Restaurant Review - Furious Spoon

What is Furious Spoon? Well you might be asking this right now, so how about a little background. Furious Spoon has two locations in Chicago, we were at the one in Logan Square. It's slogan is "Where Ramen meets Hip Hop" It's a ramen shop with what seemed like a full bar as well as other side dishes.

The atmosphere was different. All of the staff was very friendly. The lighting is very dim, so much so it gives almost a club or bar feel to the place. The seating is mostly outside, otherwise inside has heavy wooden bench seating. There was art all over the walls that gave the place a really neat feel to it. Not kid friendly. They play loud music hip hop with full language.

Now that I have you interested in maybe heading over there, let me give you all the juicy details about the menu. Their way of doing things is a little different than you would expect. It's a lot more fun. You place your order up front and they give you a number to go sit down where you like. From there they make your food fresh. The noodles are house made! Their selection is small, noodle bowls, rice bowls, and other sides. The toppings for your ramen however, is where the gold is. They have different varieties and then you can mix in anything else you want into your bowl to make it your own. Really nice for going with groups of people.

The meal we ate was generally simple, no crazy special orders. I tried to basic Vegetable bowl. My partner tried the Furious bowl with pork. My friends who dined with us had another pork bowl with bamboo shoots in it, and his wife had a chicken bowl. No sides, they also do not offer normal drinks. Free water or bar drinks are all they offer. That was kinda a let down.

Let's talk about staff now. They are a major part of the restaurant so lets give them their spot light. They were very friendly and were happy to help, but also they were not very much around. As an american I am used to staff checking up on me through the meal. They do not do this here and it can be a pain to flag someone down. Again, all very nice and asking for to-go cups they happily supplied them.

Now for the real thing on everyone's mind. Well how much is this going to cost? This is where you'll be happy. This place was very reasonable for Chicago, and for how much food you got. It wasn't a normal size bowl, I'd say around the 20 ounce size. Anyway, there was a lot of food. Mine and my partner's cost under $20 for the two of us. Not the best food we have had, but it was very good for the price. Heaven's know I have spent more at worse places.

My overall opinion for this visit was indifferent. The food was lack luster, but at a good price. The music was good and the atmosphere was neat. Go try it for yourself for sure, because we all have different tastes. If I do go back, I will happily try something else like one of their rice bowls and see how that is.

Rating:

Staff: 3/5 They were friendly but not very helpful overall.
Food and Presentation: 2/5 It wasn't bad, but it also wasn't good.
Ambiance and Decor: 5/5 Very different.
Quality of Service: 1/5 There really wasn't any service. They brought out the food when it was done and went right back to the kitchen. One of my friends waited almost 20 minutes for her food to even arive and not once did they say anything.
Favorite menu item: Vegetable Ramen
Kid Friendly: No
Vegetarian Friendly: No, I do not believe the broth is vegetarian friendly, but do call, they would know more.
Overall Rating: 3/5

Not overall excited about this place, but I would be willing to go again at some point.