This place does have really good food - no question there. Everything I've had (across teriyaki, tempura, sushi, rolls, handrolls, other apps, soup) has been great. Couple of odd things, one of them keeping me from being there eating dinner right now because I'd -really- like some sushi and they're right down the street: 1. the place has three websites. I'm not referring to the fact there's a North and a South location, or referring to Yelp or anything - just... three different websites. It's strange. 2. They charge a 33% uplift for all-you-can-eat dinner, at near-zero value-add. I know this because I went in, had the dinner, and found out at bill time it was uplifted over lunch... simply by virtue of being dinner. I understand that "dinner", time-wise, tends to mean different portion sizes in other contexts, different staffing levels, it's where you make your money unless you are a bar, etc. And in this case they broaden the menu slightly, adding sashimi as an option. I'm not a chef but I'm thinking that takes less labor to produce than about anything else. On the flip side of that, I'm sure sashimi, if someone was determined, is the fastest avenue for the restaurant to burn through material cost... if someone came in for three hours eating sashimi 5 pieces at a time and got away with it. That's the risk of running any all-you-can-eat offering - sometimes the bull, sometimes the horns. The food, cleanliness, staff etc is, without question, great. I'll definitely eat lunch there in the future. read more

I recently tried Ichi Tokyo for the first time and I am HOOKED. Once I found out that they will make any of their rolls for me with soy paper instead of seaweed, I swore off the place I was going. I've requested this from them and they won't sub soy paper if the roll didn't come with it. The fish that Ichi Tokyo uses is so fresh and all the rolls I've tried have been delicious and so well made. read more

Ichi Tokyo - California Roll and Crunch Shrimp Roll with soy paper instead of seaweed by special request. So good! - Japanese Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

This was the worst "sushi" I have ever eaten, if it can even be called that. Basically just some poor quality fish on top of poorly made rice, with no relationship to what real sushi tastes like. Don't go to this place. Spend an hour driving to the Twin Cities where you can get something that actually has some resemblance to Japanese food. read more

The people there were great and really welcoming! And the food there was so good! I was really pleased with what they had it delicious! I would eat it every day if I could! Their prices were also reasonable for sushi. It was amazing!!! read more

Ichi Tokyo - Volcano Roll and Snow Mountain Roll - Japanese Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

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I went here countless times when I lived in Rochester. Their AYCE deal for lunch is truly unbeatable because it includes sashimi! Honestly my favorite restaurant in the area. Speedy service as well as a homey atmosphere. :) read more

Best sushi I've had since moving into the area. Once the economy gets better this place will be popping again!

Good food, friendly service. Enjoy the sushi rolls and hibachi options. Always prompt service.

I'm not sushi expert but I didn't care for it. We did the lunch buffet menu, but maybe if we did the supper one it would have been better.

Let me start off by saying the food had a very clean taste, not fishy. We stopped on our way through town on Labor Day. They had dinner prices all day so we opted for one roll each. We got the Big Crunch roll. It was good and I'd order it again. We also go the king crab roll. There was A LOT of crunch in it. So much so that the first piece I ate seemed like it was crunch and rice only. No flavor. The rest of the roll had hardly any crab at all. I couldn't taste it in any bite. For an almost $20 roll I'd expected more. read more

Ichi Tokyo - King Crab Roll - Japanese Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

10/10 recommend this place! My fiance and I travel for work together and during our trip to Rochester, MN we decided to stop for some sushi here at Ichi Tokyo. It is amazing all around!! 10/10 recommend for sushi lovers...the chicken fried rice was delicious as well. Our server was very kind and the atmosphere is very inviting and authentic. read more

Good quality delicious sushi! Can skip the fried ice-cream. The sauce for the salad is delicious and also the teriyaki sauce. read more

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I didn't expect to find this treasure in Rochester! I am very impressed by the price of sushi considering Minnesota isn't the closest to the ocean. This place has a variety of rolls, but you can also order bentos and all you can eat. I went for a bento box. It comes with soup and the standard variety meal. What's surprising that even the bento sushi was top quality! The wait staff was a bit slow, but to be fair there were lots of people there for dinner the day I went. The tempura on the side was given VERY generously. I honestly like how well priced everything here is and what quality too! I also ordered their mochi ice cream. It was standard, but I didn't like the addition whipped topping and pizzazz that they added on top. Mochi ice cream is fine the way it is, but that's just me nitpicking at this point. Overall, I would come again. I think the only downside is that it's farther away from the Mayo Clinic campus, so you need a car to get there, since it's too far to walk. read more

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Awesome food. The crunchy roll and dragon roll was great. It was a first for my in-laws and they enjoyed it too

The sushi is always good.All items are great The service was fast and friendly. Employee had a smile on there face.The restraunt is always clean and tidy.Ambience was quiet and perfect. read more

Place said it closes at 2:30 went inside at 2pm, and they said they couldn't serve me. So if they served my food at 2:20 had only 10min to eat. Preferred to leave since I didn't want to be kicked out. Ambiance looked sad thought they would be wanting more business read more

My parents and i stop here when i go to mayo clinic, and have loved every bit of it every time we stop! the staff are always nice, the place is very cozy and comforting, and the food is soooo good!! read more

Shoyo ramen is authentic. I have been to Japan 3 times. The taste is exactly the same as I had in Hokkaido. Highly recommend it.

The wait staff was very pleasant. I was even offered a refill on ginger, once I finished all mine. I don't recall that ever happening before. The lunch buffet is a solid deal for $16.99, especially if you eat a lot. There is a specific list of appetizers, hibachi meals, and sushi, which is available for the lunch buffet specials. There are also non-buffet lunch specials. The sushi & appetizers were all decent. Nothing spectacular, but I got full, and definitely got my money's worth. The smoked salmon was my favorite. For the dinner buffet, I know more sushi options are available. The service was a little on the slow side. I've been to AYCE sushi places before with faster service, even with a large crowd. It took awhile to get waited on, and I was the 1st person in the restaurant for lunch. I also think it's kind of lame that you can only order 3 rolls at once. Especially if one pays, as a customer, for uneaten sushi. I understand why it is done though. People will probably get tired of waiting for refill orders, so they in return will leave. read more

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Everything was really good. It was a very nice and clean restaurant. We would definitely go back.

I am going to try really hard to look for the positives first, and then provide the negatives. Disclaimer: We ordered take out (we managed to miss that this was an all you can eat place, we were only looking at the ratings of restaurants) Positives: - Food was ready quickly once we ordered - Food was well packaged - Some of the ingredients were very fresh Negatives: - Food tasted like NOTHING other than sugar. Honestly, I think that was the only seasoning used other than salt. - Shrimp were beautiful, but overcooked (kind of like chewing on a rubber band), and the teriyaki sauce was extremely watery and tasted of nothing but sugar - Chicken yakitori tasted like nothing other than a little bit grilled and was over cooked, tough, and stringy - Miso soup can only be described as "pale" - Shumai dumplings were mushy and the contents were an unidentifiable paste - Spicy tuna roll was tiny and filled with mushy tuna paste - The Happy Roll (krab and tuna) was NOT happy, just mushy and sad Overall, we were just incredibly disappointed. read more

Excellent sushi and very friendly staff. I love the huge selection of rolls. We were there Saturday with a large group and we just shared 4 plates of them, so fun and delish. read more

I love ichi! Everytime I go I am immediately greeted at the door to ask for a table no matter how busy or how slow. The service is so good and the waitresses are very knowledgeable on the menu when asking. The sushi is the best I try a new roll and it's amazing, the appetizers are also so good as well, the last roll I got was crunchy roll so tasty! read more

Ichi Tokyo - Crunchy roll - Japanese Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

Lunch buffet for $20 is well worth the price. The sushi was incredible as were the gyoza, seaweed salad, teriyaki, and spring rolls. All this is included! Some of the best sushi and Asian food I have ever had! read more

Ordered the sashimi deluxe, 18 piece sashimi meal, $26. It was a nice plating, with 3 of each of tuna (akami), salmon, scallop, sea bass, amberjack and? They were all very fresh and looked nice, it was a good start. Fresh as they were, most lacked in much flavor. The tuna was a little stringy, but the meat on this and most the other cuts did have a melt in ur mouth sensation. I'm a little surprised at the lack of flavor though. I like to eat some raw and by itself then add the wasabi, ginger and or soy on some as well. Felt that I desired something on each piece. All that said, 18 pieces of sashimi for $26 is a pretty good deal, so fewer complaints. The staff was nice but a little slow to the service part. I unusually didn't do saké this time, only water, and my glass emptied before a refill. As well, I sat at the bar and there was no interaction or conversation. I prefer at least acknowledgement, but both the men were pretty stoic. The place was clean, and the variety was excellent. I didn't hate the experience, but felt a few small tweaks could make it excellent. I bet that as well maybe if one stuck with rolls you'd maybe get some good flavors and good deals. read more

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Decent prices and sushi for the area! Staff is attentive and the food comes out pretty quickly. Their appetizers are pretty standard fried fare, soup, and salad. The cooked rolls are pretty great; the rolls with raw fish aren't super fresh, especially if you're used to eating sushi on a coast. They can also be a bit heavy-handed with the sauces (might be better to ask for them on the side). Their veggie tempura rolls is one of my favorite! All-you-can-eat lunch special is a great deal for $16.99, thought they don't offer it on weekends. Their happy hour is also great! It's a bummer that they don't have lunch specials on Sundays. read more

Ichi Tokyo - Rochester roll and Alaska roll - Japanese Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

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Yakisoba noodles even with chicken were absolutely bland. The chicken was slimey and had no chew. It was like marshmallows. Tasted like steamed vegetables,noodles and chicken with no seasoning whatsoever read more

Good sushi, delivered quickly by GrubHub and ordered through the Yelp website. Glad I tried it. read more

Ichi Tokyo - Japanese Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

Like others have said, you won't expect to find such great food in an unassuming strip mall, but Ichi Tokyo will surprise you. If you can't make up your mind, the Bento Box Dinner (or lunch) will let you try a little of everything. They actually do a great job with the batter and frying of the vegetable tempura. The chicken I ordered with my bento box was marinated well and tender. The gyoza dumplings were filled with pork, delicious without being decadent. The bowl of noodles comes with either ramen or soba noodles. I must say it was the least impressive of all the dishes. The broth itself was bland, as were the vegetables in the soup. Perhaps it fell short of our expectations because we were envisioning more of a bowl of ramen with a spicy broth that was rich in flavors, which this wasn't. Service was great, and it was almost full on the weekday night we were there, so clearly this place is a go-to for many people! read more

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Visiting Rochester to go to the Mayo and Ichi just happened to be close to my hotel. Grubhub delivered and it was still nice and hot. I ordered the Ichiban roll and Shrimp Fried Rice. Both were very good and nice portions! I'll definitely eat/order from here again. Probably this visit ! read more

Ichi Tokyo - Shrimp Frued Shrimp Fried Rice and Ichiban Roll - Japanese Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

I had the all you can eat sushi here. The sushi was delicious and tasted fresh. The service was great and I definitely ate my money's worth. The restaurant itself is nice and the staff is very attentive. I reco read more

Ichi Tokyo has been my favorite sushi place in Rochester for years! Even when my cousins and I were first getting into sushi, this place was always the best - all thanks to their delicious volcano roll. I've tried several rolls including the new crazy, Rochester, and American dream rolls. All delicious! Both locations have beautiful decor. Very modern, but still has a cozy vibe. Plus the wait staff is always so friendly! Ichi Tokyo is 10/10 would recommend. read more

Ichi Tokyo - Rochester Roll in the front, and New Crazy roll in the back. - Japanese Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

Best place for sushi in Rochester. The all you can eat is a great value. Love trying new rolls each time.

Good food. Stopped here on my way back from school. Service was fast. Cost was a little high but not bad for the Midwest. Ambiance was nice and cozy. read more

Sadly, I ordered some vegetarian maki rolls and got sick right away. Disappointed because the food was delicious and arrived neat and warm but not worth getting sick over. I'm curious to know their health score or how they handle their food and how sanitary the kitchen really is. Please look into this... read more

Delicious sushi!!! Best we've had in a long time ! Will definitely order again. A little on the high$$ but worth it. Delivery to Hilton was also a little pricey through Uber eats read more

Ichi Tokyo - California, spicy tuna, mushroom soup, fried rice. Spider roll - Japanese Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

This is my third time here and I usually order the all you can eat sushi so I can order more sashimi. They changed the rule and let you order a max of 5 sashimi instead of 3 like before, which made me really happy, lol. So first of all, the service: our server was really nice and sweet but she was pretty slow to check on us for new orders. However, our food came on in a reasonable time. In term of food, we started with ordering miso soup and all the sashimi that we can get. we thought that the miso soup was a bit lack of flavor. In term of the sashimi, the salmon is extremely fatty so I would highly recommend it; everything else was just okay tasting. The thing I thought was weird was that they server the roes on slices of cucumber and even if I ate the roe without the cucumber, I can still taste some of that cucumber tasting. We then ordered shrimp tempura, salmon teriyaki, fuki roll, salmon skin roll, beef teriyaki, calamri, chef roll, and the dynamite roll. (We ate a lot, lol) The salmon skin roll and the shrimp tempura were good; the fuki roll were a bit dissapointing, we thought it would have more eggs. The salmon teriyaki was a bit over cooked. The beef teriyaki was controversial, I thought the beef didn't go well with teriyaki sauce but my bf like it so I guess it depended on each individual's taste. The calamari was crunchy and tasty but the serving size was small, only 4 small rings. The chef roll was probably the second best thing we ordered, after the sashimi. The chef roll had salmon and tuna, topped with masago (smelt roe) and it was really fatty. The dynamite roll was a deep fried roll and it really depended on the individual's preference. I have never been a big fan of deep fried sushi so I didn't like it but my bf liked it a lot. read more

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I'll never go back. Took over 80 minutes to get our 1st course of rolls... which in the end we didn't ever get. No wonder they charge $31/person and get you to wait over an hour to eat... 0/5 stars. Maybe 1 star for the beer but service was terrible. read more

Sushi was good but the hand rolls were a bit off. I have never had a spicy tuna or salmon hand roll that was not slices of fish? Their version was a clump of fish like something you would spread on bread. The regular rolls including the Chef roll were very good. The service was great. read more

First time at a sushi place in Rochester! Everything was decent but the beef teriyaki strips could've been better. The service there was great though. Everyone was kind and helped us with the menus (there are two menus) since it was our first time there! read more

Ichi Tokyo - Shrimp tempera, spicy crab roll, dragon roll, beef teriyaki. - Japanese Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

Tried the "All you can eat sushi". Skimp on the protein but that's how "All you can't eat sushi" usually goes.