Otaku Takeout — Local services in Little Rock

What an absolutely lovely shop. All staff are so welcoming and friendly and excited to be there. So many cute collectibles for so many different animes and mangas and video games and TTRPGs, all of the above. If you're a nerd you'll love this place.

In the back of the store, there's a ramen bar!! It's adorable. There are themed and imported snacks, such as carbonated beverages, milk tea, juice, chips, breads, etc. The bar serves alcoholic beverages as well, including soju. To get ramen, you pick out a packet from the wall, pay, then self-serve with hot water and bowls and chopsticks/forks available. I'll absolutely be coming here again and again with friends, we had a great time.

I'm glad to see they had a fun festival event too, with live music outside and cute games inside the store.

Furthermore, the Lucky Cat Arcade that's attached to Otaku Takeout is a blast and a half. Inside is a whole room of Japanese arcade games. Some I plated are similar to DDR, street fighter, several rhythm games, and some claw machines. Today (Saturday) they also happened to have a trivia evening! I'm not sure if this is every week but it was a fun and spontaneous event to participate in. I'll be...

This place is a lot of fun If you enjoy the actual games. I spent money on the tickets for the claw machines and I played one a couple times, the drag machine. I tried to drag this stuffed animal and I thought oh it’s too heavy let me try this without the stuffed animal. That machine didn’t move even with the stuffed animal not being touched. Then we played the machine where you push the animal down, which I’ve played before. When I pushed the button to move to the right it moved a centimeter and it shut off and made me push back while not being in the spot I wanted to be in, so I gave it the benefit of the fact maybe I let go of the button. But the next time I played it, it did it again and I didn’t let go. It just stopped working. Informed the staff and nothing happened. I would at-least would have liked to had reimbursed for two of those plays. 🤷...

The staff honestly make this place my go to hideaway. They are always so sweet and genuinely make my day better when I chat with them. They also remember faces quickly, so it makes it more welcoming.

The merch and food selection is also amazing. I found an udon bowl for sale that I'd been looking for from my childhood. Their noodle selection alone is pretty impressive. The fact you can sit down and make it there is also the nicest touch. Buy your noodles, make them there, and just eat and watch anime.

The manager themself is also an absolute sweetheart that will do anything to make sure you have a good experience there. When I worked in the outlet mall, they always seemed to get excited when I'd walk in after work and honestly that made the days worth it sometimes.

My only wish is that they'd carry even more JoJo merch, but that's a...