."
• "Saltiest meal i had in Dundee of 2023."
• "It serves Japanese food prepared by people that never ate Japanese food, only saw it on a YouTube channel, and a bad channel at that."
• "Quality of the food poor and one vegetarian main course was inedible."
• "Food quality was only slight better than a takeaway."
• "The food itself was appalling for the price. There was no flavour to anything we ordered."
• "The food was okay but resembled fast food more than fine dining."

Service

Pros:

• "Nothing seemed to be too much for them and catered to a very high standard."
• "Didn't think it was dirty, enjoyed the ambiance, food was enjoyable, service was excellent."
• "Good service, relaxing and quiet surroundings, very well presented food and drink, polite and courteous staff."
• "The staff are very friendly and polite and food wait times are usually less that 10 minutes."
• "The staff were excellent - attentive, friendly and professional."
• "Staff were patient and helpful on the phone and gave a clear time when the order would be available for collection."
• "The best part about my dining experience was the friendly staff, the waiter 'Geri' was very welcoming and attentive towards us and the other guests."

Cons:

• "The service was exceptionally slow. We waited for over an hour before receiving our orders."
• "The one waitress working seemed confused at all times and very slow."
• "Service very poor and slow."
• "Service was very slow when I went (in a group of around 10)."
• "Appalling service, really slow and got the orders wrong."
• "We then had to wait for them to clean a table for us to sit at."
• "Service was very slow and we were the only table. We waited almost an hour for our food."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "I loved the decor."
• "Interior of the restaurant is very cool, service was fine."
• "The ambient is quite kitsch, but the waiters make up for all the gold paint, they're very nice!"
• "The interior is original and authentic, I feel like I was transported to another world."
• "The decor and setting the restaurant was lovely and had a nice ambiance."
• "The decor was quirky but we thought it was fun and the garden was absolutely stunning."
• "Decor is stunning."

Cons:

• "Temperature in the upstairs single-glazed restaurant was below 10C, the old radiators were luke warm."
• "One star off on atmosphere as it was a wee bit cold in the restaurant."
• "No music on in an eerily silent room."
• "We were sat in a dark corner, and I could barely see my food."
• "Lack of music was disturbing."
• "The place was so filthy and freezing cold."
• "The patio was neglected, had trash in nooks and crannies, grass and bushes overgrown."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Great value for money."
• "Great vegan selection for a reasonable price (£25 per head including drinks which are the most overpriced item on the menu, with roughly £9 for cocktails)."
• "We shared a platter so for £10 a head we were totally happy."
• "Excellent Japanese restaurant, it is worth paying for quality."
• "Prices were very reasonable."
• "Such lovely atmosphere and staff. Worth the cost as the platters were so filling."
• "Very high quality sushi and best ramen I have ever had!"

Cons:

• "Prices above £15 per dish, it was not a great value for money."
• "Wine a bit overpriced, nearly £8 for a 175ml glass!!"
• "For this money I would better go somewhere else.. disappointed.. waste of money.."
• "The food took forever to come out and wasn’t great for the price I paid."
• "Overpriced, at more than 60 pounds for a regular meal for 2."
• "Certainly overpriced for most everything."
• "Considering the high prices charged at Oshibori Dundee, we expected much better treatment as paying customers."