U:Don was on my list of places to try last time we were in Seattle. They have another location in town (Capitol Hill) but this one is surrounded by a plethora of restaurants on University Way. 

We dropped in on a Friday evening (around 6:30pm) and the place was popping. Mostly students but don't worry, there's tons of booths and even an udon bar for the solo diners.

There's about 16 udon options (cold and hot) along with a few tempura and dessert. You choose from three sizes (small, medium or large). Awesome that you can see the udon noodles being made fresh while you wait in line. Green onions, grated fresh ginger and tempura flakes are free to add into your bowl.

- 2x Onion ring tempura ($0.33 US each) - these were sitting out for awhile so they weren't fresh but still tasty. It tastes better dipped in their tempura sauce.
- Curry udon ($10.50 US large) - spicy Japanese curry dashi soup with beef, onions and green onions. They give you a massive amount of noodles which had a springy bite and retained a good texture the whole time. Broth is flavourful. Solid.
- Tan tan udon ($10.00 US large) - topped with spicy pork, wakame and house made chili oil. I was surprised that the broth was actually spicy. Good kick to both the broth and meat. Loved the wakame for some vegetables and change in texture. Again, noodles were abundant and had a satisfying chewy bite to them.

Reasonably priced, comfort food at U:Don. I'd happily come back again to get my udon fix.

Excellent soup and noodle restaurant! It is pretty involved when you walk in and you have to read the menu and signs to figure out the ropes and what exactly it is you want to eat. Once you figure that out it is fine. There is of course staff that can help you through it. I got a nice noodle pork soup which was perfect for my lunch as well as some dumplings and a few extra items on the side. The meal wound up being very satisfying and delicious and I did not leave overfull since you can kind of dictate what size your portions will be.