Reren Lamen & Bar

Traveling from San Francisco to Washington DC for business and after a few days in town, I could use some Asian food for a change. Looked up on Google and found the place and when I walked in I was immediately greeted in Chinese and seated by the counter by the entrance. The waitress recommended the Kingfu noodle so I went with it. The food came shortly after ordering. While it looks pretty tasty, first sip of the soup indicated a very familiar flavor - instant noodle that I used to cook at home. There were a few slices of beef and some more fresh veggies but the fact that the soup is instant, I already lost faith in the authenticity of the restaurant. Wouldn’t return to pay $16 for instant noodles but for those not familiar with authentic taste, it’s not a bad place to grab a bite.

Oh my! This food was amazing! This is my first time having Lamen but if I had to say it was awesome. I also had the seaweed salad and chicken and pork buns. For the price.you get a lot of delicious food. The service is great and fast. Give this place a try and you will be full and extremely satisfied!

Checked out this restaurant while on a trip to DC. I happened to stay in the Chinatown district so they were walking distance from my hotel. The food was delicious! We liked it so much we went twice during our stay. The chicken wings were fried to perfection! The lamen had great flavor and wasn't overly spicy. If I'm ever in the area again, I will definitely be stopping by!

No frills in this place but it’s clean and the layout makes sense. Mai Tai was a 10/10. It had a certain delicate balance with cherry, mango and pineapple backing up a strong pour of decent rum. Scallions pancakes (ordered without beef) and veggie dumplings were each some of the best we’ve ever had. Would come back just for those. Then we got lamen. The lamen noodles were long and really tender. The broth was high quality and all the ingredients in it were fresh. Namely the beef shank in the kung fu lamen which is usually my biggest concern. Buddha Style Lamen: 7/10 Kung Fu Lamen: 9/10 (it is pretty spicy so be careful)

Nice place to stop in for a strong drink and some amazing hand rolled dumplings. We also got a spicey cucumber salad that's was great as well.

I came here for dinner because I had heard good things about it online. The restaurant was very small. It has only a few tables and a bar with a couple of barstools located by the front door. Despite how small it was I had no problem getting a table because it was pretty empty. Unfortunately the service was kind of disappointing. My server was nice but she didn't introduce herself, explain the menu, or even ask me if I had any allergies. She just asked what I wanted. I decided to try a few appetizers and then one of the ramen soups. For the appetizers I ordered the takoyaki, vegetable dumplings, and the crazy fish. I got the dumplings first. The wrapper for the dumplings wasn't a normal dumpling wrapper. It was green and made of a veggie substitute so it was steamed which made it kind of mushy and it fell apart when you tried to pick it up with chopsticks or a fork. The filling for the dumplings had no flavor. All of the flavor came from the dumpling sauce. Honestly I wasn't a fan of the dumplings but all of the other options for dumplings were pork which I don't eat so that was my only option which wasn't great. Next came the takoyaki. I thought this was pretty decent. While this wasn't the best I have ever had I did like that they didn't drown it in sauce like a lot of places do. After that came the crazy fish. This was also disappointing. The fish was a battered and fried white fish. It was cooked well and was nice and flakey. Unfortunately this also had no flavor. I thought that they would at least season the batter but they didn't. They sauteed onions and garlic and put it on top of the fish as a garnish. I didn't finish it. It was at this point that the service went downhill. I finally ordered the grilled chicken ramen but because they only had pork or veggie broth I asked for veggie broth as a substitute and I asked for no green onions. The server had repeated "veggie broth" and "no green onions" so I know she heard my requests. They ramen came out and it had veggie broth but they had put green onions in even though I had said not to. I was not convinced that the meat in my soup was chicken. The meat that was in there looked a lot like pork so I didn't eat it. The noodles and veggies were fine but once again the broth had no flavor. At this point I had no desire to stay so I paid and left to find food elsewhere. They may have other choices that are better but honestly I have no desire to find out. If you want to go to try this place feel free but personally I will not be back

The chili wontons were very good and had an amazing sauce. Kung Fu noodles were good but a bit saltier than other restaurants. The toppings, especially the beef, went well with the flavors of the soup and noodles.

Great food! The ramen was super tasty and relatively cheap compared to other food options in the area. We went on a Friday night during a conference, so the place was packed. It took 15 minutes to get seated as a group of six. The waitress got us water right away, but it took almost 10 minutes to order, and the drinks came out AFTER the food, which was odd. I am bumping the service rating up a star, though, for the ability for the waitress to split our checks individually!