Kalbi Ichiban - Pensacola

This is my husband's and my favorite restaurant in all of Pensacola. We've had dates here MANY times and have never once been disappointed. They have such a vast menu ranging from fresh sushi to full on BBQ and shabu shabu. The staff are also amazing, pleasant, and efficient. The vibe inside is so comfortable and chill, not a single complaint possible. I'm looking forward to the next time my husband and I dine here!Vegetarian options: The Veggie Dragon Roll is vegetarian(even vegan), and the lunch special Veggie Platter is my go-to for vegetarian option.

OH MY GOSH!!!!! My son is a Vet was stationed in S Korea for a year. All he talked about was the wonderful food over there the Sushi EVERYwhere. We let him pick out our meal and on Veteran's Day he had a taste down memory lane! He said it was EXACTLY what he ate overseas you can bet we will ALL go back!! My 20 yr old picky eater grandson got the burger LOVED it my 16 yr old granddaughter wants it to be a monthly place to go!!! HIGHLY recommend this restaurant!! ? ?

(Newest update October 13, 2023 We have been several other times before this update brought more friends to try this place out. They also loved it. Specifically this date, though, we went as part of our 30 yr anniversary and tried the seafood platter, and some drinks that were new to us. My husband had never liked any of the martinis I've tried in other places, but we both loved the green tea martini. It was not too sweet perfectly smooth going down.(Update: We returned in March 2021 to celebrate a combined birthday celebration for our 2 adult daughters and, again, loved the service food. We always order big with plans to take home this time the owner or manager came out to meet us. It was really awesome since my husband is half-Korean we were able to tell her just how great their food is. I've added new pictures. Our family went this past Saturday evening to celebrate my birthday (December 11, 2020 and really enjoyed the food. My husband is very knowledgeable about Korean food, and he was very happy he didn't have to cook everything from scratch at home that we ordered.There were 4 adults and 1 toddler (they have high chairs so we had the kalbi sampler platter, bulgogi dish, 2 bibim bop, 1 spicy, steamed rice, fried rice, miso soups, 2 fried raspberry cheesecakes. The fried rice was good, but everything else was delicious! We had enough left over for us to make fried rice for breakfast (we fried eggs to put on top. I had the fried, raspberry cheesecake slice with most of the drizzle on the side and overall it was a delicious deesert. I do not have a sweet tooth, so I could not handle the sweetness of the crust, raspberry drizzle, or cheesecake middle part. The textures were creamy fried just right, however, my family members who love sweets daughter who ordered one, too, said that it was just right on sweetness! The flavored Sojus were a big hit! We bought a green apple a strawberry to take home. SO good! I've added more pictures.One thing I have to add is that we ordered a bottle of wine and was unable to finish it, but was extremely happy to know that since we paid for the price of a whole bottle, it was nice to know we could take it home.Lastly, the atmosphere was warm, inviting, clean, the service cost were just right. We will be going back again!

We've never been disappointed going here, but the most recent time blew it out of the park. Our server, I'm sorry I'm forgetting his name, is vegan but knew the menu so well and was wonderfully attentive and really made out might. That plus the delicious fresh food doing Korean BBQ really made this a spot we'll keep going back to!

The food was very good. The atmosphere is very pretty. The service was extremely mediocre. Took us way too long to have our order taken and then took a while to get her food. We were a large party of around 14 but only had one waitress.