Ichiban Japanese Restaurant

We just enjoyed a fabulous Japanese meal for my partner's birthday! We rode our bikes through the Bosque and popped out at Alameda, right at Ichiban! We ordered the Sushi Lunch (one California roll plus 7 assorted nigiri (chef's choice)) and a Build a Bowl (with teriyaki salmon, egg rolls, and a side salad with a deliciously bright citrus vinaigrette). Both meals were affordable and filling. Our server, Daniel, and his busser were super-friendly, fast, and adept. Also, they were so sweet to bring us a ridiculous amount of water and ice, as we (and our bikes) chose to sit on their lovely shaded patio even though it was about 100 degrees outside. Thanks Daniel and Ichiban staff for giving us a fun and delicious birthday experience!

The first time was about a year ago, which was before their remodel. For the first visit, I would have given 3 stars. I ordered soondubu jigae and it wasn't as flavorful as I hoped. The service at that time was also slow and our server was absentminded. My recent visit from just two days ago deserves 4 stars. My husband ordered the sashimi dinner and the cuts of fish were large, of great quality and very fresh. Both of us were surprised at the great cuts of sashimi. Totally worth the money. The Volcano roll, which got a lot of great reviews here, was not what I expected. It may be my fault though. I expected something spicy, considering it was called the "volcano" roll, but it was sweet and tangy. If you're in the mood for something sweet and tangy, give it a try. If you want spicy, this isn't it. Like I said, it's my own fault. The tempura udon was a nice surprise though. I expected a bowl with a few pieces of tempura in the broth, but it came with a full plate of tempura placed on to

If I could give a no star review, I would. I am so disappointed and so upset. I have been coming here since I was 14 years old, that’s over 15 years of loyalty and even supported during the pandemic shut down. I came in today with my mom, husband and 3 children. We order a few menu items and a whole lot of sushi. The miso soup was barely luke warm, the seaweed salad had hair in it, (coming from a restaurant manager, hair is my biggest pet peeve) then we order a Yaki soba noodle dish for the kids, which they ended up giving us the completely wrong yaki soba dish. My children barely ate there food because it was just that unappetizing, I sent the seaweed salad back, some of the fish on the sushi didn’t taste right (I worked at Slapfish for years, I know what fresh fish tastes like) and to top it all off the servers and waitresses only checked on us twice throughout the hour and a half we were there. Being a restaurant manager, I know how important it is to tip servers, but these group of