"1"^^ . "2018-02-15T00:00:00"^^ . "1"^^ . "1"^^ . . . "0"^^ . "This review is based on the quality of the food alone. On a Wednesday night whim, I decided to peruse my midnight options and I opted for this place because the pictures looked promising - albeit trendy. I ordered the sweet chili glazed udon, the tantanmen bowl, the Mic Drop, and the fried calamari. \n\nI have a tendency to go a little overboard when trying new places and since this was my first time coming here, I decided to sample the selection. \n\nFirst off - the fried calamari. It was actually very tasty. Sweet, which was definitely not what I expected but still really good. I liked it. No complaints here except for maybe the portion size. It was TINY. \n\nNext is the chili glazed udon. Now, imagine what it would taste like if you mixed boiled udon noodles, fried slices of pork belly, and a bottle of your favorite sweet chili sauce from any Asian market. Are you imaging that? Good. That's exactly what this tastes like. It's lazy and lacks any real flavor. \n\nNow for the Tantanmen and the Mic Drop since they're both in pretty much the same category of horrible. The broth for both of these soups was both bland and salty at the same time. Like, how tf do you do that? I'm both repulsed and impressed. It's like they took whatever no-flavor pan drippings they could find, boiled it in water and added sodium. And that freaking sucks because any ramen lover will tell you that the broth is half the experience, if not 90%. Good ramen can't be done without good broth. \n\nAnd to add insult to injury, the portions are laughably small. I don't mind paying a premium price for something amazing, but when you're charging me twelve friggin dollars for a bowl of lukewarm, salted sink water, you best believe I'm a take this personally. \n\nOverall, it was over $50 in disappointment and regret. Nope. Never again. I'll stick to Republic Ramen in Tempe where the ramen is made with sunshine and rainbows, their prices are super cheap (less than $10), and the bowls of ramen are literally 3x the size of anything you'd find here."^^ . .