Ichiban Buffet

We use to visit back when it was Hibachi. He was years younger "a piece of crab" ... yrs young..iykyk.. lol..The ambiance of this place is soothing! Went very early so the food was fresh!! I enjoyed it here..made my own strawberry shortcake ice cream 🍓🏔️🍰

A family of 5 for my granddaughter birthday $106.00 down the drain.The food was nasty. I tasted samples of foods so I can see what I like and nothing was good but the ice cream.Also they are not changing the food out in a timely manner. The shrimp should not be soggy.Go at your own will.

For $18.99 a person, Ichiban Buffet is a steal! Everything was fresh and decent, very fair deal for $18.99 AYCE! There’s also a lot of options, including sushi and hibachi. No complaints at all. Only feedback is that the bathrooms could use some air refreshers and be wiped down better, considering how we came in shortly after the opening time.

Not a bad restaurant with a buffet to go there for dinner or lunch. I went there for dinner. I liked everything, but it was too hot inside because the air conditioning didn’t work well. The food is delicious, the selection is mainly seafood. But there are other delicious foods. The staff is normal and works very quickly. You need to pay immediately upon entering or when you sit at the table. for dinner for one person I paid $22.66

This was totally an experience for lunch. It’s all you can eat seafood 🦞. My tastebuds are still dancing from this amazing and satisfying experience. The service was phenomenal, my waitress was on point my coffee cup and my table was almost never waiting anything. From my arrival until my departure I was fully waited on. Thanks so much for the kindness and generosity. The ambiance and decor was superb in every way. Thanks for this beautiful space in the center of Cottman Avenue. My friend and I had such an incredible time together.

Food are pretty good in this place. It has better taste than most Chinese buffet I've been to. A good place to get lunch. Their sushi option is pretty good but for nigiri, the rice is bigger than the fish sometimes. Overall, Chinese food taste great. Japanese food is average in term of taste.

Food was good for buffet style. Service was ok. It felt a little rushed as the waiters rush in to grab plates before you even finish your last bite. But that didn’t bother too much considering we had a pretty clean table and not a pile of plates throughout our meal. What really turned me off was when one of the wait staff came out and pointed out that there was no tip on the receipt when we had put a tip at the front desk when we first paid before being seated. We were already going to leave a cash tip in addition to the one on the receipt because my infant child made a mess. I didn’t like that she came up to us to point out the tip when it was already done. Then when I told her we left the tip on the receipt she got upset and started rambling in her language. We left a cash tip anyways because we always do, especially when our children make a mess but I just don’t think that’s good etiquette on their part.

Didn’t know there was a seafood boil so close by to home, so I had to try it out with my friends. I have to say, I was surprised, everything was so fresh and food was served quickly, the young male who served me was very professional and drinks came out promptly. I really love the drinks here, the Hawaiian breeze here is a must try. Will come back again soon!

This was a really good spot to go to for seafood, which we regularly had our family gatherings for the past 2-3 years. We are normally showing up with 10+ people each time at least twice a month.... It has been a few months since the holidays was just over, and to our surprise, it's under a new ownership. The difference (can't remember on the price) but no more crab legs except for holidays. The staff are the same and ambience hasn't changed. Food is still decent...however, this time around, I decide to pay for gratitude at the front desk instead of before leaving. To our surprise, the staff that always served us for all these visits decides to stop us from leaving because we didn't leave a tip on the table! I reiterated that we already gave the 18% at the front desk and they blocked us from leaving until we showed them our folded-up receipt (which we luckily didn't throw out) that we already paid. I am not sure what happened there, but given that it's the same staff that always served us that did this, we will be very reluctant to come back for sure. There are plenty of other buffets nearby that would appreciate our business and not treat us like criminals just because we didn't leave tip on the table. I hope the owner reads this because this is just unacceptable way to treat customers. I can understand people aren't making much these days and depend on gratitude for income, but while it's a great gesture, it is still at the discretion of the customer! The staff needs some cultural training for sure.

Their fish are good taste fresh .... The noodle and yellow rice are cold ... They barely have any sushi choice .. Service is alright . This restaurant is huge and definitely love the overall design of the place . Especially those plates on the walls .

Lunch 11am-330pm. $12/person Dinner afterwards. $18/person Sushi limited option. You can request specially made items at certain times depending on the chef. This time we went, the chef flat out lied and said they don't do custom orders when the last time we were here, that chef allowed it. Afterwards, I heard them making fun at us upon walking away for asking for a simple custom order of avocado roll. They must be extremely bored at work for them to find this entertainment and not go above and beyond if they have nothing to do... needless to say that we enjoyed our previous visit better. Also saw at one point, the sushi chef touched the trash can then continue to prepare food without washing his hands in between. He did this while prepping sushi lunch for his coworker so if he did this during then, he probably does it with customers' foods too. Other than that, the hibachi was good as we can customize our ingredients and the food comes out hot. We ask to skip the extremely sweet sauce as it'll most likely contain HFCS. We crave certain buffet junk foods at times like cheese wonton & chicken nuggets (our guilty pleasure). We liked that they didn't have single serve ice cream and had the huge tubs of ice creams this time. Fishes were all tasteless as they were most likely previously frozen, but that is what you pay for buffet quality.

This place is horrible! The other day when we arrived, there were only about 2 tables filled in the entire restaurant. Food was cold, I informed the waitress about this matter two times. She says it is because they didn't have any customers so they turn the heat low so the food won't get sticky together. Nothing was being done about it though. Everything was nasty, cold, and old! You can tell everything was sitting there for a whole day. But think about it, they don't even turn the heat on for the food. I don't think they could even pass health checks. I don't recommend going there, their food will make you sick!

This place is a hidden gem!!!!!! The buffet is reasonably priced and food tastes amazing!!!!!

Amazing,but they took the boil and snow crab legs away the legs are available at 9 pm

For a buffet it was good. The hibachi was the best part! As for "seafood" part not much appetizing seafood with the exception on shrimp. Seafood was hard shell whole small crab, crawfish shelled, and "fish" in that were fishy in different sauces. Sushi is California rolls only. The Chinese food was good. But probably the best china buffet I have had in while. No crab legs!