Ichiban Noodle Cafe in Glasgow City

Trying a Japanese restaurant heavily influenced by British culture was definitely an interesting experience, curry was in a lot of dishes! The chicken was perfectly cooked with a nice smoky flavor, but I was a bit surprised to see it in my "ramen" 😅. Unfortunately, the ramen was missing some classic elements like Narutomaki, egg, and pork, so it felt more like a soup than real ramen (take a look at the photo). The chicken was still great, but overall, I think I’ll stick with more traditional Japanese restaurants.

What a find, Son found it tbf. Amazing dining experience, great, great food, and plenty of it. If you're in Glasgow, make sure you check this place out. Lady even tried to show me how to use chopsticks. Had king prawn Chilli Noodles that were to die for. I will be going back when I return.

Great value lunch menu. Lovely food & freshly made!

You eat at long tables, the service is fast and the food is good, the only thing is that it closes very early, I think at 9 or 10 p.m.

My absolute favourite place! The best noodle bar I have been to, with a lovely team of people. I’ve tried most of the menu & can honestly say I have loved everything.

Just do yourselves a favour and just go. You will not be disappointed.

A lovely place to have a nice Japanese food. Cant complain about the quality of the food. City centre location so parking can be a challenge.

An excellent Japanese restaurant in Glasgow city center with tasty food.

Great spot. Stopped in based on a quick search near my hotel in Glasgow. Food was so good. Staff was friendly and the restaurant was super clean. Got the Kaisen Bento Box and some sushi. Price was decent too.

Honestly, this is not an eclipse. It's close to Chinese food by a Chinese chef. The atmosphere is clean and the service is good. However, the food is Chinese food with a lot of oil. If you are expecting plain Japanese food, you will be disappointed. Half of the curry is oil.

A very good Japanese restaurant in the heart of Glasgow. The staff is very friendly and attentive, which makes the experience pleasant. I recommend.

Very good Japanese food. And the service amazing

Had food here last night with my husband. The server went above and beyond to accommodate my very specific requests, even making additional suggestions and swapping out things for me when i ordered a bento box. My husband had the donburi and everything was delicious!

Bad taste food, I ordered soup noodle. Not worth the cost.

Very good Japanese restaurant. The staff is competent and attentive. The prices are fair, I recommend!

Best Japanese I've been in. I've been going here for 20 years. Ichiban udon yakisoba is tastetastic😋😋😋

I love the spicy chicken ramen!

Great food and the staff are so helpful and friendly.

We dropped in to the street level cafe here for lunch. Binged a bit on 2 mixed boards of sushi. It was lovely. Nice food, friendly helpful service. Nice surroundings.

Great food, really good service, great value for money

Had a really enjoyable meal here with two young children who loved it too. Hope to return.

Cozy ambiance for solo diners. The staff is friendly to customise as per dietary needs. The indoor is very welcoming and warm. However, the portion size can be fixed to meet the price.

By far the most tasteless ramen I have ever eaten.

Good food and prices are reasonable.

The food was so delicious, best Ramen i ever had in my life, the Service was nice even though it was busy they still did a good job and are very nice, the Atmosphere is also amazing the restaurant itself is very beautiful, I would go back again

Great food and service although the sushi was veery untidy the last time.

Ordered ichiban udon soup, which is tasteless. The noodles are overcooked with no texture to comment on. The chicken steak is almost burnt and therefore too bitter to eat. The broth is extremely flavourless and watery.

interior quite pretty and staff nice but generally the food is average if not sub-par. I had a small plate of inari sushi (sushi rice wrapped in a thin layer of seasoned tofu) which was pretty good. I also had a pork katsu curry which was sub-par as the sauce was quite bland and did not contain any pieces of potato, onions or carrots (typical of a Japanese curry) so it's just pork, bland sauce and rice. as these are the only items I had I can't comment on the rest of the menu which may be amazing but from my experience ichiban isn't グラスゴーで 一番美味しいレストランです. so maybe pick someone else for a lunch or dinner.

This is a gem of a place. The food is fresh and tasty and the staff are really friendly and welcoming. Portion sizes are great if you're really hungry - I took some home to enjoy later as I couldn't finish it all first time round. We'll certainly be back.

Friendly staff. I was dining alone while working and this place was perfect for what I needed. Nice and quiet with plenty of space.

I live in Australia but have to visit anytime I'm back in Scotland, it the best Ramen i have ever tasted...chilli chicken ramen and gyuniku maki is out of this world. the atmosphere has never disappointed any any of their locations and staff are always helpfull. Ichiban i miss you...!!!

Best japanese restaurant in Glasgow! never ever unhappy with the food iv ordered here.

This is, quite simply, my favourite food place in the world. Across all categories. The food is....wow. I am yet to try something I don't adore. The service is also brilliant. Friendly, attentive, fast as well. I'm yet to wait more than 10 minutes before our food is out. The atmosphere of Ichiban is lovely; warm, inviting, simple, classy really. If you like Japanese food at all, you NEED to be here. Oh yeah did I mention the food? ITS UNBELIEVABLE

The noodles tasted okay, the vegetable rich dish not so much. Unfortunately overall we didn't enjoy our meal. The prices are reasonable though and the location is central which is great.

Unpretentious ambience. Really very tasty japanese food! Polite and prompt service. I definitely recommend eating here!

Not expensive. Clean. Authentic. Rice is in Japanese shape.

Food overall was nice, however, we were all served food at different times, to the extent we had to ask for my sons partners dish on multiple occasions and they were still served when most of us where finished, my dish wasn't supposed to have beansprouts and when the dish was changed over I had 4 small pieces of steak, so a 1/3 of what was in the bowl originally and what had been returned to the kitchen! Not up to its usual standard according to my sons, this was my first visit, I was a quite disappointed 😔

The best sushi and the staff was so friendly and welcoming. Lovely to meet you guys and thanks for the delicious food!

Really very nice place to visit love the food and service …..the staff is really good and friendly

Glasgow is the second to the last stop on our 21 day grand tour of Scotland. After lots of various kinds of food, we were itching for some Japanese fare. Ichiban was exactly the right ticket! It was an easy half mile walk from where we are staying and even though it was nearly 9, when we walked home, we never felt unsafe. That said, there are some homeless folks in the area, but it was not a big deal to us. The restaurant is upstairs and is set out with long communal tables, but with separated benches for each group. There weren’t a lot of people when we arrived on a Monday night so seating was no issue. The wait staff was very pleasant and helpful. Everything in the restaurant was squeaky, clean and beautiful. The menu has quite a few choices as you will see in the pictures posted. Prices were very reasonable. We started with the vegetable tempura, which was cooked to perfection and served within just a few minutes. We followed up with two bowls of soup. My wife chose the Ichiban with Ramen noodles and broth. I selected the seafood with soba noodles and the kimchi broth. Both were excellent super flavorful and had an abundant amount of ingredients. Neither of us could finish our bowl. If you’re looking for outstanding Japanese food, this is a solid choice!

I’ve visited here so many times and always made to feel welcome. The food is excellent - fresh, tasty and always good. The staff are friendly and the service is fast. Can’t recommend highly enough.

Great service, friendly staff, and great selection on menu.

This place is GREAT. Me and my friend went for lunch at the ground floor take away area and my first impression was that this place was clean. Once we were seated we ordered 2 twelve peice sushi platters, 1 six peice fried prawn sushi, 4 pieces of prawn tempura and 2 bottles of mogu mogu. For only £39.00. The staff are great and they brought me and my friends food in 10 minutes. Personally I think this place is great and would definitely come again and suggest to friends.

Not happy, took 1 hr 15 for the food to arrive, it was freezing I had to reheat it, poor value for money I got a katsu but there was only 4 tiny cuts of chicken, less than half of the amount compared to when I order katsu elsewhere. No veg included as advertised. I will not be ordering from here again.

I've been an ichiban customer for years but my last experience was less than good. The restaurant messed up our orders twice, forgot one of the meals that came delayed and demanded that we pay the "optional" service charge that had automatically been added to our bill despite the bad service. Disappointed, and would not recommend anymore.

The worst sushi restaurant I have been to. The rice in the sushi wasn't tasty at all. It was like eating plain rice. You cannot combine the sushi, you can only order like 6 pieces of maki cucumber, and so on. Not very big choice of sushi either. It was very cold in the restaurant even they had the big heating behind us but never turned it on. The sushi in Lidl is more delicious than in this restaurant.

Great food - with great portions - at a very reasonable price. The ambient is very nice as well.

This is a great spot for a traditional Japanese meal! The sushi and Ramen is of the finest quality and are the perfect duo for a long day. The atmosphere was quiet and relaxed. One thing that stuck out to me, was that the tables and seats were so close together. This gives less privacy and space between others eating at the restaurant. The waiters/waitresses were extremely patient and kind and offered top notch service for the business. Would recommend if willing to pay the price.

Excellent food, the chocolate miso ice cream is great

As always the food was good and the staff were excellent.

worst food poisoning of my life. would avoid

First time eating here and it was an amazing experience , food was delicious and the staff were super nice , it was also my first time using chopsticks in the wild 😁

I didn't find the dish tasty and wanted to order something else, but I had to pay for the one I didn't like. Not coming back ever again.

Noodles were nice but the beef was like cardboard. Sushi and curry was nice. Skewers were underwhelming

Have been going here for many years. Staff are great and the chicken chilli ramen is the best!

Good spot for luch or dinner. Nice service and tasty food. Place is clean and very comfortable to it in. Place offers dine-in, as well as take out. I'd call this place a 'quick lunch spot' or a japanese cuisine 'fast food'. The time between placing an order to recieving our dish was quite impressive (around 7minutes for 3 dishes, coming blazing hot). I had to notice that even tho it was tasty and portions were big, it lacked high quality ingredients. It was just a good quality products well balanced with each other. I was bit sad that place didn't offer any japanese sodas, but that doesn't matter that much. I liked Sapporo bear a lot - 600ml of cool beer is awsome. I reccomend booking a spot, since the place gets quite busy in a lunch / dinner hours. In general - tasty food, nice service and cool interior. Prices relevant to both portions and quality My choices were: Sliced Beef Udon, Ichiban Yakisoba, Sake Maki, as well as Sapporo and Lemonade to drink. Paid around 40£

Arrived on a very busy lunchtime but managed to get a seat. They have a great lunch set menu with good options. Food was quick to be served and very tasty. Staff helpful and friendly. I would recommend to book in advance.

Great food at a very reasonable price, all served in a stylish and modern building by lovely staff. I've had a few items off their menu, but my recommendation has to go to the gyūdon (it is to die for). Don't sleep on their ice cream, either (yuzu is my favourite, but they're all good). Service is fast, to boot. Highly recommend to anyone looking for good Japanese food in Glasgow.

Great food better than wagamama

Food tasted great and staff were super friendly and welcoming! Would recommend going here.

I came as a solo traveller and absolutely loved all about this restaurant! They were very accomodating for a single person like me and i got an awsome seat at the window fro. Where I was able to observe the buzzing live on the street. I am no expert in Japanese food but the ichiban-Ramen I ordered was delicious! Service was flawless and it is obvious that this is a well loved place judging from the constant stream of new customers that turned up! (If you don't want to wait it might be smart to book a table in advance)

First time at Ichiban, and definitely not the last. Had a lovely time, in a great atmosphere with really friendly and fast service. Highly recommend the bento boxes 🍱 i think i have discovered a new favourite place!

Food was excellent but an exceptionally long delay for delivery and the app made out they were on their way even though the map showed the rider at the restaurant for 45 mins after that announcement

For was amazing, service was great and good prices. Will definitely be back!

Nice place with an atmosphere. The service was prompt and efficient. I ordered a chilly egg fried rice with salmon. The salmon was nice but the portion was not too big. The taste and the appearance didn't seem Japanese. Probably needed to try something more classic.

skewers were burnt, and the food tasted like lemon washing up liquid so nothing was edible which is a shame as this was one of the best Japanese places I’ve been to in the past. very disappointed :(

Good food, Good ambience and history ramen in Glassgow

Wonderful authentic Japanese restaurant! Recommend booking as the long tables fill up quickly. Everything I had here tasted fantastic and the tempura is the best in town! Next time I must have the sushi, there was so much choice and I've heard it's good here. They have a fantastic selection of drinks, you can get proper sake 🍶 here and Japanese plum wine (really recommend if you haven't had before).

Been here a few times now, after my first trip I was in love. Food is delicious and service is fast.

Great food. Well priced. Lovely staff. Nice atmosphere. Good, quick service too.

The best food and great customer service. It's definitely my favourite place to eat. There are no pics of food as we demolished our meals. Great value for money and sooooo tasty. The service was awesome. So friendly and quick. Thoroughly recommend this place.

Beautiful food and drinks with a really good choice menu. The service is very fast and the staff are very friendly and helpful with explaining the different dishes and drinks . overall the place has a very relaxed style , it's very open and spacious with trendy benches. We also love that it's an open kitchen so you can see exactly what's going on with your food and prepositions. An amazing place to dine . Delicious food 💯💥😋

My favourite Ramen place in Glasgow. Excellent Japanese food. Freshly prepared.

I had to go and collect my own food due to no delivery driver showing up

Good soup ;) to make any cold day warmer

Really nice fresh food, the way it's supposed to be. 6 stars

Great filling food bang on time

Haven’t even ordered yet but the vibes are exquisite

Had a delicious steak bento box and food was delicious and fresh. Service was good

First Japanese restaurant will not be the last.

This place is an absolute hidden gem in Glasgow's city centre. Easy to miss the single doorway on Queen street. Look for the 'i' sign. Just a lovely informal place to be, relaxed atmosphere, friendly unobtrusive staff quietly serving some beautiful Japanese style dishes. Great flavours, textures and customisable options (perhaps slightly underseasoned). Seating on benches but plenty of space to enjoy a chilled beer and soak up the ambiance. Highly recommended.

The food taste is good and fresh, quite Japanese vibe atmosphere and friendly staffs.

I can't think of any words to describe how 'tedious' this restaurant is. It's not a Japanese cuisine restaurant, it's more like a mix of Chinese and Japanese dishes. But unfortunately, the chef seems do not have the capability to handle such 'innovative' cuisines. I've tried a large amount of Japanese food before, however I was still at a loss for words when the waiter asked me how I found the dishes tonight. As for the waitstaff, the service is another reason I wouldn't choose this restaurant. When my friend and I arrived, there were many empty seats in the restaurant, yet the staff directed us to a small seat by the window. And I was told the rest of the seats in the restaurant were all reserved, but many remained unused by the time we left. I won't be entering this restaurant again and will advise my friends to do the same. Unfortunately Glasgow doesn't have sufficient good Japanese restaurants, this place is certainly exacerbating this situation.

One of the best places to offer japanese cuisine. I love their katsu curry, chahans, yakisoba and gyozas. This is my go to place whenever im craving japanese food. Service is really good and staff is friendly too.

Excellent food and delivered incredibly fast, while also not feeling like you are being rushed. The atmosphere is relaxed and the perfect volume, the seating felt comfortable and something that works great as couples or groups. The staff were fantastic and always on hand, as well as being very knowledgeable about the menu. Thank you.

Visited here in 2018. Food was disgusting; it lacked the freshness I've come to expect from Japanese food (this stuff was "stale"). Also, I told the staff about my allergies and still got the very things I told them I could not have - luckily I noticed, so did not end up in a bad way medically.

It is good food. Good ambiance. Very nice overall place. Price is perfect!

We have eaten in the restaurant and the food delivered was just as nice. Would definitely recommend 👍

Favourite restaurant for many years. Food amazing, service quick and friendly helpful staff.

My order never appeared. Despite a ‘delivered’ notification from Just Eat the food has yet to appear. I am £57 down and without food. Restaurant was unwilling to discuss or offer an understanding perspective. Extremely disappointed and will no longer use Just Eat.

Visited on a recommendation from family and this has quickly become my new go to! Absolutely delicious food!

No curry sauce with my Katsu curry, spoiled the meal, won’t be re-ordering

It’s a very nice place, the food is great, service is kind and good price/quality! I tried the kind prawn Yakisoba noodles and loved it! Totally recommend it! Quickly served and delicious! Will try again for sure

Great food and early delivery so top marks

Simple but very tasty food. Katsu was a cutlet over rice with sauce, felt like it could have used some veggies in with. Delicious, but was expecting a little more. Excellent service though.

Used to always head to Ichiba when in Glasgow but sorry I went back. My Chicken Rsmen Soup was really bland and the Salmon starter over cooked. However, my sis really enjoyed her gyuniku maki (beef rolls stuffed with mushroom). The service in Ichiban as alaways was great, with really attentive serving staff. However, on the whole I think there are much better restaurants in the town for a quick bite.

We popped in on a Sunday just out of curiosity and got some lunch. With both loved the soup noodle bowls, very tasty and comforting. The side order of Gyozas were a good idea too! The staff are nice and the place was very cosy and comfortable :)

The coke cola I ordered was missing. Besides that, the food was nice.

Wouldn’t recommend for vegetarians. We ordered the yasai chilli and yasai chahan. The chilli was listed as coming with fried tofu but only arrived with the listed vegetables, and the sauce was underwhelming. The chahan was fine but not worth the price paid. Enjoyed the radish sushi but overall a lacklustre experience.

A bit disappointing. I ordered a tofu and chili rice bowl. Unfortunately I have a gluten allergy so I ordered it made gluten free as the menu specified was possible. Usually when major modifications have to be made to a dish to accommodate dietary preferences the waiter clears that with the customer but that didn’t happen here. What arrived, while good, was a very expensive bowl of rice with chili sauce, a handful of mushrooms, and a handful of snap peas. If the tofu had to be removed from the dish to accommodate my allergy that’s fine I just wish I was told when ordering as I would have picked something else. An £11 bowl of just rice and a bit of vegetable was really disappointing to receive.