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Ichiban

3.3 (299 reviews)
ModerateJapanese, Chinese
Open 12:00 pm - 3:00 PM, 4:30 PM - 9:00 PM

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Quiet
Casual
Classy
Good for groups

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Sushi from lunch buffet
Caroline J.

Still my go-to Chinese restaurant here in Williamsburg. Had their new lunch special where you choose soup or salad, appetizer, rice or noodles, and 3 main entree choices. I chose the following and all were delicious: Egg Drop Soup Pork Dumplings Lo mein Kung po chicken Moo goo gai pan chicken Sesame chicken Plenty of food for the price and I took home a good amount of leftovers. Husband enjoyed the two roll lunch combo. Service is friendly and food took average time to arrive. The decor inside is very nice and I enjoy the very padded chairs. Also took home a moo-shu chicken for another meal. Wish for the price they included a bigger plum sauce and 6 pancakes instead of 4. It's still very good!

Build your own lunch. Soup not shown.
Hamp C.

Best Chinese food that we have had in a long time! We had lunch and enjoyed everything we had. Build your own lunch includes soup, appetizer, rice or noodles and three dishes. Service was great and the place is nicely decorated as you would expect in an upscale Chinese restaurant.

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Anna K.

This is a great spot to go to for lunch. There isn't much of a wait and the restaurant is pretty quiet. The Hawaiian poke bowl is good, but the create your own lunch is even better. You get a little salad or soup, then choose an appetizer, type of rice and three main items. I think the different kinds of shrimp and the green beans have a balance of spicy and sweet.

Maki Combination
Fula O.

Located in a busy shopping village in Williamsburg, VA next to the movie theater (that has plenty of parking) decided to have dinner here during a visit to Williamsburg. This is a multi Asian concept Chinese and Japanese so it has a variety of items from both cuisines. My friend had been here before and said it's one of the better options for Asian food in the area. It was just ok. The decor is cute and from the people coming in they do a solid takeout business. Our server was very nice, but service was slow. Sushi was ok. I ordered the maki special and selected the spicy tuna, shrimp tempura roll and California rolls. We also ordered a wonton soup and pork shrimp dumplings. Verdict - when I go again? If I was in the area or had a craving for Asian food it's an ok place.

Walnut Shrimp
Jay T.

We hadn't been here in a long while, but were in the neighborhood and thought we'd pop in. I'm so glad we did! After a couple of minutes' wait (like 3, maybe) we were seated. Our waiter brought water, and by the time he got back with our tea, our choices had leapt out of the menu and shouted "OOH! OOH! PICK MEEEE!!" My Bride got the Pineapple Fried Rice. It's literally a pineapple stuffed with shrimp fried rice. Delicious! I got the Walnut Shrimp, an excellent choice of if I do say so myself. Battered and fried shrimp and candied walnuts in a sweet creamy sauce- I had to restrain myself from licking the plate! Two entrées and two cups of green tea (with a refill) came to $43.07 including the tax. Certainly worth every penny! We won't wait so long to come back next time!

Plum wine, Salmon Roll, Tuna Roll, Honey Roll, Godzilla Roll.
Lauren T.

Ichiban is located in swanky New Town Center. As locals it's our go to, never fail sushi place. The service is always very good. The small touches make the restaurant very enjoyable. When you sit down the server brings you warm towels to wipe your hands. Even in summer this is extremely refreshing and in colder months it's a great way to start the meal. Tonight we had assorted rolls of tuna, salmon, honey, and Godzilla. Each roll has its own flavor and the fish is extremely fresh. The wine selection is really good. You can get a decent bottle of wine or reasonably priced glass to enjoy w the meal. On previous visits I've had their house margarita, and it was very good. The gyoza is also very good and go to favorite. You can enjoy a meal alone or with company and never feel rushed to leave, even if it's a busier time. Cheers!

Gyoza, Roast pork fried rice, Combo Fried Rice.  Arrived hot and steaming.
Orlando M.

I ordered the Gyoza, Roast Pork fried rice and Combo Fried rice and an extra side of white rice. Everything was great, maybe a tad too salty for me, but I still ate 4 big spoonfuls of each just to test it. The Gyoza were great and had a dipping liquid with them. I ate 3 immediately. Portion size was amazing. I got maybe twice more than I expected. The downside was that with all this tasty, hot food, they didn't send any utensils. I asked for utensils and napkins on the order. That was disappointing. However, they sent lovely packets of condiments and a fortune cookie in a very meticulously folded package. I will order from them again, just maybe not as much food :-)

Tempura appetizer
Gary G.

Over the last two years, Ichibon has been our go to sushi restaurant in Williamsburg because of the amazing value of an all you can eat lunch special. And the sushi was always fresh. Our recent revisit we found that the menu was totally reformatted, and the all you can eat special was gone. Again, we found all of the sushi we ordered to be absolutely fresh and delicious - maybe better than before. I tried the Chicken Penang Curry and the sauce was absolutely perfect. But here's the rub: one would need a microscope to find the pieces of chicken. For another example, the vegetable tempura was delicious but again, a very small portion. On the whole, as I said, food was delicious, but the portions were very small and the prices have gone up. I recommend Ichiban but prepared to spend more than you thought for a simple lunch.

Kung Pao Chicken

Fantastic service great atmosphere and even better food. This is a restaurant you will going and they will treat you like family. It's the type of place you only need one drink with because they're that fast with their service. I had the house special duck and my girlfriend had the kung poa chicken . They were both delicious the duck was so tender I could cut it with my fork. The plum wine I got paired well with the duck as it was sweet and broke up the salty savory flavor of the duck and its sauce. Overall 5/5 would come here again and definitely recommend you do!

Bar area
Eric L.

We arrived at Ichiban at the last day of our Williamsburg trip. I was expecting a stripmall buffet type of experience but we happened upon the most walkable part of Williamsburg by this restaurant. There was a movie theater, a bunch of nice restaurants, and even an axe throwing venue. Ichiban wasn't serving their sushi buffet. Apparently that is only for weekday lunch. Instead it was ala carte dining at a pretty nice environment. We opted for the: spicy beef tendon pot - excellent taste and cool sorta unique presentation gal bi - good but not as great as its made at good Korean restaurants (or my house marinated courtesy of my wife and grilled by me). Not a bad price though. Thai drunken noodles with shrimp - we asked for extra spicy but it wasn't really spicy. It was a little bit saturated in sweet sauce (Americanized). Also the noodles weren't the wide rice noodles we were expecting. They were the pad thai type of noodles. A little disappointing but not bad. House special duck - battered and deep fried but totally delicious. Good portion size. Volcano roll - pretty good special sushi roll with fresh tasting fish and tightly made. The sake we had was amazing too. Fuji apple flavored Hana sake. I think $17 and my wife and I both had enough delicious drink to have. I'll definitely pick up a bottle next time I'm at Total Wine. The service was slow. Our waitress was running around all night. Food took a while to be served after ordering... maybe 40 minutes. Other than that it was a very good meal!

Pineapple Fried Rice
Anthony M.

On the referral of a local resident this is the best Asian cuisine in the area we are about to see for ourselves greeted by a sweet server holding warm washcloths to wash our cold hands and we are off to a great start in etiquette and attentiveness! To kick it off on this chilly day we ordered Egg drop soup and hot and sour soup to warm our souls this chilly day and what a delicious delight both were silky full of flavor and most importantly hot! I ordered the firecracker beef as a entree and my wife ordered the Ribs and pineapple fried rice was excellent and the firecracker beef was delicious and tasty overall this place was a simple little walk from the movie theatre so it made our date night super convenient and Satisfied our taste buds for Asian cuisine great lil place with beautiful decor low lit ambience and good food topped off with excellent service!

Philadelphia Roll (Top left), Godzilla Roll (Bottom Left), Eel Roll (Top Right), California Roll (Bottom Right)

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Fresh food, friendly service moderately priced. Never disappointed. Love love love the hot wash cloths!

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Excellent flavor. Old school (superior) fried rice. Dishes are expertly cooked. Sushi is great.

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Always great!! Fantastic sushi! Excellent staff! Great atmosphere. Never lets us down. We'll be back.

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Does it have All-You-Can-Eat? If so, what is the price and when?

It did as the end of June 2022. It was for lunch on weekdays from 11am-2:30 pm. The price then was $15.95 per person but I would call to confirm the information with the restaurant.

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