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    Ichiban

    3.8 (36 reviews)
    ModerateJapanese
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Sushi Combo
    Chris W.

    Very good! Had the sushi combo. Very professional and courteous! Typical sushi restaurant.

    Chicken Teriyaki Entree

    The food we ordered was really good. The Eel Roll was our favorite! Our server was very nice and helpful, however, I think there was a mishap in the kitchen and caused our sushi to come out a lot later than we anticipated (an extra 25-30 minutes later). The ambience was calm and relaxing. Overall we enjoyed our food and ourselves! (We ate some of the sushi before we took the photo, that's why it looks a little messy!)

    Philly roll and Spicy tuna roll sushi
    Angie K.

    My favorite location (we have two in BG) is in the small "mall". I love the staff, they remember us and our favorite things to eat! Amazing foods! Huge selection of sushi's, whether you're a veteran sushi lover or new to trying it! Also if you'd like a low key place to watch the game or a boxing match. They have two TVs! They also have seating at the sushi bar. It is limited seating but it's fun to watch them make delicious sushi

    Amy L.

    Great place! They have you sanitize, grab a paper menu, and pick where you wanna sit. They are very friendly! I has Sashimi A (wonderful)! Hubby had sushi/sashimi combo (yum)!! We even had 2 large and delicious saki and our bill with tip was only $67!! We attempted 2 other sushi places but due to COVID one was closed and one was takeout only! Sucks for them!! Did I say GREAT PLACE? This is now our favorite!!

    California Roll and Plum Sake!
    Briana B.

    We have two Ichiban's here in our town. Both make excellent sushi. But I prefer the eggs rolls from the Ichiban on the Bypass - so fresh and superb, wonderfully flavored, delicious crunch. I tried an egg roll here, on Cave Mill Road, and every bite was filled with gristle from the chicken. It for sure ruined my appetite. Unfortunately!

    Egg roll with hair in it

    I will not be coming here again. I ordered take out the other day and ordered steak fried rice and they gave me chicken which isn't my main issue. My main issue is that as i was eating my leftover egg rolls there was a long dark hair right in the middle of it. I called them and they said they could do nothing about it but obviously they aren't staying up to health standards.

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    best miso soup and highly recommend the ichiban roll!

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    My favorite place to get sushi! Never have to wait too long to be seated. Staff is always really nice! Never had a bad experience!

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    Quiet unlike other location on bypass. Same menu. Better soup than shogun or kyotos and bigger salad

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    Ordered take out and it was ready within 10 minutes. The food and service were both good, nothing exceptional but still good.

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    Ichiban

    3.3
    (44 reviews)
    2.8 mi
    $$

    This was our go to Friday night restaurant for a while. We really liked it. You got treated very…read moregood. Food was really good. We haven't been there in maybe two months and this time when we walked in it looked all refreshed like someone had come in and redid their tables and they had new menus and it looked really nice. However, what was lacking was the quality of the service and the food. I remember feeling like I was at someone's house because it was very comfortable and family feeling especially by the wait staff this time we walked in and instead of saying pick where you want to sit like they used to some girl sat us over on a side of the room. OK no problem then they handed us these new menus and there was no soup. Usually they give you free soup then some other lady came over with the soup and put it on the table then they took our order and the waitress seemed like we were bothering her. They brought out the food. The quality of the food went down big time. My husband always orders the chicken yakisoba so does my daughter, my daughter also ordered a sushi roll. I ordered hibachi steak and instead of rice I wanted noodles. My husband and daughter said that their food didn't taste like it used to and my hibachi steak (now mind you I had a hibachi steak at a different Japanese restaurant in Georgia so I'm thinking it's going to taste the same.) She even asked me how I wanted my steak cooked and I said, medium rare. I got little squares of very overcooked pieces of meat that looked like they went to the store and bought some stew beef (at the other Japanese restaurant that we went to it was actually filet mignon.) The steak was hard and rubbery at the other restaurant. It was beautifully cooked. Also, my noodles tasted like they were drenched in teriyaki sauce, which I can't stand. Everything was too sweet and I will probably not ever go back there now.

    Ichiban used to be one of my go-to favorites in Bowling Green, but the service has fallen off a…read morecliff over the last year and a half. Last night was easily the worst experience yet. We ordered a sushi roll as an appetizer -- simple enough. But it never came. Halfway through our meal, we realized our server had disappeared, and we finally had to flag down a different waitress. Only then did we learn the order had never even been placed. Even after that, it took more than 20 minutes and still no sushi roll. By the time it finally showed up, we were so fed up we just had it boxed to take home. And here's the kicker: it wasn't even a busy night. Well over half the tables were vacant. There was absolutely no excuse for such inattentive, careless service. A restaurant's reputation rests as much on service as on food. Ichiban may still be known as a Bowling Green favorite, but if they keep operating this way, that reputation won't last. Right now, they're failing their customers in a big way.

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    Takeout salmon and tuna roll. So much fish!
    Takeout salmon and tuna roll. So much fish!
    Spicy squid salad
    Spicy squid salad
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    Shogun Bistro

    Shogun Bistro

    3.2
    (146 reviews)
    2.5 mi
    $$

    One of the best restaurants I've ever had in my life. I had it two days ago. I had it yesterday and…read moreI'm about to have it again today. This is again one of the best food I've ever had in my life. I lived in Tennessee and I never miss stopping by when I visit Bowling Green, Kentucky. It is my home and I will never choose any other hibachi place other than this one. I recommend you go because if you don't, you were going to regret it. Also, they have the best Yum Yum sauce. My girlfriend actually left me because I was here so much.

    This was our first time at this restaurant. When we walked in the girl behind the counter, said…read more Would you like hibachi or bistro? I didn't know what she meant so I said I want sit over here by the bar. I didn't want to sit where they cook right in front of you and throw food at you. Anyway, we sat down and a waitress immediately came to our table to take a drink order. I asked if they had sweet and low and she affirmed yes so I got an unsweetened iced tea with lemon. My husband got a Sprite and my daughter got a Coke zero. She came back a bit later with our drinks and informed me that they did not have any sweet low in the whole restaurant and there was no lemon in my iced tea or with my iced tea. We weren't sure what we liked and the girl said the hibachi plates are really really good with the Yum Yum sauce. It's delicious. So my husband and I did the two for $50 and we got the hibachi steak and chicken which came with rice cooked vegetables, and noodle . My daughter got shrimp and scallops with asparagus on the side. My husband and my dinner came with soup and salad, and my daughters came with a huge salad. The waitress came back with my lemon for my drink and brought over our salads and soup. She then brought out my daughter salad. I had barely finished my soup and just started eating my salad when our entrées came out. I believe they came out way too fast, which is why there's a three star rating because I don't like dinners like that. You should let people have a chance to eat their soup and salad and then bring the food out. My husband never even touched his salad. In my opinion, the plates had too much food on them. They tasted OK. I don't think I would go back there for that kind of food. As you look at the pictures, you'll see what I mean. I sort of wish I would've got the bento box. My daughter's food looked way better. I wish I would've got that. The Yum Yum sauce? It was all right. At the end of the meal, my daughter asked us if she could have a piece of cheesecake and we said yes to go because we wanted to go home and the lady brought it out wrapped and when you see the picture of it that's slight sliver of cheesecake cost $10.. Our entire bill came to $134.05 . This isn't the kind of place. I don't think I would frequent. In other words, I wasn't impressed by the food, the service, or the ambience. Maybe a nice place to go have a drink as it was really dead and quiet by the bar.

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    Dinner Bento Box with Crazy Boy sushi and tuna steak.
    Dinner Bento Box with Crazy Boy sushi and tuna steak.
    Large house salad with ginger dressing
    Large house salad with ginger dressing
    Steak and chicken hibachi meal

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    Steak and chicken hibachi meal

    Ichiban - japanese - Updated August 2026

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