Ichiban Japanese Restaurant

Affordable, tasty, and family owned. I have basically watched the kids grow into amazing adults helping their mom. The food is always good and the customer service is A1. The miso is good and my favorite roll, the key west is to die for!

Our amazing neighborhood sushi hideout...still reminisce on the dine in days like a fine sake. Takeout is still the best around. Great people and great sushi and easier than cooking every night of the week!

Easily the best sushi in St Pete. Consistent and delicious. The super crunchy roll is the best in my humble opinion. Kind service, great food.

Wow Alaskan River roll and Flaming Fling Roll were spectacular 👌

So I've always enjoyed eating at the Ichiban chain so I was pleasantly surprised to see that they were close in an area I was visiting. The Tampa location on Fowler was amazing! I got the Yaki Soba, I believe it was, and it was fantastic. A delightful mix of vegetables and thin noodles cooked to perfection in a savory sauce. So when I visited the St. Petersburg location several weeks later I was excited to have the same dish for lunch again. Well let me tell you, it was nowhere close to being as good. The noodles were a different noodle that was very overcooked and soggy (like overcooked Ramen yuck!) And there was egg thrown in which I did not expect or would have opted out. The shrimp seemed like it was cooked separately and thrown in last minute, and there were seeds sprinkled about in it. It was like I had a completely different dish and the only thing I ordered different was the shrimp instead of chicken. I tried eating it anyway because I was so hungry, but after a few bites I just couldn't do it. I will say that the staff was very friendly! They do Take-out only at this location in St. Pete so I didn't realize any of this until getting home. They were also being inspected at the time I walked in so I guess I will chalk it up to the chef being nervous. I attached 2 pics to show the difference in quality. The dish on the white plate in the second pic was from the Tampa location, which was much better.