It appears I am not the only one who thinks this place has gone down hill.
I remember a time, it seems like not so long ago, when 12:30 at night (any night) Ichiza was packed and there was a line to get in. These days that's not the case any more.
The food is still pretty good, but there are some items that are nothing but a pale resemblance of their former selves.
Take for example my favorite item on the menu, the Deeply Boiled Pork Belly. It used to have such a rich and flavorful sauce, evidence that it had truly been "deeply boiled". These days the sauce is the color of cheap American beer, and tastes like it came out of a can. The pork was way too tough to have been prepared like it used to be.
Very sad people, why did you have to change perfection?