Amy B.
Yelp
I had such high hopes for this place, and felt that it could've been so much better. I've heard a few good things and decided to stop in today to check it out. Walking in, the place was smaller than I'd anticipated. I was aggressively greeted by a nice man who was more than happy to help me. He seated me by the window since it was just me, offered me a drink and handed me a menu.
The front is their Ramen dishes, and the back is sushi. I was here for the Ramen, so I didn't even check out the back part since I didn't want the sushi. Prices were all around the $18 mark and most had pork broth. I don't do pork, which is fine, so that left me one or two beef broth dishes and maybe a vegetarian one as well. I did add an egg to the beef broth one which came with meat, bok choy, lots of noodles and some other seasonings as well.
Mind you, I don't consider myself a Ramen guru, but have had enough to know what I like. I found the broth here to be on the saltier end, which I didn't love especially towards the end of the dish. The beef tasted a bit over cooked and more "well done" with a chewy texture to it. Maybe it was over cooked? I don't know, I can't say for sure. Noodles were okay, but on the more difficult end to break apart when eating, so I was constantly having to use my chopsticks to break them up. Were they good? yes.
This place isn't a bust, I just expected more especially from the price point. Good Ramen isn't cheap, and I've had better for the same price with a lot less salty taste to it. Not the best ramen out there, thus, this will never be more than 3 stars.
Price point aside, there's TONS of other places (IMA down the street, HINT HINT) that will give to MUCH better Raman at about the same price in a much more aesthetically pleasing environment. I should've gone to IMA but was wanted to like this place SO BADLY. Sorry kids, won't be back.