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| - One star for OK ramen, otherwise this was maybe the worst service I've ever received at a restaurant.
Where to start? I really wanted to have a good experience here, as I've been a frequent customer at Shikiji for years, which is owned by the same family (ish) as Shiki Menya. I have a deep love for Shikiji and the people who work there, so I thought I'd try the new offering.
I'll start with the fact that when we got there and put our names down on the coveted "list", we went into the vestibule and hostess/server nearest to the door didn't greet us, buy merely barked that there was a list outside for us to put our names down.
The restaurant wasn't too busy, so we didn't have to wait long. We were shown to our table and waited for a while before our server came by and threw a couple menus down and walked away. We decided quickly what we wanted, but it took us around 10 minutes to wave down our server who had seemingly disappeared.
We started with the tacos, which were actually delicious, except they came with a sad-looking tiny lime wedge that may as well have been a decoration, since we couldn't get a single drop out of it. I waited for our server to come back to check on us to ask for adult-sized limes, but gave up after waiting long enough.
The ramen bowls came quickly, which was nice. The food was good, but didn't quite measure up to Shikiji's. I couldn't finish my bowl, and asked to have the rest to go...except our server let us know that Shiki Menya doesn't "do" to go. The reasoning was because apparently people waiting for a bowl and who get turned away outside after quantities run out complained about this in the past. So the logic is to get rid of "to go"? It's not like you're returning people's leftovers to the cauldron in the kitchen (I hope).
So if this wasn't enough, when we received our bill we asked to split it 50/50, something we do at River Café and Notable, but apparently this lowly peasant request isn't up to par at Shiki Menya. The server explained that splitting bills lags the restaurant during busy hours. As I looked around to see a couple empty tables and zero people in line outside, it became clear to me that our server, like many of his counterparts, gave absolutely zero sh*ts and was too lazy to attempt the impossible task of dividing a bill in half.
In a nutshell, Shiki Menya is Shikiji's hipster and ever pretentious little brother.
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