Maki & Ramen

With a queue outside it was hard to resit the temptation. During the short wait for our table, the staff was very welcoming and offered us complimentary green tea. Once seated, we ordered the takoyaki, prawn tempura, steak ramen & the black tonkotsu which was the perfect amount for two. With the bold & authentic flavours we now can’t wait to try the rest of their menu and other locations around Edinburgh. Highly recommend!

My favourite restaurant to visit in town, it’s always where me and my boyfriend go for date night, the food is beyond incredible & you can tell so much effort goes into the presentation as well as the meal itself, couldn’t ask for better customer service, every member of staff that’s been working whilst I’ve been in have always been kind and always happy to help you out if you need anything and are always up for a chat to make your experience all the more welcoming!

Maki & Ramen Southside is an authentic Japanese sushi bar situated within a 5-minute walk of Edinburgh's Royal Mile. With its distinctive exterior and working ramen noodle workshop on display to passersby, it's hard not to get drawn into the restaurant to dine under the beautiful lanterns! On arrival, we were encouraged to sanitise our hands and keep our face masks on whilst moving through the restaurant (the new normal!). With social distancing measures in place, each table had it's own COVID friendly perspex screen which allowed us to feel more comfortable and even added an element of intimacy to our evening (also helping to hide our lack of chopstick abilities from the other more experienced diners!). Being new to Japanese cuisine, our challenge was deciding how much food would be too much to eat! So, after getting some advice from our waitress, we settled on 1 Ramen, 3 sides, and 10 pieces of sushi (to share of course!). We ordered the Beef Tataki Ramen, Pork Gyoza Dumplings, Okonomiyaki, Takoyaki, Chicken Katsu & Cucumber Tokoyo Roll, and lastly, the Grilled Eel Nigiri! With everything tasting so different to what we're used too, it's almost impossible for us to pick a favourite dish, however, the dish that we were both surprised by the most was the Grilled Eel Nigiri - incredible! Whether you're looking for sushi, freshly made in their sushi bar and kitchen, or a bowl of ramen with homemade noodles made daily in their in-house workshop, you're guaranteed to experience a dish that is not only fresh but straight from the heart of the chefs who created it.

We love the place, the food is actually good and the ramen portions are so big we usually just ask for one starter to share and a salad besides the ramen because we always end up really full when we go there. The staff was so friendly and nice we couldn't stop saying thank you and fr wanted to stay there forever haha