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Ramen

Ramen

3400 Lancaster Ave, 19104, Philadelphia, US, United States

Pub • Ramen • Sushi • Japanese


"The restaurant has a very cute, trendy vibe with an intimate dining room. Btw, parking can be a challenge but if you luck up get a parking spot directly outside the restaurant on Lancaster Avenue, it's free. The ramen...WOW! I had every intention of taking some home but nope...ate every last bit there! As a pescaterian, majority of the ramen dishes had pork broth BUT there was about 3-4 chicken/vegetable/shrimp ramen bowls. Since I had the Vegetable Miso Ramen on my 1st visit (highly recommend! , I tried the Green Curry Ramen and this dish too measured up! There's a full bar and I definitely want to return to try their sushi which I hear is great too. Ishmael was a great server! The only reason I'm giving Ramen Bar a 4 instead of 5 stars is because I asked for a little hot sauce to add to my ramen and the young lady gave me Bakudan which was delish but an additional $3 and didn't even advise beforehand (total pet peeve of mine ! I never heard of an additional charge for hot sauce and even so, generally a condiment charge is only $1-2; $3 is pretty steep. But go figures because if you add shrimp to the Vegetable Miso Ramen it's an additional $7. I guess they don't care about making things reasonable even though the restaurant is located on Drexel's campus. Also it would be nice if Ramen Bar's Happy Hour pricing returned like it had pre-pandemic (the HH menu is still on the restaurant's IG page ."

Kiseki Sushi

Kiseki Sushi

36 Mt Vernon St, Ridgefield Park I-07660-1450, United States

Sushi • Lunch • Asiatic • Seafood


"Came for lunch with a friend today. I went spontaneously to the liqueur up the block and got a beautiful Napa Valley Sauvignon blanc to go with my fish (they are BYOB). We ordered the pepper tuna salad and Lobster tempura as starters. Pepper tuna was okay. The pepper crust itself was great. But I think it was over torn because the middle of the fish was playful instead of refreshing as if it smoked tuna. But the Wasabi Dressing was slightly exaggerated. Less is more, because the nasal fire was sometimes overwhelming. The lobster was good quality meat. But the dough was bland, and the lobster meat itself was not seasoned. As a result, the cook sits exclusively on the mango sauce to season the entire bite of lobster tempura. This does not provide a balance within the several layers of food. The best bite I took was when I drank it in soy sauce with a slight immersion in the mango sauce. And it was delicious, but unfortunately it was the last bite. Now on the main dish: Sushi and Sashimi for two. The part was great. The best fish was white tuna, tuna, salmon, red snaps and yellow tail belly. Regular yellow tail was not great. The ocean taste was sharp, instead of refreshing and the texture was quite granular. But that was the only fish that was not good because the yellowtail bell was delicious. The spicy tuna reel and shrimp Tempoura reel were also beautiful. The best part was the price. Because for the amount we ordered it came to about $70. The service was good. Food has great potential. But in my experience it was best average. I would give it 3.5 stars, but I will be up to 4 rounds because the price is very cheap. I would definitely come back as I live in the city nearby."