Came here on a Saturday afternoon for lunch. The place was empty except a single person having some udon. I thought this place would be much busier since its a new place. Not a good sign but I hope this review will help them out a bit.
Outside the restaurant has a wood type design and it makes the restaurant look a bit incomplete but I assure you its a completely finished restaurant. Nice and spacious. This restaurant replaces Nak Won. Poor Nak Won :(
My dad was complaining the whole time about the first impressions of the restaurant. The outside looks unfinished. There is not enough variety on the menu. He didn't like how all the cups were different. He wanted tea to be served instead of just boiled water. He didn't like how all the chairs in the restaurant looked different. He thought the tables were cheap. And he kept on going on and on. Some of the things he pointed out may hold true but once he began eating his dish the complaining stopped and he even had some good things to say about the food.
My dad got the beef with rice (Gyu rice) $8.50 - There is a lot going on when you take a closer look at the dish. Other than the beef and rice there was avocado, thinly sliced apple, ginger, a nice runny boiled egg and on the side a miso soup.
I got the curry beef with rice (Curry Gyu rice) $8.95 - This dish had all the same as the above dish but with curry sauce which had some potatoes and carrots. I thought the dish tasted excellent and gives stiff competition for the restaurant Donburi. My only complaint is that the dish could be a bit larger for us big eaters out there :)
Also got a chance to try the beef udon (Gyu udon) $9.50 - It had many of the same items as above. (sliced apple, avocado, runny boiled egg but in addition it had corn on the cob and tofu. The udon was cooked perfectly. Not too soft or hard but just the right amount of chew.
Another dish we got was the seafood udon $11.95 - There was veggie, squid and shrimp tempura on the side. The shrimp tempura was very large and tasty.
To top it off we tried a hot taro milk tea for $2 - The cup was huge and was filled to the top. We shared it among three people it was so large. Great value at $2 but I think this might be special grand opening pricing. Drink was nice and sweet and tasted pretty good.
Overall a great place for some Japanese donburi or udon.