06/05/08

owner is a petty cheap woman who takes advantage of her employees

by pandamonium88

Having actually worked at Osaka Sushi for a short period of time I hope I can give some further insight into the so so food, spotty service, and most of all, the sometimes scary overly aggressive behavior of the restaurant owner. Upon being hired, my understanding was that I would be paid minimum wage plus tips once I started taking customer's orders. After only a couple days of training, I started waiting on tables as we were severely understaffed and a couple of the new recruits had quit after just a couple days because the owner was so ridiculous in her demands. Some days she would leave me completely alone to wait on the entire restaurant. Granted, the restaurant isn't that big and was often not full but I was new to being a server and working by myself with multiple tables was often frustrating and stressful. After working there for two weeks I received my "paycheck." The owner gave me my hourly wages and $20 extra because she was "so nice." She had pocketed my hard earned tips of two weeks (probably more than $150). When I asked her whether I was getting my tips or not, she said that I had to pass a menu test before I would receive any. She had not mentioned this when she hired me and denied having not told me before. I was livid to say the least and quit after a couple more days.

If you want better sushi and better service, don't go to Osaka. I would recommend Shun (by university village)

• Pros: None
• Cons: the owner

03/23/08

A horrible place

by orange315

Foods are bad. Services are bad. Also, it's a very expensive place. I will never go back to Osaka. Of course, I will not recommend my friends to there as well. Please don't waste your time and money to this horrible resturant.

• Cons: everything

10/10/07

Slow service? How about *no* service!

by nightbird7

I took my son and his girlfriend, who have piercings, here for dinner tonight for his birthday. There was no "cute couple" described by others at the door; in fact, no one acknowledged us so we just found a table on our own. Two places at our table had those plastic-covered menus sushi places have, which were larger than the one embedded in the table at my place. Seeing a stack of them nearby, I brought one over to my place to make sure I didn't miss anything from what seemed a slightly larger menu. A very grouchy woman approached almost immediately and grunted to me to the effect that the info was no different on the plastic-coated one and took it away (!) She gave us some glasses of water and never returned...and after 25 long minutes waiting, we moved briefly to the sushi bar, hoping to get some attention by being closer to the chef, who also grunted at us that it was "okay" for us to sit there (hey, big of you). But he was not about to serve us either - there was none of the usual initial flurry of attention you get when you sit at most sushi bars. Maybe they don't like people with piercings. Maybe they're just antisocial to anyone who comes in after they feel they're doing enough business for the night. I don't really care, but I have to say this is the worst I have ever been treated in any restaurant, ever. Downright rude. We left and went to Tokyo Sushi on Roosevelt and had a great meal with very nice service. If you have ages to waste, maybe this is the place for you - you may or may not get served.

• Pros: None
• Cons: Wouldn't serve us!