Sushi Oma

"I went to patroize OMA Sushi & Oyster Bar located in The Block Food Hall in Bethesda MD. I ordered the Lovers Roll and a Pork Gyoza there was an Asian lady on the register and ignored me because she was on a call on speaker till finally I said are you going to take my order? Finally she took my order but rung in the wrong item I advised her maybe if you weren’t on the phone you would have heard me the first time and keyed it in correctly. I waited for my food to come out and when it did a cook from the back had his bare hands NO GLOVES ON touching my Pork Gyoza dumplings. The Sushi was covered but I noticed afterwards when I went back to take my empty food tray that the sushi guy making the sushi didn’t have on any gloves either. The world we live in this is very unsanitary to say the least. Me being a Chef hates to see the lack of integrity for food and professional. I asked her to take them off she offered to remake it but at this point I just didn’t trust it because he seemed very comfortable handling the food with no gloves the way he did. She gave me a full refund. I probably won’t go back because every food stall is Asian with the exception of Little Miner Taco and all the Asian outlets all use ONE KITCHEN! So didn’t leave a good taste in my mouth to go back seeing this first hand."

"Sushi Oma is a booth in The Block at Pike & Rose. The staff were friendly, the sushi was good. Too much waste with all the packaging, as there was no dine-in option. The vibe of the place is young/party...too much for my middle-aged self. I would eat the sushi again, but I would not go back to The Block by choice. There are many other good sushi spots."

"We drove 45 minutes to have the Omakase here to celebrate 11 years of marriage. Make sure to call to make a reservation if you want the Omakase too. It's expensive but very worth it! The flavors were novel and incredible, the presentation was so cool and memorable. It was the right amount of food, I was full but not uncomfortably. Oma gets the importance of good, well prepared rice. Too many sushi places make awful rice and should be ashamed. Not the case here! Parking was ok, drove around a bit before we found a garage. Service was great and attentive. It was very loud in there so fairly hard to hear the chef. The lighting wasn't great so the pictures are the best I could do. Unfortunately I forgot to take a photo of the Nigiri course! Definitely a great way to celebrate."

"The food hall where this sits is pretty dope, but I was unimpressed after the hype about this sushi. It was seriously lacking. The California roll looked like someone ran and grabbed it from Safeway, it was terrible. The Volcano roll (baked roll with spicy tuna, salmon, topped with spicy mayo sauce, eel sauce, sriracha sauce) was decent in comparison but not anything too memorable. I think I chose the wrong restaurant, the food from the Asian fusion BBQ Chicken spot looked better in hindsight. Maybe worth another try."

"First off, the sushi was absolutely amazing! I had the Godzilla roll and honestly, it was the best I’ve ever had. Second, the workers were so nice. It was in a food hall, so there are food options for all. I would 10/10 recommend!"