Ramen Del Barrio inside Hana World Market is a culinary treasure where Japanese and Mexican flavors collide in a vibrant food court setting, delivering unforgettable dishes.
"This food-court stall serves ramen that walks the line between Mexican and Japanese flavors, and covers that line with a thick layer of slow-roasted carnitas and a squeeze of lime. Tostadas get topped with raw Hokkaido scallops and salsa verde, while cold and thick noodles get tossed in a refreshing tomatillo salsa and chorizo, creating a mazemen/chilaquiles hybrid. Ramen Del Barrio makes fusion food that immediately takes you out of a grocery store food court, and straight into a tiny ramen stall in Tokyo, a taqueria in Mexico, or some combination of the two that never existed before." - nicolai mccrary
"Named Eater Austin’s best new restaurant in 2023, Ramen Del Barrio, up in Scofield Farms, is all about Japanese Mexican ramen. The steaming bowls from chef Christopher Krinsky are fun and inventive: there’s the carnitas tonkotsu, mole tsukemen, and more. Then there are the yaki-tacos, where glistening, skewered meats come inside a fresh tortilla. The restaurant is tucked away within the Hana World Market food court. Takeout orders can be placed in person; there are indoor dine-in services." - Nadia Chaudhury, Erin Russell
"It’s the best of both worlds at this Eater Award-winning Mexican Japanese food stall within the Hana World Market supermarket’s food court in the Scofield Farms neighborhood. Look no further than the menudo tonkotsu. There are indoor dine-in areas." - Nadia Chaudhury
"AUSTIN Ramen Del Barrio is by no means traditional, but that’s exactly what we love about them. The stall is inside an Austin food court and it’s home to inventive Mexican-Japanese dishes like mole tsukemen and carnitas tonkotsu ramen. The hanging paper lanterns make sitting at the bar here feel a bit like you’re at a small ramen shop in Tokyo—just as long as you don’t look behind you. The star of the show here is the carnitas tonkotsu bowl—the broth has all the creaminess of an excellent bowl of tonkotsu, plus tender chunks of slow-cooked pork belly and buche. Squeeze a lime over it all and take a sip. It’s the best ramen in Austin, and tastes almost like drinking a taco. " - anne cruz
"Ramen Del Barrio is tacos and tostadas, but it’s also tonkotsu and yakitori. It’s mole and aguachiles mixed with tsukemen and mazemen. This is fusion food at its maximum potential, finding the lines between Mexican and Japanese cooking and covering them with a thin layer of slow-roasted pork and a squeeze of lime. It’s food that immediately takes you out of the grocery store food court you’re in, and straight into a tiny ramen stall in Tokyo, a taqueria in Mexico, or an incredible hybrid of the two that never existed before Ramen Del Barrio. " - nicolai mccrary, matthew jacobs, raphael brion
