The first word I can think of to describe this new Kinton Ramen joint is: slooooooooooow.
The restaurant is fairly new as it had its grand opening a few weeks ago. The wait to get a table was decent on Valentine's day but once you sit down, that's when the real wait begins. After placing our order, we had to wait a good 20 minutes before our first appetizer arrives. Another 15 minutes slowly goes by... Hungry is turning into hangry... The Ramen finally arrives. After quickly slurping down half the bowl, our second appetizer arrives.
Word of caution: flag someone down quickly and order ASAP to minimize your wait time!
Kakimayo: when Guu first opened, their kaki mayo was legit, full sized baked oyster. Nowadays the shell houses chopped up pieces of oyster and mushrooms. Mushroom to oyster ratio is 1:1. Not really great for $4.50
Hot Kaarage: fried chicken with hot sauce. If I had to order it again, I'd get it without the hot sauce. The fried chicken tonight is a bit on the dry side. I probably wouldn't get this again.
Spicy extra ramen: with triple the meat, it better be filling! Luckily it was. I had to give a slice or two to my husband so he ended up with 4x the meat. The broth is comparable to other Kinton locations. The Ramen was cooked well, very springy (if that is a proper Ramen description). Unlike other Kinton locations, you don't get the option to choose how rich your broth is. The only downside was the pork was cold.
No pictures were taken because a) there's more than enough photos on Yelp and b) I waited long enough to get my food that my camera was definitely not eating first.
I hope the staff can get used to their set up soon. The wait staff appeared pretty lost half the time. They didn't know where the food was going nor did they know the table numbering system.
Expect a long (sober*) wait time when you come to this location. *no llbo license yet, so don't let the Sapporo tap fool you.
Two and half stars (for now).