Japanese Oriental Restaurant

Best Sushi in Columbus. I have been eating here for years now and I have never had problems with parking. Parking on campus can sometimes be pretty tricky though, you should be more careful where you park but I have ate at multiple sushi bars around Columbus as well as sushi bars across the country. Japanese Oriental has hands down the best spicy tuna roll. Also, with the addition of great tasting entree dishes, this restaurant does it all. I highly suggest, if you live around campus or if you're just in town for the game or whatnot, to give this place a try and I guarantee you will not regret it.…

Watch your car!. I ate at this restaurant over the weekend and was towed from the parking lot behind the restaurant. The signs back there make it look like you can park for the restaurant but apparently you can't. I talked to the restaurant manager about this and suggested they put up a sign warning people. She did not seem to care.

Since I have out of state plates, I'm guessing this is a scam and they get a kickback from the tow company.

Also, the food is mediocre. It is definitely NOT worth a visit.…

The boss lady is very rude. I have been going to this restaurant for many time the food is great but the last couple of time is going down hill service is not that great either. When I pay my bill the boss lady come back and told me I have to give at lease 15% tip, after we just spend about $100 worth of food in the restaurant. she just stand at our table till we give her the money I think that is not right at all, plus only 3 of us only not like a freaking party. If your worker want a good tip should give a better service to customer.…

Delicious food, great variety!!. Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous. Myself and two friends, (ages 19, 19, and 27) have decided we're going to go out to eat somewhere different every week, a different country if we can. We've had a couple misses, but this place was definitely a hit!

This is the first time I had sushi, and I was a little apprehensive but determined to keep an open mind and have no expectations. My friends and I all ordered different things, and split a spider roll and dumplings as appetizers. We always eat off each others' plates when we go somewhere new, and we were pleasantly surprised when the servers set down our orders and then proceeded to fill every available space on the table with a tiny serving dish containing a sampling of several different items. At first we assumed it was the side to one of our dishes, and when we asked who's it was, were told that it was for all of us. Awesome! I'm still really pleased about that. So I got to try a little of everything, and other than something called a sea mushroom, which had the texture of a trashbag, everything was SO GOOD!! They serve Japanese, Korean, and Chinese fare, so you get a lot of variety and a lot of choices.

The only thing that was minorly - very minor - disappointing was that they didn't ask us if it was our first time and didn't really take any time to educate us. Thus, we were left to figure things out. (It's a personal belief of mine that if you have a niche business, you should always ask visitors if they are familiar with things.) However, the menu is very descriptive, and colorful pictures accompany many of the dishes. Oh, and it's a 10-page menu. May have been 12, I didn't count.

Also, the prices were great. We had two appetizers, an entree each, and we chose the pricier options, some of their choices are as little as $4 - and all those little samples, for which I didn't see an extra charge, and it all came to $52 and some change for three people. Less than you'd pay at Applebees, and WAY better.…