Ramen Ichiraku

I went to the good food & wine event and there was a booth that sold truffles, he suggested me try truffle ramen at this restaurant. When you arrive, you must choose the menu in front of the restaurant first because there is no menu inside. After that, the staff will ask you what you want to eat. You inform the cashier, and they will lead you to the table. This restaurant does not serve alcoholic beverages. I ordered the truffle tonkatsu ramen with extra pork chashu. Good taste ramen, fragrant truffles. I think the broth should be a little hotter and a little more intense. Overall, it's okay.

This restaurent started 3 years ago. Today, we tried both the Signature Hakata Tonkotsu Ramen ($17.5) and Truffle Tonkotsu Ramen ($20), and the taste was not bad. In future, we will request a hotter soup and a softer ramen. The tonkotsu broth was quite tasty but saltier. The ramen was a bit hard as we were not given the choice of choosing the noodle to be cooked in either soft or medium texture. The pork was tasty, flavourful, and tender. The service was good. There was neither table chilli powder nor Shichimi given, we had to request for it. Any improvement in the future will be good. Good cosy environment and soft music. The street parking ticket was $3/1P. Cheers! (2021-08)

The the special sodas, the sides and the ramen were all so lovely! After going vegan I wasn’t sure I’d be able to eat ramen like I used to so I am so glad I came here :) the vegan cheeseburger gyoza was the highlight of my first trip to Ramen Ichiraku, what a wonderful idea. Pictured is the vegan shoyu and lychee Sakura soda ❤️

The place is small, everyone in your group is required to be present before you're seated, which is a bit if a hassle for big groups unless its well coordinated.They don't do reservations, but we've made it work with groups of 7 to 11 people. While you wait for the seat outside,its a good idea to peruse the menu before being seated because the orders were taken before seating (this was likely an adaptation due to covid times). The vegan food is flavourful, with well seasoned broths and the mockmeats artfully made. A delight to dine in as always. Highly recommend the vegan fried chicken.

Disappointed. Went to ramen ichiraku on a Saturday at 6:45pm with 4 people without a booking. Happily greeted by the hostess who asked us to view the menu outside before coming inside to order, there were only 3 tables full and roughly 6 empty tables. 2 of us went in and ordered a main each and an entree to share. The other 2 entered a short time later ordering a main and entree for one and an entree for the other as she was was not overly hungry and didn't want a full meal. We were told that she could not sit in with us if she didn't order a main meal. After a 5 mins of discussion we realised we had to leave as our friend was not allowed to sit with us to eat as she didn't not want to order an main meal. To avoid continuing awkwardness of the situation we decided to change our order to take away so we could eat together at home. The hostess feeling bad for us allowed us to sit at a table for 20 minutes why we waited for our takeaway. Dismal experience, especially since we occupied a table while we waited for our now takeaway order. Ramen was tasteless and watery, do not recommend.Stay away at all costs.

Pros: standalone vegan menu with various choices of Ramen! Cons: in this current situation you will need to wait till your entire party arrives before being seated. You also need to order before being seated. We tried the Ton Ton and Dragon ramen, both were enjoyable. If you can handle spice I'd go for level 4 heat on the dragon ramen as 3 wasn't trouble. All in all, recommended trying.