Runa Izakaya — Restaurant in Bremen Township

I went there I went there yesterday for lunch at about 12:30- 1pm. Ordered sushi, nothing special or in-particular happened upfront. Then right before my sushi came the OTHER sushi chef placed some sort of stack or something on the floor and looked me in my eyes as he squatted down on it in front of me on top of it and started eating. I'm like uh.... then (NO EXAGGERATION) started eating like a SLOB....literally sucking on things and spitting them back into the bowl. letting food fall out of his mouth back into the bowl. Mind you I'm a grown man so by no means do I expect a man to be super clean, but this was DELIBERATE. HE looked at me and smirked as he did it. He was stooped down low so no one else in the restaurant could see him unless you were at the bar. Im like yup here comes the racism. But I kindly asked if the waiter would tell him to move as it was making me uncomfortable and just plain disrespectful. Didnt get loud, didnt make a fuss. I know asian places to be very accommodating and polite. He spoke to him in another language the guy smiled and kept on. The waiter brought back my food. As if it was supposed to shut me up. Then I sat there, gathered myself let him eat and get up. Started to eat my sushi. He then comes back and sits in the same spot, leans forward and opens up his shirt revealing his chest. Literally is sitting in front of me, shirt pulled open at the neck, I guess flashing me his chest in even more disrespect as if to say ha ha here's some more. Also he wanted to try and intimidate me. I then told the waiter again, I thought him eating in front of my face sloppy like that was disrespectful and he wouldn't do it if someone else was right there, especially not a woman, (or anybody that wasn't a black guy, but of course I didn't say that part). Then I exclaimed to him the fact that he came right back and sat in front of me pulling his shirt down so I could see his chest. The waiter asked if I wanted to take my food to go. I said no Id just like some common respect. Then i asked for the sauce that usually comes with sushi because at this point I had only ate one piece of sushi. They looked at me and said what sauce. I said there's usually a dark sauce I always get with sushi. They said "soy sauce". I said no I don't think that's it, I know what soy sauce is. They said that's the only sauce we have. I dip a piece in the soy sauce...I'm like...I know this isn't it. It doesn't taste right. They ask me again if I want the food to go. A younger white guy says to me...um I think I know what you're looking for you want eel sauce. I said ok that sounds more like it. They say oooh. eel sauce...as if it was some new kind of special sauce. Mind you how long we have to be sitting there for another person to overhear how dumb they are acting and come over to help me out. And he said that's 1 dollar extra. I have been to the same spot before didn't have to pay for it. Never have ever had to pay for eel sauce at a sushi place. BUT OK. At this point I can see they don't want to help me just plain out. I eat the sushi, they ask me if Im done with my plate. I said um...Literally just took it all away. I just go oh wow in my head. Still chill. I ordered more sushi they asked again, So you want this to go. I said no. For HERE. Still super calm and just kind of bummed at this point. He has the guy who I just complained about make the sushi. I look at him with a kind of smirk like you better not do anything to my food. He laughs right back like yes IM THE ONE making your food. Literally we are on the same page with whats going on. Like he actually laughed. At this point Im super uncomfortable. The same chef makes my roll and walks right to the back. IM LIKE WTHeck. The waiter comes by I say well you took the eel sauce I ordered when you took the sushi, will I have to pay for more, he says the eel sauce is one dollar. I said I know that but you took the one I bought before I was finished and Im asking... RAN OUT OF...

I have dined here occasionally over the last few years and the food has been just ok. I took my girlfriend here over the weekend and instead of a pleasant dining experience, we felt like we were in the middle of an SNL Skit.

We were seated quickly and after several minutes a kid finally decided to put his cell phone down and ask us if we wanted any drinks. He then went directly back to staring at his phone and someone else who wasn’t real polite and looked like he was unclean took our order. And here’s where the fun starts. My GF ordered the Duck and I ordered Sushi. The sushi arrived and it looked like they purchased it from a grocery store. After taking a few bites of the large platter of duck, my GF said it was terrible and the broccoli piece she ate was rotten. The kid never returned to our table, because he was still in the corner staring at his celly, but the dirty man did and asked us if we wanted a box. We told him the broccoli was spoiled and the meal wasn’t good. He then told us we shouldn’t have ordered the broccoli if we didn’t like it. LMAO, lemme get this straight. Now it is our fault for ordering a meal that was garbage? At that point we looked over and the owner and Dirty man were staring at us and yelling at each other in a foreign language. At this point we just wanted to leave and we felt extremely uncomfortable.

Dirty man again came over and rather aggressively asked us why we weren’t taking the large plate of Refuse home. It was uncomfortable to say the least.

Judging by the reviews over the last year it looks like this place has taken a non repairable turn for the worse.

Unless you like to be blamed for a poor product and love to watch the server stare at his phone while you are trying to enjoy a night out this may not be the place for you.

Lorne Michaels may enjoy the humor in this establishment...

Hate to give this review especially since it's hard to find ramen in these neck of the woods, but it's warranted.

First off (and I didn't use this as a factor for my review), they have a few typos on their menu like cooktails and chciken. Just thought it was funny.

Came here for dinner and it felt like we were being rushed for placing our orders. Also, we were told to get the ramen because it's good... That's fine and dandy, but let us peruse the menu first please.

We all ended getting ramen, but I got the wrong ramen. Server even asked if I was sure I ordered the ramen I wanted. Not cool as I'm sure I know what I want to eat/order. I kept it anyways. Wanted the dan dan mein, but got the tonkatsu ramen. Wife got the spicy garlic miso ramen. The pork belly was cooked fine, but the soft boiled egg seemed cool like the broth wasn't hot enough to heat the egg again. My broth was very sedate and lacked umami and overall flavor. Same went for my wife's ramen. Instead of chili powder we were told they have sriracha instead and it's better. No, it wasn't for ramen.

Service was a bit off as water wasn't refilled often enough which is sad since it's a small place. I would still have been willing to give this place a 3 star since it's new... if you really consider 2 months old still new and needing to work out kinks I've aforementioned, but the problem was after eating here I had a minor case of food poisoning. Since wife didn't get sick it had to be from the ikura bowl I ordered on the side.

Maybe we'll come back on Mondays for cheap ramen, but honestly I'd rather travel to the north burbs or into the city to get my ramen fix. I love omurice and okonomiyaki as well, but if they can't do ramen right I don't think they'll do those dishes...