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I went back for a second visit and ordered the Tampopo Ramen (aka shio ramen with more toppings). I have to admit that a previous Yelper's assessment had it right. This is just like the ramen you would get inside in the deli of a Japanese supermarket. (In fact, the ramen place inside Mitsuwa is way more decent.)
The chashu was not flavorful and over done. The naruto were common place, the bamboo shoots were not worth writing home about, the subpar nori made the entire bowl a failure. I probably reviewed the topping-less ramen higher because it left room for imagination how good the bowl could have been with superb toppings. This is not the ramen that one would find in Tampopo (the movie) where the main character aspired to make the best of best ramen.
But if this is the best of best ramen in Seattle...I suppose I will have to pretend that I am in MT whenever I crave ramen.
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I went there twice and probably will not go back any more. Their ramen is...unfortunately Japanese supermarket food court level. The soup was lukewarm, noodle was a bit overcooked, and the portion of toppings was tiny (and they charge for almost every one of them). It's not too expensive but still not worth it. They don't have good reputations among many Japanese folks...Aloha Ramen seems to be more popular.
There's big Japanese population in Seattle, and our standard should be higher than this. Sure I'll cry with joy eating their ramen if I was in MT, but not here. I know I'm picky coming from one of the ramen cities in Japan but can't lie!
Ok, as can recall we live in SEATTLE and not JAPAN.
I'm updating my review for Samurai Noodles and still Samurai is still yummy for my tummy. Despite the fact that it isn't all authenic JAPANESE flavored, it's still damn good in International District for what it is. Maybe when I try a differ ramen place then I will update agains but as for Samurai, prices are a little expensive for it's noodle bowls and the place is pretty much a hole in the wall.
Samurai Noodles is still BOMB and still gets me coming for more! ;p
WOWSERS, I fell in love with the ramen noodles soup.
Prices are kind of expensive for a ramen bowl…
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Okay, here's the deal: If you want to be snobby about ramen because 'you've had the real deal', well then fine. But to be frank there isn't anywhere else in this city to get ramen! This place is absolutely delicious even if it isn't "authentic". Their broths are rich, flavorful and always hot. Its very hard to get a seat at lunchtime but I never mind waiting.
The only bad thing I can say is that for some weird reason they are serving a different type of noodle with their pork ramen. Why I have no idea but its almost like angel hair ramen, which is soft and I don't like it. The rest of the noodles are tasty!!!
Was hoping for authentic ramen but I could only give it 3 stars. The soup wasn't strong enough, the appetizers didn't have the 'Japanese' taste and the noodles didn't taste that great either.
mmmm, I went here twice the last time I visited Seattle. I love ramen, and this place was good enough to go to two days apart. My friends showed it to me one night, after we had eaten a meal at another restaurant. We split a bowl of ramen right before the restaurant closed. They were nice enough to let us stay even though they were about to close.
I would definitely visit this place again when I'm up in Seattle!
Located in the Uwajimaya complex, but separate from the food court. Samurai Noodle is a small ramen shop with a few tables. It has been a while since I last visited, so with the weather getting cooler, Samurai felt like a good place to go warm up on some noodles.
The focus here is on the noodles with many variations of toppings, broths and a choice of noodle textures. They also have an eggless noodle for those that can not handle gluten. There are also rice bowls if you somehow decide against having noodles.
I got the tonkatsu ramen ($6.75) which is made with pork broth with extra noodles ($1.37). I decided on having the noodles prepared firm. They were out of pork slices, so it came with shredded pork. The noodles itself were okay. Even without the extra helping of noodles, I would have been full. I should tried had them prepared soft or less firm. The toppings were good, though I would have like to have seen kamaboko fishcake as an offering. While the noodles were just fine, the broth was truly amazing. It was very rich, almost creamy tasting.
Samurai is the best ramen shop I have found in the Seattle area. I know that Samurai was thinking of opening a place on the Eastside, I hope they actually do. For now, Boom will suffice I guess.
25 more days until I can place my lips on Samurai's tasty noodle once more. Slurp-a-durp! I can't wait. My Seattle love takes me to this place every time I visit, and I still haven't found a better ramen shop down here in LA.
It's wonderful for many reasons. You can basically construct your ramen from scratch, choosing broth and ingredients. And, since the broths and ingredients are all top-notch, you really can't go wrong. (Unless you overkill the garlic. This is a ramen shop, after all, not an italian bistro! For shame!) Also, vegetarian options!
The only kink in Samurai's armor is the size of the shop. It is very small, considering how popular it is, and you will often find yourself waiting for a table and service. That said, if you've got the patience, this place is worth its weight in honor.
So I've been to this place twice now, and I wanted to go at least twice before I judged it.
And it sucks.
1. It's expensive--10 or 11 dollars for food that I'd expect to be worth $7 or 9
2. The broth is always lukewarm. I feel like this is the one thing you cannot afford to screw up if you're a so-called "great" ramen place. Lukewarm broth is like curdled hollandaise, or a fallen soufflé, or soggy buffalo wings. It just doesn't work people.
3. The toppings are meager, and you have to pay for every single one.
4. The pork was not tender.
5. I've had better ramen stock that came out of a milk carton.
Aloha Ramen and Lounjin are waaay better, $7-9 and you get extra toppings or sides with your meal.
I have heard so many people talk about this place as the best place to get ramen in Seattle. But then again people here think Boom Noodle is good so I guess I should lower my expectations. The place is cute and looks authentic enough but I was really disappointed. I got the tonkotsu, what I used to always order at good old Maru-Ichi in Mountain View, CA (my favourite ramen).
Price was okay at $6.75 but it does not include egg or seaweed, just the pork and black mushrooms, which is sort of lame. The pork was too lean and dry and the broth, though it looked really good, truly lacked flavor. I have a hard time believing it was cooked for hours because it was just so bland. Other reviewers mentioned the broth being too heavy and salty so maybe they overcompensated in the other direction and watered it down too much. That's what it seemed like to me.
I ordered my noodles medium and they were fine, but what's the point of decent noodles with crappy flavorless broth?
If this is the best place around, then I'm sad to say that I'll have to satisfy my ramen cravings on my trips to Vancouver, BC, Bay area or Southern California. Too bad.
Samurai Noodle is right down by Uwajimaya and is kind of hard to find. The place is VERY small and I would not recommend going with more than one or two people because it gets crowded fast.
The ramen was definitely not what I had expected. I have been told it's good and bad but my ramen was definitely BAD. The broth was cold and the meat was too fatty. I didn't even eat most of it and gave it to a friend. It was a waste of money too. About $9 for a bowl of soup is ridiculous for especially when I can get a huge pack of top ramen at Costco. I went back a second time to give it a chance and it was just as bad as the first. My friend ended up getting food poisoning and I left with a terrible stomach ache.
There really isn't any service besides the waiters bringing you your dish. It was a little odd to me too that the chefs in the back were either texting the whole time, outside smoking or talking about parties and chicks. Very unsettling that they didn't look interested in what they were doing or paying attention. Maybe why the food wasn't too good...
Noodle is my comfort food anytime, Samurai is easily the one restaurant Frank and I usually settled on when we can't figure out want to eat - we always agree on getting noodles here.
Samurai Noodle located in Uwajimaya village, parking is convenient (they validate your parking ticket). Our usual is the Tonkatsu Ramen. This is a pretty simple bowl of noodle with green onion, a slice of pork, and some wooden mushroom. The broth is very tasty and with ramen soak in it, it is the best for winter time (for us, any time). We tried other soup base and their chicken rice, they are just ok - I won't recommend ordering it. If you are not full, get extra noodles for 1.50. Just remember to get it on the side, because if you don't your bowl of noodle soup will be...well full of noodles and not enough soup! We learned it the hard way.
The place is small and you almost always have to wait if you go there for lunch. The way it works - you order and pay first, then when seats become available, they'll call you and prepare your noodles.
Don't expect too much service from the people work there, in fact there isn't but it doesn't bother me much. The one thing I like to see they improve on is the consistency on the saltiness of the broth and the tenderness of the pork slices.
Tip: Don't take the noodle to go. For one - noodle is gonna suck up all the wonderful broth before you get to it, second, noodle will be too soft. The place is small so don't go there and expect seating right the way or when you are in a hurry. There is another Samurai in University District (pass by several times when it's still remodeling) but we never been there before.
I'm not gonna lie, I've had my share of home front iron chef battles where the only secret ingredient readily available in my cupboard was ramen so I consider myself a connoisseur of ghetto packet soup. My favorite versions end up cooked and pan fried with tons of veggies: mushrooms, onions, bamboo shoots, baby corn, shoyu, oyster, and chili garlic sauce.
So when the fella said: "I'm going to take you to have the best ramen noodles of your life," I was skeptical. I ordered the chili green onion ramen and I don't know, maybe I'm just a big dumb American with a palate for "safe" flavors but the salty, oily, & HOLY-hearty broth left my belly demoralized. Maybe I was expecting something more Pho-esque with a plethora of fresh veggies, but i got: broth, big noodles, some green onions, a sprinkle of bamboo shoots, and a slab of fatty pork.
There's a part of me that wants to give this spot another chance because i detect a hint of authenticity here worth exploring, the pork melts in your mouth and has a buttery finish that makes you wonder: what is this magical meat preparation method?! I'm also told that perhaps I ordered wrong and the dipping noodles are really the way to go. So once I get brave enough to give samurai noodle another go I will update this review with my thoughts on the Tetsu-hell fire dish (dipping ramen with spicy sauce).
A word to the wise: expect lines during lunchtime or get your pot to go and slurp quickly in the Uwajimaya "food court" (the noodles keep cooking in the broth so they are best eaten instantly). The cafeteria is a fun place to people watch or pretend to yourself that you are in an Anthony Bourdain episode filmed far far away from seattle...
This is the best Ramen in Seattle
Tucked away on the side street attached to Uwajimaya, this little secret is my favorite Ramen place in Seattle. It blows away Boom and rivals some of the Ramen I've had in Japan.
The keys to good Ramen are broth, pork, and resiliency of the noodles; Samurai has all of it down. The broth is properly cooked all day, bountiful with flavor. The pork is nicely done with the right amount of fat for flavoring. The noodles are freshly and chewy (you can get it cooked to order, hard, medium, or soft)
This is a hole in the wall and homey place, where you can see your noodle being made and get (flavored) sake by the bottle. There are no tables, rather bench like seating. There are two drawbacks. First, the soup, while good, is actually way too salty. Second, to get to this place you have to walk past the dumpsters of Uwajimaya, which reek.
Some inside hints:
Get the armor. The normal order of noodles comes with only a small amount of meat etc. You will want to get the armor to upsize the meat and an extra soy boiled egg (very tasty).
The volcano noodles are REALLY hot. Worth trying if you like spicy stuff.
Save your soup, you can order extra noodles for $1.50. The noodles are really good...
You can also get gluten free noodles (meaning, there's no bleached flour in it) it's made from some kind of plant or something (gluten-free is very good for you and something that some people live by). It tastes pretty good (sorta like vermicelli)
Taking you to the next level: the best Ramen I've ever had (and I've had lots of Ramen) is in Cali. http://www.yelp.com/bi...; definitely worth a try if you go.
Some things change. Some stay the same. I hadn't been in a while and Samurai Noodles in the ID is still as noisy at lunch hour as a Link Light Rail train rushing by in the tunnel. But the heavy metal soundtrack has been replaced by Frank Sinatra. More importantly though, the ramen remains the same: impeccable al dente noodles, broth, and a variety of soup fixings.
Besides Ol' Blue Eyes belting out classics, I immediately noticed another change when I espied the signs announcing "Now serving Tampopo Ramen!" Even if you've never seen one of the best foodie movies of all time, definitely try the Tampopo Ramen. Samurai serves a variety of broths; that's where they bring it. Tampopo Ramen is a shoyu broth, lighter than their signature pork broth, but no less delicious. Crinkly, firm ramen noodles awash in the dark shoyu broth are surrounded by scallions, kamaboko (fish cake), roast pork, bamboo shoots and nori (seaweed). On dark, grey days, this bowl is sure to lift any spirits up and away. If movies were not only 3-D, but also had "Taste-O-Vision," I'll bet the noodles in Tampopo would taste just like the Tampopo Ramen at Samurai!
Had my first try at Samurai Noodle a few days ago. I had the Tonkatsu Ramen which was pretty good. I had hoped for a little tastier broth but the pork made up for that. The pork was delicious and ordered the Armour to get the extra slices of meat - I just couldn't finish it. I did order extra noodles but I was too full to eat it all. I like the suggestion from above to order it on the side or wait until you finish your first order to see if you have enough broth.
I didn't think too much of the service because you pretty much know what you're going to get when you walk in. It's small and you order at the counter before you sit down. Don't expect head-to-toe treatment.
Heaven in a bowl I tell you! Heaven in a bowl!
I forgot the name of the one thing I always order (I know.. sad!) but it's the pork slices in pork and chicken broth ramen. There's nothing like it that I have ever tasted in Seattle, maybe I have not ventured out much into the world of Seattle Ramen but nothing compares to this place.
It always makes me feel like I'm in a little hole in the wall Japan. Yes it's a tiny place but I think it's what adds to the quirkiness and authenticity of it.
This is a good chat-with-your-girlfriend date place since you get to talk talk talk over some good bowl of comfort food ramen.
I've only been here a few times and to be honest it's alright. My boyfriend always orders the tetsu hell fire and I go for the Tonkosu. They have a variety of different noodles and I've tried the shoyu, it lacked flavor, so I stuck with Tonkotsu. When I first came here their noodles where thin but now they switched to thick noodles. The thick noodles where a bit much and I didn't finish my meal.
Not so good about fixing take out orders. It was a busy Saturday afternoon and after taking my order and waiting 15 min in the rain, they forgot to give me the extra noodles I paid for. My boyfriend went back with the reciept to fix it but he ended up paying more money for extra noodles. Very disappointed.
I tried Samurai Noodle once again after I came back from Japan
As a result, I may have to take a star off.
Their soup is unnecessary thick and heavy.
I felt my ramen in my stomach even 3hours later.
Also, the soup was not hot enough.
It can be unfair to compare Samurai Noodle to Ramen restaurants in Japan; however, I still think that they can do better than that.
This place became very Americanized.
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I'm visiting from Portland and was reading a lot of reviews first on Yelp for the best ramen in Seattle. We almost tried Boom Noodle which we are so glad we didn't - knowing they have 3 locations and serve pad thai. Anyways good to go to a place where ramen is the only thing they specialize in.
I can only attest to what I ordered but personally I tend to get Shoyu (Japanese for soy sauce) ramen with fatty pork. It's the only way to go... Miso based ramen is cloudy - feels like your eating noodles and milk. No way I would gamble with onion soup or spicy chicken? You want fatty pools of pork oil on clear soup like at Samurai. Firm noodles was great. Why even offer medium or soft noodles?! Does anyone in the world want mushy noodles?Hello noodles remain cooking anyways while you eat. Slight chewy al dente... The smell of the place is wonderful. Pork melted in my mouth. Broth was hot and hearty. Yes, you will wait in line. The place feels like a broom closet. I would only order "armour" style to get the egg and yummy toppings. Slurp slurp!
Oh how I miss you. I used to work across the street and go here once a week. Only downside is it's incredibly small.
But the Tonkotus and Shoyu are both amazing. Save some broth, get extra noodles. I can't wait till the U District location is open.
Chewy noodles (ordered "firm") was great. But I was not too impressed with the soup (green onion something). But, it was still good. I will try again and order different kinds of soup next time.
Tiny place, so seating is limited. They take your order and bring out your food once you find a seating.
Ramen house, right in Uwajimaya's complex, so its gotta be good, right?
So. Wrong.
Ramen is like the Japanese version of pho, where broth quality can make or break it. But ramen is more difficult to perfect than pho, because you must also factor in the consistency of chewy noodles and slices of roasted pork. Then comes the "extra mile" condiments, like marinated hard boiled eggs, bamboo shoots, ginger, green onions, etc.
Samurai Noodle failed in all categories except for the chewy noodles. The broth was unnecessarily heavy, pork was stiff and flavorless, and they really skimp on condiments. I found myself adding in so much extra ginger and pepper powder just to compensate for the lack of flavor.
I do love ramen, so I do have a place in my heart for places like this...
I really like the flavor of the pork broth. Yum-o. It's a hearty thin broth. I also love the meaty soft chunks of pork you can get! The seasoned egg is just freakin' delish! I want to just prepare all of my eggs that way from here on out! I want to get a dozen and look up the boiling techniques to flavor them so. I love my semisoft noodles! The spicy tofu app is pretty tasty, as well.
It's true, it's a bit on the pricier end of where it seems to be for what you're getting. It seems like it should be a buck or so cheaper, which would make me frequent it more, but I'll be in there all the same. Def very small inside, if you've got a group!
Nothing to say here that has not already been said. Wow- very good. I like the inexpensive edamame too! The soy broth was really good. My boyfriend and I split things pretty frequently and I really really like that here you can get more/extra noodles for what, $1.50-$1.75? if you haven't eaten all the broth! I'd like to trey more and more vegetable combination's here so I know I will go back. Their tofu itself was a bit meh- that is the only really tangible reason that its a 4 star and not a 5 star location. The firm noodles were also a little, meh- the medium is probably my favorite.
Its a small little place that can get pretty crowded pretty fast. The people working here do an excellent job though of keeping things moving, fast service is always good. If you have to wait around for a few for a table know it will be worth the wait!
Another restaurant that gets overhyped like crazy. You'd expect this new ramen place right in chinatown to be pretty decent... but then after your meal you feel like you should eat something else. Don't get me wrong though, there are parts of the meal that are good. The ramen is cooked well and they give you lots of little condiments. However, the entire bowl is covered with a layer of pork fat. Normally I'd be inclined to say this is awesome, but it just didn't really work this time.
The pork fat covering everything was so much, that it made each consecutive bite, more and more heavy. I didn't feel like I was getting fuller... just, all the fat in my stomache was weighing me down. The pork is nice, but personally I would've preferred some freshly cooked pork, as opposed to some that has been cooked for a while, stuck in a fridge and just reheated in the hot broth.
I love good ramen, but I can't quite come to terms with paying so much (all the little extras add up) just for some ramen. If you're looking for a good sized meal like I usually am, you'll end up spending a bit more than you expect to. Overall, I was a little disappointed with this, but I did enjoy parts of the meal. Recommended to try once or twice, but for me it's not worth regular visits.
this is why Naruto loves ramen so much! I've never been to a specialty ramen house and i loved it! definitely a giant leap above doctored up top ramen ;)
since i've never been here, i didn't know what to order, so like always i ask what the server enjoys the most, and he ordered me the chicken/pork broth ramen, and i decided to kick it up a notch by adding the Samurai Armour to it, which is pretty much just extra toppings. everything was delicious, the noodles were fat and chewy, the pork was to die for, and the broth was tasty and flavorful
i'm not sure if you have to request a certain type of noodle, the thick or the thin, somehow i was lucky enough to get the thick while my friends ended up with the thin...possibly because i asked the server to give it to me how he likes it, but if you go, request the thicker noodles, the thinner ones are a soggy mess
this place lost a star for a few reasons, for how popular this place is, it's insanely small, if you have 4 or more people, expect a wait. the ramen didn't come out piping hot, it wasn't hot, but it wasn't cold, it was just right for eating right away....i don't really know how to feel about that.....and i felt this place was a little pricey for just a bowl of soup (yea i said it, soup), if i didn't add on the Samurai Armour for more stuff it would definitely not have sufficed....but then again, maybe i'm just being biased because i love pho so much.....
Bottom Line: if you want a delicious and savory soup (yea i said it again, soup!) that will blow your mind grapes, come to Samurai Noodle, otherwise if you're just out to get full, stick with pho
First visit this weekend prior to the Sounders FC match (finally, three points!). I had no idea that this place was so small! Luckily, we got there before the crowd. I ordered the #1 Pork Ramen and The Wife had the soy broth ramen. I really enjoyed the flavor of the pork broth and the hunk of pork that came in the bowl was very tender and flavorful. I did add some chili flakes to mine just to bump the heat up. I did feel that the noodles themselves were a bit ho-hum but that broth made up for that.
I had a taste of The Wife's dish and was impressed on the subtlety of the broth. It almost had a tea like flavor to me but once again, the noodles were average. Her only disappointment was that the tofu in hers was just dropped in plain rather than getting a quick grill or fry to provide some flavor and texture.
Oh, and the sake is cheap, both in cost and in quality. $4.50 for 6 oz. is generous but you get what you pay for.
I absolutely love this place, and wish I could eat there more often. If only I lived closer and they were open for more hours.
Authentic Japanese Ramen with plenty of selections for broths, noodles, meat and vegetable ingredients. If you're really hungry, you can add extra noodles and ingredients as you please. Granted, this place can get a bit spendy for noodle soup when you start adding more ingredients, but I feel it's worth it.
It's a really tiny place, so much so that you really don't understand until you go there. Because of this, you're required to order your food at the counter before they'll seat you, if there's even anything available. They only take cash, and you pay when you order. Whether you love ramen or are just interested in trying it, this is the place to go.
I work across the street from this place, and it's one of my lunchtime favorites. A few friends and I usually either eat in at one of their few tables, or just get take-out and eat in the nearby food court (or outside across the street if the weather's nice).
My usual order? Tonkatsu (pork broth) ramen, extra rich, with the Samurai Armor (extra pork slices, a hard boiled egg, green onions, bamboo shoots, and some other extra fixings). Adds up to around $10, which is pricey for sure, but it's a huge meal and coma-inducingly delicious.
When my friends asked me why I was excited to go back to Seattle for the summer, I usually told them that, among other things, I wanted my delicious pork broth. Liquid, greasy, salty happiness in a bowl. While they were wondering why pork broth ramen was included in the same list as my girlfriend and job, I only stared off into the distance and dreamed of slurping down a steaming bowl of the Tonkatsu ramen.
Life-changing ramen, a bit too pricey, almost non-existent waiter service.
Good thing I don't care about money, or else I might not eat here.
Super-tasty. Doesn't give me the same stomach-filling to dollars-spent ratio as say, Claim Jumpers... but nowhere really does, right?
Again, let me point out that I am uber-rich, so if I wanted to, I could buy three or four, or ten dozen bowls of ramen to satisfy my hunger. But I don't come here when I'm hungry - I come here when I want delicious, delicious ramen. And if I spill any on my face, shirt, arms, or crotch, I usually wipe it up with a twenty from my wallet, and then throw it away.
Oh, and don't be scared to order spicy... it's not really that spicy.
I would advise not coming here with a large group because this place is TINY! I came here with my 2 friends and we arrived before two groups of 3 people as well. Although we arrived first, we were seated LAST because we got to the counter and paid last. It was strange to have to go to the counter to order and pay for our food before even being seated. But anyway, we just waited outside for 5 minutes in the cold until a table was open for us.
This will probably be the first and last time eating here because I was disappointed with the food. I ordered the tonkotsu ramen because other Yelpers have raved about it. The noodles were REALLY thin! I'm talking chow mien thin. I have never had ramen noodles as thin as they were at Samurai Noodle. The pork broth wasn't very flavorful like I imagined it to be, but I did like the roasted pork in the ramen, it was so soft and flavorful!
I know it seems like I'm knocking on this place, but I'm from Hawaii and I've eaten at a ton of ramen places and I'm just basing my experience off my usual ramen experience.
Tonkotsu ramen wasn't that good, but the workers/service was good.
I don't understand what the fuss of ramen noodles is all about.
When eating a bowl of asian style noodles, I want all sorts of stuff in it like noodles, meats, veggies, spicyness, flavor, etc...so I was kinda disappointed when I got my bowl of noodles from here. I guess its the way ramen noodles are served and eaten. Very simple, not too flavorful, limited meats, veggies, condiments.
So, I'd say if thinking of getting a bowl of asian noodles, I'd recommend going to phnom penh which is like 5 mins from here.
I am sorry to find their ramen going downhill. We ordered the Tonkotsu and dipping noodles. The Tonkotsu broth wasn't hot enough and salty. My shredded pork was way too salty that I have to dip them in water instead of my dipping sauce. The noodles are too firm even though we asked for "soft". I lived in Japan for a few years and this is getting disappointing! I wish I don't have to drive up to Vancouver BC for authentic Japanese Ramen.
The quality of this place has dropped significantly since it first opened. When I first went there the food was excellent and so was the service. As time went on service got worse and worse, then the food quality started to drop too. Now the food isnt half as good as before and its more expensive to boot. All the employees there are now college students who obivously dont care about their job or the quality of their work. The noodles appear to have changed recently and they do not taste as good. I wont be eating here again, enough is enough.
2 stars, only because the broth was ok. My instant chinese noodles were better than here...and that only cost my 35 cents compared to $8 not well spent. After the first few bites you kind of realize...:uhm, maybe not". I'm glad I tried this place but I won't be coming back.
The enterage of white waiters who talked about smoking weed and skate boarding should have dropped the hint.
Finding good ramen out of Asia or LA is tough in general - Samurai may be the only option in Seatown. This is a tiny joint outside of Uwajimaya in the ID - lines may be long but the ramen is worth the wait. We usually order the Pork Tonkatsu or Shouyu and always Samurai it. You'll know what this means when u get there. If ur not in the mood for soup - you can do the Tetsu Hell Fire dipping ramen (FYI it's hot!) order garlic chips to top off ur meal. This place is the real deal. Warning I've been here many times and sometimes it's inconsistent. Hopefully u visit when it's good....
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This place is good, not great, but good enough in Seattle for us to go back.
I'd say everything is pretty good, except the meat slices can be more tender and the broth can us MUCH less salt!!! I love the firmness of the noodles but the broth kind of killed it for me... I always need to add water in it.
Also, the miso ramen comes with butter - yuk! The right way of doing it & making it creamy is to use the actual fat from the meat, so using butter is cheating!
Over all, it is a nice little ramen place and we enjoy it. We can not wait for an authentic Japanese ramen place to open someday where everything is just right!
Many of my Asian friends tell me that the ramen here is very good but when I went for myself I said "It's not great but it's good." The small noodle shop really does have a authentic Japanese touch but the size of the place is ridiculously small for the number of people that go at night. Price is high and there is nothing very special. I like how you can add noodle or broth instead of buying an extra bowel but the food is only mediocre.
I want to like this place, but after trying it a few times, I don't crave it any more - time after time their ramen has been a disappointment. I've tried their chashu and shoyu ramen and last time I got the new Tampopo ramen. The broth is bland (especially the shoyu variety); the chashu itself is usually tender, but the overall flavor is mediocre.
Neighborhood: International District
Category: Chinese
Neighborhood: International District
Category: Japanese
Neighborhood: International District
Category: Japanese
Neighborhood: International District
Category: Japanese
Neighborhood: International District
Category: Japanese
If I could eat one type of food for the rest of my…
Here are some of my favorite chomping grounds in…
Some of my favorite dining destinations in the…
Here's my list of "top fave"restaurants that you…
list is dedicated to Shari (wip) this is now a…
I love soup. Maybe it's because my mom cooked so…
I wish I lived here. I try to visit at least…
Mostly Seattle, a bit of Tacoma, Bellevue and…
