Aji Ichiban — Restaurant in Jacksonville

First off, I am limited to 5 stars, but this is a 6/5 stars. This is the BEST Japanese (and some Korean) food ever.

The tempura shrimp was plentiful and perfectly breaded. Not too much and not too light. Cooked perfectly. It is shrimp, green beans, zucchini and other vegetables.

The California Roll was rolled perfectly and presented beautifully.

Bento Box A was my dinner. It had Teriyaki Beef (flawlessly tender), white rice, soup, sashimi (that included thin sliced octopus) and tempura. Amazing was all I can say.

Wife had Pork Yakisoba that was her favorite so far of all of the places we have eaten yakisoba. It was abundant with pork.

We got an order of shrimp fried rice & udon with pork to bring home too. This was a great decision as we tasted both before leaving. Phenomenal. Both. Just excellent.

They carry a few authentic Japanese sodas & teas. Beware the bottled green teas are not sweetened.

Lastly, this is a family owned restaurant. All of the decor came from the owners house. Our server was extremely friendly and knowledgeable of the menu.

We will be returning for many times to come because there was so much that sounded awesome. Our dinner proved the fact that they will all be...

Edit: Haven't had a problem with them as of late.

Edit: Going to give this place another chance. Will change review overtime but will not change back to 3+ as owner fails to respond to messages.

Edit: changing from 5 stars to 1 stars simply due to a bad experience. Called ahead to ask if the order could be brought out to my car as I was unable to step out. Ended up waiting for 30 minutes in the parking lot, put on hold for 10 minutes before being hung up on. Not to mention I saw 2 other customers enter during the hold and could visibly see through the cracks the cashier attending to then first before hanging up on me. Drove right off after seeing that. Dont say you'll do something and then expect the customer to wait more than necessary while mis-prioritizing the customers. I could literally see my order bagged up and placed on the table. Terrible waste of food and a...

If I could put NO stars and still leave a review I absolutely would. THIS PLACE IS DISGRACEFUL. I came with my family to eat. We waited quietly to be seated by the door. Two customers were checking out and there were four empty tables completely 100% no doubt about it, clear as day, dirty and covered with food and dishes. We stood there and waited. Then the nastiest waitress you could meet , instead of coming up to us, she talked to us from across the restaurant and asked if we were dining in or ordering to go. After we stated that we were dining in she told us to pick a table and sit and she will clean it whenever she can get to it. Completely unsanitary. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS RESTAURANT EVER! TO ANYONE! If they are willing to seat customers in filth I don’t even want to imagine what they prepared your...