I had read the reviews on yelp and others such as zomato and all indicated a great restaurant with skewers, charcoal bbq meat and even crab.
And so we went on a Saturday night, it was about 6pm and we were the first there. The atmosphere was nice and cosy. The waitress looked pretty professional in her Kobo Nobu branded uniform.
However the disappointment came from the menu and the food. The menu only included basics such as noodles (subbed as hot pots) and ramen along with a couple of appetizers such as tonkatsu or tofu. Nowhere to be seen were the fancy japanese items as per the previous reviews: no fancy meats or crab anywhere.
Out of luck, I tried getting a Asahi on tap which I could get as the tap was broken apparently. I had to fall back on canned Sapporo.
Anyhow, we order the most appealing items from the menu and got 2 hot pots. The nabeyaki udon was simple: cabbage, mushrooms and chicken. The salt (I guess soy based) broth was clear and simple. It did not look very appealing or facy but it had a solid udon-in-a-broth taste, I would say pretty homey. And to the point, I am not sure this was a $15 udon soup...
I am not sure what happened, I am thinking management changed and this is now a regular just-OK japanese restaurant. Given the solid and homey taste of the food I imagine it would not take much to spice up the menu and step up the game in order to match the prices.