We has a great time celebrating our granddaughters birthday, our chef Roger was an excellent host, great experience all round. Would definitely recommend for any occasion!
Amazing first experience! All the staff was amazing and always made sure we had drinks and everything we needed. The chef we had was newish was only there for 3 months or so and he did a fantastic job! Would for sure go again next time I am in Winnipeg and highly recommend it! You will not be let down
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Ichiban is famous for their entertainment. Each table surrounds a grill and the chef puts on a cooking show in front of you. My significant other and I went to Ichiban for the first time last night for my birthday. What an experience!! We were placed to be seated with anther group of 4 people at this table for the show. I had the Ichiban combination dinner, which came with green tea, soup, salad, an appetizer, an entree with Teriyaki Chicken, Shrimp, Filet Magnon, vegetables and rice and ice-cream for dessert. The chef did a great job at engaging the audience throughout the show. He also had a great sense of humour so that made the show very entertaining! For what you pay for, it is totally worth it. The food was flavourful and it came with an enormous portion. Everyone at my table had to box their food up at the end of the night. In addition, the service was excellent.
As the birthday girl, I was given deep fried banana and ice cream for dessert instead of the regular ice cream that came with the meal. What an excellent idea!
The restaurant is located next to the Delta Hotel. When you do go, make sure you park at the Delta Hotel's Parkade. The restaurant will validate your parking ticket at the end of the night so that should not cost you a dime.
Overall, Ichiban is definitely a place to check out for special occasions. I would totally go back again! In fact, I plan to take my parents here soon!!
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Had an excellent time. This was our second time coming. The chef cooks the food right in front of you. The table you eat at surrounds the chef and cooking surface on 3 sides. The meal starts off with soup followed by sautéed chicken liver with onions and mushrooms. I'm not normally fan of liver but this was pretty good. Next was a salad of cucumber in vinegar topped with minced crab. It was good too. The chef came out and was very entertaining and polite. It was a meal and a show in one. The chef started the cooking of the main course by making an 'onion volcano' where he put 3 rings of onion on top of each other on the cooking surface to make the volcano shape, filled it with oil, added a bit of water to make it sizzle and lit it on fire with a match which created a huge 4 foot high raging fire. He asked if it was a special occasion and we told him it was our anniversary, so he made the fried rice into a big heart with an arrow through it on the cooking surface and poured soy and teriyaki sauce into it to cause the heart to beat. We had the special. Filet mignon, chicken breast and lobster were cooked perfectly and very tender. Next came green tea. Then the hostess came out with a special dessert for us, on the house as it was our anniversary, which consisted of deep fried bananas topped with ice cream, whipped cream, caramel, and a cherry on top. My daughter had the green tea ice cream. She said it is now her favorite restaurant. Kids menu prices are twice that of a franchise chain restaurant but what you get is way more than just chicken fingers and a colouring book. They gave her so much food. A very unique dining experience and I would recommend it to anyone.
Well, we spent a wonderful couple of hours at the Ichiban this evening. The food was absolutely excellent, the server was wonderful. She was extremely attentive without being overbearing in any way. The chef was lovely!!! Very friendly and made us a delicious supper. And to top it all off we sat with a lovely couple from Flin Flon we had never met before and had an absolutely lovely time with them. Thank You!!!
Our party of 5 enjoyed a wonderful dinner to celebrate a special birthday this evening. When we were seated at the table, a miscommunication between staff kept us waiting 20 minutes for table service, but when it was discovered, the manager jumped into action, apologizing and offering to buy our first round of drinks. A class act and much appreciated. Dinner was superb as always and our chef was professional, courteous and playful with the guests, especially one young boy about 5 years old. We brought two "newbies" with us and the whole experience totally exceeded their expectations. We raved about the great food all the way home. Thank you!
I really enjoyed dinner here recently with a group of 7 of us. The service was excellent and the atmosphere was very fun and lively. The chef put on a great show and got everyone involved and entertained. The serving staff had us all doing saki bombs and it was a great time. The food was pretty good...I can't say it was fabulous or outstanding but it was good. Overall it was a great experience and I look forward to going back.
We were group of 8 and didn't take us long to get a table. The food was fresh, very tasty and entertaining as they prepare and cook your food in front of you. Good quality service. A bit pricey but worth it. Great place for a party of 4 or more.
A group of nine of us dined here last night. This was a great place to have a fun and unique dining experience with a group of friends. We started with a couple drinks in the lounge area while we waited for all of our party to arrive. They won't seat you till everyone is present. Our chef, Pete was very good. Just the right amount of humour and fun. We enjoyed watching him prepare all the courses. The food here is plentiful and delicious. Everyone in our group left completely satisfied. The different meats, vegetables, rice, soup and salad were all delicious. The quality of food and service is outstanding here. Great value for the price. I also ordered an avocado roll, and it was really good. Diners should expect to spend 3 hours here, but the time flies because it's a lot of fun.
Pricey but worth it. Great way to spend a night entertained by the chef! So good and overall great atmosphere. There was 4 of us and we booked ahead as it can be hard to have a place to sit on busy nights. Great place.
Well this was a favorite of Mom's some 25 years ago.
The show is the show.
Frankly the food quality is good.
Soup hot, tasty.
Appetizers good.
There are way better sushi places if you are into sushi.
However whether you eat the steak, chicken, seafood. Its all tasty with the problem being it all tastes the same.
But that is what teriyaki is. Sort of overpowering the food itself.
Meat cuts are tender, but close your eyes, and you likely don't know whether its chicken or steak.
Drinks are novel. Atmosphere around a table with strangers can be either great or not so much.
Look it's been around for decades, If you have never gone its worth a shot.
Not an annual event for me.
Amazing Experience! Will Return. Our first experience at this restaurant was nothing short of fun and entertaining. Food was amazing and the portions were huge. Our 2 chefs were Tommy Kim and Roger and I highly recommend requesting them as they were both extremely friendly and very entertaining. We noticed some other tables had chefs that were a bit more low key so we were very pleased with ours. Made the whole night very fun.
Our first visit in decades and first visit ever for others. What an amazing and fun experience. Dinner for 7, prepared table side by Chef Chi. He was fun and engaging. Ha who was our hostess was awesome. We will definitely make Ichiban a regular stop for our supper club. Food was superb.
I haven't gone out since December so this was pretty scary of an experience, but the atmosphere was so amazing that I felt entirely at ease. The prices are worth it for the quality of service and interactive experience alone, but the deal is sweetened by the large amount of food you get and the fact that it's seafood cooked literally perfectly. I don't think I've ever had scallops that were cooked to a perfect texture before I came here.
The hosts are super friendly and attentive and the cooks are all equally friendly and a whole lot of fun. The cook at our table was able to fit right into our group's sense of humor and it was like just adding another friend to the table.
I also absolutely LOVE the Geisha drink I got. Not only was it super tasty, but the glass was beautiful and I got to take it home. I want to come back to collect them all, especially the Lucky Cat.
Thank you for the lovely food, service and experience!
Our chef was funny and we went on a Thursday night so it wasn’t too crowded. If you go during the weekend, the chefs might do fewer tricks and you might have less time to enjoy (since it’s busy). I’d rate the performances here 5 stars and the food 3 stars. Overall, good place to visit for special occasions!
Always a great experience! I’ve been a loyal Ichiban customer for 35 years and it’s always a fun evening! Decided to try take out tonight and even without the “show” the food was amazing!!
Great friendly, experince. Good was good, drinks were great. Great outting for a group of friends. They have vegetarian options as well. A little pricey but still a fun experience :) will definitely be back! Have more cups to collect!
Went with a good group of friends and we had a blast. Everyone is very friendly and seems to enjoy what they are doing. Good food and just a great atmosphere. It can get pricey if you are having drinks, but as with most places that is to be expected. All in all super fun.
This is a wonderful and unique place to get dinner in Winnipeg. Such great entertainment, and delicious food. The chefs do a great job at making the dinner interactive and keeping everyone laughing. They even had a vegetarian option; it just wasn’t listed on their menu (though maybe it should be? As a vegetarian I got a little worried looking at the menu and seeing no options of food for me to eat). We loved it here, fun for the whole family.
Great experience, ambience, fun, food and service. My wife has red meat allergy so we thought it could be difficult. We were very happy with the way they accommodated her allergy issue, by frying all non red meat food first and then red meat at the end for other guests. Shef Chi was the star of the show. I could pretty much see all chefs at different tables around the restaurant displaying their skills, and patrons enjoying. The entire ambience including the dresses of servers have a wholesome Japanese cultural feeling to it, so for a while it feels like a trip to Japan
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