Itacho Sushi 板长寿司

The queue here is quite long and we were given the time limit to finish eating before 3 pm when we reached at 1 pm. We wanted to order the 0.40 sushi but it was already out of stock at an early timing. Water also costs $1. The sushi here is quite over rated and taste normal as other Japanese restaurants. Tried the pork curry rice but the meat is quite little. Overall a little disappointed.

2013-04-13

SGD 20(Lunch)

This is my favourite Japanese Restaurant after having tried at so many other restaurants.
I'd eat at least 2 servings (3 slices/serving) of the fatty salmon (priced at $5.50) when I visit Itacho!

There's always a queue there, so you'd want to go early. You can call for reservations, but you'd have to spend a minimum of $100.

Fresh food! But the environment is a little noisy though, as it's mostly packed.
There's a promotion now at JCube's Itacho, where some of the yummy sushis are selling at 80c/piece. You can only place the order after 9pm though. And they close pretty early (9.30pm on weekdays, not sure about weekends.

Service can be a little slow, especially for Plaza Sing branch. Price wise, it's a little pricier than your average run-of-the-mill Japanese restaurants. I usually spend above $30 per pax when I'm there.

2012-11-02

SGD 35(Dinner)

Went to do some stuff at Dhoby Ghaut with roommate and we decided to have lunch at Itacho Sushi as my roommate never tried before.

There was a long queue, luckily we were not that hungry, but the shop did not let us wait too long. The service was quite good.

I had ordered the teriyaki chicken. The texture of chicken was tender and the sauce tasted just nice for me. The sweetness and saltiness of the dish was just nice.

This bowl of udon soup is quite tasteless and I am actually quite disappointed with it. The soup base was really clear and not much flavouring or seasoning are added to it. The thinly sliced white carrots also do not give much taste to this bowl of udon. The presentation is really plain and unattracted. Fortunately the price of it is not really that high, if not I will be more annoy about it.

2012-07-13

The sashimi and sushi were all really fresh. I loved the sushi that was wrapped with mango slices and avocado slices. It tasted really refreshing and fresh! We have ordered their freshly grinded wasabi which tasted really nice and different from the wasabi i had before. It went really well with the sashimi! Oiishi! though it is a bit expensive, i will still patronise again because of the food quality food.

Had lunch over at Itacho on a weekday. There was queue, but wait wasn't too long. Firstly, would like to highlight that customer service was a mixed bag. It really depends on who served you, so that ought to be improved on. The Tonkatsu Don and Grilled Eel with Scrambled Egg is similar except the topping is different. The Tonkatsu has pork cutlet while the latter is Grilled Eel. The dish is tasty but too much sauce topping were added making it too salty even though I eat it with rice.

Had lunch over at Itacho on a weekday. There was queue, but wait wasn't too long.
Firstly, would like to highlight that customer service was a mixed bag. It really depends on who served you, so that ought to be improved on.

We ordered the following Sushi~ Salmon with Soy Sauce, Swordfish, Cod Liver with Scallop, Grilled Unagi, Tamago, Yellow Tail (Original, Black Truffle Sauce, Black Truffle Oil), Aburi Fatty Salmon, Aburi Salmon, Grilled Pork, Scallop.

The Grilled Unagi Sushi, Aburi Fatty Salmon Sushi and Scallop Sushi were nice. Grilled Unagi Sushi was rich in flavour and tender on the inside. It would be better if it was crisp on the outside. Next, the Scallop Sushi was really sweet and juicy. Finally, the Aburi Fatty Salmon Sushi was the best out of the lot. It was seared just right and the texture and flavour were both very smooth.

The Salmon with Soy Sauce Sushi, Tamago Sushi, Grilled Pork, Yellow Tail Sushi were alright but average at best. The Salmon with Soy Sauce Sushi, I've got to admit, was a steal at only $0.40 per piece.

The Swordfish sushi was quite a disappointment. At $3.50 per piece, I would have expected something of higher quality, freshness and consistency.

Overall, meal was good but not excellent.

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2012-07-10

my friend and i had lunch over here.. (introducing 2 of the sushi)

we had the crab stick sushi.. its not the usual crabstick.. this type is finer in texture..

we also had the fried prawn with curry and green tea salt.. i find that rather special as i never see such in other place before.. or i would say yet to try.. it was freshly made.. deep fried and served on the spot..

hence you definitely have to try this prawn sushi ;)

another time at this place for sushi... some of their sushi are really cheap .. i love their sushi as it is really fresh and authentic..

we had a few flamed sushi.. those salmon and tuna.. really melts in your mouth upon consumption~ its quite big as well

one of the last thing i had was their long and big sea eel sushi.. yum~!

In my opinion, Itacho sushi has the best and freshest sashimi in Singapore. After all the times i've been to Itacho, i have yet to find anything that wasn't impressive. Every slice of sashimi i had was fresh and thats a consistency thats hard to maintain. My advice is not to order main courses like the rice or noodles, instead, just feast on sashimi along and trust me, it costs just a teeny weeny bit more but its 100% more satisfying.Do also try their chawamushi- its even better than the ichiban version (which i love very much already).

The staff are also very friendly. I like to sit at the sushi table infront of the chef. If they aren't too busy, you can strike up a conversation with them, get them to recommend your next dish and also to give you tips about how best to go about eating sashimi or what each sort of fish tastes like.

Itacho Sushi is a place filled with fresh and affordable Japanese food! Grilled salmon sushi was fantastic. Salmon sashimi is really fresh and sweet! Sweet shrimp, hotate and botan shrimp sushi is great too! Botan shrimp is alot nicer as compared to the other shrimps. Fresher, juicier and sweeter. I also ordered crabmeat chawanmushi. It is really tasty! I will definitely head back for more!

I'm a Japanese food fan loving anything raw including raw fish intestines.
Itacho Sushi's outlets has became my first choice because it offers unbeatable value for money menu and ever freshness from it's sashimi menu.
On 9th August my family of 3 decided to eat out to celebrate National Day and naturally all 3 of us decided to pick one of Itacho Sushi's outlet which we went to at Plaza Singapura.
The never to be missed order is "angkimo"which is fish liver served with ponzu sauce at $6 is a real good catch.
Very seldom we can find "anago-fesh eel"as most restaurants serves "unagi"and at S$6 for a big piece of sushi is a good deal too.
The "ika sashimi"at $4.80,"hotate"are also favourites we never miss as they are really fresh and value for money.
Overall, thumps up and thank you Itacho Sushi for bringing good value for money food into Singapore and hope you keep opening more outlets.

2011-08-09

Celebration: National Day

SGD 20(Lunch)

I went to Spotlight with my friend and thought of having our lunch at Plaza Singapore. We were searching for a place to eat and this particular restaurant caught our eyes. The restaurant looked inviting, with a slight queue outside. The promotion posters were captivating. I love fish and they were having some promotion of fish dishes at $8.50 per set. In addition, they have some dishes that were having upto 50% discount. We decided to give it a try.
The table and chairs that we set upon were slightly higher than normal, something like that of a counter chair. There were stacks of order forms on the table for you to place the order, with colours corresponding to that on the menu. This forms did not include the promotion items.
My friend and I each ordered a fish dish. I ordered the 'Grilled Aka Uo Fish', upgrade to include salad and miso soup for an additional $3.Before we had our main course, we ordered some side dishes. The salmon sushi with soy sauce, original price $0.80 each, now 50% off. Not bad. The Gyoza at $2.40 per plate 3 pieces. The salmon belly at $3.80 per plate. I didn't quite like the salmon belly as it was full of bones.Then we added the Deep Fried Shrimp, $3.80 and Hot Roasted Egg, $2.40. I tried the hot roasted egg in Japan, but this one was not as good, maybe not hot enough. Still I quite like it. The Shrimps were disappointing though.Overall, it's a value for money restaurant. They even waived the charges for the towel and hot tea if you spent about $10 per person.

2011-08-12

SGD 20(Lunch)

Was feeling hungry after walking around the mall and saw a queue outside this restaurant so we ended up in the queue as they were having some promotions going on. We settled for a few side dishes which was having up tp 50% off and felt shortchanged somehow on the fried prawns, cos it turned out only 3 medium prawns(I won't even called them prawns but shrimps), cubed and fried till it was extremely dried and not appettizing. The picture on the poster was taken with 3 prawns in whole... We ordered the top salmon belly with black pepper(ok only), gyoza with curry salt(so so only), soya salmon sushi(nice) and the hot roasted egg(nice) apart from our lunch set which I ordered the grilled sama fish. It was well grilled but wished they have taken out the innards from the fish cos they were extremely fishy even after squeezing lemon on it wasn't a help. Overall service is efficient but don't think I will visit again.

2011-08-12

SGD 22.00(Lunch)

Ever since the Japanese restaurant at the basement of The Adelphi closed, it has been years I had tasted such good sushi made in Singapore. The ingredients are fresh and you can feel the warmness of the sushi rice when savouring the delicious sushi!

This was my first time to this restaurant, hence all the dishes seem so interesting to me. There is a lot of variety and many of them are new dishes to me, not the usual ones that you can find in other Japanese chain restaurants. Take a look at the photos, you will see some of the unique ones that I had tasted. I have a hard time to select the 8 photos from my list of photos. You will find alot of new, fresh and high-quality fishes and other ingredients such as cod liver and foie gras in the menu.

I simply love the uniqueness of the baked stuffed crab, the tamago with curry lobster. The tamago are comparable to the ones that I had in Tokyo. I will definitely go back for more!

2011-07-02

SGD 20(Lunch)