Not sure why this place has such a high rating, but my wife and I saw this place and thought we HAD to go here, but unfortunately it was not worth it. I got the blackened Tonkotsu and my wife had the normal Tonkotsu, and we had the Karrage. First things first, this place is in the middle of Denver so finding parking will be pretty difficult, I recommend the Music Garage which will be approximately a 2-3 minute walk from the restaurant, and also they don't take reservations so you're gonna have to walk in. Luckily, it was just the two of us, so we waited maybe 15 minutes to get seated, but if you bring a big group, the waiting list can take you 30+ minutes from what I saw, and this was on a late Wednesday night. Of course, I'm not going to give it a bad rating for the location though, I just thought it would help anyone who read my review if they wanted to come here.

I've lived in Japan for 7 years so that's my standard, and unfortunately this place couldn't fulfill it. The food was okay. I think maybe I got unlucky and I gotta try something else, but my go-to ramen is Miso, and they ONLY had spicy miso. Maybe I should've gotten that because my blackened Tonkotsu was so bland it was almost like drinking hot water, and my wife agreed with me, even though blackened ramen is supposed to be even more rich than normal ramen? There was maybe a HINT of actual Tonkotsu flavor in the broth. Definitely wouldn't recommend it. My wifes house original Tonkotsu was better. The egg was over easy, which is fine but it was a little TOO over easy. I love raw eggs but in ramen it's not normal for traditional Japanese ramen for it to be so gooey it spills into my ramen like that. Chashu was average, nothing super special, but the thin noodles were great. If only I had good broth to eat with my noodles for it to taste more than just plain noodles, it would be amazing, but the broth absolutely ruined the meal for me. The Karrage was okay, not the best I've had but it wasn't the worst, very average. They were super busy so I understand that the waiters were going all over the place, but I didn't get my water filled at all during my meal until I made eye contact and asked for more, my cup was empty for maybe 10 minutes. All in all, it was an average experience for us and nothing super special to write home about, which is what we expected from the ratings and reviews this place has.