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I’m up for ramen anytime, rain or shine! Yoroshiku’s menu is on the shorter end featuring Tsukemen dipping noodles, traditional ramen and a few appetizer plates. However, a more focused menu is usually a promising sign since it allows the kitchen to really hone in on their specialties. While this spot serves up tasty food and attempts to streamline operations with their use of self-ordering kiosks, it fell short with respect to value. Ordering kiosks appear to be more mainstream these days, but this is the first ramen shop I’ve seen where they are utilized. At the entrance, step up to an iPad to place your order and pay. The e-menu enables you to add comments to your order for any special requests and also provides options for add-ons. Based on the add-ons, I could tell things were on the pricier end. For instance, they charge an extra $2 each for mushrooms, $3.5 for extra chashu and even $1 for spicy seasoning. (There is complementary spicy seasoning at the table, so I’d recommend just saving a dollar and using that if you’re seeking some heat.) Since we arrived for an early lunch, ordering was relatively quick for the two of us, but I could easily see how the line could be held up with larger parties or those who are not as technologically-savvy. With the automated ordering in place, the staff is narrowed down to just a single waiter and a few chefs in the kitchen. When I saw that they offered an Umami Dashi Ramen ($12), my mind was made up. I’m all about bold flavors, so I couldn’t wait to taste the broth which was a clear fish stock. I found the fish flavor to be pretty subtle and a little salty, but it had a surprising underlying smokiness. With ramen, I usually choose a pork-based broth, so I enjoyed trying something new. Unfortunately, this ramen was not the best value. It included a ton of tender noodles, but in my opinion, they skimped on the toppings. The two slices of pork were almost as thin as salami slices, so I could roll each one up and eat it in a bite or two. Plus, when ordering, I had even checked the box to request “no back fat” on the pork. I like my meats on the leaner side and was surprised to find this option even listed. However, the pork was not lean at all… about a third of each piece was solely fat. Additionally, I requested extra mizuna greens, but the total serving size did not appear to be any more than a tiny handful. On the side, we ordered their Zangi Hokkaido style fried chicken ($6). The chicken was piping hot and substantial pieces of juicy dark meat. I loved the crispiness, but just noticed that the crust was pretty dark and may have been fried in old oil. Regardless, after we ate through all four pieces, I couldn’t help but want more. The layout of this restaurant is best for small groups of up to a few at most. Most of the seating borders the walls and there are only three four-person tables in the center. Overall, while I enjoyed the flavors of the food itself, this sadly would not be my first choice for ramen in the area.

Kai Restaurant – Menu with Prices – 5045 Cottage Hill Rd, Mobile

Let me just say I have been going to Kai for YEARS. I have sung their praise to anyone that would listen. Their Ramen truly WAS the best in the city. I have also NEVER sent a dish back at a restaurant. Me and my husband went tonight and they have completely changed their Ramen. I got the pork ramen like I always do and it was god awful. They not only changed the type of meat but also the way they cook it. The pork or what they claim to be “pork belly” was two paper thin slices of pork chop, boiled. It was bland to say the very least. The broth was bland, and the noodles were way over cooked they literally fell apart when I tried to eat them. They tasted just as bland as the broth and pork. I asked our waitress, who was sweet when we first arrived, to take it back. Now when they took it back I could hear the back of the house raising all kinds of racket and talking all kinds of crap about me and sending it back. Spoiler, when no one is there and it’s quiet your customers can hear you talking about them up front just FYI. I ordered their Mobillian roll. When I got it, it was even worse than the Ramen. It was half fried and fell apart as soon as I picked it up. I ate 3 pieces and asked for a box. The picture is of the fall out after eating just 3 pieces!! At least I can feed my dogs with it I guess. KAI has severely went down hill, from service to quality. I will never go back. Never. I advise anyone reading this to do the same. You can do better for the price, there are a million sushi places in a 3 mile radius that are better quality for the same price with much better service.

Tatsu Ramen – Menu with Prices – 319-9 S Arroyo Pkwy, Pasadena

They’re currently in a soft opening. I want to start by saying that after eating here, a friend and I have been making multiple trips to the restroom. We haven’t eaten anything else today and had usual foods the past few days. Only thing we can correlate the restroom trips are to the food here. That aside, I still didn’t like the food. Didn’t finish the food and noticed a few other tables didn’t bother finishing their food as well. Starting off, I felt the establishment needs to rework everything. You order from kiosks and then you have to check in to get seated. I think they should do the setup that Pepper Lunch in Alhambra; there’s a line to the kiosks and if the restaurant is full they tell you and seat you then you can go order. I feel like it’s normal to order at a kiosk and then just take a seat… I felt like we got yelled at to bring the receipt to the host too. Again, I think this needs to rework this entirely. Okay now seated and waiting for our food. I find it ridiculous being asked if there is anything else the staff can get us before all our food is on the table. The answer is always going to be “the rest of our order.” I get they’re being polite, but at least acknowledge that the rest of our food is coming first. I ordered the Cheeky and my friend got the Bold. I tried a bit of the Bold and felt the noodles weren’t cooked enough and that the broth was meh. Friend did get the light garlic flavor though. The Cheeky was good at first. The noodles were a bit stiff at the beginning, but they got even worse later. I think about halfway I got to a giant clump of noodles and within that clump, the noodles weren’t cooked. I had to spit it out and couldn’t eat the rest of my food. The chicken was meh. You’d think it’d be this amazing tender piece of chicken when the ramen is about $14. Nope, thought wrong. Friend also ordered a pork bao bun and I got a fried rice. Both were terrible, and we couldn’t go past 2 bites. I don’t know why the pork bun wasn’t good, but the fried rice was just… tasted like burnt soy sauce rice. I was expecting Takana fried rice and got something I could burn at home instead. No plans to ever visit again, even if they get their stuff together. Four dishes came out to $49. That’s too steep of a price for ramen and some side dishes. I hope everyone else has a better experience than I did and it meets the expectations that I’m seeing from the rest of these yelp reviews.

VIVI EATERY – Menu with Prices – 1400 University Ave Ste A101, Riverside

This Asian comfort good hub has the best ramen I’ve had in Riverside and possibly the IE thus far. Parking: parking lot and parking structure Interior: several tables provided and counter top seats at the bar. Enough room for groups. Simple and clean (shout out to Hikaru Utada). All the times I’ve been (late afternoons/early evening) have not been busy at all, which is quite nice if you like your space. Food: I recommend the following: Fried shrimp- 8-10 pieces? quite large pieces. Perfect amount of panko and nicely fried. Spicy(sriracha?) mayo dipping sauce is oh so delightful. Fish balls- there is a pleasant surprise in the middle- fish eggs!! Not too salty and pairs well with the fish ball itself. Kimchi pancake- it’s huge. Lots of kimchi. Oily, but thats how I like it. Additional meat is about $2-2.75 extra. Tonkotsu ramen- I’ve had this same ramen at Ramen Okawari and Kaz Ramen, and this place is best out of the three in terms of quality and price point. At Vivi eatery, for $9.95, you are already given a beautiful soft boiled egg, naruto, bean sprouts, two large and tender pork slices, and topped with ample green onion and chili oil. You can add extras, but it’s definitely not necessary! The noodles itself are good too. But most importantly is the broth and my goodness it’s creamy but not too overwhelming or rich. Such wow. Much amazing. For what it costs, it’s the best deal to satisfy your ramen craving. Btw you’re given the option of getting a soup or a salad along with your ramen. Get the salad! It has an awesome ginger dressing! Desert: I’ve only tried the egg puff waffle by itself and it was aight. Probably be better with ice cream lol. Service: awesome! Very attentive and quick. If you wanna get quality ramen without breaking the bank along with some dank appetizers, you gotta check this place out!

Nikugen Steak & Ramen – Menu with Prices – 4710 Preston Rd #300, Frisco

Ordered 2 types of buns. Chicken buns 2/5 Fried chicken chunks in a bun, $5 for 2 pieces. Average but the sauce they put on it, was too spicy. My kid couldn’t eat it. Honestly , you put Chick fil a chicken on Chinese buns, it tastes better than this!!! Hey I’ll try that later. Chasu / pork bun 4/5 Slightly better since for whatever reasons, they didn’t put that much sauce (same spicy sauce as on the chicken buns) on it. At least my kid could eat this. The meat was sliced ok, not too thin. Meat wasn’t chewy but didn’t melt in our mouth, either. Just acceptable. Black garlic ramen 4/5 I liked the soup. Their ramen was so thin and straight like angel hair pasta. The soup was very subtle (read : I’m used to stronger both). It depends on your taste. Hubby who likes stronger tasting ramen soup didn’t like it as much. It came with only 2 pieces of pork. Like someone already mentioned, why wouldn’t the restaurant peel the egg for us? Instead we must labor and peel it ourself . Nikugen ramen 3/5 Same angel hair pasta with subtle soup. Nothing memorable. Portion was not that big. Black garlic ramen was $11, Nikugen ramen $10 but black garlic was in a big bowl while Nikugen yeahhh just in standard size bowl. The hibachi stuff yeah, they are $15 and up, even kids meal is $11-12. So a little pricey . Nice decor

Silverlake Ramen – Menu with Prices – 1319 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica

I RARELY enjoy Ramen. I am a die hard fan of Pho. This is THE FIRST ramen place that I’ve ever been completely satisfied. I’ve tried multiple ramen places such as shin sen gumi, and they would always let me down. The booths have been tasting like nothing but salt, and the meat portions aren’t great. But Silverlake Ramen on the other hand, blew all of them out of the water. The atmosphere is great on the third street promenade. The beautiful music, scenery, and people! The broth is a bit thicker, creamy, and FULL of flavor. The medium spicy Blaze hit the spot. The pork slices were nice and thick, they gave a hefty amount of noodles. I didn’t even have to put any extra sauces/seasonings in it! It’s the first ramen places that left me full, warm, and with a huge smile on my face. 5 stars, would definitely recommend and come back.

Ramen MENMA – Menu with Prices – 509 Mission Ave, Oceanside

We stopped by on a Saturday and while the restaurant had customers, there wasn’t a wait to get seated. I like that, when visiting ramen shops in San Diego I hate having to stand around to get in. The waitress informed us that the kitchen was short staffed the day we visited, only karaage from the fried food menu….bummer, no gyoza for this visit. We ordered the karaage (fried chicken) and Deluxe Red Hot Miso ramen. The karaage came out hot and delicious. Seems they use thigh meat, which I think is wise. I have had breast meat at a US ramen shop and it was dry, in Japan I have only seen karaage with thigh meat. The waitress had warned us when we sat down that since the kitchen was a one man show today all orders would take a little bit extra time. I think she was being overly cautious/polite, the ramen came out in rather quick fashion. The Deluxe Red Hot Miso ramen was tasty, Red Hot is misleading, it was not spicy at all, just red in color and tasty! I prefer miso ramen and this hit the spot. We had asked for our noodles to be cooked to hard, the noodles were spot on. The egg in the ramen was perfect, yolk semi runny. The bamboo shoot and cabbage were nice additions. The charsu was lean, if I was going to knock the ramen I would have preferred the charsu a little bit more fatty and tender, still the flavor was undeniably good. One other thing I noted, red onion. This might be the first time I have had red onion in my ramen. It wasn’t really noticeable flavor wise, just the first time I have seen it. All and all, the food was good, the service was good, and so was the price. We will comeback to try the waitress recommended vegan ramen along with their signature brothless ramen.

5-Taste Kitchen – Menu with Prices – 3701 S Harbor Blvd #F, Santa Ana

Does anyone know where is now “Sushi near me? That’s why we came here but decided to give it a shot and try this new place. Tasteless. I ordered Seafood Malatang – it was 2 shrimp, 3 pieces of fish and 2 pieces of imitation crab. At was simply thrown to hot water. No flavor, no seasonings, no even salt. “Ramen” noodle was straight from instant noodle, but at least that comes with some seasoning. Another order was rice combo with fried chicken that actually almost had no chicken in there, it was just fried breading.

Hachi Ramen – Menu with Prices – 655 W Warner Rd #114, Tempe

As a self-proclaimed ramen enthusiast, I can confidently say that Hachi Ramen is the best Ramen in Arizona! I’ve visited many ramen shops in the valley and Hachi is by far my favorite. They offer a great combination of quality food, timely service, and excellent pricing that’s hard to find these days. Their restaurant is casual and cozy, utilizing warm colors throughout and tastefully decorated with posters of popular anime. I’ve eaten many meals there and have not been disappointed a single time. My favorite ramen dishes are the Tonkatsu (pork broth based) and Shoyu (chicken broth based). Get the Tonkatsu if you are craving a heavier meal with a fatty taste or the Shoyu if you like salty miso flavor. Lastly, the ahi tuna poke bowls and homemade gyoza are excellent too if you want to try something else.

Aji Ramen Bar – Menu with Prices – 301 N Shackleford Rd Suite F3, Little Rock

A small ramen spot laid out in a narrow way. They have a handful of tables (maybe about six) to seat four people along the walls and then bar seating basically along the other wall. A bit warm on the inside, but not so much that it was miserable or even that distracting. The menu is pretty small, but they did have an extra paper with some new menu items… though even with some more options I’d still say the menu was pretty small. I went with the chicken ramen. It came in pork broth (which I thought was interesting since it was chicken ramen, but that’s probably pretty common and I just never noticed before). I thought it was good but pretty simple. I would have liked the flavor overall, and specifically the broth, to be more powerful. I did really enjoy that it came with a soft boiled egg instead of having to order it as an “extra” like some other places. I also liked the chili hair since I’ve never tried it before and it looked cool. It added a tiny bit of spice. The noodles were thinner than I’ve had with this kind of ramen, it was more similar to the thickness of packaged ramen. They gave a good amount of chicken and the chunks were pretty big. To me it had a soy sauce flavor, like the chicken was cooked in it or something. I didn’t eat any of the seaweed paper but I liked that it was there still because it added a little more flavor to have it kind of continue to soak in the broth. The staff was very nice too!

Kitakata Ramen Ban Nai – Irvine – Menu with Prices – 14370 Culver Dr SUITE C, Irvine

2 stars for the service. 5 stars for the food. Let’s start with the bad. Came in for dinner and ordered their karaage for the appetizer and the Kitakata Ramen with Egg with extra soup and noodle. We saw the server deliver what seems to be our order to the table in front of us. The table seemed confused and the order sat on their table. Assuming I’m wrong, I just kept my mouth shut and waited. Our chicken arrived and we enjoyed it while waiting for our bowl of ramen. I continued to stare at the bowl at the table in front of us until a server came and confirmed with the other table that they did not order three bowls of ramen. I watched the servers huddle to figure out who’s order they missed until they realized it was ours. Our food was probably sitting there for at least 15 minutes until they finally placed it on our table. They explained that they had to remake our extra broth and noodles since they got cold. We asked to have the ramen remade too, stating it got brought out to the wrong table at first. The server denied it until I explained to her I watched the entire thing go down. The last thing I ever want is a server lying to me. I’ve been on the other side and it’s not that hard to own up to your mistakes. We are willing to wait for our food too. I didn’t mind that our order had to be remade, I’d rather have it fresh rather than stale, sitting at a table. I would assume that Kitakata would want to serve their ramen in the best condition possible. I was surprised they would reserve a bowl that sat at another table then lie to a customer about it. Because of that, -3 stars. The good: The ramen holds up. Their shoyu broth is light but packed with flavor. The hard noodles are perfectly cooked, a balance between chewy, bouncy and soft. The soft boil egg is lightly marinated. The pork is a good balance between fatty and meaty. For the spice lover, definitely get green chilli paste on the side. As the other reviews mentioned, their fried chicken is to die for. They’re crunchy and juicy. The meat is tender and the dipping sauce was a perfect addition. Overall, I would come back to Kitakata for food but I’m not sure if I would venture to this one just from the bad experience I had with the servers.

Ramen Tatsunoya – Menu with Prices – 16 N Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena

We were originally in the area with no intention of eating out for dinner but passing by Tatsunoya, we saw the line and said, “hey, this place has got to be good.” So then we decided to eat out for dinner, haha. Parking: although not so much an issue for us today, I did see that street parking was difficult to come by. I would circle around the block a few times and see if you get lucky. Wait time: There were maybe 4-5 parties in front of us waiting to be seated, but our total wait time was still only about 15 minutes or so. The line goes by pretty quickly and they try their best to accommodate your table preferences. They have bar seating, table seating, and a communal table in the center with this huge tree trunk going through the middle of it. We got seated at the bar so we didn’t get the tree experience, haha. They were quick to sit us and take our order. Our hostess gave us a basket for us to put our purses, jackets, and bags and then slid it under our table. That’s the first I’ve experienced that, but it was handy! Food: Their menu is simple, you can choose from 3 ramen options, no substitutions. I ordered the Spicy Tonkatsu, which is miso based. It came with 2 smallish pieces of mostly fat, chasu. The broth was thick and silky, delicious. Noodles were a little hard, which is how I prefer them, but some of my noodles were stuck together and a little too starchy. My main let down, was the spicyness. It was not spicy. They could’ve told me it was regular non-spicy ramen and I would’ve believed it. They do have a little jar of the spicy mix on the table for you to add to your bowl and adjust as you see fit. I guess that’s ok, but then why call it the Spicy Tonkatsu on the menu? What I also didn’t like was that the spicy mix came with pieces of ground meat. I can tolerate small amounts of pork (allergic), so my partner usually ends up getting my extra pieces of chasu, which I don’t mind. In this case, I felt like I wasn’t able to adjust the spicyness of my ramen because the spicy mix had ground meat in it, and it would just be impossible, and annoying, to sit there and try to pick out all the meat. So I ate my ramen as is, and with no real spicyness to it ? Conclusion: Glad I got to try it, it left me full, but I’m not sure I left fully ramen satisfied. I wanted spicy ramen, I ordered spicy ramen, but did not get spicy ramen.

Ibendoo ramen – Menu with Prices – 3405 Commercial St SE suit 150, Salem

2.5 stars Firstly, I have high expectations for ramen. I am willing to try most places as I would like to support restaurants in the area. However, I am disappointed in the portion sizes compared to the prices. I’m originally from LA, so ramen options are abundant. Ibendoo is lucky they’re basically the only ramen here in Salem. BF and I tried their short rib appetizer. DO NOT ORDER IT. I swear to you it’s only 1 piece of short rib cut into 4-5 pieces, and you have the audacity to charge $6? I legit laughed as soon as the waitress put it on the table cause I could not believe that’s what they serve. I tried their dipping ramen. This is were I am torn, the broth was AMAZING and so flavorful. But, again…the portion sizes of everything is ridiculous for the price. How are you going to give me a paper thin cut of pork belly with my bowl of ramen? Pork belly isn’t that expensive, I feel like you can be a bit more generous with the portions on it. I like corn in my ramen (so, sue me) but $1 for a teaspoon of canned corn? Honestly, you’re better off sneaking in your own ingredients from home to add to your bowl. My BF ordered the Kimchi ramen and I thought it was ok as the kimchi pretty much covered all the flavors of anything else. Overall, I felt underwhelmed and unsatisfied. Not sure if I’m willing to go back to try it again without feeling ripped off. I’d rather drive up to Portland or even wait til I go back to LA for the holidays for some hearty ramen.