Ichiban Sandwich

Let me start by saying that I’m rating this place based on the quality of food, the flavor, and value for money. I would recommend this place for take out. The dine in experience left something to be desired. The service was fantastic but the atmosphere just isn’t there. I would love to see this little restaurant get a makeover because their food speaks volumes. I fed my partner and I for $40 and we got a TON of food. We got 2 sandwiches, 2 large drinks, and an order of fries to split. Their milk bread was toasty but soft and so delicious. The meat had amazing flavoring and crispness. The slaw was super good too. We enjoyed our milk teas, honestly this place is great. I would highly recommend and definitely come again.

Stopped by this little shop across the Chula Vista Mall. Ordered the Kimchi chicken sando, shrimp katsu sando, Large Thai iced tea w/ boba and a regular jasmine milk tea w/ boba. Both the sando's were good and had a nice amount flavor in each bite. Daikon peices were on the side to clean the palate. The drinks had a good amount of boba in the drink and was not too sweet for my taste. Would definetly come back here again to try a different sando or rice bowl.

This is an old review from February, but I really enjoyed the place. It's a family ran business and they're busy, so service is limited, but you can tell they care. The restaurant looks really cool, with pretty murals and decoration. You can order on a pad, although we ordered with the younger owner since we had questions. The food was good, not my best Katsu, but quite decent and great for the price. They seem to make the bread in-house. Katsu itself, the meat was a bit thin and the breadcrumb layer easily came off. Maybe they have better Katsu some other time, but to me that's not good enough. I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt with 5* because I want to support businesses like this one.

I walked in and there was a weird smell in there maybe from the decorations idk.. the woman at the register walked off when I walked in so I had to wait for her to come back before I could order. I ordered the Shrimp Katsu Sando with fries (which did not come with the sandwich). She said they only had brioche buns left.. left? I got there around 1130, they had just opened.. why are they out of things already.. the shrimp Katsu Sando was a lot smaller than it looked on the picture and the flavors weren’t evenly distributed. Some bites were packed with flavors and some not so much. Kind of felt like the sandwich might have been carelessly thrown together. The fries were mediocre at best.. but honestly it was okay. I want to go back and try more of the sandwiches but I’m not in a rush to come back..

Interesting sandwiches, but the bread was stale. The pork katsu was tough and dry, not tender and juicy. It needed some kind of sauce on it. The egg, spam and avocado sandwich was good, but not much spam. The best one was the shrimp katsu sando. Was going to order a musubi but saw they were just sitting on the counter, which isn't a safe way to store rice.