Sunday funday. For most this conjours up images of a little day drinking, maybe a mimosa, and perhaps some eggs benedict. Working on most Sundays keeps me from doing most of this stuff. Rather than going to eat brunch, a friend of mine and I went to Oya for dinner to kick off Sunday Funight. I had not been to Oya in some time so I was pretty excited to see if they had anything new on the menu.
Walking into Oya can be kind of intimidating on a Friday or Saturday because it is always POPPIN, the entire restaurant is white and gold, and there are mirrors everywhere...am I in Miami circa 1983? Anyways, we went on a Sunday night, before rendezvousing with other work folk, and the environment was pretty chill.
The first decision that needed to be made was whether or not we were going to go strictly sushi or try some of the entrees as well. We both wanted to try and stick to sushi. She ordered the: 1) Fruit Roll Up - avocado | crab |strawberries | kiwi | yuzu mango, 2) Mucho Bonito - spicy tuna | tempura flakes | avocado | sweet aioli | bonito flakes | ponzu. I ordered the: 1) Rock n' Roll - grilled eel | avocado | cucumber , 2)Spicy Crunchy Salmon - salmon | tempura flakes, and 3) and the Godzilla roll - I don't even remember what all was on this one except for alligator. All of the rolls were solid, but there was definitely an obvious favorite and that was the rock n roll, roll haha. The sauce that came with all of the rolls was good as well. It was about the consistency of fish sauce, but not nearly as sweet. The drinks at Oya are a step about the average cocktail. The same can be said for their sister restaurant, Sei, as well. I had the dark and stormier and she had a cilantro daiquiri. I couldn't drink more than one of either or these, but they went great with what we were eating.
The service at Oya leaves something to be desired, but the ambiance and fair prices more than make up for it. If you wanna party hit it up on the weekends, but if you are looking for an exciting place to go during the week or to round out the weekend...don't count this place out.
Overall: B+
Highlight: cocktails and the rock n roll, roll
Lowlight: the service
