Ichiban Restaurant

Reviews

• Tracey K.

  star star star star star_border 26 July 2026

  I've ordered from here a few times since my last review.  We haven't had a bad meal yet! They have the best egg rolls and spring rolls and summer rolls too. The food is always hot when delivered and within the time given and always accurate. I'm really enjoying this broccoli with garlic sauce. Not too spicy and comes with your choice of white or brown rice.
  
  The best part is you can order Japanese, Chinese or Thai and probably more. Their menu is endless!

• Jeremy C.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 23 July 2026

  In a corner of the wall next to the sushi bar, there is a copy of the award from Metroland Reader's Poll for Best Japanese Restaurant -- from 19 years ago.  I remember that restaurant; I was a regular customer.
  
  A bit has changed since then.
  
  I stopped in for a early weekend dinner to a mostly empty, dark and dingy restaurant with a couple of box fans carefully positioned on chairs throughout, because the A/C was broken.  The good news is my new camera is very good, even without the flash, so the picture doesn't accurately depict how dark the 6-seat sushi bar truly is, hidden away in a back room (photo).  I am guessing that the staff never expects anyone to sit there.  They must be hoping that no one wants to watch the food being prepared.
  
  The sushi chef sort of greeted me as I sat down, before I looked through the menu.  I seem to recall much more refined and extensive à la carte selections than were on the current menu.  And the server was quick enough, as there was no one else in the restaurant.  I ordered a couple of maki and some nigiri, hoping for the best.
  
  I was quickly brought a small soup, which was not bad.  Maybe it was just the nostalgia of the restaurant's custom glazed saucer/bowls, a remembrance of earlier times.
  
  The maki was surprisingly the highlight of the simple unadorned plating (photo).  The bland not-spicy salmon paste was unimpressive, as was the eel cucumber.  Not great, but not gut-wrenchingly horrible.
  
  The unagi was the best of the nigiri - eel sauce and cooked eel - are usually difficult to damage.  The tamago was surprisingly very dry - not exactly sure when it was prepared, but looking at the uncrowded dining area, I wonder.  I was questioning why the only decor that the chef added to the plate were lime slices to the hamachi and saba.  Unfortunately, I found out: not to accent the flavors, or improve the presentation, but to hide the taste.  The yellowtail was not spoiled, but nowhere near fresh.  And the marinated mackerel was far worse - I found it inedible, as I spit the first bite into my napkin.
  
  They have an immense amount of work to do.  It will be a very long time before I return.  
  
  2019 07 07.  S15.

• Joe M.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 21 July 2026

  The absolute worst. It's usually a bad sign if a place offers Chinese and Japanese food in the same restaurant, and this is no exception. Definitely won't be back.

• Ben Z.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 19 July 2026

  Bad people. Didn't pay their worker than called ICE on him when he sued. He's being deported.

• Kelly D.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 3 July 2026

  The food was delivered late and there was a bug in my food. Don't order from this place unless you like bugs in your food.