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| - When you first arrive at Oishii, your first thoughts are how pretty the sign is! Once you get inside, you'll find the interior is similarly colorful and cozy. They offer free barley tea (at least when I went, during the cold weather) and display their menu on large screens. When you order at the register, checkout is easy and friendly! After ordering, you're basically on your own -- everything from setting up your food at your table to cleaning up after is done by the customers, so it's definitely a more casual than sit-down place.
I came here with a friend during dinner hours and we went upstairs, where there's much more seating than downstairs -- the street level is really more for the ordering process rather than dining. We sat at a table, which was a little dirty, but I think that's just because we must have sat down right after another left -- we saw employees wiping down other tables pretty thoroughly. The place was definitely full as well.
The process of ordering was pretty organized! Once we were upstairs, there was a digital sign that dinged whenever an order was ready and displayed the order number. Once you pick up your food, you're ready to dig in!
I got the Bulgogi Bento Box with Kimchi, which is pretty popular, and I could taste why. They were pretty generous with the meat, gave a good amount of rice, and all the food in the box was delicious! There was enough for a full meal (or, if you're a smol person like me, enough for leftovers) and the bento comes in a disposable container that's easy to stow away in the fridge. The bento cost $10, which isn't cheap for a college student, but it's a nice meal to get every once in a while and arguably worth the money, considering how sparse Korean food is in Pittsburgh.
Overall, the atmosphere was cozy and casual, the employees were friendly, and the food was pretty good! Originally from an area where Asian food -- and in particular, Korean food -- is prevalent, I'd say the taste was pretty spot on, and worth the money for an occasional splurge.
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