This is a must-eat establishment in Davis! The food is absolutely excellent — fresh ingredients meticulously prepared into incredibly mouth-watering dishes. The calamari appetizer was tender and flavorful, the Ramen noodle dishes were fresh, delicious, and they hit the spot. The Donburri vegetarian dish was tasty, fresh, and quite pleasing. And to make it even better, the employees taking our orders were friendly, service-oriented, knowledgeable, and very personable. The excitement to share their explanations of their various menu items showed their passion for their dishes. Great food, great service, family-oriented business (the owner made our food) — have a meal here. You will be very happy you did!! First time customer but will definitely become a repeat customer.
I love this place. The staff are very friendly and the atmosphere is very chill. I come here at least once or twice a month. Get the takoyaki!!!
This place is very popular on the weekend also there weren't many seats inside so you may need to wait for more than 30mins. The price of dishes for takeout or dine-in are same, so you can try takeout as well.The menu was different than a couple years ago, which has less choices. The Katsu don was delicious, but ramen was just okay. The staff is very friendly.
The staff was very friendly and helpful with menu suggestions. Felt like a family run business, which I liked! I didn't realize they weren't serving Yakitori when I visited, disappointed. So I got the pork donburi and Brussel sprouts appetizer. Both were good, but just not my cup of tea. Dont think I will be back. (so sorry) Very cute place, I liked the bar surrounded by upside down bottles, very clever!
Very, very good ramen. Broth was rich and clean, entire bowl was sublime. Also one of the best calamari appetizers I've ever had! Plenty of crispy tender tentacles!
This might be the most consistently excellent restaurants I've been to. I've been here ~10 times and sampled most of the menu and I've never been disappointed. Their katsu curry and donburi are unbeatable and a go-to when I order here. I would say their take-out is as good as the food you get when you dine in, which I think is rare among restaurants. Also notable is their service. Alan and the other employees are always friendly and welcoming and seem to go out of their way to improve the service here. If you can only visit one restaurant in Davis I would make it this one. I would give more stars if I could!!
A very cozy little place to grab delicious hot ramen and Japanese snacks! The calamari was fried beautifully and seasoned so well that it didn't even need any sauces to go on the side. The Tan Tan ramen was so creamy, full of flavor, and delightfully filling! I also ordered the jelly sake, which was interesting to drink, as it had clear lychee flavored jellies in the drink itself.
Me and my roommates went here last night to celebrate the end of the quarter, and because two of us had never had proper Ramen before, aka we'd only ever had cup noodle. Let me tell you it didn't disappoint! Fast service and good food, plus a wonderful dining atmosphere! I'll be sure to come here again in the future
Nice environment and booths in the bad. Foods are awesome and fresh, taste authentic to me. Gotta try and very different than other Japanese foods. Too bad special menu was not available on weekday, need to call before next time.
I understand this restaurant is popular but I have to say the service was quite bad. The host was very rude from the moment I walked in. He said there would be a 1-hour wait to get a table but he seemed too aggressive in the way he talked to me. I didn't walk under the rain to be treated poorly in this restaurant. I saw people waiting outside for a table but I didn't want to wait outside because it was raining. The host said I needed to get a drink and I explained I had to wait for my two friends to show up. Frankly at this point I would've left if I didn't have to wait for my friends. When my friends arrived the host was again rude to them then we approached the bar to order a drink and the host told us to wait at a table next the entrance, but he talked to us again in a very aggressive way. When he was gone we were finally able to order our drinks at the bar and then go back to the table to wait. Both of my friends were surprised to see how rude the host was with us and other customers too. Was that because he was stressed maybe because the place was understaffed? I have no idea but I think customers should be treated better. I guess the policy of the restaurant is being somewhat aggressive, they don't accept some credit cards, no Google pay or anything like that, you need a key to use the restroom, etc. Finally after 45 minutes we got a table and our waiter was ok and I must say I enjoyed the food. But would I go back to this restaurant? Not really. A restaurant isn't only about food. Service matters. And this place needs to improve a lot in that aspect.