From Food & Wine, May 2008:
"In his hard-to-find restaurant with high ceilings and dark brick walls, [O Ya] chef-owner Tim Cushman brilliantly and improbably combines his Japanese training with his New England background in dishes like grilled lobster with shiso tempura. Nancy Cushman's sake list covers several grades of artisanal bottlings, such as junmai daiginjo."
Beer, wine and sake available. Serving dinner Tue–Sat. Closed Sun–Mon. Named Best Restaurant, General Excellence in the 2009 Boston magazine critics' poll. The New York Times critic Frank Bruni's Top New Restaurant outside of New York City, 2008. One of Food & Wine's Top 10 Best New Restaurants and No. l New Chef of 2008.
"The restaurant, plotted with excellence more than profit in mind, reflects extraordinary pride. Although it has just 37 seats, 17 of them at an L-shaped sushi counter, there are as many as five chefs in addition to Mr. Cushman working on a given night. They execute a menu with about 80 savory dishes, few of them simple, and just as many sauces and dressings a night."
– Frank Bruni, The New York Times, March 19, 2008