The food here gets 5 stars for sure. But last time I was there the boss, or what I think was the boss guy, treated his staff so rude I felt indignation for them. Using total tech bro talk to pretty much say they are too slow and need to be trained again and telling the cook in spanish that he'll be in early to make sure they actually work. The vibes were just off completely, which sucked because the food really is yummy. The moment we walked in to get a seat he was berating the waitress. I dropped the biggest tip I could muster because no one deserves to be treated that way. My perception of this place is just totally stained knowing my money goes to someone like that. Idk, come here I guess for the good food and treat the waitresses nicely, you might be the only nice voice they hear while on shift.
Does nobody in Sherman Oaks know what good ramen is? I came here with high expectations because of the high reviews, but every ramen dish we ordered was extremely disappointing.Another review had said the tsukemen was similar to Tsujita on Sawtelle, but it was a far cry! No bamboo shoots, the soup was too sweet, the meat was tough,and the noodles were not cooked properly. Unfortunately that was still the best ramen item we ordered out of 3.The volcano ramen came in second place but was barely edible. They ran out of the usual chicken it comes with, so we subbed the sesame chicken as our waiter recommended. Bad idea! The sesame chicken was so hard there were many pieces we had to throw out. The soup was again too sweet, and the other flavor was just tasteless spicy.The last ramen we ordered was the dry ramen, which is supposed to taste like mazemen. But when they say dry ramen, I guess they mean the noodles and everything are really DRY. And the flavors were terrible. It was basically inedible and none of us really touched it. We hate wasting food so we ended up taking it home with the leftover soup from the volcano ramen and tsukemen, and it's at least edible the second day.The only things that were decent were the appetizers and the service, which is why I'm giving 2 stars. The shishito peppers were the best thing we ordered, and the takoyaki was not bad either. A bit pricey at $7 for 4 pieces of takoyaki though.All in all, I'll never come back here even if I'm craving ramen. It's worth the drive down to Sawtelle on the westside for some REAL ramen.
We wanted ramen after 9pm and this location popped up. The staff was friendly. We ordered different ramens, and I got to try the bomb and regular ramen. The bomb was okay, it had lots of ground pork which wasn't easy to grab with chopsticks. The regular ramen was great.
This place is pretty good! I am spoiled with ramen from little Tokyo, but this place has great ramen. The noodles are yummy, but the broth is my favorite part. I feel it could have more flavors or diversity, but it does have very authentic ingredients and I enjoyed my meal. This is a nice place to go for quick, authentic ramen.
Not the best Ramen in town but it is still good. Will be back.
the ramen wasn’t my favorite but our waitress was seriously the most lovely person. she was quick and sweet and quirky and made my day better. would recommend, and to the server with the short blonde hair - thank you for being wonderful.
Small restaurant with tasty ramen and friendly staff. Ordered tasty yuzu limonade and volcano ramen. So yummy. Appetizer were gyozo and fried rice with spicy tuna. Really delicious
So good! Volcano ramen was great with just the right amount of heat. Not the cheapest meal but completely worth it. The mochi was also really good. It wasn’t in my takeout bag when I first picked up my food, but they made up for it by giving me some extra mochi and a soda when I went back for it.
Wow. Now THIS is ramen done right! I ordered the Volcano Ramen and it was amazing! So delicious, not too hot (just right amount of spice), and looked amazing when brought to us. Came here with a party of 4 right before the dinner rush (around 6pm on a Saturday night) and we were luckily able to get a table within 10 minutes of getting there. The service was excellent, we got seated, got our waters, and they were fast to get our orders to us. Definitely try the appetizers, but make sure you save room for the ramen because it is so delicious you’ll want to finish the whole bowl! I’ll definitely come back here again to try more of their ramen, hoping to be a regular here soon.
Noriko is the greatest server I have ever seen in my entire life. I, personally, am a GM at a fine dinning restaurant in LA, so I know what I'm talking about. She takes phone orders, in person orders, she seats people, she takes their order and she packs the take outs perfectly. She is an asset to your fantatic business.. thank you Noriko