Ramen Shop

Phenomenal chicken shoyu ramen and black sesame ice cream sandwich. Also not pictured but ordered tempura veggies and pickled cabbage to share, great apps! Also would like to highlight the outstanding service from Alicia! She checked on our table several times after ordering and was very warm and polite. All in all, one of my favorite ramen places in the east bay!

We sat at the counter. Watching the cooks prep dishes was very interesting. They had a good flow and good communication while working very quickly to get dishes out. We ordered crispy full belly bintje potatoes to start - it was served piping hot so be careful. The potatoes were perfectly crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside. The curry sauce was mild enough for me to handle. The pickled carrots had a crisp freshness to them. I had a Under the Cherry Moon mocktail with Hokkaido miso ramen. I also tried a bite of the Liberty Farms duck shoyu ramen. Everything was highly flavorful. The noodles had a good bite to them. The ratio of noodles, toppings, and broth was just right. And no cheap bean sprout fillers.

I’ve been wanting to come here for so long and I didn’t like it 🥲 The matsutake mazeman was topped with raw mushrooms which was so strange to me. The flavor of matsutake really comes out when it’s cooked so I didn’t really taste its flavor :( The noodle texture is good but the sauce was like a yuzu vinger and soy sauce and wasn’t very special. The tonkatsu ramen was pretty thick and not that flavorful to me but I only had a few bites. The turnip cakes were really overpowered by the sauce so I couldn’t taste what was going on in the center nor the matsutake in it. I loved the texture though - crunchy outside and a gooey inside. 2 ramens and 1 app, no drinks came to $99 w tip.

This place is a foodies dream. Revolving ramen selections, elevated dishes with thoughtful ingredients, always super fresh, and a fantastic bar program too! This is one of the east bay’s top 10 eateries for sure.

Food: I got the tonkotsu ramen. The noodles had a decent bite to them, smooth texture and chewy. The default toppings were okay, I think there’s some room for extra there (I believe it only had green onions, greens which I think was parsley, sesame, few slices of pork, spiced paste). The broth was very dense and cloudy, so it was quite filling, but sort of forgettable and not outstanding. I’d say it was definitely overpriced at a whopping $30 per bowl. Service: Very friendly and attentive. Menu is short and simple, but still had vegetarian options. Atmosphere: Cozy and casual, dim lighting but not too dim to the point of not being able to read the menu. There’s counter seating and tables as well as the kitchen being mostly visible. There was definitely a good amount of thought put into t