The spicy seafood soup for two was excellent. They were generous with the mussels, shrimp and scallops. Also, the broth base was very clean and light with no discernible oily scum on the tongue. It was zesty, had the tang of the sea and was a pleasing, mild heat. My guest and I also got the black sesame udon with beef. The black sesame appears as a paste-like sauce that literally drenches the noodles in a deep grey miasma. The texture is delightfully smooth and the black sesame leaves a nutty aroma with a hint of sweetness. While the noodles and sauce were tasty, the beef was neither special or awful. Finally, I will come back but will avoid coming in the evenings. While getting a table may seem the issue, I found the fluorescent- nay, neon lighting coming from the tv I was sitting in front of to be nauseating à la discotheque. If I do end up here again in the evenings, I will be sure to be mindful so I am not again left to bask in the glow of a television set. PS: As a warning to my fellow AmEx holders, they do not accept our platinum and black plastics. read more

Living in the area, I'm always dragging my boyfriend to try out the latest restaurant! I was really drawn by the unique decor of MeNami and being a noodles fan, I was super excited to try this place! I had high hopes for this place because of the good reviews and being associated with Han Ba Tang (which I love). Unfortunately, I was not impressed by the experience. The portions was just okay but the toppings were quite minimal for the price that they were charging. I was definitely expecting better value. The soup broth flavour was good, but nothing impressive or memorable. I didn't feel that much of a difference between the noodles at MeNami then the frozen udon noodles I get from the supermarket. The service was mediocre as well. I don't think I would be returning given the many noodles options in the Yonge and Finch area! read more

Udon was more Korean style than Japanese, it was just ok. Cocktails and chicken karaage was great. I must acknowledge the servers, they were polite and attentive. read more

Not good and expensive. Ordered udon with Tempura shrimp and veggies the fried component became Very soggy in addition we ordered udon. Baked with cheese it was very rich and bad read more

Finally an excellent restaurant on Yonge that I'm actually impressed by. Food is important but the decoration and general atmosphere is too. These guys have great taste and style. I ordered the oven baked cheese udon with bacon, shrimp and scallop. I'll have to say that dish was 10 over 10. it's been a while since I've tried such an excellent fusion food. We also ordered house made sake, again I was very impressed. read more

I came here for lunch with my friend. It is like a bar, but serve with good food. There are many options of the drink. We ordered a dish of tuna tataki, very good~ Best place for chatting and dating ~ read more

My friend and I decided to check this place out after seeing the great reviews. We were impressed by the service as we were seated quickly, our drinks were constantly topped up, and our food arrived quickly. The food was incredible!! We tried the Oven Baked as well as the corn, and it was DELICIOUS! We will definitely be back! read more

Nice location. Has outside seating area. Food is very filling, tasty, priced good, and fast. Menu has pictures. Staff is nice. Tried a variety of dishes and everything was great, except for the oven-baked udon. Description said it used to have shrimp and scallops. They scratched out / removed the scallops from the dish for some reason on all their menus, but kept the price the same. Not only that, when I got the dish, it had 2 shrimps!!! Two...! All cheese and cream sauce. Of course it was filling, but in a very disappointing way. read more

Came in for a quick dinner and was surprised at how nice the interior was. I mean the wood tree like things on the ceiling were so cool and the floor has different shades to it. To start off, I ordered the corn kaki-age and I got addicted right away. By the end of my dinner, I had ordered 3. I also had the cream udon and it was absolutely fantastic. One dish that I wasn't crazy about was the salmon tartare. The thing burned my mouth pretty good. Overall, great addition to the Yonge strip. Loved everything about it from decor, service, and food. Definitely coming back read more

I loved the tapas here, but was not as impressed with the udon and soups. I think I tried pretty much every one of the appetizers and the ones that stood out were the chicken karaage, korokke and corn kaki-age. The restaurant decor was cute and the service was fine. read more

My co-worker treated me for lunch here in April and I would definitely return. I love udon and the only place I really knew that served half decent udon was manpuku, but wanted to find a new place to indulge my love of noodles. Udon is the highlight; we had the oven baked udon and the mentaiko cream sauce udon (the latter being a recommendation from the server who said it is very popular with young ladies!). The oven baked version was quite heavy with cheese and I wasn't able to finish it. During the summer I would probably choose something lighter, but it was still quite cold out and felt like comfort food. The mentaiko was really good and perhaps even better than the oven-baked! We also ordered some appetizers but I don't think I would re-order (they were tasty, but pricey). My friend was Korean and maybe that made the servers treat us extra nice - they gave us ice cream (at no cost!) because we wanted to order dessert but they didn't really have any desserts to speak of. Overall, the space was very nice, service was quite good and the udon is delicious and unique. read more

The udon was very bland and in general not anything I would go out of my way again to pay for the noodle; I find the restaurant vibes make up for a lack of taste in their dishes. Very disappointing. read more

Highly recommend the beef and salmon tataki, very friendly waiters and waitresses. Nice patio. Good music. Overall a great place to grab a bite or a nice beer/sake at night. read more

Food was good but be careful of owner and management. Be aware of their prices. All prices are $1-2 dollars more than on their chalkboard and soju list. Anyways we found out that tips do not go to the waitresses but instead goes to the owners pocket. We asked about the bill discrepancy but we had to wait for manager. We waited 20 mins still nothing? Keep in mind this is already 1am and we're all tired. So we decided to leave a minor tip. Guess what? The manager or owner ran outside and chased us down to demand a bigger tip? We advised that the tip we gave and your price discrepancy will cover your so called "tip". She refused and said because we walked out we agreed on the bill. This girl totally ruined our night. I will never come back unless they start to share their tips to their waitresses. Best of luck to their workers. read more

I went here recently with my friend as we had heard good things about this place. We made a reservation for 7:30pm on a Saturday night for two. Unfortunately we were running late so I called beforehand to let them know ahead of time to push it to 7:45. We didn't get to the restaurant until 8pm. They gave away our table - which was disappointing, but we understood as this was a small restaurant. Finally, after waiting about 20 minutes, we were seated at the bar. I ordered the Black Sesame Udon. It came out pitch black. It didn't look really appetizing and I was a bit turned off due to the colour but it turned out to be delicious and it was really unique (I would have never thought to make Udon with a Black Sesame sauce). It was a bit too sweet for me and I was not a big fan of the beef slices (it reminded me of the beef slices you cook in hot pot). This dish was worth the try though. My friend ordered the Oven Baked Udon which was drenched in cheese and had seafood in it with a cream sauce. It was delicious (anything with cheese is delicious). But it got very sickening very quickly. She could barely finish it. We also ordered two "Tapas" - the Chicken Karaage (Fried Chicken), and the Salmon Tataki. The Chicken Karaage was SO GOOD. It was so crispy and the dipping sauce it came with was amazing! Unfortunately - our Salmon Tataki never came. It was odd as the servers had come by and asked us if we were still waiting for our Salmon Tataki. We said yes, we were still waiting, but it still never came. Nonetheless, we were too full to have it any way. We also had two cocktail drinks. I ordered the Geisha - which was a very fruity alcoholic beverage. My friend ordered the Sailor Moon Gone Wild - it literally tasted like a mojito. It had so much lime in it. They made the drinks in front of us and you can really tell they put a lot of time and passion in making it - although the bartender forgot a decorative apple slices piece on my drink and had added it in after he gave me the drink. Overall, the food was good, but the service was mediocre. read more

Crispy king prawn is a must! My favorites for udon are the Curry udon with shrimp tempura, salmon cream sauce udon and black sesame udon. The black sesame udon taste like the sesame drink powder that is not for everyone! I also tried their tako-wasa which is on the salty side, chicken karaage (meh), deep fried ika(basically okra sprinkle with salt and deep fried in a batter), corn kaki-age is good but I like the Thai version better. read more

I go here with my old lady all the time. Sometimes I go without her and she gets mad, but what can you do? This place is so good I wanna eat here all the time! Yesterday I ordered rice with salmon sashimi pieces in it, and when I came back home my wife was in bed with another man. That man was my brother, but I didn't care. Went back to menami and got the corn Kakiage with my brother's wife. read more

FOOD POISONING! Started out with incompetent and poor service. I was then given the wrong udon dish, but decided to keep it anyway. That night and the day after, I had horrible stomachaches with fluids coming out of both ends, a likely result of improperly cooked pork in the udon. read more

This is the closest Japanese resto from home. Food is quite ok, will try more next times.

We arrived around 6pm on a Thursday and there were already a good number of tables filled. Luckily we seem to have beat the rush and were seated right away (when we left at 7:30 there were three parties waiting). The decor is stylish, but also confusing with a lot of random garage sale like items all over the place. There are antlers on the wall and old fashion scales. But really, you don't come here for the decor (the atmosphere however is jumping), you come here for the udon. We decided to start our meal with the grilled eggplant and fried calamari. The eggplant came with a mysterious sauce that tasted like a sweet fish flavoured soy sauce and lots of bonito flakes. It was wonderful and I would definitely order it again. The calamari was the real winner of the appetizer battle though. The squid rings was tender with a light crispy coating and dusted in powdered seaweed. There was something about the blend of all the flavours that seem simple, but kept me coming back for more. Then came the udon. My dining companion and I both got tsuke or cold udon. The dipping sauce comes with grated daikon, ginger and green onion on the side so you can customize, but the sauce is so good that you really don't need it. The tempura shrimp were good, but basically like any other shrimp you'd get anywhere else. The noodles were the real standout of the dish. They are homemade and you can really tell. They taste of the sweet flour that went into it and have a wonderful chew to them. As we sat, we saw plates of cheesy udon and other delicous plates go by and vowed to come back. read more

The food here is impeccable. I've gone a few times and will always return. Good ambience friendly staff and the food is worth every single penny. read more

The udon noodles were nothing special--but the pork belly and deep-fried okra appetizers were amazing.

Tapas here might be the thing to do, we enjoyed the corn fritters and chicken karage the most. House-brewed sake was good too ;) We sat at the bar and watched the other tapas go out and they looked yummy. I had the salmon udon which is essentially a watery Alfredo udon with nicely cooked piece of salmon. Udon noodle were good and the quality of the fish tipped it into an Asian dish , I would have it again even though it's an odd combo . Much better than anything you get at the Olive Garden and such! SO order spicy pork udon and he did not like it at all, as it was overpowered by too many raw onions on top. I had a taste of the broth after the offending onions were cleared, it was good but not worth ordering. Will go back to try other items would be great to go for drinks and tapas or when you want good salmon udon alfredo;) read more

Was quite disappointed, given the hype around this new udon joint. The udon doesn't come with much toppings (one tempura shrimp for the tempura udon and one piece of chicken for the kake udon). Both service and food quality was only mediocre and quite ridiculous given the high price point of the food. read more

Good atmosphere and good food. A great spot to check out while you're in the area and looking for some udon ;)

good food, but the environment was quite loud and the bass was really heavy... the food portions was massive and sure was delicious!

With all of the ramen places in the area, it is great to have a really good udon place as an option. The food is really good and the staff are very friendly. The waitress recommended that I try the corn kakiage and I was really glad I took her recommendation. read more

Yesterday on March 18th during night time, My sister and I were cruising around the Yonge and Finch area, we wanted to try something different. I wanted to celebrated because i was done my mid-terms. My sister suggested and insisted me to try this new udon restaurant which recently opened. We walked there and tried it out. Honestly based on my own opinion, the food was good but the service was pretty horrible. It was a busy night because people were still celebrating St. Patty's day. Our waitress acted very snobby and rude towards me when i was trying to order. She elbowed me when she was cleaning the table and didn't even have the decency to say sorry. I asked her if she had wifi and she said no with a disturbing attitude. I know for most waitresses, waitressing is not a easy job because i was a waitress myself. I will not be coming back here again, not worth the visting. read more

Poor service. Underwhelming food. Be prepared to pay $10+ for very disappointing udon.

Was hyped about this place as my friend said there were many cute girls and great food. No comment on the girls but the food was just OK. Appearance-wise, it looks a bit try hard for the hipster vibe (there were some American style car decor, which doesn't match the theme for an Asian bar). Food was alright but honestly, there is nothing special about the udon (it tastes the same as the frozen ones you can find in the supermarkets, doesn't taste made in store or fresh). I tried the sesame udon, it is alright but I think the flavours didn't work too well together - the sauce was weak and lacklustre. My friend got the curry udon with shrimp.. it tasted average at best. Nothing mind blowing besides the fact that you can cook udon like a spaghetti... I suppose that is nice for people who haven't eaten udon outside of a soup before. Of course, we also had to get the corn kaki-age. Finally something decent... but perhaps not worth the price - wish they gave a few more pieces! read more