Full Moon Izakaya — Restaurant in Phoenix

Got hot green tea, clearly good quality sencha. Got gyoza and seaweed salad to start. Gyoza was not traditional seemed deep fried rather than pan fried but both it and the sauce were very good and exceeded expectations. Seaweed salad was very good on par with my favorite sushi restaurants.

For food I tried the ramen, tuna sashimi, and the soft shell crab/shrimp roll. The roll could have been a touch more filling but flavors were all great, the sashimi was thinner and wider than I’ve typically seen and had a bit of a dried texture to it but was very good tasting fresh wasabi relish was very good touch. The ramen was great, lots of noodles, I personally would have liked more broth less noodles but still very good all toppings tasted great.

For dessert we tried the tempura ice cream, very good! Lots of tempura with almost like a cake like texture behind it and the ice cream was fresh and not overpoweringly sweet. Presentation with the whip cream and cherries was nice too!

The atmosphere was cool the place was empty aside from us but I like the Japanese music. Lots of alcohol options, and the server was attentive and friendly never came by too much or too little. We...

I decided to check out this place since it got attention on Tik tok, the place is pretty cute and the anime stuff on the wall is nice to look at but very minimal. I got the Tonkatsu garlic oil ramen and it was definitely different from what I’m used to. The flavor was savory and rich, the pork was a bit sweet and was DELICIOUS! The flavored ramen egg that comes with it was honesty a bit tough? Like almost old? I don’t know I’m not an expert but it’s different from what I tasted. Also got the California Roll and Kaduz…something lol) fried breaded chicken served on top of white rice and side of cucumber & carrots; the rice tasted the same as the sushi rice which was a bit disappointing cause I thought it was warm/fresh .. the chicken was tough/ overcooked at the edges so you can’t fully enjoy it. They have only one server and she seems nice aside from annoyed when asking about items in the ramen. Asked what nori was and got “SeAwEeD” , it’s okay I know repeating ingredients can be a bit annoying but like I didn’t know gf...

So upset. Went in tonight for the first time was super excited to try due to the amazing reviews of course. Tell me why we got greeted 28 minutes passed nothing no waters no food NOTHING want to know why this whole time we sat there waiting to even be talked to, ooo but a couple came in maybe 10 minutes after us, immediately got their order taken got water etc, there was a gentleman working and he literally saw our table with nothing he saw us come in, oh you would think " they were busy " 4 couples besides us were being attended NOT BUSY whatsover the hostess was literally chatting with a guy which i think was a gentleman on his break thats how not busy they were. Literally walked out . Horrible and so disappointed im literally one of the sweetest customers ive never left a spot like that or felt so uncomfortable to the point...