It was bustling at 5:30pm on a holiday, but I was promptly led to a counter seat. Ordered the regular size zaru-soba with shrimp tempura. Be warned, come hungry, the portion sizes of the soba are very generous. The soba was pretty standard; I was starting to gag a little at the taste of the tsuyu, as I tried to finish all those noodles. The tempura were freshly fried and unoily, but unfortunately the flavours of whatever was fried were masked by the strong taste of the oil. The soba-yu at the end was what I personally thought was the best part of the meal, it was thick, nutritious, delicious, and really helped to clear the palate.