Ichiban Sushi Restaurant in San Bruno

Name: Ichiban Sushi
Address: 352 El Camino Real, San Bruno, United States
Telephone: 16508732268
Rating: 3.7

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Ichiban Sushi

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#67 From 101 in San Bruno

7.4

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Ambience

7.4/10

Food

7.4/10

Interior

7.4/10

Prices

7.4/10

Service

7.4/10

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$$ Sushi, Japanese , Asian

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+16508732268

352 El Camino Real, San Bruno, United States

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The menu of Japanese cuisine is to the pleasure of all guests here. You can share perfectly cooked shrimp tempura roll, nigiri and shrimp tempura with your friends and have a nice time here. Tasty flija is the best dish. Good beer will make your meal better and you'll surely come back. At this restaurant, visitors can drink delicious tea. Ichiban Sushi offers food delivery for the convenience of its clients. The nice staff works hard, stays positive and makes this place wonderful. Service at this place is something one can name professional. Prices here are reported to be affordable. You will certainly appreciate the charming atmosphere. But people rate this spot below average on Google.

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Lynn Chayatanan

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11 months ago

Every time I've been here, I've been surprised at the low cost. This place is right next to a higher end sushi joint, but sells rolls and the like for much less, and it honestly feels like a hidden gem because of it. They have some in-ground seating which requires you to take off your shoes, but they also have some standard tables and bench seating along one side of the place. The food is always delicious. I usually got for the tempura and teriyaki chicken (sometimes beef) bento with some CA rolls, a standard American palette classic, and it's always good. My boyfriend appreciates the multiple different cooked rolls and the flowing green tea. His picky-as-ever kid happily ate her cucumber rolls and tried plenty of new things here, which is a huge plus (we thought she would like other sushi places as she claims to love sushi, but would barely touch her CA rolls at rotating sushi!). The joint is clearly run by family as their kids will be on devices or doing homework at a table, but as someone who grew up in a restaurant, it's rather charming to me. The place has a bustling to-go scene, and during dinner it never seems to die down. I'm surprised at the low rating this place gets considering their price and location (I wonder how many people found this place after discovering the neighboring sushi place usually has an hour wait!) As the food will slake a craving and won't break the bank. The chicken is never dry, the soups are always flavorful, the rolls are always tasty and the fish is never smelly/chewy. We live nearby and come at least once a fortnight and have yet to have a bad meal here (though I will say the teriyaki salmon was not the best, but the rest has been fine). Give this place a dine-in try and don't be afraid to try some creative rolls here. I suggest the kamikaze roll. Service Dine in Meal type Dinner Price per person $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 4 Recommended dishes Tempura

Tofu

3 years ago

I came here planning to do some outdoor dining, however changed my mind and ordered takeout instead. The restaurant is inside a strip mall in the corner. There are about 4 tables outside and they are poorly lit. One table that was available was really close to the parking lot and I can see and hear all the cars driving by. Lots of cars also made a stop by that corner for people running in to pick up their order. I thought it was best to order takeout since it wasn’t the atmosphere I was hoping for. I waited almost an hour for my food to be ready. Two tables sat down after I placed my order and they received their food before I did. The sushi here wasn’t anything amazing. The wasabi was especially bad.

Stacey Warren

7 years ago

Although I'd heard the service was bad, it was actually fine. The low stars are for the quality of the fish, which was horrible. Everything had a fishy taste and all the sashimi that should melt in your mouth was chewy and gross. I'm really sad because we live nearby and it would be nice to have another sushi place to frequent. Also, I used to go here a lot several years ago and it used to be decent. Husband was just glad it didn't give us food poisoning. We ordered the Lover's Delight.

Sapph Nor

4 years ago

Tried this place at a friend’s place via food delivery. Rather disappointing. The Hamachi Maki was supposed to have green onion in it; but came with none. Lemon slices on the 49er Roll were small and thick, and had seeds in them. Philadelphia Roll had more cream cheese than salmon. Alaska Roll had only a little bit of avocado and tobiko. Salmon Skin Roll would probably do better without the sweet sauce. Carrots in the tempura looked like half of the carrot was just chopped off and thrown into the batter; and they were half cooked. All in all, not worth the price, and not a restaurant I would recommend.

David Hwu

Non Japanese ran sushi restaurant that’s fairly ok. Sashimi I had was still fairly frozen but tasted like fish discernible from salmon to hamachi. Step above most sushi buffet as this place isn’t a buffet. Jumbo spider roll was a real pass... not large, soft shell crab was not evident in taste. Reasonable cheap prices makes this place popular.

H C

6 years ago

Really good place for a quick bite, friendly service and clean facility. I had the dragon roll, lion king and an order of Santa Barbara Uni. They were all delicious, this will be my new go-to spot for sushi!

Elizabeth B

2 months ago

Regular at the restaurant, well priced and amazing service - I love the family! Service Dine in Meal type Dinner Price per person $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Jeffrey Wang

Takoyaki was great and had lots of octopus pieces. Unagi was also very soft. Very reasonably priced

Harry Yang

Decent but nothing special. Open later than amami but otherwise amami is better.

David Ly

5 years ago

Excellent food. One of our favorite place to dine.