Miyoshi Japanese Bistro (4808 Baum Blvd, 412-683-3300) opened a few weeks ago and folks I know have been there a few times. The place is nice, the food is pretty good and the prices are reasonable. There is a nice selection, most of it al a carte. There are two Bento boxes for lunch, both containing meat but they will provide something vegetarian if asked. Their take out menu isn't available yet but I'll post it when I get it. They are open weekdays from 11:30am until 10:00pm and Friday and Saturdays from ??? (I forget when) until 2:00am. They are closed Sundays.
Pittsburgh, PA
Miyoshi Japanese Bistro
I second this place. I ate there last week. Very good and for a reasonable price. Miso was good, sake etc. I have yet to try the sushi but I will go back before too long to give it a try. I actually had the tempura (which I usually avoid) which was very good and my wife had a beef teriyaki- also tasty. We had a california roll (not my favorite) that was put together well but had crab salad instead of crab- still very tasty. Service was excellent even w/ some minor translation difficulties. Lots of Japanese eating there, if that means anything, probably lots of americans eating at McDonalds in Japan as well. I highly reccomend it. A Jones Someone wrote: > If anyone is looking for great Japanese food, I suggest the new > Miyoshi restaurant on Baum Boulevard (it's in the old Samreny's/Orange > Cafe building). The lunch box specials are really delicious. Since the > restaurant is a little off the beatn track, I'm trying to tell everyone > I know to give it a try! > > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
Hi, We gave a try to Miyoshi Japanese Bistro on Baum Blvd yesterday. The food was OK, I had California Rolls and Chicken/Beef Teriyaki Rolls. I enjoyed my meal but one of our friends found the sushi very hot and had a hard time swallowing. The real problem was the service. The service was really slow although the restaurant was about 20% full. It took us 2 hrs to eat a one course dinner. We also had some communication problems with our waiter. I personally think Sushi Too on Walnut Street has more selectiona and a much better service. Excerpts from netnews.pgh.food: 3-Jun-99 Re: Miyoshi Japanese Bistro by A [email removed] > Service was excellent even w/ some minor translation difficulties. Lots of > Japanese eating there, if that means anything, probably lots of americans > eating at McDonalds in Japan as well. I highly reccomend it. > > A Jones > Sibel Salman
My husband and I had a very different experience at Miyoshi. We
found the food to be better than Sushi Too albeit not as good as
Kotobuki. For instance the tempura was excellent, very crunchy with
extra thinly sliced vegetables. Sushi Too's is too heavy and battery
(word?). Also the table presentation uses beautiful Japanese dishes
from the Kotobuki catalog (not the same as the restaurant), not plastic.
Specifically, we ordered the Agedashi Tofu, a spicy tuna roll,
tempura, salad and the sukiyaki bowl. Everything was well done. The
agedashi was good but it was missing the authenticity of Kotobuki. The
spicy tuna roll used the same chili sauce as Sushi Kim, which is always
nice (and hot). My husband found the sukiyaki bowl to be great.
As for service, we had no trouble, but service can vary. I say as
long as they are not as bad as Fajita Grill, I can live with it.
Elizabeth
Excerpts from netnews.pgh.food: 8-Jun-99 Re: Miyoshi Japanese Bistro by
Fatma Sibel Salman@andre
> Hi,
>
> We gave a try to Miyoshi Japanese Bistro on Baum Blvd yesterday.
>
> The food was OK, I had California Rolls and Chicken/Beef Teriyaki Rolls.
> I enjoyed my meal but one of our friends found the sushi very hot and
> had a hard time swallowing.
>
> The real problem was the service. The service was
> really slow although the restaurant was about 20% full. It took us 2 hrs
> to eat a one course dinner. We also had some communication problems with
> our waiter.
>
> I personally think Sushi Too on Walnut Street has more selectiona and
> a much better service.
>In pgh.food I read this message from "John D. Hoffman" : >The best place for japanesse is Sushi Two over on the South Side. The >service was great!!!! The service was quite nice and the fish was good, but the rice was all wrong. It was too compacted, too dense. And it seemed to lack the slight sweetness of sushi rice. OTOH, the tuna/sisho/pickled plum was wonderful. [snip] Matt Silberstein ----------------------------- And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, Our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. T.J.
This is just my opinion but the best place for Japanese food in all its exquisite forms is Kotobuki in comparison to Sushi Too and Miyoshi. Plus, you can bring your own bottle of sake, can't beat that. Admittedly, I have never been to Kiku. Although I did go a few times to Kiku Express during its brief life. Elizabeth Excerpts from netnews.pgh.food: 10-Jun-99 Re: Miyoshi Japanese Bistro by "John D. Hoffman"@pgh.ne > The best place for japanesse is Sushi Two over on the South Side. The > service was great!!!!