"2"^^ . "2017-01-24T00:00:00"^^ . "4"^^ . . "2"^^ . . "I visited Ozu for their soft opening today for dinner. Me and two friends got there around 5:15PM and had to wait until 6:30PM for a table. We ordered a Karaage to share and then each got the Tonkotsu Black Ramen (a naming scheme taken from Shin Ramyun-- Black, maybe?) At some point, the woman in charge gave us free edamame to apologize for the wait, which was really nice of her. Also, she regularly checked in to make sure we were well served.\n\nFrom there, we then waited another TWO HOURS for our ramen. The food was really tasty and worth the price but the wait was too long.\n\nI know that a friend of mine who waited a similar amount of time got some sort of percentage off of his meal but this option wasn't available for me and my friends, which was disappointing. If I have a good experience at this place next time in terms of wait or if they offered us the same discount to accommodate our super long wait time, I'll probably update my review to be 5 stars.\n\nPros:\n-Great food, the broth is authentic and tasty\n-Good sized portions\n-Great noodles (not authentic but they're still tasty)\n-Really good Karaage (it's served with Kewpie spicy mayo but could really use a lemon. Also, there were a lot of fried dough pieces that didn't have any meat. I'd recommend getting rid of these because they're just kinda oily and detract from an otherwise really good appetizer.)\n-Good variety inside the ramen\n-Reasonable prices\n-Beautiful decor inside, I really liked the exposed kitchen area (super authentic looking!)\n-Really nice service (the lady helping us felt bad for the wait and gave us free edamame)\n-The staff were really attentive and refilled our water regularly\n-The menu selection seems really nice\n-Really good for a soft opening\n-Their take-out boxes are super sturdy and given the number of times I've had those soup containers melt/break on me, I can really appreciate that.\n-High quality meat\n\nCons:\n-Extremely long wait (we kept being told that our order was coming but we consistently saw tables seated after us get served first, this is why I took away one star for this place.)\n-The seating area where you wait to be called up is kind of small and you basically had to wait outside or next door at Latea.\n-The soft boiled egg was a little overcooked\n-The spoon given with the ramen was a little dirty, kinda wish I said something about it but I didn't want to bother the waitress. I would recommend getting a new one if this happens to you. It's probably just a dishwashing mishap.\n-The tables were a bit too close together in my opinion but this really wasn't a big deal.\n\nAll in all, I'm really happy with the food here even though there was a long wait. I can't wait for them to get into the swing of things because this place has a lot of potential and I'm happy to see a good ramen place other than Sakanaya on Green!"^^ . "9"^^ . .