Ramen Reviews

What an anticlimax. I thought I’d grab a cheeky bowl before heading back to Bristol – I was optimistic after a quite successful visit to one of their Glasgow branches, but the Birmingham one was (perhaps unsurprisingly given the prime retail location) a sort of shit noodly Disneyland. The Green Curry broth was OK, noodles…

Situated in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter is this beautiful little spot, and the hardest part was choosing from their menu – I ended up going with the Sichuan Roast Duck.  The second it arrived and I smelled it I ordered a side of Tori Kara Age which in no way did I have room for.  What…

We’d primarily bought takeaway sushi, sashimi and bento from this EXCELLENT place in the North Bristol burbs, but had a moment to pop in and they had ramen on the menu, so…  It seemed a bit less “fussy” than modern ramen places – but the flavours were there and I enjoyed it immensely!  I had…

Popped in here with pals for a cheeky pre-gig bowl: kept it simple with Kotteri Pork (first thing on menu) and some Karaage.  Good noodle texture and broth, a very enjoyable bowl. The chashu texture couldn’t get the Matsudai/Kanada Ya collab chashu out of my head but then that doesn’t seem a fair critique. Seemed…

3 branches of this Sichaun place exist, and their Dan Dan noodles were a thing of rare beauty.  The menu had something claiming to be ramen so a repeat trip for academic purposes is required.

Noodles had a good texture but were a bit clumpy. Broth nice enough, and kudos for being something new. The cucumber dish I had (Umekyu) had a weird texture but I loved it. Kara Age was tasty, but enormous – I wasn’t expecting to get served 6 whole chicken thighs!

Insipid dogshit. I can’t give them one star because it would be an insult to the one-star places. A “broth” so subtle you’d struggle to even call it Pho. Never again

Possibly a new all-time low. For one, who’s making Chicken Kara-age with breadcrumbs? Had me wishing they were chicken nuggets… and the ramen. Well. There was flavour in the broth, but it felt rushed and crammed. The menu talked about their secret char-shu recipe, and I’m confident that secret is “We buy leftover sliced of…

Popped by here for a takeaway when we went to Australia, but what a find to the hungry, rushed, jetlagged parent of a newborn.

As a Wagamama regular of many years I never used to rate their ramen dishes (in short: broths always a bit bland), but periodically they change up the menu (as you’d hope, for a chain that’s been around for decades) and last time I went in they had a shirodashi pork belly ramen that was…