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Review of Mr Ramen San

Mr Ramen San
Ranked #849 of 8,263 Restaurants in Melbourne
Price range: ₹216 - ₹810
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Neighbourhood: Chinatown
Description: Mr Ramen San serves up some of Melbourne's best ramen, located in Mid City Arcade in the precinct of Chinatown. This is truly authentic Japanese ramen restaurant! Craving steaming flavour packed ramen? Head Chef Roystan Leow has been trained by Japanese maters in Ramen and has worked in high profile restaurants. According to Roystan, "What you get in Japan in terms of ramen, we produce here. Authenticity." Roystan brings the influences of Kyushu, a charming southern precinct of Japan to Melbourne. The Kyushu style is about pork bones in white broth, signature at Mr Ramen San. Mr Ramen San delights with a Japanese greeting as you enter, making customers feel welcome from the start. Mr Ramen San boasts several points of difference to the usual ramen scenario. For a start they serve up fresh house made Japanese style noodles daily; for ramen enthusiasts you can tell the quality of noodles and it makes a big difference. Not only that but unlike other ramen houses, Mr Ramen San will provide you with FREE extra noodles on request! The serves of noodles in the dishes are generous enough as it is; so extra noodles for free is a great innovation for hungry customers! Charsu Tonkatsu Ramen is a signature dish that rewards you with it's white cloudy broth; intense in flavour having been cooked for over 10 hours. As Ramen lovers know, it's all in the broth! There are no shortcuts in the cooking process (ie no soup stock from any supplier and definitely no MSG) and Roystan has a great passion for cooking authentic ramen. The Charsu roast pork is melt in your mouth, and the seasoned egg, wood ear mushroom and greens give a refreshing accompaniment. The World Loves Melbourne considers this dish the best ramen in Melbourne.
Reviewed 12 November 2023

They didn’t allow a split bill ! Absolutely not right! I insisted saying I didn’t know the person next to me but they still wanted us to pay in one go and no splitting our own meal! That s odd !

Date of visit: November 2023
Thank Rose C
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Mr Ramen San, Owner at Mr Ramen San, responded to this reviewResponded 14 November 2023

The NO SPLIT BILL is posted on walls and all tables. You and your friend was having meals here. We would not let unknown person to sit with you.

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4 - 8 of 61 reviews

Reviewed 10 November 2023

I've been a regular here for years now. Best ramen outside of Ramen Street in Tokyo Station in my opinion. Proper ramen is my favorite, because I can't cook it myself.

Punch your details into the tablet out front and wait to be called. No bookings here. So peak busy times can have you waiting a while, but it's worth it.

Post Covid, you scan the QR code on the table and order on the website, although in typical Japanese fashion, the food comes out fast.

The spicy tonkotsu is my favorite (although friends have melted from tying mine). The pineapple flavored beer is amazing (don't knock it until you've tried it) and so are the pork gyoza. There is also a free half or full noodle refill per bowl. So don't eat all the good stuff straight away, save it for more noodles later. They really don't want you to leave hungry and I really love that about this place.

Date of visit: October 2023
Thank KarlosMuchachos100
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Reviewed 30 March 2023 via mobile

I was really looking forward to this place as the other reviews were so positive. I will start with the good. Service was quick, the ramen arrived in minutes. The chasu was good, noodles were ok as well. We had three different types of ramen and all had the same issue. The stock was tasteless to the point it was nearly water. I have had my fair share of ramen in Japan and this was no where near what it should of been. Even the instant ramens from woolies have more flavour. I am not sure if it was because it was lunch time and they had to water down the stock or what but even my son noticed how bland the stoxk was.

Sorry but for me it is a miss..

Date of visit: March 2023
Thank DAMTCOOK
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Reviewed 8 February 2023 via mobile

Taste is boring and staff rude. Much better ramen close by. Shop is cramped and rushed service. Staff also kick you out if you sit with your friends unplanned and no apology.

Date of visit: February 2023
Thank Mgf240591
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Reviewed 2 December 2022 via mobile

Authentic ramen with a nice gyoza that can be fried slightly longer for a better char.

Enjoyed the tonkotsu char siu noodles and will definitely go back for more!

Date of visit: December 2022
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