My friend and I were passing through Whitby and needed to get some dinner. After seeing reviews of Oishi Maki, we thought we'd give it a try. We regret our visit.
Our first clue should have been how quickly the food came out. My buddy had the gyoza udon soup and I had a sushi combo. The udon was bland and unappealing. My sushi was haphazardly assembled and didn't taste fresh. My ball of wasabi had a crust on it - the kind that forms when something has been sitting out for too long. I felt like the sushi was made by someone that just wanted to get their day over with.
As much as I disliked the food, our waitress was attentive and polite. I was hoping she wouldn't ask how our food was, but she did. We told her that we didn't enjoy the meal. She explained how the udon broth was made. I think she was trying to say that maybe he just didn't like that kind of soup. Maybe that's fair. I volunteered that I didn't like my sushi and she offered that it was because they are typically an all you can eat place. I explained to her that, be that as it may, given that we ordered a la carte in an empty restaurant, perhaps more care could have been taken in preparing our meal.
1 star for the food. 3 for the service.