Ichiza Las Vegas

Located on the second floor of a strip mall on Spring Mountain Road in the Asian section of the city, Ichiza1 is a cute izakaya styled restaurant offering typical Japanese pub style food like yakitori, various soups and stews (think udon, yakisoba, etc..) and the like. The premise is on the smallish side with a bar seating under 10 people and then a variety of side down tables...all in the dark wood style one would experience in Japan proper. The menu is colorful, bright and quite complicated although, thankfully, there are a number of photos to accompany the meal options so it makes it a touch easier (although our server was very helpful as well). We ordered a hodge-podge of items...Yaki Onigiri (fried rice balls...very good, crispy on the outside but soft and chewy in the middle), Mini Sushi Bowl (very good, fresh fish and common selection of tuna, yellow tail, salmon, etc...), Yakisoba (Stir fried noodle soup...also very good), Scallop Skewer (good...but a bit on the small side), Shishito Pepper skewer (excellent...great flavoring to complement the rest of the meal), Chicken Thigh Skewer (good), Cold Spinach with Sesame Sauce (good) and Garlic Edamame (ok...but would have preferred regular edamame...the garlic was too much of an extra flavouring). Overall it was very good and we had a lot of fun in the location. Definitely worth a visit. Enjoy!

I love this Izakaya (Japanese pub traditionally for after-work drinking). The food menu is excellent and very much authentic. I wish I had more time and an appetite during this visit. I wanted to try everything they have on the menu! Service is excellent and very much to the Japanese standard (Omotenashi).