Oriental Shop

I had the best experience here. I went to buy ingredients to make homemade sushi and the woman working there was so helpful. Her name is Tamaki and she spent 45 min with my friend and I explaining step by step how to make sushi and helped pick out all the ingredients we needed. She also made us sauce to try - so sweet. Highly recommend! Cash only!

Madison is loaded with Asian markets, but Oriental Shop caters to the Japanese market. The couple there are quite kind, and they are honest and truly care about you and making sure their goods are top quality. I trust them so much I only buy my seafood for sushi and sashimi from them. Here I made a chirashi bowl with just some of the seafood they had to offer. I even bought a ramen style bowl from them.She buys fish larger, to cut down on costs. She then cuts them in smaller sections and those savings are in sure given to you. If you want something special, you can ask her to order it for you sometimes.Every time I go I am surprised by something new they will have, and know she will know about the products they sell. This is really my most favorite shop in Madison. I would give it 10 stars if I could.

This was amazing. Being asian in Wisconsin is hard. Even though there's a lot of asian shops this one is super special. This food is amazing and it brings back good memories. They have a lot of asian snacks you can't get anywhere else!

This is a very small store and cash only, but if you're in need of something Japanese and can't find it at the other Asian grocery stores in town, look here. I rarely go because it's very much out of the way for me, but I couldn't find dashi elsewhere, surprisingly, and Oriental Shop came to the rescue. They also had a number of Japanese Kit Kat flavors (Uji matcha and iyokan, among others) on this visit which, yes, are expensive but they are in Japan too! If you're looking for sashimi, this is probably the only place I'd really trust.

This place is great. The man and woman in front were so welcoming. I was there with my sister and son who love everything about the Asian culture and they were so excited to see all the goodies they have. We got so many different items. I would definitely recommend this cute little shop. Feels like home, they are so nice!!

On Sundays, the shop is open at noon. On New Year's Eve, we went early so we stopped in at the Asian bakery nearby. When we walked over at noon on the dot, the closed sign was up and we began to panic since this was probably one of the last places for us to get fish and bamboo sushi rollers. We were walking away when I heard the door unlocking and the owner telling us they were open. There's a back door with parking lot that was also inundated with three other shoppers. With my husband and I, there were five shoppers and it was starting to feel like a tight squeeze in there. It's about a 400 sq ft store (in other words, tiny!). Turn one way and you are looking at freezers with fresh fish cuts, roe, and miso paste. Turn the other way, you 'll see noodles, teas, sauces, and candies. It works for this tiny space though. The products are unique enough that whatever Japanese product you are looking for, you will most likely find it! For example, we found shiso leaves neatly banded together in their small, but sufficient product rack. The lady took such care of placing them into a paper bag and insisting that I carry it against me in my purse in case the cold discolored the herb. Funny thing is, I don't even know how much I paid for it but it was a great addition to our sushi rolls later that evening. I definitely got a sense that the people who shop here are regulars and there's almost a family feel to it. It took a while to get checked out, but with each patron, she didn't rush them and took care to answer questions and/or to go over purchase prices. I'd definitely recommend shopping here.

Great little Japanese grocery and goods store tucked in between La Taquiera Guadalajara and Asian Sweet Bakery that carries fresh, authentic products and produce.Don't let the size fool you, they are jam packed with hundreds of hard to find items and your traditional produce found in typical Japanese grocery stores, just as if you were in Japan. On this particular day, I found shabu shabu grade meat and other ingredients to make Sukiyaki.They also have famous Hippo House bakery items delivered fresh and fresh, sushi grade fish shipped in weekly. The proprietor is always nice and helpful. Parking in the back! Cash only.

Sashimi graded fish!! Just defrost the last bit and made a plate of yellowtail sashimi for breakfast....Mmm two weeks later still so super fresh!! I like to buy a bunch different cut,put them in the freezer.The fattier cuts are delicious eaten raw,seared or baked.Simply rest the frozen fish in room temp to slowly defrost them and you are in for a treat! The owners are warm hearted people; eating food we bought from this place make us grateful and happy; we enjoy every bit so much more beyond the food itself;my husband and I just can't stop talking about how much we adore them!

I recently went to three other Asian shops/markets in the area, and I can say that I had the most success in finding what I was looking for, as well as had the best time when shopping here. I must say, I'm biased, in that I was mostly looking for Japanese products, but nevertheless this store left me with a lasting positive impression. The store-co owner who was working at the time was very nice, and was still nice after I asked to buy a loaf of bread after checking out - oops! I forgot.The look and feel of the store is really cute and nice, being that its so jam packed and well-decorated. You really get the feeling that everything was selected with care. I was a little shocked when I picked up a bag of korokke and there was a dead house centipede on it, but with my luck I probably found the one bug in the whole store - a fluke.I will certainly be coming back to this gem of a store.

Best Asian food shop in Wisconsin. We drive a hour to shop here for Japanese speciality food.