Ichiban Japanese Grill - Tupelo: Experience Authentic Japanese Cuisine

Always delicious. Great prices for lunch sushi combos. My boys love the chicken udon. Their shrimp shumai is also very tasty.

Food was pretty good with no huge dips in quality, appropriate portions for the amount paid. Waitress was nice, although she seemed to have a limited knowledge of English(not enough to make ordering difficult, but at least enough to be noticeable) Seems like it was designed more for take out or drive through than dine in, as the food was served in to-go boxes. Overall, the atmosphere seemed not welcoming, but not unwelcoming either. Hibachi and sushi were mid, rangoons were excellent, and it seemed like they made their own yum yum sauce. Solid 4/5

I popped in for a late lunch with my daughter and we were starving. The place was expectedly quiet for our 3pm arrival, but we were seated quickly by our waitress and attended to swiftly. I ordered the 2 roll sushi lunch that came with soup and salad and an egg roll appetizer for the kiddo. Everything was served in to-go boxes, with the soup in a cup, salad in a styrofoam container, and very flimsy plastic utensils in a bag. The ginger dressing on the simple iceberg and carrots shaving salad was good. The soup wasn't very flavorful, but was hot and had plenty of mushrooms floaters...needed salt. I got the Pacific roll and Philadelphia roll, but neither were great. I didn't finish either because the Pacific didn't taste like much and the Philadelphia had very, very tough salmon. It won't be my go-to sushi place, but I did talk to another patron with a heaping styrofoam to-go box of hibachi chicken w/ noodles that said it was good, just wasn't as flavorful as she hoped. She added soy sauce and yum yum that was available on the table. The egg rolls tasted like they were frozen and from a bag, so definitely not something we will get again. Hopeful for a better experience next time, but would order something different.

Haven’t been here in forever so decided that my husband and I should go. Last time I came here, it was a few years back and I ate with my uncle. The vibe has not changed! I absolutely love their inside decor and everything is very clean within this establishment. The food is amazing and is served very quickly! I’ve seen some people not enjoy how the food is served in takeout plates or cups, but I lowkey enjoy this! It makes it easy to pack up your leftovers after dining in. I also loved just getting to sip my soup out of a little to-go cup (helpful since I’m always accidentally spilling something). The waiters and waitresses do speak limited English, but it is not much of an issue when you order! They can quickly pick up on what you’re trying to say or order most times.

Very friendly staff with an extensive menu. I ordered the dinner bento box with pork katsu. It came with a salad with was average and a choose of clear or miso soup. I chose the clear soup which was a broth of onions and mushroom...it was ok-ish. The bento box with the California roll and fried rice was very good and the pork katsu itself was really yummy! The ambience needs a face-lift but other than that, I would come here again!

Love the Ichiban people! Decent food, warm smiles, fast food preparation. Can't ask for much more. That's why i come back.

It was an okay place . Food was good but the atmosphere it’s not so appealing . I would definitely do take out next time.