text: The Skinny there are no words to describe the horror service empty tables no service WTF Value lesson learned nnWe went to Mikos izakaya because it is close to the airport and I needed to catch a flight to SF Seeing all the positive reviews with regards to the ramen we were psyched to try this place out nnWe enter into the restaurant and I notice there was one other couple about to leave Their dishes still had quite a bit of food on them A portent of what was to comenn Being me seeing that they have an early bird Bento maki special I totally go for it My hubby orders a tonkotsu ramen that comes with gyozannThe gyoza are more like spring rolls here some sort of bland meat wrapped in store bought wonton wrappers deep fried and soggy I have had many other gyoza before and these would rank in the bottom of the spectrumnnThe worst part of the bento box was the infamous Hawaiian roll an insult to Pacific Islanders everywhere This was the singular most offensive sushi memory to date nnImagine sushi containing sliced canned pineapple and cucumber Top it off with a thin slice of mushy ahi tuna Then drench it with a Peptobismol looking sweet concoction and dried coconut A smell very similar to a cheap sunscreen wafts through the air as you hone in for your first tastennYes it is as unappetizing as it soundsnnAfter that jewel there was a few different rolls hot sauce avocado and pickled vegetables california roll with artificial crab anorexic looking inari sushi which were edible but still not very good I could not eat the accompanying salad because the copious amount of odd creamy dressing This place has a thing for creamy dressingsnnThe chicken teriyaki was mediocre The meat was certainly not grilled no char marks on it and was soaking in yet again a coyingly sweet saucennOverall I have had bentos for less with more fish and that tasted way betternnThe tonkotsu ramen was NOT tonkotsu ramen The tonkotsu ramen is a ramen with a broth made from the pork marrow bones and with a small hint of citrus Because it is made with marrow the soup is milky in colour and very rich nnThis ramen was a clear consumme broth and tasted more like shio salt broth ramen without a hint of that rich porkiness I know that they had the correct order because I heard the staff say tonkotsu ramen in the kitchen The bbq pork in the ramen was very tough lacking fat contentnnWith regards to the service we waited a long time for the waitress to come by for the check It surprised us because we were the only customers in the restaurant After she took our credit card she chatted on the phone in Japanese for a least minutes prior to returning with the billnnI really wanted to love this place However my very poor experience makes me unlikely to come back again If you do decide to brave this place do not order their early bird special bento box A Hawaiian rolls or their tonkotsu ramen