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| - I love ramen. It's hearty, it's salty, it's the classic instant noodles I ate as a child, and it gives you that cozy feeling. Santouka however takes the "cozy" factor to the next level.
I had 5 people in my group. First of all, they refused to seat us cause only 4 of the 5 were present. Okay fine, understood.. But when your restaurant is empty? Really?!
Secondly all their tables are constructed for EVEN numbers of guests. If you are a group on odd number then prepared to get close and personal. When we finally got seated, even though there was an available table next to us that could transform our seating from a 4 to a 6 seater, we were told "not allowed". They didn't even allow us to add an extra chair at the end to comfortably accommodate the total 5. They claimed they don't have extra chairs! Ludicrous. So my friends and I, with 3 on one side, and 2 on the other "cozily" ate our ramen, knocking out elbows and jabbing each other.
As for the ramen, it was just a little bit... "Too gourmet" for me. I've been to other ramen restaurants, and I'm sort of a die hard fan to a specific ramen chain, won't say where but this ramen I had at santouka was just alright. I don't like how you can't customize the noodles the broth or the meat to your liking. I also got the Kara miso ramen expecting to get kicked in the ass with flavour. And I did, but wait maybe that was my friend who was kicking me because we had no space. Heh.
The service here was mediocre, it didn't have that homely feel of a ramen restaurant where they yell at you when you come in and leave.
Won't be cheating on my regular ramen place for Santouka any time soon :( boohoo.
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