I don't understand the hype for Menami. We came on a Saturday night; the ambiance is nice, service was average, but the food was subpar.
They offer house made udon but the noodles were not special and the sauces were lacking in flavour. We got the mentaiko carbonara and tsuke udon, both lacking in flavour. The carbonara completely overtook the mentaiko taste, and it felt like they cheaped out on the amount of mentaiko. The tsuke udon was not enjoyable as the dipping soup did not make the dish tasty - lacking in umami flavours all around. I expected their noodle dishes would be well done - being an udon specialty restaurant - but they were not.
We also got a few appetizers, we remember them being okay but the mains were so disappointing it's not worth mentioning the apps. I think a lot of people come here for drinks and the apps.
Although the appetizers were okay, the udon was not worth it. I would not recommend or come back.