It may not be fair to compare my experience eating at various Raman shops in Japan, but this wasn't even close to the $4 Raman places there. I ordered the spicy Raman dish. The mini shrimp didn't add anything to the flavour which it usually does and it just irritated my throat (my fault for not chewing it enough, even though it's a soup). They have 3 levels of spicy and I went with 3 the hottest. It's not as hot as Korean, Thai or other cuisines that you expect really hot foods, but it was OK enough. If this dish had regular shrimp I'd give it a 4 star rating. If the soup stock was tastier and hotter I'd give it a 5. I also had their squid, which seemed average. The portion was a good size as a meal, though with teriyaki sauce didn't feel like it was the right sauce for this and the lemon on the side didn't go with the teriyaki flavour at all. Maybe if it were cooked in the teriyaki rather than added after it may have helped a bit. Since I generally really like squid I'd still eat it again. I'm just being picky, since I've had better.