Ichicoro Ane - Petersburg

This restaurant was delicious, unique and a great atmosphere!

I’m glad that this exists in St Pete! It’s a real gem among a lot of sub-par restaurants. However, having just moved here from Seattle we are spoiled with regards to Japanese food. As such, our bar was pretty high and the food here fell just short of five stars. Overall it was delicious and we will be back, but some of the flavors were lacking. The pork katsu, for example, was mostly just salty. The Karaage was good but the sauce seemed like off-the-shelf spicy mayo and they could have done something more creative. We really enjoyed the ramen but it’s not a pork broth so it felt a bit light relative to what we were craving. Not a bad thing, just different! The server was attentive and no-nonsense. Our table was about 6-10 inches on either side from other tables which made it hard to carry on a conversation.

I really love the ambiance of this little restaurant. It is beautifully decorated and the service, food, and drinks were excellent. We had the fries and buffalo cauliflower for a starter and both were amazing and had me wanting more. For dinner we both got the ramen. I got the ramen with the beyond meat and it was so tasty. I will be back.

Awesome Ambience and incredible Service! Lyndsay and Katherine are the bomb diggity! Food was amazing and cocktails were to die for!!

The space is architecturally interesting. The hard surfaces of wood and stone and open kitchen cause sound to reverberate. The mostly young clients seemed happy in the space. We found it too noisy for conversation. The small plates were interesting and ranged from wow to so-so. The donburi and the ramen were good, not great. The server was excellent.