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    Musashiya Ramen

    4.3 (106 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:30 pm

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    This was a good bowl of ramen, but not great--mostly forgettable. Would maybe stop if I wanted ramen in the area

    Sarah P.

    u can customize your own ramen and I got the shrimp tempura with the spicy sauce. the broth was super tasty and overall would come again for some good ramen. The service was also good! There is seating inside and is a bit more casual.

    Spicy tonkotsu ramen
    Madelyn C.

    Really great ramen/udon spot! Came for lunch on a weekday and there was only one person working the entire restaurant. She was hustling, taking orders, filling waters, cooking and serving all at the same time. We ordered the Spicy Tonkotsu ramen and the Curry Karage Udon (my fav). Tonkotsu broth was very rich, fatty, and delicious. The Udon was cooked perfectly and the curry sauce was thick and rich! Would come again!

    Pan J.

    Underrated ramen spot! Very small but the food was on tier with ramen wasabi and ramen san. The broth was great and there was so much in the ramen, it felt like a good bang for your buck. I had it twice in one week (1 time takeout) and it was great both inside and for takeout. Great for the winter and cozy spot for intimate date nights. Not great for groups as seating inside is limited.

    Chicken Karrage Tonkotsu Ramen

    Very good!! The ramen was delicious and service was excellent. Would recommend the chicken karaage.

    Snehal D.

    Cute ramen spot by lake view with a very carefully and tasty menu consisting Ramen, Rice bowl and a bunch of Apps! Good date spot! The tofu rice bowl and vegan ramen is a perfect choice for vegan dieters. They also have a couple of Pork based ramen bowl which was 10/10! Plenty of seatings and nicely lit restaurant makes it a perfect date spot! The staff is super sweet and are quick with your order! Next time you crave ramen, you know where to go :) For more, Follow @thefoodblogie on insta!

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    Jocelyn G.

    Decent ramen and Japanese food spot. I ordered the curry udon with pork katsu. The curry was nice and thick and had good flavor. I do wish they gave a bit more curry sauce as I had a lot of noodles left with barely any curry. The pork was crispy, but a bit dry so the curry helped there. I didn't get the ramen but my friend liked hers. It's nice that you can customize the ramen.

    Marissa C.

    Musashiya Ramen is such a hidden gem!!! Everything we ordered was a 10/10. Flavor profile of the shrimp tempura udon dipping noodles was incredible, and the pork cashu ramen had the perfect noodle consistency. The pork cutlet was battered and fried well, and the curry tasted homey. The chicken karagge was also a great appetizer, and the sauce complemented the flavors of the other dishes well. The staff was so friendly and explained the dishes well, and the interior is homey and modern. I'll definitely be back!

    Gyoza  6 Piece Takoyaki
    Eugene B.

    Although we gave a decent tip, the service was subpar unfortunately. I'll just look at it as an off night for our server. I won't get into details. I should be back sometime in 2024 and will give it another shot. I'll try lunch next time. The curry with tonkatsu looked pretty good. My takoyaki and gyoza was ok. They ran out of rice.

    Andrew P.

    My partner and I were not very impressed with the ramen here. We'd rate it about a 6.5/10. It was lacking flavor and depth. We are both from the LA area and know ramen very well and I personally had higher hopes coming here since it was on my list of bookmarked ramen spots. The plus is that they are BYOB so it makes for a cheaper date night or for catching up with friends on a budget. Our server was nice I guess? Not super friendly, but did his job. It was weird that him and the cook never communicate or talk. The vibe of the staff and the lack of music was just really weird. It's a small/narrow place so the seating is smaller/crammed which isn't necessarily bad for us, but it's not the most intimate setting for dining... and with a lot of take-out orders by DoorDash or Postmates, they would come in and yell across the way for the orders they were picking up. Not the best experience to dine in, lol.

    6 Piece Takoyaki
    Sarah K.

    The curry here is absolutely amazing! You can tell they make it from scratch. The service was a little slow but chef was really kind about it and they apologized. Usually the service is quicker, so shouldn't have to worry about a wait. I recommend the tokatsu and curry! The tokatsu was a little tough though, maybe because it was overcooked? But still all pretty tasty. The takoyaki was okay, it didn't have any Japanese mayo drizzled on top so it wasn't as tasty as it could've been. The vibes are really cute and laidback here so I highly recommend for a cute girls night or date night

    Karrage Chicken Tonkotsu Ramen
    Katie W.

    A nice ramen place in Lakeview on a block with lots of other Asian places around (poke, Red Pig, and more)! I liked that the ramens were all very customizable with firmness of noodles, garlic, and flavor. However, I do wish they had more options for spiciness! They do have a checkbox for spicy or no spicy but the soicy option was very light and when my party asked for hot chili oil they didnt have any but had some spice flakes that didn't add much. Another plus to this place is that they have japanese curry katsu dishes, a rarity in Chicago compared to other big cities. The curry was flavorful but again could use some more spice. It was a pretty simple dish with literally just rice, curry, and meat that would satisfy a curry craving but would not be a favorite.

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    Nathan W.

    Located in lake view east, was able to try musashiya ramen. On a Tuesday night, the place was busy, but there was little wait time to get seated at a table. You can customize your ramen bowl with the order sheet to your liking. I choose light saltiness and extra garlic and the tonkotsu broth still packed flavor. The medium noodle texture was springy and easy to eat. The server was attentive and continually refilled water and checked to see how the meal was going. I would pass on the chicken karrage and try the more traditional pork chashu in the future. This place is a solid place to get ramen at in Chicago.

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    Phenomenal food, great service. One of the better ramen spots in the city. Can't go wrong here

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    RAMEN-SAN

    4.0
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    3.3 mi
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    Ramen-San absolutely lives up to the hype…read more The Kimchi & Fried Chicken Ramen is the kind of bowl you think about long after you leave. The broth brings the perfect balance of rich, spicy, and savory, while the crispy karaage adds an awesome crunch that holds up surprisingly well. The kimchi, buttered corn, sesame chili oil, and fresh scallions all come together without any one ingredient stealing the show. The vibe is modern, the service is quick, and every bite feels like comfort food with a kick. If you're looking for one of the best ramen spots in Minneapolis, this bowl should be at the top of your list. I'll definitely be back for another bowl.

    I finally got to try on a busy night. The hostess did an amazing job handling the crowd and was…read morehonest about wait time which was really appreciated. The ambiance is really fun and casual although it's incredibly loud. Service was great except for how poorly they handled that amount of covers. Receiving half empty cups of water for 45 minutes is unacceptable for how much you can expect to pay per person. Similarly, getting individual plates only after the last call AND after we're done eating was a bit shocking to me. The food was below average too which makes this a very hard pass for me next time. From everything we ordered the bang bang shrimp and nuggets did stand out but just weren't enough for how frankly disappointing everything else was.

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    4.2
    (2.3k reviews)
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    I love Wasabi Ramen. Stopped in for a late lunch and was greeted with the familiar smell and…read morescenery. Had the tonkotsu with spice umami (it's always a hit), the sesame mai tai, and my husband had the spicy chicken paitan ramen and naked & famous. I was surprised at how tasty his ramen was! I may get it next time as it was as (if not more?!) delicious than my tonkotsu! I can't wait for next time.. this place has held up for years and I'm extremely confident it will continue to do so for many more.

    A great spot to grab a bowl of steaming ramen on a rainy Sunday afternoon in Chicago. Note they…read moreclose sharply @3pm probably for a lunch break for the staff. The Alaskan cod sandwich was served on a bed of cabbage covered in a sweet teriyaki & brown mustard sauce with maybe a squeeze of kewpie sprinkled in between. The Berkshire pork eggrolls had microgreens & shaved radish on top of a crema type of sauce that balanced the heat of the kimchi nicely!! For the main attraction I ordered the spicy garlic ramen that was such a delightful mouth experience it really hit all the taste buds! The noodles were perfectly bouncy with the right amount of chew. The jellied egg was perfect and rounded the soup very well! The red chili threads enhanced the spicy miso broth just enough to slurp all the delicious goodness down! My husband ordered the Sapporo miso soup which had more of a creamy type of broth vs the spicy garlic. The noodles were also thinner than regular ramen & had a bouncy springy texture that just hit the spot! Since it was kinda chilly outside we also ordered hot green tea to accompany our spectacular ramen dishes. This place also offers delicious seasonal cocktails on the menu or hot sake if that's what you are hankering for. Definitely try this ramen joint if you are in the Logan square area your tummy will be so happy that you did!!

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    Ramen-San Deluxe

    4.0
    (651 reviews)
    3.1 mi
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    I ordered takeout from Ramen-San Deluxe for my husband and me earlier this month (6/5). We had just…read morearrived to Chicago that evening. We had walked over from our hotel hoping to dine-in, but the host told me that the wait time for a table for two was over an hour. It was a Friday night, plus it was also the weekend of the Chicago Blues Festival at Millennium Park, Pokémon GO Fest at Grant Park, and a USMNT vs. Germany Soccer game at Solder Field. If (when) we return to Chicago, we will definitely try to go to Ramen-San Deluxe for a sit down meal because the takeout food was really good. If the takeout was that good, imagine food straight out of their kitchen. After almost 7 hours on the road that day and settling into the hotel, I went crazy with the takeout order and got a bunch of things. Everything was delicious. - Miso Ramen - Bang Bang Shrimp - Eggplant Fingers - Pork Belly Ramen - Spicy Tofu Buns

    Ramen San Deluxe blew us away with their appetizers, setting high expectations while we marched…read moreinto the entrees. Their eggplant fries (weird, I know) were an unconventional, tempura style veggie dish that checked the wow factor of this restaurant for me. That along with the crispy wings, brussels sprouts, and chicken bites alone would have been 5 stars for me. However, once we hit the entrees, we hit a cliff. You ever see a movie where the character introductions are fantastic, the exposition is exciting, and the buildup is promising but the movie lacks depth, character development, and an interesting plot line? That's how we felt about the entrees. We ordered the Sumo bowl, the 10 hr tonkatsu, and the kimchi and fried chicken. The ramen itself was mediocre, nothing special or particularly delicious. The chashu was well seasoned and had good texture, but the rest of the ramen was okay. Overall I would 100% recommend the appetizers here, and give the ramen (and sushi) a shot, but don't expect anything crazy.

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    4.3
    (189 reviews)
    3.6 mi
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    I'm sitting here in my living room, mired by an early, uninvited awakening. It was not a thud. No…read morealarm. Just a gentle frazzle of sunlight stealing me from night. In no way had my body rested. Donned in dawn, my underwear-pajamas slightly slid down revealed a sad vision of man, sloppily tangled in ruffled sheets. Exposed. There is nothing pretty about me, I thought, as I pondered if the sunlight were judging what it saw. Before reaching my current perch on the living room couch, I sat in bed flicking through news in search of something good, but simultaneously only pausing on the bad. Glorifying in the doom, really. It was the pinch I needed to prove I was indeed awake. All day I seek the pinch of pain to prove I am not dreaming. Coffee, cats, clothes, splashof water, and 20 steps later I find myself in the planning pose, here in the living room. The planning pose is very much like the wake-startle, sans the sheets and exposed crack. It involves me laying here on the couch actually reading the articles I perused earlier. I like to rationalize that the information gleaned is to set me up for a day of human interaction. Perhaps it is a study session to get up to human-social-speed. Right now it is dawning on me -- my second uninvited dawn of the day -- that perhaps behavior isn't responsible humanity, it is prolonged self torment. The tighter pinch. The proverbial purple nurple of challenging my awakened state. Cats gather around me. One at my feet and the other curled beside my thigh. Am I king to them? They are fed. Surely they are not here in need of something. Have I done something to warrant this attention? My affection toward them is inconsistent. It ebbs in startling fits of overly attentive playing or petting followed by long droughts of disregard. My ambivalence as their king gives me this luxury, and supports my theory that they may think I am indeed king. This is the type of cyclical example loop I am using as evidence to propel me from the underwear'ed fat man the sun observed moments ago. Evidence that says: "See, Sun, I am more than the larva you spotlighted. I am a god! The cats are evidence! And they sleep in your sun-puddles in undisputed, recognizable perfection, not the ugly crack-exposed heap you found me in. You love them. They love me. So, pinch yourself, and stop judging me!" Obviously the coffee is working, or maybe the cats are doing their trick: making me feel accepted in the universe. Whatever the case may be, I pet my cat. Dander floats into the sun's beams and crystallizes in the air. If you've ever seen dust in a thinly sliced light beam at dawn you know: Hope is the accidental luck of shadows bouncing off of the chaos but always cutting through. Always meeting a surface. Penetrating the thickest of atmospheres and colliding on flowers and alleys, on well planned solar panels, on potholes, through any crack, on my crack, projecting obtuse triangles, acute bi-angles, and isosceles quad-tangles, even while penetrating deep into the sea, revealing all the magnificent details of art, and occasionally falling on me. Trees bend to it. I give the cat closest a good scratch behind the ear and look out the window at the trees greening in spring. A dog walker pauses to pick up excrement. A squirrel cowers behind a branch. The ramen restaurant on the corner is cut through by light warming empty tables; tables preparing to slurp up hungry, hopeful lunchers into the belly of contentment. Dark, seemingly an antagonist to light's hero demeanor, sheepishly slinks away, humbly realizing it is not the opposite of light, but the absence. "Beautiful," I think as I see the spicy broth of life warming in the sun glow beyond the glass. Yes. It is beautiful. It really is. I couldn't see how much in the dark but the rhythm out the window is now clear. I turn to my cat, who is winding down a purr. We share a slow-blink gaze at one another as the last sliver of dawn is replaced with shadow in my house. He moves to the window sill to soak in every second as it departs. "Welp, buddy. Nothing left now. Time to bend to the light"

    Was very excited to try this place since I've heard a lot of good things. We had a reservation so…read morewe were seated pretty quickly but since the restaurant was small, we were placed at a 4-person table where me and my friend had to sit next to 2 random strangers which I wasn't really a fan of. Our server was very nice and attentive though, we knew what we wanted so we placed our order and received our food quickly too. I enjoyed The Monster ramen that I got, the broth was super flavorful and perfectly creamy. I loved the beef jam and Wagyu chashu, Although, I will say the noodles themselves didn't really stand out. I enjoyed my ramen but I'm not sure I would get it again. I would definitely come back to try their other ramen though.

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