3rd visit. Most likely the last. There are too many other great ramen places where the service may be quick paced and slightly impersonal - but you actually do get service, and you get what you ask for.
Jinya - The speed in which the food arrives has much improved since previous visits. The demeanor of our server - as if he "couldn't be bothered" - was pretty frustrating. Twice, he held his finger up at me from a distance as if to say "just a second" while he dance and laughed with others servers 2 feet from our table. It wasn't as though he was busy with guests. So that's just annoying and uncool. You are a server, please provide service or move on. Honestly. It's not rocket science.
Asking for items to come as a first course made no difference - as everything showed up either all together or appetizers after the ramen bowls hit the table. Again, not the biggest deal - but communicate to your table if that's the case. It becomes a situation where the lack of proper service has you noticing everything that is not right. We ordered a pitcher of beer and saké and the server never came back to check on us when they were done - make sales dude!
It's hard to review the food with such bad taste in
your mouth due to lack of service. Next.
Happy Eating!