text: This place looks like it should get four or five stars Unfortunately it did not deliver a four or five star experiencennWe went there on a Sunday for lunch We walked in and just managed to get in the door There were several people in front of us waiting for a table The hostess seated everyone fairly quick We were taken to be seated at a table but doing so would have put us shouldertoshoulder and elbowtoelbow with the people at the tables next to us The inside at least for me felt claustrophobic I do not think I have been anywhere that felt this way before We decided instead to sit at the barnnWe took a seat at the bar The bar is small Maybe a little bigger than what someone might have in their home We were promptly greeted by the bartender She took our drink order and gave us a quick run down of how to get our food There is a menu but you have to go to almost the last page to get bowl sizes and pricennYou have a couple options to get your food One is to fill out a small card with your name bowl size and if you want noodles rice or cabbage added to what you already put in your bowl This you take with you get in line fill your bowl with your choices and present it at the end to the cooks Or you can fill out a larger card that lists all your options for ingredients check off what you want and hand it to your server to take up for you As a third option there are twelve dishes listed with ingredients if you prefer to not have to wing itnnWe decided to make our own Line was short and moved quickly First station you pick your meat Although shrimp is still on the menu they are no longer serving it due to cost I picked the lime garlic fish instead Next is seasoning after that veggies and last is sauces You can also add an egg at the end Then mark if you want noodles rice or cabbage and off it goes to be cooked There are a lot of choices It is a bit overwhelming at first nnWe went back and sat down Our food was done fairly quick The food looked good but somehow I think my fish got lost At first I thought it may have flaked apart but I never even found flakes of it Quite disappointing First no shrimp even though still on the menu and then my fish was completely left outnnBy the time we finished the line for a bowl had become increasingly longer The odd thing is that the line itself cuts right through the middle of the restaurant and towards the front door further lending to the small claustrophobic feel nnService was good food just okay atmosphere was close and too smallnnTwo stars