Tourist trap. Do not come here if you are familiar with Japanese food.
Service - very friendly, with lots of guidance (ie. never had Japanese food before type of intro). Beer ordered took a while to deliver. Restaurant was only at 20% capacity so there must be some management issue. Coffee comes from Milk Bar next door, and that took twice as long as the beer. Assistant waitress commented that David Chang had just been there last week to train some new hires - "intense" she said. I wonder if its because he was upset with how the restaurant was performing.
Food - Pork buns were great. No issues. Pork Ramen - noodles over cooked. Way over cooked. Chickpea Ramen - thicker noodles, but same issue. Kim Chi Bowl - dry and boring. Hamachi Sashimi - fish was not fresh, we even found ourselves chewing on fish scales. Pickled radish garnish was so salty and sour, probably to mask the hamachi situation below it. I was really disappointed, and I had expected a really decent meal to follow all medium to high standards for Japanese cooking. I really wished we had a better review, but we ended up with a really disappointing two hundred dollar lunch for 5.