Fantastic neighborhood sushi and Japanese food restaurant. Great mix of traditional Japanese food and creative Japanese inspired dishes. Lots of seasonal fish specials and very good sake selection.
Best option away from old town and downtown, with a parking lot. Like going home, if home is an excellent sushi bar. I go often as I can.
I love oba my best place to eat sushi the lady the owns this place she's the sweetest lady and the waiters are so attended and very polite too
Innovative, fresh, and delicious food meets top quality service. I've never had a bad dish here. Get the sunshine roll... You'll thank me later.
They make you feel like your part of the family. Our waitress described some of the dishes that we were thinking of ordering and offered her own personal opinions. We suggested that the lights be turned down and they will be when you have a chance to treat your self!
By far one of my favorites I highly recommend this place!
Just watch our story. Inventive cuisine that you should share with friends.
Chef Alfonso is the best....we will be back. This is now one of my neighborhood favorites.
Service and food quality are on spot! Will be back! :)
Oba is my favorite sushi restaurant. I love their spicy tuna and the service is very good.
Excelente servicio y calidad en los platillos, es garantia.
Lo recomiendo !!!
Great fish, an excellent selection of sakes and a very fine staff are a winning combination. I love Oba!
I really liked the generous serving of Thai iced tea! The calamari was delicious! The sushi roll and noodle dish I tried were also delicious. Glad I tried this izakaya, such a cute spot with great service.
Best tofu green curry I’ve had! They are gluten free friendly too, which is nice.
Jet “thejetshowlive” Olano
+4
The food here is solid. It's a VERY tasty Asian Fusion/Asian Tapas spot in area of Pasadena that is a bit sparse on food options.
I recommend 2 dishes:
1- "The Crispy Pork Yum" is pretty amazing. It is all there in the name. It's Crsipy, its porky and...well, its yummy.
The pork deep fried light and crispy then served in a mixture or light fish sauce and vinegar with thinly sliced onion, cherry tomatoes and cucumber slices tossed in the mix.
I always order the sauce spicy and definitely on the side so the pork remains crsipy.
This dish is bright and acidic
2. Eggplant in Miso paste.
They take asian eggplant, peel the skin off and then sautee it in a savoy Miso paste. It is VERY simple and so tastey. Sometimes, I'll just eat this and a bowl of sticky rice and be super satisfied!
This dish is savory yet mild.
This evening I started off with a bowl of miso soup then I had the pork, the eggplant and rice.
The acidity and brightness of the pork was nicely paired with the mild, yet savory taste of the eggplant. It goes so well with the sticky rice.
It was a perfect amount of food. I was totally satiated and not feeling stuffed.
Low 4 star rating.
First time back during the pandemic. Finally ate inside and we loved it. Mark was our server. Great service and knowledge of the menu. Good food is better with great table service. Thank you kitchen and thank you Mark!!!!
Nice and cozy place with fun staff. We had a really good time there. It's not super fancy, but that's ok because the food was worth 5 stars.
We love OBA!! Amazing sushi. Gyoza is our favorite appetizer & we always get several orders. Our #1 choice for going out to dinner
Oba is awesome. The food is great and everyone that works here is super nice and friendly. The fish is all very good. I really like their preparation of certain sushi like the Aji and the Tai. I like the combinations of flavors and textures they use in some of their rolls that just pair really well. Definitely one of my favorite sushi places in California
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