Ichiban Grill - Hibachi & Sushi

Vegi plate was great but the girl that took my order was beyond helpful with the food menu for vegi/vegan options.

Tonight was my first visit and I will definitely go back again and again. The prices are good, the food was great and the staff were so friendly and courteous. I ordered the chicken and fried rice with veggies and they prepared it exactly as I requested. Hannah, the manager, was so helpful and patient in helping with my decision on what to order. It was so tender and tasty just as she suggested.

I was very excited to have a Japanese restaurant open up nearby! It’s a quick service/counter service restaurant with booths and tables in the room. It’s in a small square footage space, so it can feel a bit claustrophobic when it’s busy. It was very busy when we arrived (all tables & booths were full, several people in line to order and several people seated to the right waiting on their to-go orders), so we were a little worried about how long the wait for space and food would be. There were three screens of sushi options and one screen of hibachi options above the counter - so there is quite the sushi selection to choose from. I ordered the Philadelphia sushi roll (salmon, cucumber, and cream cheese) and Shrimp/Chicken/Steak Noodle bowl. My husband ordered the Dragon roll and Express Chicken Bowl. It took about 15-20 minutes to get our food (again, it was very busy at the time). The food arrives in plastic containers, so it’s easy to take leftovers home.

My entree’s meats were a bit dry (particularly the beef), but still tasty (the chicken tasted best of the three meats I had). The noodles were good (they got my toddler’s seal of approval, too), and the sushi was good (though, I prefer a little more smoked flavor in the salmon in Philly rolls). The white sauce was delicious, and I’m very prickly about the white/yami-yami/seafood sauces that Japanese places offer.

Overall, it is definitely a place we will visit again when we want counter service Japanese food, and now we have a better idea of what to order for next time.