Ichibar

So, this exceeded our expectations. We walked in, and saw that there are some tatami rooms, there are paper lanterns hanging from the drop ceiling, and there's a sushi bar. There's a weird, dark event room which we walked by, and where the servers seem to congregate between services. If there were specials on the boards, we got hustled by them by the host, so we missed them. Oddly, we seemed to be the only people that got a paper menu. Everyone else around us got asked to scan the QR code taped at the end of each table. The menu is full of Japanese-y looking items, sushi and the like. I went "Bento Box," which included a bag salad with "sesame ginger" dressing, tempura prawns, and "hibachi chicken." The Mrs. got the "Joy Roll," based on our server's recommendation. And then we waited. The salad came out. I ate. We then waited some more. We'd been told the service here was slow, the kitchen slower. We were curious to see how bad it might actually be. While we waited, we received a big (really big) squeeze bottle of "the white sauce" for the table because "most people like this on their hibachi." The hibachi chicken (different from the teriyaki chicken because "it doesn't have teriyaki sauce") seems to have been cooked in this white sauce. It was okay. The tempura was crunchy on the outside, not bad. The "spicy tuna" roll was spicy and orange. I'm not sure it was tuna, maybe salmon. But, it wasn't bad, all in all. I'm not sure that the wasabi was real, as the greenness of it just didn't look right. The Joy Roll was fine. Nothing transformative, but, and as I find tempura-fried sushi rolls as some sort of conspiracy to try to get Southerners to eat "sushi," it was still alright. The service wasn't as bad as others have made it out to be here or on the Goog. Our server was attentive, kept our glasses filled, and kept assuring us that the food was going to hit the table, really it was. TLDR; this is Japanese style food in Vance County, NC. It's not fantastic, it's not as bad as you might suspect.

How I start? Well went to give it a try. The place was not busy at all actually a family of 4 went in at the same time as me. Requested the 3 roll special. It took about 20 minutes to bring the side of rice that comes with it. Remember I'm only one person and it another hour to get my rolls People went in and out way before me. Don't taken wrong the lady taking care of media her best but management should do a better job!! The food was good after all. Believe I thought about living it thereafter waiting for so long. But did not want to make my waitress worst Her service could not be better due to the sushi guy not keeping up with orders. I give one star for the sushi chef 4 to the waitress 3 for the food.

we walked in, got seated, me and one of my kids went to the bathroom it was filthy, stinky, crust-so grosse. back to the table and there was so much grime on it u could write on it with your finger the silverware they put out for us was cover with crusty prices and just filthy. the floor, the chairs, everything was filthy and greasy/grimy. we didn't even order we just left. never again Ichibar #RIP. someone honestly needs to call a health inspector on them. no way they are passing any kind of standards that would be considered safe for people to consume food from.

I'm a Chef and VERY picky. The Shrimp Tempura is the BEST! The sauces are GOLD! We also LOVE the Honey Chicken. And the Ginger Dressing is Amazing. I will drive an hour to get there. 5 Five Stars!

1. Food is mediocre 2. If you like hair and dead mosquitoes in your food then this place is for you If I could give this place a 0 I would. I would never come back here ever again drove 30 mins away to come here. They say once you leave with your food no refunds lol. That's cute. Don't waste your money here this place is TRASH !!!!

Had dinner here tonight and have gotten sick twice . Try to have them fix my food after telling them something didn't taste right they gave me 7 dollars off now I'm home sick and vomiting

Food is good Lady on the phone was rude telling me @8:55 I couldn't place my order or come in to order when they don't close til 9:30 Hibachi Chicken I walked in 5 mins later and ordered so idk why she lied

The food is really great , great portions .. for the Lunch and dinner , sushi is amazing and fresh .The service is really good , The staff is nice The place always looks nice and clean Me and my family Highly recommend this place !

Steak hibachi with the white sauce is very good. We done here sometimes and we have always received good service and enjoyed the food. MyFamily loves the sushi our goddaughters favorite she makes it her meal deep sea roll is her favorite.. The drink sex on the beach is very good.

I have been here 3 times, first time i really enjoyed my meal i ordered the kanikaki and a kid's chicken hibachi. As soon as they picked up the phone to answer i heard someone arguing in the background...ok. no one said anything to me for three minutes then heard a voice say "give me one second i'll be back with you shortly" they came back about 4 minutes later and i casually placed my order. Food was delicious but customer service was a little different. Second time i ordered for the family 3 kids chicken hibachi plates, it was a little less flavorful and a little dry than the first time. Yesterday i ordered a shrimp tempura with a kids Shrimp hibachi (trying something new). i asked the worker that i was ordering with how many pieces of sushi came in the different rolls and it was a 8 option and a 6 option i chose the roll with 8. the man on the phone was rude cutting across my sentence as i was spelling my name for the order.. i enter the restaurant starving walked out with high hopes and a busy night. I get to my destination and there's no white sauce, DISAPPOINTED! no one eats hibachi without white sauce so my plate was ruined i opened my sushi and the whole roll looked torn apart and i counted and there was only 6 when i paid for 8. I called let them know and ate my sushi theres no saving that hibachi. i finished my 6 piece shrimp rice and tasted the hibachi first bite i had to throw it away. the 4 little pieces of shrimp were dry and hard and the rice was under cooked half of the plate was full of vegetables and THERES NO WHITE SAUCE. Ichibar had their chance if i need a snack i'd go back for a roll of sushi but never their hibachi thank you!