Shibuya City, Tokyo, Japan｜Chinkashisai Shinjukuten

We came at 8:30 on a Thursday and it was very busy. There was no wait but we were seated face-to-face at a long table shared with two other parties. We didn't mind this, but if you're claustrophobic or sensitive to loud sounds then you might get overwhelmed. This place has a "one-drink policy," which I don't really understand, but the waitress made us order something so we got jasmine tea and ginger ale. Jasmine tea could have been stronger. Ginger ale was all ginger, but I might be spoiled by sugary American sodas. Seafood noodles were light on the seafood and heavy on the noodle. Mildly spicy broth was oily but tasty. Eggplant was delicious. The breading is well-seasoned. I thought the egg and chives was too salty and lacking other flavors, but others enjoyed it fine. A little on the expensive side but dishes are good size for sharing.

We tried a Lot of items on the menu with varied spice levels. Medium spice was perfect for Indian spicy food people. The L or high level spice is just a mindless level of red chillies, you cannot taste the actual food in that, not my cup of noodles 😆 Everything else tasted amazing!! The tofu, knife cut noodles and chicken dishes were very good! Their dumplings are juicy and just right. Loved the service too. Thank you!

Spicy af but man was my tastebuds happy. Loved their mapo tofu to bits. The free dumplings were also pretty good.