I really wanted to like Kinton. Unfortunately every time I went (4 times) the food just got less and less appealing. The last visit was the final nail on the coffin.
The chicken karaage was soggy. The ramen broth was so salty and lacked flavour at the same time. I asked for some hot water to pour in to the ramen to make it bareable.
Everytime I order the pork belly I ask myself - how is one supposed to eat this? It is literally a long thick chewy piece of meat. Impossible to cut chopsticks. Should I stick one side in my mouth and bite it off?!?? I asked them to cut it and they said - no.
Trendy interiors are nice but I feel like they don't value the customer. The stools are notoriously uncomfortable - really, who likes to sit on a tall wooden block for hours on end!?
Some points to consider:
- Kinton doesnt seat you and makes you stand up and wait even though you're a party of two and your friend is parking, even though the restaurant is *completely* empty
- I personally saw a large family of three generations (really old grandparents adults and babies) and the restaurant was down right *incapable* of accommodating for the babies or grandparents. I saw them try to balance and climb on the wooden stools. It was so painful to watch. All for mediocre ramen.