Ippudo

We stumbled here after striking out at a few other of these multi story mall type places– and we should have just started here! We started off with the piping hot melty cheese over rice and wow– it was so good! finished our meal splitting ramen that was tasty, had good spice, and they brought us a couple bowls to make splitting easier. great service even though we showed up not too long before closing time, and a great meal.

Good place to try off the Orchard Road shopping district. I stopped in on a recent business trip to Singapore. I little hard to find up a couple escalators in one of the shopping malls. Be persistent to find it. I liked their many menu options and how you can build your own ramen as well as reload the noodles if you have some broth left. Broth was very flavorful and liked the egg and meat. Definitely worthy of a visit for area ramen fans.

I used to love this place– I’d get the Akamaru, sometimes with a side of stuffed chicken wings (which was surprisingly good). I dragged my parents here quite a few times! But I began to realize the soup is way too thick, salty and tasty for me, and it’s just become not worth the wait. I prefer Ramen Keisuke at orchid hotel, Marutama, etc to this. The taste is very similar to the original branch in New York and one in Malaysia, though, so props to that I suppose!

Checked this place out on a business trip to Singapore. It was located in the mall right across the street from my hotel. I tend to want to check out ramen places and phở places no matter what city I’m in, just to benchmark. I’m glad I did here.
Good, savory broth, noodles cooked perfectly, zero complaints on that front. I didn’t know what to expect, reading it was «hakata» style, but was pleasantly surprised, especially knowing I was trying ramen out in a mall (which in the US, is usually a recipe for a blech kind of ramen experience). Paired our ramen with gyoza, which was perfectly seared and fried.
As I so often do, I benchmark against Santa Ramen and Ramen Dojo here in the Bay Area. This place isn’t as good as those, but it’s a place I would most definitely come back to the next time I come back to Singapore. Don’t let the fact that it’s in a mall predispose you against giving it a try. It won’t knock your socks off with a two by four, but it’s good, decent ramen.

Like usual, for hakata style ramen, Ippudo is still the king. The ramen is excellent like usual and service is fast and attentive (came during late after lunch hours). Can’t go wrong with Ippudo with its ramen.

It was good the restaurant is really loud and the waiter keeps yelling for some reasons. Ramen was good though. Don’t order chilli on the side. It costs $ 5 –_​_​_​– i wasn’t aware until the bill came. The pork buns are NOT as good as what the reviews say. If you have had them really good before, you’d be dissappointed!

I love that they serve luke warm water instead of cold water. Because no one wants to eat hot noodles and drink cold water at the same time! Your teeth will get destroyed!
Anyway, great food and great staff! must try the pork buns! Get them at 3pcs at a cheaper price.

The ramen noodles are good, no doubt about it. The broth is rich, perhaps too rich. As an appetizer, I love the lotus root chips.
I’m not giving 4 or 5 stars because they don’t refill teapots, and won’t serve hot water either. As a restaurant in a tea-​drinking country serving food of another tea-​drinking country, this is just unacceptable. One pot (probably just 600 ml) costs $ 6. Not cheap!

My favorite ramen in Singapore. I first tried it in Mandarin Orchard 4 – 5 years ago, then I went to another branch recently I think it’s this one. And I always go for the one that has the black garlic in the broth. Yummy! But don’t eat here too much because it’s got a lot of fat in the broth, but that’s also what makes it good I think. I also like their gyoza.

One of the best ramen!
The ambiance is very good. I’ll definitely come back for more.

YUM. This is the best ramen I had during my stay in Singapore! I have eaten ramen in Japan and this was pretty close! The opportunity to customize your meal is great. The broth was delicious and so were the cucumbers and the gyoza!

Wow, now I get why some people crave ramen. Can’t go wrong with pork bun and one of the specialty ramen options. Pork bun may be top 10 favorite things I’ve ever eaten.

Love the rich tonkotsu broth, it’s definitely done right, on the thicker side full of umami goodness. The chashu is also very flavorful. My favorite is the spicy tonkotsu ramen! The price is one of the highest I’ve ever paid for a bowl of ramen though, and you’d have to add on the egg for some of the items on the menu. The appetizers are very tasty, I recommend the wings. A good treat every now and then!

I’m personally not a huge ramen fan but Ippudo’s dishes were as authentic as it could be. You can choose the texture of noodles (soft, medium, hard) for each ramen and customize the toppings.
We also ordered the cucumber appetizer that my friend recommended and we’re glad we ordered it as it was a good refresher from the creamy ramen broth.
Peak hour is from 6:30pm– 8pm so go early if you want to beat the line. Would recommend it for casual dining!

Loving this ramen. Actually pretty reliable across different cities. Around 15 per ramen and a variety of appetizers. The major con is the noise level. It’s around 90db and gives me a headache as everyone is trying to shout over each other to have a conversation. Maybe I’m getting old…

While the broth is a hearty and soothing highlight to the dishes here, I don’t find the overall experience to be much better than any other high-​end ramen place. I recommend the pan-​fried gyoza for an appetizer. The spicy version of the traditional soup was preferred over the original, although the broth was great for both. Oddly, the higher-​priced spicy soup comes with no meat in it (well there were some tiny slivered pieces of fat, but not anything you could reasonably call meat), while I was expecting those large medallions of pork that come in most ramen bowls. At $ 18 – 25 a bowl, a good broth alone just doesn’t cut it. Furthermore, the dining area is quite loud because the entire staff shouts at everyone who walks in the door. It’s one thing to greet people at the door, like many Japanese restaurants do, but this is like an uproar of indistinguishable noise that continues throughout your meal.

I lived in Japan for quite some time, and I have traveled around the world a bit so for me it’s quite hard to eat something «not entirely local» in a different country from where the food was invented.
I love ramen, so going at Ippudo was a bit of a challenge under certain points of view, but being in Singapore I take less risks than eating ramen in Europe for example.
Anyhow, Ippudo ramen is very close to the real deal, tonkotsu soup is rich and tasty, ramen are perfectly made, no complaints there.
Only note of demerit is the fake Japanese atmosphere, where everyone shouts in Japanese welcome phrases but know no real Japanese language apart from those lines. Then again, it’s all part of the atmosphere so it doesn’t really matter in the end…

Truth be told, the ramen is nice. Hardness of ramen good, not too hard nor mushy.
Char-​Siew is soft and tender.
Soup broth is thick and tasty.
So would I go back again? Not quite sure.
I mean, I had nothing going wrong with the meal. There was no queue going in, service was good, food arrived swiftly, food is tasty, bill was settled quickly. So what’s wrong with me?
I supposed it’s the up-​market feel that maketh my lunch to be more expensive that I was willing to pay for.

This is my comfort food for Saturday brunch if I felt like having something soupy.
This is my comfort food for weekdays’ dinner if I felt like having something spicy & soupy.
This is my comfort food on weekends’ afternoon after a hangover.
This is my comfort food on a rainy day.

My only criticism was the wait. We tried to make a reservation, but apparently they don’t take them. It’s just a little annoying when you try to call ahead and then you end up waiting anyways.
But other than that, the food was great. It’s pretty hard to go wrong with ramen though. I think the broth was at a good temperature and the toppings were tasty. I’m glad you can choose the hardness of the noodle too. I think that choice goes underrated in a lot of ramen shops.
The interior was really nice of course. The open design was good. A little bit loud, but still nice. We had a spot right in front of the kitchen, which is always a fun experience.
I wouldn’t give it the title of best ramen in Singapore, but «Yay! I’m a fan.»