We were looking for a place for sushi around pond mills and decided to give Ichiban Sushi House a shot. My motto is "never try, never know." So in we went! Decor was alright, typical of any sushi restaurant. We were seated in the booth, which there was 3 and another room for private guests I believe. We decided to keep it simple and ordered a medium sized sushi boat and 4 pieces of uni (sea urchin). We should have known from the lack of customers on a Saturday night that this was not going to be the best sushi... The uni was pretty bad to say the least, it was a gooey texture which happens when it looses its freshness, the taste was unpleasant as well. It was like the smell of a harbour in our mouths. Moving on to the sushi and maki. The sushi was pretty small, about sushi buffet style sizes. The fish didn't taste fresh, the tuna belly especially. When you get a fishy ocean taste, that's when you can tell it is not fresh. I used to work in a sushi restaurant myself so I knew what to expect of fresh and old fish. The maki was small and nothing special. On a positive note the staff were honestly kind and attentive, its just a shame the food didn't represent their quality of service.