Ippudo

If you're looking for a spicy ramen, look no further. The Karaka Spicy is as good as it gets. Got both the vegan and the tonkotsu and both were fabulous. Also tried the karage chicken and veggie buns - both were delicious. Must try the veggie/chicken buns.

My first time checking out Ippudo. I had the spicy tonkatsu. Flavor was on point. The only thing I would change is the portion of the bowl. I wish it was a bit bigger. I ate my whole bowl and was still a bit hungry. Overall really good spot!

If I could give this place a 0 star rating, I would. When I walked in today at around 3pm and noticed that the restaurant was near empty on a Memorial Day Weekend, that should've been my first sign. We were sat down instantly but we were not even asked or served water. When a waitress noticed I was looking for someone, she came over and was able to get us water but NO ice (on a hot day?!). They started giving our appetizer plates and we got DIRTY AND USED PLATES! Not even dirty plates you have to look closely at, these are clearly well-used plates (as pictured). All I'm thinking is, "If they're serving dirty plates as new, what else is dirty back there? How can I trust that my food is clean?" I wanted to leave, however, my cousin really wanted to try this place out for her birthday. We had to ask for new plates when the waitress came by. When the food came, it was pretty good thankfully! It was the only saving grace of this experience. However, not worth the service I was given. After we finished eating, we decided to not leave a tip. As we were getting ready to leave, we saw the waiters whispering amoungst each other. One of the waiters came up to us to ask why we didn't leave a tip. Of course, I was taken aback as I usually always leave a tip but after this lazy service experience, I definitely was not going to. It would have been different if they approached it as, "We were wondering why because we would like to know how to improve our service." But no, just straight up asked. And when we told them about our experience with the dirty plates, I forgot to bring up the water part because I was just so in shock on how they approached us as we were trying to leave. After I told them about my experience, he responded rudely with, "Is that it? Nothing else? Okay thanks." No professionalism and not even apologizing! I should have called for the manager but we needed to leave to continue more birthday plans.

Ippudo is a good fast paced ramen spot. I don't think it's the best ramen around in town, but it is good. The service was fast and very attentive! The parking can be a little tough if you want to park in front, but there is a garage with a lot of spots!

Have been here couple of times and loved the ramen served here, I had spicy veg one both times

On a Saturday at around 7, my group of 3 added ourselves to the yelp wait-list and only had to wait 5 minutes before we got called in to be seated. It didn't look too busy, and we asked to be seated at a table instead of bar seating. The servers were pretty attentive and the food didn't take long to come out. The shrimp baos are super crispy and I thought the sweet-ish sauce was an interesting take and I liked it a lot. The karage is actually fried so nicely, and the chicken itself is so fatty, that even though there are only 5 pieces it was still worth it I think. The ramen is pretty standard and I'm a fan. I could see myself coming back here. It came out to a total (tax + top) of around $35 per person (2 starters shared among 3 people + each person ordered their own ramen). ====== Additonal review #2 ====== This time I got the pork and chicken and shrimp buns. Shrimp is DEF the way to go. Also got their seasonal ramen which is fireee. Was also once again able to be seated pretty quickly at 1pm on a Friday.

We decided to give this restaurant a try based on a recommendation from a family member. Personally, I'm not a fan of ramen, but after trying the veggie karaka here, I'm eager to have it again. Our order included the veggie karaka and some veggie buns, which were unique and quite delicious.

Really delicious broth and ramen. Their shrimp buns are great. We cannot miss the truffle fries: perfectly crispy and flavorful.