We visited this place 9/3/09 around 7:00 at night. The place had a few people sitting at the tables and a few at the bar. The waitress was nice enough and quick to seat us and take our orders.
I ordered the Pork Broth ramen, my wife the Miso ramen, and an order of pot stickers, shumai, and seaweed salad.
The Taste:
My pork ramen was okay. I liked the rich porky flavor, the smell was okay as well. The broth was in my opinion too salty. Ramen is supposed to be salty but this was extreme. I ended up finishing two glasses of iced green tea just getting through the noodles. The fried garlic in the soup was burnt and VERY bitter. The ramen noodles were alright, they could have been chewier.
The Miso ramen was very strange tasting, borderline nasty. My wife took a small bite of the noodles and toppings, became shaken at the flavors but then gave it one more shot before putting down her chopsticks for the night. I thought likewise of the bowl.
The shumai and pot stickers were tasty. But I wasn't floored by them.
The Price:
Here is where I thought this place could do a lot better. 10$ for a bowl of ramen is a little high but okay. But the shumai was $5 for 5 pieces and the Gyoza was $5 for 5 pieces. That seems a bit out of line for what they were.
The wait staff did not come back for some time that night and they took too long to bring our check. We ended up leaving there around 8:30 for a 1-1/2 Hour stay. Too long... and went off to find something to eat for my wife.
Overall I will visit here once more another day before I resign it to culinary doom.