Ichiban Chinese & Japanese Buffet

We were warmly greeted and immediately escorted to our booth. Clean, well-stocked stations had the ususal Chinese buffet offerings. There was a lot of business, so the food turned over quickly and was all fresh and delicious. I loved the soup bar. I had 4 mugs of soups with various ingredients including dumplings, thin rice noodles, wonton, and more. The salad bar was pretty plain until you realize you can choose from many tables to make an excellent salad.Likewise with the habachi. Instead of sticking to the offerings at the hibachi grill station I wandered and concocted an amazing collection of veggies, mushrooms, and shrimp. The house sauce+garlic+hot sauce combination was a big winner.

I went with a very large group they knew that we were coming and we were seated immediately. The wait staff promptly took our drink orders. Then it was off to the buffet.The star of the buffet was the hibachi cooking. It was delicious. You pick out what you want and it is cooked as you wait. If I go again that would be my first stop. There are so many other choices hard to pick what should be first. All the food stations were well stocked. This may not be gourmet but it is very good. Also, the waitstaff circled around and kept the water glasses full ... nice.Would I go back? Definitely . If you go ... go hungry.

Stopped in recently for my birthday dinner with the family. No complaints from anyone, but unfortunately with so much different choices, everything was just fine or good, but nothing really excellent. Still, a strong 4-star experience. Food on the buffet was hot, nothing seemed like it was dying out there on the plates. Kinda wished for a few more sushi choices, but that was more a preference, they have a dozen or so kinds, both raw and cooked! The place is huge, but doesn't feel overly so, a lot of light fixtures and such show their age & have cobwebs & some grime on them; this place could use a good deep clean, but everything food-related was clean and ready. The staff were all friendly, never had to ask for a refill on drinks or plates to be taken away, the waiters were very attentive.

I've seen this restaurant several times and being in the vicinity, we decided to try it.Located just outside the Leesburg mall. The Parking lot is small and tight, you may need to park across the way in the mall parking lot. As you enter there is signage indicating the lunch and dinner buffet prices - Dinner $15.99 for a Saturday night. The hostess will seat you and ask for your drink order. You may then proceed to the buffet.While the selection of items is HUGE - Hot & cold dishes available. Sushi, Teppanyaki, Seafood dishes, salads and desserts the options are extensive. However the taste of the food left a lot to be desired. The Fried Chicken was flavorless and greasy. The Stuffed Oyster was full of imitation crab meat and tasted of imitation crab meat. The Mongolian Beef was a bit too spicy for me and missing that Mongolian Beef flavor.The sushi selection was pretty good for this type of restaurant and the nigiri was decent. They do have wasabi & eel sauce available.The made to order Teppanyaki is a nice addition to getting a customized dish - beef, shrimp and chicken are the protein choices along with noodles and assorted veggies. You can also add an egg! My order had a lot of butter added and turned out to be to oily.Large dessert selection to pick from even packaged Almond Cookies. Ice Cream is available to scoop the amount you want.Over all was not satisfied with the taste of the food and probably won't return.

The good here is that they have a large variety of items to choose from - some are pretty good, others not so much. A lot of the fried stuff is dried out (or at least it was the day we went). But as buffet's go, the selection is good. They have a grill area where you can pick stuff to have them grill for you, such as beef fried rice with egg, etc. The biggest problem with this area is that there are NO instructions about how it works and the person working the grill that night basically just ignored me because I didn't have a plate of food for him to grill. I didn't understand until another customer told me I had to go select what I want and hand it to him. There definitely needs to be a sign at that station about how it works and/or an employee who is willing to talk to the customers. It was super frustrating and I spent a lot of time waiting not realizing what needed to be done. They also have sushi, but it was just okay. Very small rolls, lots of rice, little filling. Also, no one asked us when we were seated if we've ever been their before or offered to explain how things work. It was not a very welcoming experience. I'm giving it 3 because I'm willing to give it a try one more time in the future.

Great price. $15.99 is very reasonable. They keep it clean, with lots of servers clearing the used plates. So many food options, beyond Chinese/sushi. Salads, pizza, fried chicken, peel & eat shrimp, salmon, etc. orange sherbet and vanilla ice cream plus other desserts. Everything is good, a few things are great. Inside is a bit tired, but plenty of tables and booths.

I am a little disappointed that this restaurant doesn't have a higher rating. Yesterday my wife and I went to Ichiban Chinese restaurant for lunch the place was crowded. We were here a week ago and again the parking lot was full.There price for lunch buffet included a drink was $12.95 which is great for what you get. I mainly eat the seafood consisting of cold boiled shrimp and mussels and the hot sour soup which was excellent.Food continued to come out of the kitchen and figured with the amount of customers inside it's continues to stay fresh. My wife had the typical Chinese meal to include noodle beef chicken and vegetable s. She really enjoyed her meal. Actually she was the one who suggested us making the 30 mile drive for lunch.Dessert s include several flavors of ice cream cakes and cookies.Our waiter refilled my tea exactly at the right time and kept our table clean of our dirty dishes.Overall we will definitely be returning maybe one day try the dinner menu.

Food is greasy, low quality. Dirty eating area, bathrooms smell bad. The staff is friendly.

Food is lukewarm warm and bland. Came for the ayce sushi and the rice was hard and the sushi wasn't good. Was in the villages and saw the 3 star review expected better than this. If you're coming for anything Japanese related don't.

Our favorite place for chinese buffet. We especially love to use the hisbachi to have all the fresh vegetables eggs, shrimp, chicken, beef with you choice of sauces cooked in front of you and made to order. Fantastic. Great service always. The place is clean.