This is Chef Jonathon Sawyer's other place, or places now that he has two Noodlecat locations. Noodlecat gets beat up quite a bit here on yelp while Saigon around the corner shines which is beyond me. The atmosphere here is fantastic and the food is very tasty.
So far, I have tried the pork miso ramen with a six minute egg and was very pleased. All of the menu items are very creative and clever as you would expect knowing the chef. He pays homage to L.A. favorites on the menu at both of his restaurants and I'm a sucker for that sort of thing.
Most of the bad reviews are comparing Noodlecat to traditional Japanese ramen and it's a shame the haters can't try it for what it claims to be. From the website, "Noodlecat is a slurpalicious Japanese-American mash-up from Chef Jonathon Sawyer." He never claims you are going to get traditional ramen so all of you Japanese food experts need to get over yourselves and try this place for what it is.