Oori Foods

Wow! Easy to miss the place. I solidly recommend the spicy shrimp onigiri. I also recommend the teriyaki chicken rice plate. Its a very large portion for the price. Food is made fairly quickly, and the togo food packaging is good. I didn't feel like my food was going to spill or leak all over the place.

Ordered the spicy pork tacos, spicy ahi tuna, unagi, spare ribs rice triangles, and miso soup. When you order three rice triangles they give some edamame beans as an added bonus. The portions were perfect. Didn't feel overly stuffed when leaving. The spicy levels were just right, and there was no need to wait. Staff was super friendly and helpful towards first time visitors.

Spicy Tofu: 4/5 Short Rib: 5/5 Chicken: 4.5/5 Salmon Plate: 3/5 Food was great and diet coke was ice cold! The only thing wrong with this place is the extremely uninviting unfriendly demeanor of the cashier. (skinny Asian guy) Not sure if he was having a bad day or what but it got really tense after he YELLED at a customer who pre-ordered with brown rice when they didn't have brown rice. I tried to get out as fast as I could, didn't want his bad mojo rubbing off on me.

About the onigiri triangles, I like the Japanese flavors like at Tamon Tea in downtown Berkeley. This place seems more like a barbecue place. Most of their onigiri flavors are grilled meat flavors. I tried the ume and the unagi onigiri and they were not balanced at all. The aesthetic is very different, which has the dried seaweed blanketing the filling rather than being inside. While the flavor was there, I would not recommend either one. The rice was not seasoned creating a very sharp contrast with the topping. Their ume onigiri had way too many pieces of ume all jammed together. This doesnt say anything about their other onigiri. I'm sure the grilled flavors would be nice but I just had the wrong expectations the first time around.