I go here fairly often to eat for the last few years. I go with my wife, my kids, my friends, etc. The price is fair enough for the food. But this one star comes from last night. I specifically came to look at the reviews to see if anyone had the same issue as me and it looks like it’s an ongoing thing. Me, my wife, and two friends went last night around 9pm. They’re scheduled to be open until 11 on a Friday night. We were there maybe 30 minutes. We asked for waters and cans of Coke to drink. Me and my wife used the fresh hibachi section and my wife actually gave the kid on the grill a small tip in the moment before she went back to our table. While we ate, the girl brought us our waters and took a few plates. When it was time to pay, the check for the 4 of us was $60. She kept pointing to the suggested gratuity on the bottom of the check asking how much to tip. I told her none of those and to add $3. She scoffed and yelled “only $3 tip?” I could see where this was already going, so I just smiled and said yes. She ran my card and then proceeded to throw my card, a pen, and a receipt at me to sign. I laughed and said wow, signed it, and threw it back at her. I think she has some confusion about what a tip is and how much she should get. I always tip at least 20% at normal restaurants. Ones where they bring me drink refills over and over, take my order, send it to the kitchen, run me appetizers and napkins, etc. She took a couple plates and brought me cans of soda and really was expecting a 20% tip. On my check that would have been $12. She didn’t do anywhere near enough to earn that. She’s gonna lose this restaurant a lot of customers if she doesn’t chill out. My kids are gonna be bummed when I tell them we have to take a break from there.

Visit Ichiban Buffet 800 S Federal Hwy Deerfield Beach, Fl 33441 on 5- 7-2022 , a guest of four. Table D14 Station 2 / 12:30 pm. for lunch. The food was okay and the three stars are due to the service. We had to continue to high jack our waitress for refills of our sodas. In all fairness the restaurant was a bit busy. My concern the pressure our waitress applied to attempt us to give her gratuity of 20 %. Which would have been $ 5.84. She showed me the check and repeatedly said you pay this for gratuity. I explain Tips ( Time Invested Personal Service) and some business would have it posted that six or more may constitute 20 % and I have never seen it posted for a buffet. Her attitude and professionalism was totally unacceptable. I gave her the 20 % against my guest advice. Scripture tell us it’s more blessings in giving than receiving. Will eat there again but she cannot be my waitress.

My family wanted Asian food this weekend and found a nearby buffet. Sushi, seafood, sippan and fried food for children can satisfy the taste of the whole family. I like the food in this place. My child wanted to eat chocolate ice cream, but there was no ice cream in the machine, I told my waitress, although she was busy, she brought us new ice cream in the first time, my child was so happy. I think I will come back again and introduce this restaurant to my friends and relatives！

Gross and pretty bad. Two stars because the guy at the front counter was really nice. Rude service and awful Diet Coke. Everything tasted foul. I plan to go home and vomit 🤮

We have been coming to Ichiban Buffet for years. Food is good, but sometimes cold. Nice variety and flavorful. Sushi, Chinese and Hibatchi. Buffet is kept full and clean. Servicers are friendly and clean plates fast. Masks and gloves are required at the Buffet and sanitizers are positioned throughout the restaurant. Good value for the price :)

I recently went out to dine at a restaurant with my wife. It was meant to be a casual outing, but it turned into a situation I hadn't anticipated. Once we finished our meal, she left a tip for the waitress. Out of nowhere, another waitress, who hadn't been attending to us initially, approached our table. She inspected the tip and, to my surprise, asked my wife for more. Before I could comprehend what was happening, she turned to me, making a direct request for an additional tip. I was caught off guard. I could sense the rising tension. My wife looked visibly upset, not just at the audacity of the waitress, but I could tell she also expected me to support her. In that split second, wanting to avoid any confrontation and thinking I could perhaps defuse the situation, I gave the waitress what she asked for. I didn't anticipate that this would make my wife feel unsupported. Things escalated when my wife decided to approach the front desk to reclaim our tips. The second waitress followed, and there was an exchange where my wife expressed her confusion. The waitress, in a condescending tone, suggested I explain the situation to her, referring to my wife as my "friend". I could feel the discomfort growing, and I just wanted to get out of there. To be honest, the initial service wasn't even that great. Our original waitress barely checked on us and our table was left cluttered. I was in a tough spot, torn between wanting to defend my wife and trying to avoid a scene. I pulled her out of the restaurant, thinking it was the best course of action at that moment. In retrospect, I wish I had handled things differently. The evening was meant to be enjoyable, but it turned into a challenging situation that left both of us feeling disrespected and uneasy.

Yum Yum Yum. The sushi smells fresh, the Chinese food is brought out over and over again. The place is packed. They have a whole fried fish that they’ve chopped up that is marinated in something sweet and it’s almost caramelized the way it’s cooked, It is so delicious. I totally dig this place. Thank you for the wonderful lunch for my mother and I.

We like going to buffet restaurant and I can say that this place is a good place to eat! Their food are tasty! Some of the food I like are the sushis, fried scallops, sesame balls (buchi with red bean filling), hibachi, seafood and many more! Their location is in a very nice plaza, they put a lot of efforts with the interior and they're clean! The bathrooms are clean (keep it up!) Great place to eat with family & friends. We'll be back for sure.

Absolutely disgusting food and DIRTY place! I tried so many things and 90% of it was horrible. Been to many buffets and this has been the absolute worst. The serving spoons were sticky. No sesame balls. Sweet and sour chicken a fried mess not even finding the chicken inside, tasted horrible. Even the jello was weird and tasted off! The only tasty things were the crab salad, chicken on the stick and donuts.

Everything was fine but the false advertising is wrong! It shows dinner prices at $9.99 and for senior citizens $8.99. The manager came over and said it hasn’t been updated in five years and nobody else has a problem with it that was a very classy way to handle this- I am being completely facetious as that is not the proper way to handle it. They don’t even accommodate senior citizens. It’s not about the money it’s the principal update your website. The owner should really update the prices on the website and address the manager for her lack of tact and compassion.

The food was fantastic. The two stars are for their customer service. Visited today for lunch with our friends. At the end the lady who took care of our table (it is buffet, so not actually serving) yelled at us for not tipping the amount she wanted. It was so embarrassing and happened for the first time in the US. Keep in mind people always remember how you treated them, but nothing else.

I used to love this place and am a regular. But the staff have just progressively gotten so rude that the experience is horrible. At one point the elderly woman who sometimes sits at the front pointed at my obese friend shaking her head. Today, the wait staff was so rude that one literally threw my Diet Coke at me without even acknowledging me. Seriously, as a family-run place, I want to support the business, but the wait stuff really need to kick the attitude and have some kindness in their approach to customers. A smile would be nice once in a while. I get it if everyone is miserable for having to work hard, but cmon now. No need to take it out on customers. Also, most of us have to work for money unfortunately. Also, the whole tip issue. I’ve always tipped more that 20% here as I dine alone, but the pressure to tip and the HORRIBLE customer service is yet another issue with this place, as per other customers’ reviews. As for the food, it’s alright. If you go during the day, it’s $10, which is a good deal.

I absolutely LOVE THIS restaurant. The waitresses are pleasant, the food is GREAT & the bathrooms are amazingly clean all the time. The food stays stocked and the you don't have to wait long for your drinks to be refilled. As a matter of fact me and family all agree this is NOW our favorite restaurant hands down THIS place won't let ya down and the prices are worth it.

Good variety / selection of food . great service . some of the sushi was fishy . but definitely going back soon ..

Love this place! So many choices for fresh food! They are adding new items all day ! The staff are friendly and helpful! I enjoyed everything I tried! They make sushi, and hibachi on the grill to order! So happy they are celebrating a new year! Many thanks for all you do to Make the lives of so many people happy!

Couldn’t be more dissappointed. Everything I tried from the Buffet was less than warm, closer to cold. The sweet and sour chicken all over cooked, and cold. The beef & chicken with broccoli both less than warm with the broccoli looking wilted. I could go on but the final straw was that The spare ribs were so cold I complained to the waitress. She asked how could she help & I replied how bout sum hot ribs. What do you think she did? She brings back a plate of Ribs with plastic wrap covering the plate which tells me, all she did was threw it in the microwave, Are you kidding me ? How unprofessional is that? I mean I came expecting to have a nice meal but left, $17.00 lighter in the wallet, still hungry and more upset than I can say. I expressed my complaints with the meal to the guy at the register and all he said was Thank You ??? Thank You? I was at least expecting him to say I’m sorry you feel that way is there anything I can do?? But nothing, not even a word asking what can I do .. Finally, I got home and had diarrhea. Save your money, and try somewhere else.

The food was good. It has been a long time since I have been to a restaurant like this. The place could be a little cleaner but the place is old. The sushi was good. A lot of selection. The ice cream was a lot of work to get some because it was hard to scoop out.

I'm only putting 4* as sometimes this place is perfect and other times it's lacking. Really it's a buffet with a wide variety of Americanized Chinese foods, the quality of these foods varies with the time of day and the number of guests. So if you arrive 30 minutes before they close then you will find some foods are almost out and not all dinner items available. It's understandable as why make a lot of food only to then have to throw it away in 30 minutes. Another thing to keep in mind is the food is pretty good and the prices very reasonable. It's a good balance of quality and price. Best time is 11am The generals chicken is not spicy, and they have consistently good dim-sum.

I ate here last evening. Disgusting and gross. The sushi was room temperature, Tuna tasted off. All the fried foods were cold and stale as if they’ve been left out all day or reheated multiple times. They were serving spoiled cooked chicken as well. Most of the food was cold. Most of the serving utensils were sticky (they don’t clean them). I have a very strong suspicion that they are serving old food that they are reheating over and over again or re-serving food that has been left out on the line from the previous day. I actually called the DPBR to have them inspected, and they failed that initial inspection (10/18/23). They are too lazy to label anything. 50% of the food isn’t labeled so you have no idea what you’re Eating. (Can you at least throw some sticky notes on the trays/windows so we know what you’re serving?) I’m sorry, but there is just no excuse for serving such poor food, even if it’s $15. It should at least be edible without the risk of sending you to the hospital. All that being said the server was very nice and attentive.

For what it is, a Chinese Buffet in Florida, I found it to be great! I loved their sushi/sashimi and my dad who's in his 70s and is Filipino, and loves this kind of thing, loved it! My only big complaint would be that the tables were sticky. Someone should be more consistently wiping down the tables.

One of the worst places you can go to have a nice meal. Bad choice of sushi rolls and food overall. Everyone here is dirty and unpleasant looking. Unclean dishes, contingent of people sucks. I felt like everyone around me was sick. They coughed, sneezed, blow their noses. It’s crazy. Waiters are begging you to give them a 20$ tip. That woman really wouldn’t let me go until I gave her a tip she desired. I’ve never experienced such rude customer service. Do NOT GO THERE!!!

Usually “All you can eat” places suck. But this Ichiban keeps its hot food hot. Has a Mongolian style grille with different choices of Chicken, Beef, Shrimp and Vegetarian if you like. Also all different types of Sushi. The BBQ Ribs are great! My advice is to show up between 5-8 for them as that’s when their best. The sides are great as they cover many Chinese dishes like Chicken/Beef with Broccoli, Sweet and Sour Chicken/Shrimp and many more. Then for desert they have many different fruits, cakes and for the kids Ice Cream. It’s best to show up between 5-8 for the hot and freshest Dinner. Enjoy!

Always fantastic, food is great compared to most buffets and it doesn't matter how busy it is or how large my group has been we have never had to wait to be seated. The sushi is great, even when it's busy it's somehow quiet. Highly recommend.

The waitress (if i had known her name i would screw her here..) looking to the tables has no shame and asking for more tips from the customers while literally providing no service.. and being rude.. This was my second time in the same week but never again.. there were also flies over the sushi this time..

80 th bday party, great time, food and service!

The food was okay that’s why the 3stars , the service was pleasant price I paid was good 👍 If you are looking for various foods then I would check it out.

The place is clean. This place is a buffet. It is not 5 star dining, but the food is fresh and prepared decently. The cooked Asian style food is the best choice for me, had the most flavor. The hibachi was good, ask for extra teriyaki sauce. Some sushi is available, and if you go in knowing this is not a sushi restaurant you will be satisfied with the 12 or so options available. Lots of seafood options when we went too - large peel and eat shrimp, crab in a yummy sauce and cooked shrimp and scallops. Not too many dessert options, but a nice selection of fruit and iced cream. The service was also good. I would have given this 3 stars normally, but the prices are so affordable I have to give it 4 stars for the overall value. I will go back.