Ginban Sushi

Hostess not super friendly. Sushi is good, dynamite app is awesome. It was dead on a Sunday at lunch, it took a little while before my order was taken. Hostess was also the server.

Ok so highly disappointed with this place! It was lunch time place was empty and food tasty fishy! The sushi chefs were examining the fish in front of me making sure it was good! I was like no way. My soup and salad seemed ok until the salad was still frozen! Definitely not coming back. Hope I don’t get sick! Hostess wasn’t very pleasant. Off to hopefully find a better spot!

Their menu is very deceiving. What are advertised as happy specials are not really. Also, the service is poor.

I’m always wary of eating sushi in Arizona so I only try a place out if someone refers me to it. I was thoroughly impressed with this place. The roles were delicious and huge and reasonably priced. Will definitely go again.

After going to three different sushi places and finding two incredibly long waits and one we sat a table and no-​one came; we left after 15 minutes.
So off we went and we found Ginban and called, they said no wait. We arrived and found only one table sat, we were a little apprehensive about the quality due to the short wait but after a quick look around the restaurant; it has such great décor, even the restrooms are amazing!
Now on to the food! Incredible yellow tail, and delicious seared tuna. The rolls: caterpillar and evil one! Seriously amazing.
Do yourself a favor and visit Ginban. It is now our favorite.

Eat here. I could stop the review with those two words but I’ll add a bit more color. This is hands down the best sushi spot in Phoenix. I’ve tried way too many of them. After a while I got to know the owners, Kenny and Vivian, and they’re very nice and accommodating. Kenny was always willing to make a special off-​menu dish (I never asked for one if they were swamped) and they sometimes have specials you won’t get in most places, like the time they had a fresh sea urchin (delicious). Also, get the fresh (real) wasabi. You won’t regret it.
Alas my time in Phoenix ended (a while ago — somehow I forgot to post this review) and this spot is what I miss most. If you see Kenny and Vivian, tell them I said hello.

The best sushi place in the town!!! Their sushi are fresh and so delicious. Staffs are fast and helpful. Love it!!!

The major downside of this restaurant is that it’s extremely far from my house. :(We stopped here for a bit on the way to Tucson and I’m so glad we did. Rolls were fresh and creative. Service was excellent. We had the Banana Mama roll and while it’s not my favorite roll, it is possibly the most creative roll I’ve ever eaten. Prices were very reasonable and it was a great value.

Great food, but some of the servers are a little slow. The core staff is awesome, but they seem to have done problems with new servers.

Very impressed with the sushi rolls (golden spider, spicy girl, ginban) and love boat for 2 (sashimi and nirgiri). Fresh fish and nice atmosphere inside!

I can’t believe how dead this place was on both of my visits this week. Please help support this place. Good sushi is had to come by.

We’ve been here enough times that I can update this review. This place is so damn good! Our last experience was a little disappointing because my boyfriend got a cross contamination allergy reaction but I blame us for that. We should have reminded them that he needs his sushi prepared away from any shellfish. We’ve basically tried all the sushi rolls that are without shrimp. All wonderful! They even told us we could always pick any roll we wanted and they could swap out the shrimp for another type of fish. Very cool. We’ll be back for sure!

Great lunch spot. Quick service with lots of options for a reasonably priced meal. They also offer fresh wasabi which had me crying! Miso soup and a salad with all the lunch specials.

Awesome! Great sushi quality and reasonably priced. We ordered the sushi and sashimi combo and it came with the Ginban roll. Both dishes were excellent and the presentation was beautiful. We also tried the crazy roll. It’s piled high with soft shell crab meat. My wife loved it. The staff was very attentive and the facility is clean and beautifully decorated.

Very fresh ingredients. This is the best sushi take-​out in Ahwatukee, we order way too often from this place… Make sure to always ask for what the chef/​owner recommends for the day. If you like a spicy sushi, ask for the Evil Roll, it’s not on the menu.
Sunday all day happy hour!

I have a love hate relationship with this place. We tried it for the first time on SAT on the way back from the outlets. The younger gentlemen who greeted us was super friendly, sat us right away and brought our drinks over right away too. However, he was the ONLY part of the service that night that was good. The waitress who took our order seemed new? She didn’t know what agedashi tofu was and didn’t seem very happy to be there and neither did the other two waitresses (one of them being the owner). However, I will say that the food is great! This is probably THE BEST moderately priced sushi you will get in AZ. I’m from Hawaii so I know fresh sushi/​sashimi! :)
We ordered the following items.
APPETIZER: Agedashi Tofu — this was EXCELLENT! VERY lightly battered, perfect crisp and the dash broth surprisingly was the perfect soupy consistency and not too salty!
SUSHI: We ordered the Spicy Scallop Sushi (Gunkan), and the Sweet Potato Tempura Roll. The Spicy Scallop was pretty fresh, no the best I’ve had but definitely not bad. The consistency of the rice here is fairly decent! The sweet potato roll I could love it or leave it. The sweet potato was crispy and delicious but I think because it was piping hot when it was rolled up, it ended up heating up the rice a bit and making it a tad mushy.
BENTO: We ordered the Combination Bento Box with Salmon and Beef Teriyaki. It came with a full size California roll. The roll had very little rice which I can definitely appreciate and the inside was STUFFED so the bento box was a great deal! It also came with miso soup and a side salad.
MISC: We decided to try the Shrimp Yaki-​Udon. The udon could’ve been a bit more al dente but overall, not too shabby at all!
As the evening progressed our wait staff became more friendly which was nice and the busser (who was also the one who initially greeted us at the door) was super diligent about drink refills and taking away the dishes we were finished with.
In regards to the décor, it’s very chic! It’s a new spot so it’s super clean. The interior finishes are all very modern and the both times we’ve been here it’s been a nice and quiet dining experience. I’ll definitely be back! :)

Great place! I have finally found a place that make a roll similar to what I would get from Sushiya in San Diego. The roll from Sushiya is called a snowball and the one at Ginban is a Crazy Roll and Ginban’s roll is even better… I also got a Philadelphia which everyone makes the same so I knew it was a good comparison to start with.
WOW I think I just burst my own bubble… Well after some looking it seems that other places have a similar roll to a Snowball but call them Jalapeño rolls (deep fried, Inside: Jalapenos, crab, and cream cheese. Topped with spicy mayo, eel sauce, green onions and masago.) The only difference with Ginban is that their Crazy Rolls has crunchy spicy salmon, avocado on top. Everything else is the same.
If I had to choose between RA and Ginban I would pick Ginban every time! I liked the feel of the place much better and the quality of the sushi was better too. Ginban is going into our rotation of regular lunch spots.

I live right down the street from this restaurant and drive past it constantly so my boyfriend and I thought we would give it a try. They also have happy hour all day on Sunday’s, so that helped swayed our decision. After waiting about 20 minutes for our food, I ended up getting the Crazy Roll and the boyfriend tried the Dynamite roll. The Crazy roll was supposed to be spicy, but it actually turned out to be extremely sweet and not what I was hoping for at all. Almost had a banana taste to it. I thought his Dynamite roll was delicious and wish I would have ordered that instead.
Also, even though it says happy hour all day on Sunday’s, the speciality rolls are only 20% off AFTER 8:30 that evening. Made this mistake of not reading the fine print.

Went with the family on Sunday for sushi and grabbed the love boat for 2 with some happy hour rolls (salmon skin, and snow white roll). Overall, the salmon was deliciously buttery but the snapper tasted a bit funky. The Snow White roll was great incorporating snow crab but the happy hour price ($ 9) didn’t make me that happy with every other roll on there being around $ 4. I think the highlight for me personally was the salmon skill roll which is normally hard to find in Sushi places around Chandler (or they make the recipe kind of odd, or taste burnt).
Overall, I would probably visit again but try some other rolls and stick with Salmon for deliciousness.

We stumbled upon this place on New Year’s Day. It was pretty difficult finding a restaurant that was open on this day and on our way to the Chandler outlets. We stopped at a restaurant before this one and it was jampacked! I was not about to wait so I found this place — luckily!
When we walked in, the restaurant was empty. I was surprised because the ambiance is trendy. I didn’t care though and proceeded to order the Volcano roll and Hawaiian roll. Both were fabulous! I also ordered the tempura red bean ice cream and that one was a fail. The bowl that it came in was too small and the ice cream was so hard that it felt like it was in the freezer for months.
However, the sushi did hit the spot and they probably saved me from eating at a chain fast food restaurant (yuck). If you are in the area, I definitely think you should try this place!