This has to be one of my favorite soba spots in the area and I love the homey vibe to it all! You…read moreorder the counter and grab a seat anywhere. Once your food is ready, they'll bring it out to you. Water, tea, and utensils are self serve by the front door. After you're done, just bus your own table really quick and leave the tray at the return station by the register. My go to is usually the ten zaru because I love their cold soba! My friends like their yuzu broth sobas as well! Noodles have a great texture and I never leave feeling heavy. Great spot for a quick, easy, and fresh lunch! Better to eat this one there than take out! Got take out here for the first time today and the tempura sauce lid wasn't on right, so all our tempura got soaked. :(

The exterior does a hell of a sales job. Tucked into Old Torrance, Ichimiann looks like the kind of…read moreplace you hope has been doing one thing correctly for decades. Handmade noodles. Old wood. No unnecessary theater. I walked in expecting the sort of modest Japanese restaurant that makes you wonder why anyone bothers opening anything new. Then you get inside. There is old in the charming sense, where every worn surface feels earned. And then there is old in the neglected sense, where the room feels dim, tired and coated in the residue of a thousand lunches. Ichimiann lands much closer to the second. The cafeteria style ordering, self serve tea and tray return could have been part of its appeal, but the space has no real rhythm to it. You order, drift toward the back and eventually find yourself eating in a room that feels more institutional than intimate. The staff was pleasant and efficient. No complaint there. The soba itself was also good, properly textured, clean tasting and clearly better than the lifeless supermarket versions most people know. The problem is that "good soba" is carrying nearly the entire restaurant on its back. The portions are remarkably small for the price and every addition begins to feel like another minor financial penalty. By the time the tray reaches the table, you are looking at a modest serving of noodles in a tired room and wondering how the bill became so ambitious. Handmade or not, there was nothing on the plate that felt difficult enough, generous enough or memorable enough to justify it. That is the disappointment. Ichimiann presents itself like a surviving piece of old Torrance, but tradition alone is not hospitality and age alone is not character. The noodles are respectable. Nearly everything surrounding them needs considerably more care. I wanted to discover a neighborhood institution. What I found was an expensive bowl of decent soba in a restaurant that seems to believe its history is doing more work than it actually is.

Amazing tonkatsu here. It was perfectly crispy and juicy. I definitely will he coming back. The…read moreservice was excellent.

Stopped by Tonkatsu Marushichi yesterday and really enjoyed it. I ordered the Katsu Sando, which…read morewas delicious and beautifully presented. The pork was tender and flavorful with a perfectly crispy coating, and the bread was soft and fresh. The owner was also very friendly and welcoming. Since I was dining in, he even gave me a complimentary soup, which was a nice touch and made the experience feel more personal. It's always great to find places that combine quality food with genuine hospitality, and this spot does exactly that. Highly recommend supporting this wonderful, authentic, and delicious business. I'll definitely be back to try more of the menu.

Atmosphere - Clean, lots of indoor seating. No wait on Thursday evening…read more Taste - We ordered the Manager's Special, Matsui Bowl and Hand Roll Combination. Udon and Soba sauce was flavorful and authentic tasting. Shrimp tempura was crispy. Customer Service - Excellent. Staff were attentive and friendly. Price - Average

I was just starting to eat my meal when the sat a large group breaking them in to tables on both…read moresides of me. So people needed to squeeze by and then one guy asked if he could sit for a moment at my table. I said okay. But then I think he planned to stay at my table until finally my waiter moved him! There was a seat at one their tables the whole time. Then their waitress wedge herself with her back toward me in between the tables and I had to stop eating. Very disruptive and rude. Taking a while for the six people to order so I nudged her and I asked her to move and she seemed upset that I did that but didn't say anything no apology so it was very uncomfortable and I was rushing through my food so I burnt my tongue on the hot soup again even though I knew it was hot because I just wanted to get out of there. And then when I was done, I had to wait a while for the check and then they couldn't process the Apple Pay at the table so then I had to go to the front and wait for somebody to attend to me there overall this experience was not fun and stressful and I had got there right when they opened. I sure wish I had selected a different seat!! I wouldn't get the Nabeyaki soup again. It was really big and had a lot of end pieces of tough napa cabbage. There were two pieced of shitake mushroom and the standard thin fish cake slice. There was and egg in the soup and a three small chicken pieces. On the side were three small pieces of green bean and two tempura shrimp.

I came here for lunch (no res) right when they opened on a Saturday! I had a great experience and…read moreservice was good. I ordered the pork and fried oyster combo and everything was delicious! I love the additional sides of the soup and veggies to pair with the katsu and oyster. The fried oysters were super juicy and were cooked perfectly! I would come back and try their other katsu dishes!

One of the reasons I love LA is the variety of food available. You can find something great from…read moreanywhere in the world. And it's more than just the usual suspects. You can find sushi in most places. But Japan has more to offer. Kagura offers some of that variety, and they do it well. I've had katsu before but not Millefeuille Cheese Katsu. I'd never had Sea Urchin Pasta before either. I recommend both. I also recommend asking for the tables in the rear. Service was nice, but a bit slow. They have a small parking area in the alley behind the restaurant. Street parking an also available.

The restaurant is located adjacent to Abalone Ave, different from the location that was shown on…read moreApple/Google Maps. While you were at the corner, you would see its noticeable sign. It felt causal and cozy inside, simple and clean. We arrived late at around 1:30 pm on a Saturday afternoon but the waitress was patient and friendly, guiding us to seats and let us know to order before their kitchen was closed. It had a lunch special menu which showed several special items at a very affordable price. We picked the Negitoro Bowl from this special menu (at half of the regular price). The tuna had a balanced fat and was minced in a manner that I felt it melt in my mouth. It's a good match with rice. The Kaisen Bowl had a variety of seafoods and all of them tasted very fresh! The salty fish roe made the rice more flavorful. The Kaisen Bowl came with a miso soup and a salad. We also ordered a soba which was well cooked. We definitely will go back to try more dishes!

The food was delicious and the quality felt really good for what I paid. The staff were also very…read morefriendly, and overall it was a nice experience. This was always one of the restaurants I wanted to try, so I was happy I finally got to visit haha. One thing is that the prices are high and the portion felt little small. If you are really hungry, I probably would not recommend ordering only the premium dishes. It might be better to try some of the more affordable menu options too. Still, the food quality was great and I would love to come back again to try different dishes next time.

This is one of my favorite restaurants in Southbay. Their soba, udon, broth and sashimi are all so…read moretasty & fresh. I had the yuzu snapper with hot soba recently and everything just melted in my mouth. Place is kind of small so go at non bust times or prepare to wait.

When my husband and I are craving a quick, comforting meal, this is one of our go-to spots. We've…read morebeen coming here for a while, and the staff has gotten to know us and is even familiar with our usual order, which always makes us feel welcome. This is a small Japanese restaurant, but that's part of its charm. The intimate setting makes it feel cozy, warm, and inviting. It's the kind of place where you can relax, enjoy a delicious meal, and feel right at home. Everything we've tried has been consistently fresh and flavorful, and every visit leaves us happy and satisfied. One of my faves is the location! Our chiropractor, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods and more are in the shopping center. Super love!

We are huge fans of this place! This Torrance spot on Cabrillo is actually one of three branches…read morethey have, we've officially been to the other two now, and tonight's dinner here definitely didn't disappoint. The restaurant itself is on the smaller side, but it has a really nice, cozy decor with cool Japanese characters on the walls. We went with their popular tempura combo paired with cold udon, and also grabbed a shrimp tempura roll. Everything was amazing! These guys absolutely know what they are doing when it comes to tempura, it's always perfectly light, crispy, and delicious. The service was also fantastic, super efficient, quick, and friendly from start to finish. Plus, having a parking lot in the back makes coming here totally stress-free. Another great meal down, highly recommend!

Stopped in for lunch probably around the end of the rush. It was quite crowded, but we were luckily…read moreseated right away. Service in general was pretty quick and attentive. The main dining room has a decent amount of tables that are relatively close together, and felt like a busy izakaya to me. JEWEL BOX: 3/5. The tempura was definitely the star of the show, the sashimi was just okay, and the rice was not good. It was hard, like it was either stale and old, or there just was not enough enough water. SMALL TEMPURA BOWL: 4/5. The batter was soft. It wasn't bad, but I guess I definitely expected a little more from a place that specializes in tempura. SOBA: 5/5. The soba broth was very clean, light, and refreshing.

Home-y vibes izakaya at a strip mall…read more Went for a Friday dinner. Parking was easy at the time, but do know the plaza can get a little busy in the evening. The inside decor was home-y, with regular seating and a few tatami rooms. Had a rsvp for a booth and was sat immediately. Ordered a few different dishes: - Sweet potato tempura - Agadashi tofu - yellowtail jalapeño sashimi - soba noodles - chicken curry rice Everything was really good - but the chicken curry rice and sashimi stood out. They also did get our soba noodle order wrong and received udon, but the udon was good also. Prices were reasonable for the amount of food you get. Would come back!

This restaurant came up on my FB feed, and the food looked really good, so we thought, "Why not…read moregive it a try?" I usually read through the Yelp comments and look at the photos before trying a new place, but this time I only checked the rating -- which was great -- and decided to go based on that and the FB post. Looking back, I probably should have read the reviews first. We didn't realize the bento boxes are only available during lunchtime, and we were also surprised to find out they don't have yakitori. Those were two things we were hoping to try. We came with a party and ordered several items, including the Akatsuki Special Hot Pot, which was recommended to us, along with other dishes. The tempura and karaage were definitely the highlights -- both were really good. The rest of the food was okay for our group, but unfortunately it didn't really satisfy our craving or stand out the way we were hoping. The restaurant has a nice atmosphere and the staff was friendly. I think the biggest thing was that our expectations were set by what we saw on FB, and the items that caught our attention weren't available when we visited. I would recommend checking their current menu before going so you know what to expect. Maybe we'll come back another time to try their lunch menu and explore more of what they offer.