So the first time my husband and I ate here was just before their happy hour was about to end. We ordered quickly. I got ramen and my husband got the salmon rice bowl, which is actually not on the happy hour menu. We were told that it was by the host so he apologized for his mistake and honored the happy hour prices. I thought this was very professional and the right thing to do under the circumstances.
Now the ramen. Amazing! I lived in DTLA and have been to great ramen places in Little Tokyo. Now I'm not going to claim I am a ramen expert. It is something that I feel I haven't had enough of in enough places to act like I know what makes for excellent ramen. But I've been to ramen places in LA and Vancouver and this place is probably my favorite. Whether I've developed a taste (craving for this place) for ramen, I don't know. My husband who was never blown away by ramen before loves it here. He enjoyed both his rice bowl and some of my ramen. I have since brought some friends of mine, a couple being foodies and Japanese, and they too love the ramen.
The salmon bowl was delicious. But the ramen, with the Tonkotsu broth, is a guaranteed pleasurable mouth experience. My LA friends crave their ramen but they're not lucky enough to live as close to Itsy Bitsy as I do.
The happy hour is a great deal. But even if you don't make it there then, the price is good for what you get.