Ajisen Ramen has just opened a new location on Spadina bringing the count to three in the Toronto area. (Yonge, Warden and now Spadina)
It still has that new restaurant smell and was packed to the gills when I went in at lunch. I'm not a big fan of the colour scheme but that might be because I'm not big on hot pink chairs.
The menu is a decent size with a good selection with 37 different types of ramen on tap. I just had the basic pork ramen because I like to start simple with new places. If they can't get the basics right then there is little point to trying out more complex dishes.
The staff were super attentive and polite but I'm chalking that up to the manager hovering over everyone to make sure people were happy and taken care of. I'm pretty sure it just opened this week so I would expect service to be great for a little while at least. I will have to head back here soon to try a few more things on the menu.
The miso was pretty good but it would be great if you could choose your broth like more authentic ramen places. I've had better noodles and for the first few mouthfuls I was wondering if they were actually using spaghetti noodles. The odd butchered/broken Japanese the servers were speaking was a little jarring as well.
For the time being I'm in a bit of a holding pattern. The place has promise but I'm not sold yet.