Great food, selection, and service at a reasonable price! Parking can be a little challenging in the lot, but there's ample street parking too. Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Carolina Reupena
Kid-friendliness: My kids love eating here and they always want more especially there chicken sandwich
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Spicy Miso Beef
Hans Goertz
Tasty variety of
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Shana Nielsen
Parking: Nice being in a small shopping center for ease of parkingKid-friendliness: My kids LOVE Onigilly!!!Wheelchair accessibility: Close friends need motorized scooter access and I believe it is possible to enter with one
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Edamame, Rice Bowl with Spicy Miso Beef Miso Nasu Eggplant and Spicy Shrimp, Chicken Teriyaki Onigilly, Bento
Angelica Gemo
My first time here and I always wanted to try it. I finally had the opportunity and it was great! It’s located in a tiny lot, surrounded by 7-11 and zen noodle (which is great too, if you want to try them). There was plenty of parking when we went. The restaurant was clean, they had a lot of seating and I thought it was pretty spacious inside for their size. The restaurant has bar stools, a few seats outside, and tables inside. There is a large menu above and 2 tablets to place your order. The employees were busy making food. We took a while to order because there were so many good options. We finally ordered two flavors of onigilly, to try: one miso nasu which is fried eggplant with miso sesame and green onion, and hijiki which is braised seaweed, carrot, tofu and edamame. I got a salad bowl with mixed greens, seaweed, red cabbage, shredded carrot, edamame, and onion. It includes three proteins: I chose unagi, krab salad and spicy miso beef. My sister ordered a poke bowl: ahi tuna, mixed greens, seaweed, krab salad, cucumber, corn, shredded carrot and red cabbage. We both chose the sesame dressing, however, we didn’t use it. There was so much flavor in our bowls already that it really didn’t need it. Everything was delicious and so flavorful. Definitely worth it and I can’t wait to come back and try other items.Vegetarian options: Poke, rice, tofu and salad bowls, eggplant, and so much more.Parking: Tiny lot shared with other businesses.Kid-friendliness: Brought my 2.5yo niece just for take out but it is family friendly.Wheelchair accessibility: There are no stairs, or steps, so you can easily access the restaurant. There is also accessible parking.
Cute little spot tucked away in San Mateo that has a great selection of delicious japanese food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Teriyaki Onigilly
Lisa Huang
I was skeptical of this place thinking it’d be extremely gimmicky but was overall pleasantly surprised. The onigiris were pretty good and had a great amount of filling. The poke bowl was also good for its price. My only disappointment was in the quality of the salmon, it seemed to be a cheaper cut or something.
Christopher T.
Went there for a ahí tuna poke bowl, had a nice proportion for what you pay for, added extra ahí tuna, the sauces and the sides were good. The place is not so appealing for dine-in, but overall if you need a poke bowl to go this is the place.
Fumika T.
I had just finished moving all of my stuff in into my new apartment in foster city by myself and needed a quick bite as I was quite hangry. This is my second time at onigilly and I might have gotten similar food last time. Two rice balls and mini poke bowl is the move, ordered to-go via toast.Service: 4/5 I ordered at 8pm for pickup at 8:20pm, and arrived at 8:30pm just to find out they didn't do intake but she made it very quickly afterward. I'm not mad about it but definitely wish I had just gone earlier to order in person. I wonder if they're actually checking the toast orders.Ginger Ponzu Salmon Poke Bowl: 3/5 not sure what happened this time but there was way too much sauce. So sour. But salmon was still fresh at the last hour of the dayMiso Tuna Salad GF Onigilly: 3/5 too salty for my taste. Wish they had tuna mayo Tarako -pollack roe GF Onigilly: 5/5 good as I remembered from last timeThey also include a packet of soy sauce which is pretty unnecessary in my opinion because of how flavorful everything is,
Mia Kimura
Kid-friendliness: Tons of choice - something for everyone and you can’t go wrong!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Onigilly Family Meal, Tuna Poke Bowl, Bento
Ordered take-out: chicken katsu curry and karaage as a side dish. The karaage was sublime, truly very good. The curry is not so great; you get a crazy amount of rice, with some shredded cabbage. The chicken cutlet was good, not issue there. But other than that it's just not good. No potato, carrot, or any veggie to be seen. Negligible red pickled ginger. Most of all, the curry sauce is way too harshly/strongly flavored and not particularly tasty, doesn't appear to be homemade.
Food: 3
Thomas Occhiuto
Best Karage! Super crispy and juicy. Also, great shiitake onigiri! I’ve tried everything and it’s worth the trip.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Rice Bowl with Spicy Miso Beef Miso Nasu Eggplant and Spicy Shrimp, Bento
Chia-Hsien Ho
The one with eel is my favorite! Price is reasonable.The lights in the restaurant are so dim even during daytime, feels not so welcoming in some way.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Deepti K.
I went here to get some takeout for lunch on a Monday. Ordered on the tablet. It took around 10 min for the order to get ready. They do have seating inside and outdoors, but there were mostly delivery orders at the time I went. I got 3 vegetarian onigillies - miso nasu (eggplant), teriyaki tofu and shiitake mushroom. All 3 were great! My husband got the spicy tuna poke bowl which he enjoyed as well.
Great food, selection, and service at a reasonable price! Parking can be a little challenging in the lot, but there's ample street parking too. Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kid-friendliness: My kids love eating here and they always want more especially there chicken sandwich
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Spicy Miso Beef
Tasty variety of
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Parking: Nice being in a small shopping center for ease of parkingKid-friendliness: My kids LOVE Onigilly!!!Wheelchair accessibility: Close friends need motorized scooter access and I believe it is possible to enter with one
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Edamame, Rice Bowl with Spicy Miso Beef Miso Nasu Eggplant and Spicy Shrimp, Chicken Teriyaki Onigilly, Bento
My first time here and I always wanted to try it. I finally had the opportunity and it was great! It’s located in a tiny lot, surrounded by 7-11 and zen noodle (which is great too, if you want to try them). There was plenty of parking when we went. The restaurant was clean, they had a lot of seating and I thought it was pretty spacious inside for their size. The restaurant has bar stools, a few seats outside, and tables inside. There is a large menu above and 2 tablets to place your order. The employees were busy making food. We took a while to order because there were so many good options. We finally ordered two flavors of onigilly, to try: one miso nasu which is fried eggplant with miso sesame and green onion, and hijiki which is braised seaweed, carrot, tofu and edamame. I got a salad bowl with mixed greens, seaweed, red cabbage, shredded carrot, edamame, and onion. It includes three proteins: I chose unagi, krab salad and spicy miso beef. My sister ordered a poke bowl: ahi tuna, mixed greens, seaweed, krab salad, cucumber, corn, shredded carrot and red cabbage. We both chose the sesame dressing, however, we didn’t use it. There was so much flavor in our bowls already that it really didn’t need it. Everything was delicious and so flavorful. Definitely worth it and I can’t wait to come back and try other items.Vegetarian options: Poke, rice, tofu and salad bowls, eggplant, and so much more.Parking: Tiny lot shared with other businesses.Kid-friendliness: Brought my 2.5yo niece just for take out but it is family friendly.Wheelchair accessibility: There are no stairs, or steps, so you can easily access the restaurant. There is also accessible parking.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tuna Poke Bowl, Hijiki Seaweed, Bento
Cute little spot tucked away in San Mateo that has a great selection of delicious japanese food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Teriyaki Onigilly
I was skeptical of this place thinking it’d be extremely gimmicky but was overall pleasantly surprised. The onigiris were pretty good and had a great amount of filling. The poke bowl was also good for its price. My only disappointment was in the quality of the salmon, it seemed to be a cheaper cut or something.
Went there for a ahí tuna poke bowl, had a nice proportion for what you pay for, added extra ahí tuna, the sauces and the sides were good. The place is not so appealing for dine-in, but overall if you need a poke bowl to go this is the place.
I had just finished moving all of my stuff in into my new apartment in foster city by myself and needed a quick bite as I was quite hangry. This is my second time at onigilly and I might have gotten similar food last time. Two rice balls and mini poke bowl is the move, ordered to-go via toast.Service: 4/5 I ordered at 8pm for pickup at 8:20pm, and arrived at 8:30pm just to find out they didn't do intake but she made it very quickly afterward. I'm not mad about it but definitely wish I had just gone earlier to order in person. I wonder if they're actually checking the toast orders.Ginger Ponzu Salmon Poke Bowl: 3/5 not sure what happened this time but there was way too much sauce. So sour. But salmon was still fresh at the last hour of the dayMiso Tuna Salad GF Onigilly: 3/5 too salty for my taste. Wish they had tuna mayo Tarako -pollack roe GF Onigilly: 5/5 good as I remembered from last timeThey also include a packet of soy sauce which is pretty unnecessary in my opinion because of how flavorful everything is,
Kid-friendliness: Tons of choice - something for everyone and you can’t go wrong!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Onigilly Family Meal, Tuna Poke Bowl, Bento
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Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ordered take-out: chicken katsu curry and karaage as a side dish. The karaage was sublime, truly very good. The curry is not so great; you get a crazy amount of rice, with some shredded cabbage. The chicken cutlet was good, not issue there. But other than that it's just not good. No potato, carrot, or any veggie to be seen. Negligible red pickled ginger. Most of all, the curry sauce is way too harshly/strongly flavored and not particularly tasty, doesn't appear to be homemade.
Food: 3
Best Karage! Super crispy and juicy. Also, great shiitake onigiri! I’ve tried everything and it’s worth the trip.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Rice Bowl with Spicy Miso Beef Miso Nasu Eggplant and Spicy Shrimp, Bento
The one with eel is my favorite! Price is reasonable.The lights in the restaurant are so dim even during daytime, feels not so welcoming in some way.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
I went here to get some takeout for lunch on a Monday. Ordered on the tablet. It took around 10 min for the order to get ready. They do have seating inside and outdoors, but there were mostly delivery orders at the time I went. I got 3 vegetarian onigillies - miso nasu (eggplant), teriyaki tofu and shiitake mushroom. All 3 were great! My husband got the spicy tuna poke bowl which he enjoyed as well.