Ichiban

Called at 2pm on a Saturday to see if the lunch special was still going on till 245pm! Arrived at 2:15pm only to be told it’s over, the fact that I called and was told it was still available and then told that it was now dinner 30 mins early cause they don’t want to sit us at a new table. Horrible customer service! Osaka is much better anyway!

The air conditioner was broken and one of my sushi rolls was odd tasting. I asked the waiters to not box that roll. She told the manager that I did not like the roll. The manager came over to our table to «let me know» that he tasted my roll and nothing was wrong with it. I was upset that he addressed my request to not include the roll in a to go box as a «attempt» to get the roll off my bill. I was going to pay for the roll with no problem. I just did not want it in my to go box. WTH ?! I will never go there again. Sorry ;(

This restaurant picked the right name! They really are 一番 in this area. I’d like to put this right up top in this rewiew… if you’re visiting the area and need to find a sushi restaurant… please stop looking and go here… and that’s an order! You won’t be disappointed, and believe me… dissapointment is awaiting you at other places. I found out the hard way. The service here was great, and the staff was upbeat and entertaining (habachi chef). The food was not old tasting and perhaps of the fresher variety. I can’t exactly say it was fresh because all the food in houma has a odd tinted taste to it (could be the water?).

Not too shabby. Sushi needs to be more consistent. Some days, it’s really good. Other days, it isn’t as good bc there’s way too much rice on certain days, and not enough fish/​meat other days. Service has always been great.

Not bad, not great. Wish I could pick 3.5 stars.
Service: ⁵⁄₅ Very attentive, friendly and genuine. Can tell it’s a family run establishment and makes the atmosphere comfortable I didn’t finish everything and took the rest to go where the waiter offered to box it up for me. Returned to hotel room and wanted a snack and was impressed by care and presentation here as well (see picture)
Décor :Pretty typical per your sushi/​hibachi establishment. Nice and clean.
Food: 3.5÷5 Nothing here will blow your mind. Prices are higher than some but portions completely match the price, very sizeable rolls. Ordered 3 rolls (Sweet Heart, Godzilla, American Dream) Didn’t realize I ordered so much fried so not as colorful. Presentation was fine (see picture), taste wise each was unique, however fish a tad chewy and not as fresh, eel in the one roll was bland.
Overall, not bad. While I plan to try the others in the area on my return visit they have set the bar and possible no others may pan out and I will return to Ichiban as my go-​to when in town.

I recommend sitting at the bar in the back, great service, nice presentation, overall the best sushi in Houma/​Thibodaux area.

Most of the Sushi places in Houma are kind of blend in together. This one is no better and is probably worse than the others. Some of my friends love the place, but to me it is the same food at a slightly higher cost and wait.
Our party waited over an hour one time, which is long for sushi in Houma. I would have been just as happy going two doors down for the same food and a similar price. But it wasn’t bad. We had hibachi until the wee hours of the night.

This was the first time eating here. I ordered the Houma roll and crunchy roll. I wasn’t able to order hibachi entrees since we didnt sit at the hibachi show tables. My Houma roll had a terrible aftertaste. The rest of the meal was pleasant but not my favorite place to eat sushi.

Never would have expected to find a quality sushi place around this area. Really good quality sushi, they offer the good classic rolls as well southern style sushi. Good service and would recommend to anyone who its a fan of sushi.

I travel a lot for work and I would recommend this place as a good bite to eat if you’re not from around the area. The sushi was fresh but I wouldn’t recommend the miso soup.

This is only a preliminary review here. I only did a quick pick up to satisfy a bit of miso soup deprivation before getting a needed rest. The soup was good. I may have to try the mushroom/​miso soup next, hmm. I also saw something else on the menu that peaked a bit of interest. The tuna and avocado was awesomely fresh. The sauce it came with wasn’t bad but could have been better. The server was polite although seeming to be a bit worried about getting a customer who doesn’t eat raw fish. I guess this may be understandable, almost a bit humorous in some way. If I would have needed it, she did do a good job of giving a forewarning.

This was a quick lunch trip for my daughters and myself. We did not sit at the hibachi, but the food was GREAT! We ordered off the lunch menu and were pleasantly surprised at how delicious the food was and the amount of food for the price was satisifing as well.
My only reason for giving 4 out of 5 stars, is because our server did not speak very well and was difficult to understand!

Excellent food Kids and I enjoy the hibachi bar. No reservations. But u can call 30 min ahead to get your name on the waiting list.

Best place to get sushi!!! Try the Who Dat Roll! And they have the best Hibachi I have had! the chefs are amazing! The staff is super super nice too! Great atmosphere too! Very nice place to go for a nice romactic meal or to bring the family out so the kids can have a blast and watch hibachi.

Probably one of the better sushi restaurants in Houma in my opinion. Since I frequent this area a few times a year for work, I’ve tried Samurai Dragon (ok, but I don’t like the fact that they put mayonaise on their rolls…), Osaka (ok) and Ichiban (pretty good). We seem to always return to eat at Ichiban every single time we come back to this area.
I haven’t tried the Hibachi grill, just sushi each time. Tried a lot of different rolls including the lobster one (they serve it in a martini glass — pretty expensive but pretty good), and the typical rolls. My co workers have tried the sashimi platter… that is pretty expensive but they’ve all said that it’s pretty fresh and yummy.
This last time I tried the Nebayaki (sp?) Udon Noodles — I did not enjoy it at all. It;s probably not Ichiban, it’s prob just the taste of the broth in general that I did not like.
Service has been generally good each time I’ve been here. When they first opened I did have bad service (they completely forgot the roll I ordered even though I kept asking about it about 3 times so I was the only one that didn’t get my meal!) — but since I’ve been back, I’ve never had another issue like that.
Tempura Ice cream is pretty good as well! Overall, this is a good sushi restaurant to go to in this area of Louisiana. Will surely be back the next time I head over to this area again!