Ichiban in Edinburgh, City of

Very nice staff and very tasty food me and my girlfriend had ramen with beef and everything tasted perfect the meat, the ramen, the onions and the carrots all cooked well together. I would recommend it to everyone

Fantastic food and service very authentic

Absolutely lovely restaurant. I came with my partner and my mum. The chips were amazing, but the real speciality seemed to be the noodles. My chicken udon was brilliant and my partners beef raven was also really good. The meat on both was so tender. We had such lovely service from the waitress who explained it was a family run restaurant.

Delivered fast but small and expensive portions sushi and the spring rolls are terrible, going straight in the bin, tastes like old oil!

Delicious, delicious, delicious 🥹GOOD!

Very friendly place, kind owners. Lovely food 😌

Lovely couple-run restaraunt specialising in Guangzhou style cheung fun - delicious and homemade cheung fun and soy sauce. Would really recommend those who haven’t tried this dish before to try it here - haven’t found it anywhere else in the UK (even London)!

I haven’t eaten rice rolls for ten months, and I finally had the recognized Cantonese rice rolls in Edinburgh! I ate two portions in a row, beef and barbecued pork! I learned about this small shop from the recommendation of Xiaohongshu. It is reliable and the products are reassuring. This is the taste of home-cooked food! The boss and his wife were very honest and had a pleasant chat. Finally, I felt that the sky in Edinburgh was not so gray! 😁

The kitchen is clean! They are all freshly fried and delicious, and the lady boss is also nice.

Ordered the vegan salmon set. I was surprised by the speed of preparation. The "salmon" was frozen and not eatable. I cannot understand how someone can be so careless to serve frozen food with such a high price...

Food was delicious, service was very friendly and was made to feel at home. Prices were very reasonable given quality and portion size, only downside was the toilet was dirty and in need of a little TLC. Would highly recommend Ichiban, and won't hesitate to go back next time I am in the area

The food is delicious, and the owner is kind.

recommend their rice-roll, available even at night time. My friend said sushi wasn’t bad.

Delicious food! We ordered the cheung fun (rice noodles) - one with prawn and one with beef and it was amazing. We also ordered the lamb cumin skewers, which were very juicy and well spiced. I believe the options we ordered were from the Chinese menu rather than the Japanese menu. The woman who provided our service was very lovely! Definitely recommend here for lunch!

Makes me feel at home. The beef was really delicious. Love it so much.

Food is amazing especially the chinese menu. Staff are also really friendly too.

Before talking about any other aspect of the food, I 100% recommend people come to try the cheung fun (steamed rice noodles) and the lamb skewers!! Their Chinese menu is so good and we came out of our way from Manchester for this place. I came here on a recommendation from Chinese social media (red little book) for their Chinese menu and their steamed noodles. They have prawn, egg, beef, char siu, and corn options and we tried the prawn, beef and char siu. The steamed noodles are very soft and are made fresh for the order. They use a soy sauce with a special seasoning (I recommend asking about allergens if you have those) and it was genuinely the best steamed rice noodles I’ve had in the U.K. so far. The lamb skewers has a lovely taste with Chinese BBQ seasoning. The portions are generous and the taste was incredible, I recommend people to try this at least once if you’re in Edinburgh! The service was impeccable and our host was so friendly ❤️🫶

Chinese menu was good but too limited. The lamb, steamed rice roll, and cabbage were all good.

I ordered a Teriyaki chicken yakisoba, and literally half of it was onions. I have eaten some, but at some point, it was too much!

This place is great! Reasonable prices and excellent options for vegetarians and vegetarian and vegans - I especially enjoy the vegan ‘tuna’ and ‘salmon’ sets, but I’ve also been reliably informed by fish-eating friends that the sushi is fantastic. Every time I order take-away, it’s always fresh and delicious. The service was super friendly when I’ve sat in - lovely and family-run. Recommend highly😊

Beef brisket pot and rice rolls are so delicious and authentic

sorry we had rice rolls and had food poisoning after maybe it was just us.

Delicious food and exceptionally friendly and helpful to our small kids,

It would be joke if it claims as authentic Japanese restaurant.

I saw on Xiaohongshu that this shop sells rice rolls, so I came here to give it a try. I ordered a barbecued pork rice roll with egg. Compared to the rice roll, I think the product from this shop is more similar to Chencun rice noodles. If it were in China, I would definitely think that this is an unqualified Chencun rice noodles. But this is in the UK, so that's acceptable. The eel is good, the meat is very firm, and the rice is also plump Northeastern rice, but the teriyaki sauce is too little and not enough to cook the rice. The proprietress and the clerk were very enthusiastic, but when the rice rolls were served, the clerk asked if I wanted chili oil, which was really unacceptable. In addition, the pricing of the dishes is also a bit high. Overall, it's not a bad meal, it's not hard to eat, and it's not so good that it's worth coming back.

The service is nice and the food is abs tasty. Authentic Cantonese food and fresh ingredients.

Homely family atmosphere. I was recommended this restaurant by Chinese friends and see a big difference between food from here and other places - I highly recommend Ichiban.

Awesome family run restaurant, very delicious fresh food. Super friendly service and great options of food. Also relaxing atmosphere.

Definitely the BEST Cheung Fun!

My husband, our 2-year-old and I had lunch at Ichiban. We both had the spicy chicken ramen. The broth was flavourful and full-bodied, it was the perfect level of spiciness and the chicken was abundant. It was a filling lunch! The seating area is pleasant and the service was stellar. The owner was welcoming and offered our son chips and milk on the house. We will definitely eat here again.

Very nice cheung fun (rice noodle roll)! Very similar taste to that from my hometown♥️♥️♥️ Made me feel homesick a bit but completely worth it:)

服务态度超级好，本来是陪朋友来吃的，没啥兴趣，结果这儿的肠粉好好吃🤩

Lamentable…Pollo con salsa de Coca cola mala, ramen que sabe a agua sucia de pollo y sushi insípido por un precio de restaurante de calidad… no lo recomendaría a nadie

Wish I seen the reviews here before ordering 🤦🏻‍♀️ sushi wasn't good at all, the rice was flavoured and the fish was not fresh). The edamame wasn't fresh either and was too soggy. Honestly afraid of having a bad stomach now, which I can already feel 🙄.

The freshness of salmon is not guaranteed.. they have no taste. It’s a shame… At least they added spring rolls to our order

Ate here a couple weeks ago with my partner and a friend as a late night decision for dinner and as always the food was beautiful 😋🤤 Owner was very lovely and welcoming. Everything is home made, freshly prepared. Overal; Bellies were filled and happy 😋 We would defo be eating here again! 🥰💛

Although the shop name is Japanese, it serves Japanese food, but there are also canton food, e.g rice roll (Choeng fun), it is the best I tasted for a while in Edinburgh. It is made by the owner, very ‘smooth’ and just good, I couldn’t make it myself. Other food are also good, prices are reasonable. Staff are nice and humble and welcoming. So quite highly recommended.

Super precious gem of a place to eat. Such nice people working there who go over and above. Amazing unique Vegan Options

rly nice food. It has a advanced menu for a special Cantonese food and it is always my best choice whenever I am thinking about going to take some dim Sam

We came for a late dinner around 2230 and were blown away by the welcoming nature of all the staff. The food was incredible and came out quickly. I highly recommend Ichiban and would have to say it was our best decision and favorite meal while in Scotland.

老板娘人超热情超级好，还送了我们她自己定制的帆布袋，包括肠粉！比之前更好吃了！包括茄子煲牛腩煲！他们家是现做的巨巨巨香，在爱丁堡吃一份热乎乎的饭太惬意啦！

Felt like being invited to someone's home. Real good food you are charged double elsewhere. Best service experience during my Edinburgh stay.

Super mediocre food. Sushi doesn't use sushi rice? Flavours are just okay.

Really good food and service. Highly recommended.

Very filling and very pleasant service at a very reasonable price 👌🏿

Casual family run local restaurant with absolutely lovely staff! We had cheung fun for the first time after being offered the dish to try free of charge, couldn’t recommend more, it was delicious. Always made to feel very welcome with superb service

Very welcoming family run restaurant. Menu has a good variety and choice. The service is so good and friendly, we have been a few times and we always get recognised. Nice casual atmosphere, very reasonably priced. A family favourite.

So happy to find this little gem, everything we ordered was so good! The rice rolls deserve a shoutout and paired well with their homemade chilli oil! Service was fantastic and the owner was so helpful and lovely, definitely will be returning

肠粉和茄子煲真的好好吃，店里面员工都很友好，已经去了很多次了哈哈

Don't even think about it.... Worst sushi experience ever!!!

很喜欢店里的装修风格，石墙很有氛围感。肠粉很好吃，比大多店铺的速冻肠粉要好太多。鸡扒拉面也很精致。牛腩煲量很足，软烂入味。上菜也很快，整体体验是不错的。

Came here with my husband and child for dinner. All three of us loved the food out little enjoy her time (very kid friendly). Highly recommended for a nice cozy restaurant A+

Staff were absolutely lovely, ordered the mapo tofu and it was piping hot and ready to go in minutes :) Really really tasty, everything left me with a smile on my face. Could be considered a little expensive, but I understand small businesses have really struggled post covid, so I can't fault them for that.

Got takeaway, was terrible. I think the tofu was off - I didn't know tofu could go off like that! The rest was equally as bad...

Spicy beef noodles was highly recommended! When I was starving , I found this store. Generally, 3pm is not service time, but the staff provided warm service and recommended spicy beef noodles that based on my needs. These noodles were a nice chewy texture. It was delicious!

The food was fresh and delicious!

Huge menu, friendly staff, their children even made drawings and showed us, food was really yummy and well priced too

Really good meal had by every member of the party. Don't be put off by the basic appearance. I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

An insipid yakisoba was disappointing. But the spring rolls and Japanese dumplings hit the spot. Unfortunately the Thai green curry wasn't great so doubt we'll order from Ichiban again.

Had crispy chicken roll. Which was ok. No soyasauce. 10.9£ so expensive for the quantity.

worst sushi that i ever have I ordered California row charged me ￡9 using crab stick instead of salmon. the beef udon was in Singapore style instead of Japanese , ￡12 totally not worth 😡 no heating at all feeling cold a lot of Chinese character on the wall believe run by a Chinese people!

I wish I had looked at the reviews before ordering a ramen here. It was sad. The fish for the sushi my friend had was not that fresh.

Food was delicious and came very quickly, all packed together so not as much plastic waste as other places. We were missing one item so we called the shop and they were very apologetic and sent out the item with a free can of juice immediately. Great service.

Fast delivery and pleasant delivery driver. Chips were packaged in upside down. The “Japanese” chicken curry was not like any Japanese style curry I’ve had before and just felt like a typical Chinese takeaway curry; a bit disappointed and miso soup was plain. Katsudon chicken and rice were tasty though.

Menu has a great selection and though the Chinese stuff is pretty standard, the sushi is quality. They know how to treat regular customers. Feels less like a takeaway and more like a local restaurant. Worth the price.

👱🏽‍♀️👱🏽‍♀️👱🏽‍♀️👱🏽‍♀️Great meal. A great experience. Will be back.

Special satay dish should be renamed to fatty beef in pepper water with cabbage. Spicy Raman noodle is not spicy just watery. Curry chicken should be renamed onion dish in watery pepper/cornflour dish. We just ate the Raman. Extreamly disappointed in our order.

The food was OK, but not great. Service was very good though.

I ordered from just eat some sushi and it's was the worst sushi i ever eaten in my life.

Very tasty food. Great selection of food to choose from

Used to be good. The chef must have changed and the waitress was clueless. Tea was cold and tasteless. Restaurant was cold. I think standing in the rain and licking lampposts would have been a more pleasant way to spend our evening.

The worst food ever in my life. No Worth for my money at all!

I was worried about the quality after reading all the comments, however my take away food was enjoyable. I ordered fried banana, fried rice, miso soup. All was really good. I olso had green Thai curry with prawns which wasn't that creamy, but it was okay and fried squid which became a bit soft during delivery time in the box. Overall was good, but defenetly I had better meal.

The most unfortunate ramen I've ever eaten. Broth was a watered down miso soup, the noodles were not ramen noodles and began to melt a few minutes after being served. And a hard boiled egg for ramen? No. The people serving were friendly and helpful but also had their child and baby at the restaurant which made it very loud.

Staff were lovely and food was nice enough but ridiculously overpriced for what it was. I wouldn’t go back.

Basic decor but good food . I had deep fried king prawns then big stir fry noodle dish . Very tasty and filling . More cafe style than restaurant but works for me when the foods good .

Order sushi from Ichiban, and I must say that it was by far the worst sushi I've ever order. Very expensive for what it is. Fast delivery though.

The food was authentic and to a very high standard, really quick service. Intimate dinner and exsquisiate food either delivered or in the restaurant. The server working was fantastic also

Don't order the curry's here. I ordered a green thai curry, but it was made Chinese style. No palm sugar, lime leafs, thai basil, or coconut cream. Its made of grease and has no vegetables other than carrot, bamboo and onion. Its so horrible I rather throw my money spent in the bin than eat this.

I'm afraid this was one of my worst restaurant experiences. Cold and dirty. Wine and sake diluted with water. Food rough and expensive. Avoid.

Expensive but very good food and friendly staff!

The restaurant is pretty cold. The poor waiting staff didn't know what the premier drinks drinks tasted like, and had two cameras on them at all times. This is not the sign of a nice restaurant.

Like the various food here, even the boiled rice is so delicious!!

Apart from getting my bill slightly wrong (overcharged for ice cream) great food and friendly staff

Reaaaalllyyy expensive but we enjoyed our meal. Would be back but due to cost, probably not all that often.

Ichiban can always be relied on to deliver fresh, delicious sushi! The salmon and avocado rolls and spicy salmon Maki are always great - delivery is within an hour (and sometimes much faster) and both the delivery people and staff who work in the restaurant are a delight, so friendly and happy. My go-to place for sushi :)

We ordered Eel Donburi, Sushi Platter, Chow Mein and a bunch of other stuff. Considering the price, loads of maki/california rolls for the sushi platter, a reasonable amount of chow mein, and a small donburi. The sushi platter started off reasonable, though the rice was quite dry and didn't hold together all that well. For the amount, the price was reasonable, until toward the end of the maki one of us hit a bone and choked; the inside of his throat was scratched after coughing which resulted in some blood. Not a great start to a meal. I can't say much for the chow mein since I didn't have any but it seemed pretty oily and overcooked, as though it had been made far earlier and wasn't fresh at all. Some sort of curry accompanied this, and it seemed reasonable. The eel donburi (my dish) had some reasonable eel, though it was quite bland and lacked the smooth rich flavor that you generally find with freshly cooked eel, and the meat fell apart quite easily, indicating it was frozen beforehand and not fresh; considering the price, that's pretty saddening, especially since some comparable places I regularly eat at offer fresh freshwater eel at a lower price for their dishes. The accompanying rice didn't have much flavor, was quite dry, and all in all definitely didn't suit such a dish. The wasabi and ginger garnish was hastily added and the wasabi paste itself didn't have as rich and sharp a flavor as one would hope for, and all the dish filled a smaller than average plastic tub. Either way, the meal was definitely not worth the amount paid in total and one of us quite possibly had gained a reasonable scratch from that long fish bone in the salmon maki.

Very good Japanese food and lovely service too.

Ordered the Bbq Eel with Rice. Wait was a bit long but the food was good nonetheless. Menu was rather expensive.

I have ordered from just eat two starters and rice which costed £15.80 with delivery. Although it is not cheap I hoped for a good meal. I placed my order at 18.21 and received it at 20.10! The girl on the phone said it was because of traffic, however the distance between the restaurant and the delivery address is about 2.5 miles, therefore by walk it could have been delivered faster. I was given a can of fanta and irn bru as an apology which I didn't need nor like it. I was still very patient and polite and did not ask for anything else nor made a huge deal about the extreme delay. However the food came stone cold (not even a bit warm), and the chicken katsu which should have come with the katsu curry sauce came without any sauce. Also the menu did not say there will be seaweed as garnish and I don't eat any type of seafood, luckily it is not an allergy so I could just scrap it off, however it tasted with seafood. After all this, I have asked the girl who was in contact with me by sms to refund my meal, she said her manager will contact me later. I am still waiting nearly 24 hours later. I do not recommend this restaurant, at least not for takeaway. Very poor meal and treatment of customer.

Terikayi chicken is great!!!!! Love the lunch set.

Yum yum yum. Nice little Japanese restaurant. Sushi was delicious!

Great food and friendly staff! I had ordered most of the things from the menu and they were all delicious.

nice restaurant！ kindly staff and very nice food

I was having a very low day so to chear myself up I decided to order a Japanese. So I ordered from Ichiban at back of 2 and they said that it was going to arrive at 2.55. A little later they had to add another 5 minutes on which didn't bother me. When it got to 3 my food did not arrive, so I waited. However, by the time it got to quarter past I decided I needed to do something so I phoned up the restaurant and nobody answered. So I checked online and found out that they had closed at 2.30 until 5pm. I was very angry and upset that I was able to make an order when they were actually closed. Much just like how my day was going. So it got to quarter to 4 and suddenly the deliveryman arrived with my food. I tld him that he was 45 minutes late, and he blank refused it. I told him that they said that it was going to arrive at 3 but he completely refused it. I even got an email at 3 asking how my food was and to rate it, so I know it was meant to be there at 3. But the fact that they were going to make me pay as well as deny they were late, that was dissapointing. In fact I am dissapointed on many levels. Sorry I had to put a bad review up, I am sure your sit in is very nice, but as I refused to take the food I can't say how good it tasted.

Ordered two ramen bowls (braised beef, and seafood special) and a bit of inari sushi for takeaway. Takeaway was prompt, and the food was tasty. The sushi was well presented in a pretty little plastic sushi box, complete with ginger, wasabi and Kikkoman soy sauce. The ramen looked quite plain in its plastic takeaway container, plus separate styrofoam container for soup, but when combined in a bowl looked and tasted great, with the seafood ramen coming with plenty of prawns, squid and mussels, and the braised beef being tender and delicious. The noodles were a bit thicker and more solid than the thin wavy noodles you sometimes get in ramen, which I liked. The price is a little high for a bowl of ramen, which is my only reservation, but when you're craving Japanese food and you don't want to go out, it's a great option to have. The only warning is that (as noted in another review) the prices on the website are very out of date and don't reflect the current prices. We ordered via Just Eat so got the current prices.

The food wasn't particularly good, however some menu items were quite cheap. My main gripe was that the service was slow and poor. I had particular issue with their wine.

Disgusting food. My dumplings and teriyaki arrived cold. I'm worried I'll now get food poisoning. Way too expensive also. £16 for cold food? What a joke.