I really wanted to like this place as I heard so many great reviews given their history and when they were at the Ramen Festival at Rio.
I believe most of the issues are due to execution but for starters, you are literally blinded when you walk in.....Man it is bright. There are HUGE red chairs to plop yourself into.
The complimentary salad was a nice gesture but after that things were just aight. We ordered the Shiroi, Kuroi, and the Tate-Yama selections. The Carbonara sounded great but I don't know if I could do a full bowl as I imagine it would be pretty rich.
For the 3 Ramen's we found the broth to be too salty. Noodles were either really over cooked (Shiroi and Kuroi) or slightly under cooked (Tate Yama) I personally liked the noodles in the Tate-Yama as they were probably the thickest ramen noodles I ve ever eaten but based on other reviews I can understand where people are coming from as they are thick and doughy.
The Tate-Yama was my favorite - i love bean sprouts and it was topped with a mountain. Overall everything was decent. I would come back to give it a second chance but i wont be rushing. Businesss was pretty slow - hopefully this is just opening jitters.