Ichiban

"The best sushi in town. Shrimp tempura is always cooked perfect and sized perfectly too and the cucumber salad is simple yet tasty!! I can’t say much more except every sushi I have tried has been great."

"Ichiban and Kal-bi ichiban used to be my favorite, but something has happened in the last year that really sent them downhill. We decided to give Ichiban a try for lunch today after a very lackluster experience as Kal-bi back in September. After today, I almost don’t even want to eat sushi anymore. To start, their restaurant is way too cold. It was 61 degrees, and my husband and I were freezing even while wearing long sleeves and sweaters. We got a seaweed salad and a ginger salad to start. The seaweed salad was the best thing we ate. It was really good. The ginger salad missed the mark. It’s normally my favorite, but they’ve added a spice to the ginger salad that overpowers the ginger flavor and made it less than amazing. Then we got our sushi. Again, I’ve always considered this company to make the best sushi in town. I’ve spent many special occasions here. But no more. My husband got his fried and true Louisiana roll, and they have completely ruined this roll. It used to be topped with a piece of spicy tuna. Now they use some sort of minced tuna paste that almost looks like it comes out of a can. The taste of it is not good. The main part of the roll, the crawfish tails, was obviously frozen. We understand that’s normal, but these tasted like they’d been stored for way too long. They had the taste crawfish get when they’ve started to turn. I got the dirty old man. The roll itself tasted no different than a convenience store California roll. The fish on top and the sauce it was tossed in was no better. The sauce was extremely salty, and the majority of the fish must have been smoked salmon. The flavor was too overpowering and not how I remember the roll tasting the last time I got it. Also, the rice was still took warm and the roll was not rolled tight enough so it was falling apart as I tried to eat it. The only good part of our experience was the service. Our waitress was very kind and attentive and offered to remake my husbands roll when I said it didn’t taste right. At that point, though, we just wanted to be done with our meal because we were disappointed and freezing cold. ETA: since we paid for the food however bad it was and took our leftovers home, I decided to at least give it a second try. I was picking apart the sushi rolls because obviously old rice is hard and not the most appetizing, so I was just going to eat the fish inside the rolls. I discovered exactly why the Louisiana roll tasted so poorly: some of the crawfish inside it were ROTTEN. I am absolutely disgusted."

"The food was pretty delicious. Our server Kenzie was fantastic and friendly too. The restaurant was only about 3/4 full at dinner time, but the kitchen was STRUGGLING to keep up. We waited close to fifteen minutes before our appetizer came out and another fifteen before the main course afterwards, all of which were just raw sushi rolls and one fried roll. Overall a pleasant experience, but the wait seemed excessive. The server was apologetic though and addressed it before we even said anything so that made us feel a little better. Would recommend if you're not in a rush."

"We stopped by here on Halloween and it was so cozy! Ordered some rolls, tempura, and chicken katsu. Everything was delicious and our waiter was the kindest and attentive person ever. Great place and will be coming back!"