Waraku

"If you want to grab a bowl before a movie at AMC Kabuki 8, Waraku is a spot worth considering. Waraku serves affordable and comforting ramen, including black garlic tonkotsu, clear chicken shoyu, and popular spicy tantanmen, as well as starters and rice bowls. Waraku also offers pork tsukemen, where the noodles are dipped into broth." - Dianne de Guzman, Eater Staff

"Waraku in Japantown is the place to hit up when the lines at Marufuku and Hinodeya are ungodly long. Their ramen stands out. They have more variety, and each type is excellent across the board, from the spicy tantan men to the braised pork belly-filled tonkotsu and the Impossible meat-topped vegetarian one. All of the options are great, but go with tsukemen. We’d eat a whole bowl of just the springy noodles plain. And the mushrooms and bean sprouts that come on the side cut through the broth's richness nicely. " - julia chen 1, lani conway

"You might know Waraku as the place to hit up when the lines at Marufuku and Hinodeya are ungodly long. But the ramen at this Japantown spot stands on its own. They have more variety than other places, and each type is excellent across the board, from the spicy tantan men and chicken shoyu ramen to the braised pork belly-filled tonkotsu with black garlic and vegetarian ramen topped with Impossible meat. All of the options are great, but if you can’t choose go with tsukemen. We’d eat a whole bowl of the springy noodles plain. And the mushrooms and bean sprouts that come on the side cut through the richness of the broth nicely. " - Julia Chen