Ichiban

1015 E Imperial Hwy C3, Brea
(714) 529-6157

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Todd Barrs

The owners and staff were so kind and generous! Highly recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

J H

Awesome Japanese food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

James Allison

Wonderful restaurant with delicious food and great service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

cat friday

Great food, the best service and specialty beer imported from Japan.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Alexandru Muresan

Great place! Lots of choices! Food is great, just like the service 🙏🏼🙌🏼😀

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Alexia Huang

We went as they opened for dinner and were pleasantly greeted and seated immediately. They offered us some edamame as we finalized our orders. We started with some appetizers of karage, salmon and yellow tail sushi and a scallop hand roll. We then ordered two types of cold soba and agedashi tofu with miso soup for dinner. Everything was delicious and the portion sizes were perfect for our dinner. Fish was fresh and the chew on the soba noodle was a great consistency. After we were done with our meal, we were given some eclairs to tie everything together. The service was superb, food was great and value was good for all that we ordered.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Karaage, Sushi Hand Roll Dinner

D Harr

Great customer service, atmosphere, friendly owners and best of all... Great food!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Linda Weisenmiller

I'm so glad we decided to have dinner here. We were warmly greeted when we arrived and didn't have to wait long for a table. The restaurant has a comfortable atmosphere, and every staff member we encountered was friendly and accommodating, and made us feel right at home. We selected a family style dinner served in a boat, and every bite was delicious. It was actually a very good value for the 3 of us, with a great varietyof food! If we lived here we would be regulars, but I'm glad that we at least got to experience this special restaurant once!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jessy Carmona

Ordered the handroll set and the teriyaki chicken dinner. The handroll was delicious and the fish fresh. The rice was good. Unfortunately the miso soup tasted way too salty like the way instant miso does it also had no tofu and was missing some umami taste. For the teriyaki chicken it was dry and they forgot the teriyaki sauce. The salad and dressing it had were good. We ordered takeout and the servers were polite and attentive. The bathroom is in a weird location behind the server station so you have to cross through the back to get there.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 5

James Bateman

Japanese owned, Japanese operated. Been here over 35 years.. full Japanese menu and great sushi. Skip the crappy fly by night and chains and get the real thing.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jen Hauger

My first time here, greeted with a smile, and escorted to our table by the owner Masako. Our server was very polite when taking our order. Food came out and it was delicious. Great proportion! I had the 3 entree: teriyaki chicken, California rolls, and gyoza. I’m ready to come back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Seifer

The quality of the food is phenomenal and the staff was very attentive. Thank you Satoshi for recommending this place to me, the Pork Katsu Curry was fantastic. The owner Masako was very kind and her salad dressing was incredible. Thank you Ichiban for the good food!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mikayla Tetreault

One of the best restaurants I’ve been to- service, atmosphere, food all 10/10. It is a real warm and welcoming mom and pop type of place- complete with pictures by the host stand of the owners’ family members.

There was an older gentleman who sat us and I mentioned it was our first time there and he went and told- I believe his wife- the owner Masako who then came out and greeted us, thanked us for coming in, etc. Then the food was AMAZING.

We had the appetizer sampler, crunchy roll, chicken teriyaki and then my husband got the curry rice but added serranos to make it spicy and everything was to die for. It’s also priced reasonably for how big everything was. We were checked on often- but not too often- and the interactions with the owners felt very genuine.

It also seemed as though they most of the customers were regulars and Masako chatted with the family behind us, engaging with their little girl as well.

Masako spoke with us after eating to make sure we liked everything and also asked us about ourselves as I mentioned that I grew up in Brea just around the corner from the restaurant, but hadn’t seen it before. She even brought us some free dessert. We will absolutely be coming back. It’s now one of my favorite restaurants and definitely one of the best in Brea.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Christine Sporman-Locht

Friendly and amazing owners. Food is wonderful

Arno

Cozy atmosphere, very welcoming staff, highly skilled kitchen staff, a good variety on the menu.
And as a sushi lover, their sushi is perfect.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tuna

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