Samurai Noodle

Awesome Ramens but too slow and un attentive service. 15 minutes wait for my order to be taken (with only 2 other occupied tables)

It’s ok for the «ave» food! The noodle soups are good! Try the chicken broth with your soup! It was really good!

Ramen was very good, spicy, good tofu. Also good korokes. Atmosphere and service was very busy, but great for a quick bowl of hot spicy ramen, served fairly quickly. Could be a bit cleaner.

You go for the food NOT for the service.

I will never eat here again. I came in earlier today to get some hot ramen on a cold day and ordered the miso ramen. The broth was good from what I tasted but noticed short curly hairs in my food. The egg that came with the bowl looked rotten as well. The manager Rio was very rude and unprofessional. He needs to be fired and to bring back the elder lady who used to work here. The Japanese guy sucks. Servers were nice but don’t like the service from the people who are supposed to be in charge.

This place is definitely not the normal ramen I’m used to. They use egg noodles and that’s kind of weird! But the tonkasu broth and the other things in the bowl of ramen makes up for it.

I’m keeping Samurai at a four.
Sure the ramen isn’t top notch, but it’s still good. I mean, I ordered the TAMPOPO and although not the best bowl of ramen it still satisfied me. The ramen egg was flavorful and the pork was ok. I mean, I’d come here again if I was looking for something affordable and warms up my belly.
One thing I do want to bring attention to that I appreciate is they have a full page dedicated to VEGANs. So it’s nice coming here considering all the other soup places on the ave consist of beef broth. Definitely something to think about if you’re going down that route.

SOUP again? Well, Yes!!!
One of the best comfort food there is! Samurai is a hit and miss kinda service. Some days they are super fast and some other times, it takes a little bit more time to get my soup.
How good is their soup? It depends to my order. I really like any soups with miso base and not too much into pork either. I tend to get either the beef or just plain vegan.
Some soups are bland and some are packed with flavors. I think the «miso» based soups are more tasty than others.
Cleanliness is average.
Like I said, it’s a «hit and miss» kinda deal. Otherwise, I’d come back again, sure, why not???
It’s ok for me but it might be great for others. Check it out…

It is a decent comfort food when you want ramen without the bus ride to Kukai when you’re a student at UW. The portions are pretty good and spice is not skimped!
Service seems prompt with water refills but neglected on our drink order.
It was just alright… I rather take the bus ride and go elsewhere… Not saying I wont come back again but wouldnt mind if a friend reallt wants to go here.

Great ramen! But the shumai! The pork came with a mayonnaise, and a wasabi mustard to accompany the ginger sauce. I’ve never tasted shumai ensemble like that, before, and I am totally smitten. The shumai was mediocre, it was missing flavor and I guessed it was pre-​frozen, but I’d come back for those condiments. I’m a sucker for condiments.
The ramen was good. It was a delicate balance of hearty but not too heavy so I didn’t feel sick for finishing the entire bowl. But I didn’t share my app, and managed to clean the bowl, so perhaps this is quite light fare. The ingredients were delicious and well-​cooked, and I really enjoyed the gluten-​free noodle option, because the noodles were still curly like I wanted!
Definitely a college haunt, but I didn’t feel out of place enjoying my delicious gluten free noodles.
Wonderful selection of sake, too.
It’s a minimalist place, relaxed setting. No rush on the tables and friendly waitstaff.
If I lived in Seattle, this would be a go-​to for fast ramen and a great meet up spot.

I remember coming here several years ago when it first opened and there was basically a line almost out the door. Today I finally came back to Samurai Noodle after a hiatus to find no wait time. That could be a good or bad thing, but today, I’ll write that in my book as a win. I had the spicy miso noodles and it was delicious! It comes out bloody red, but isn’t as spicy as it looks (thank the spice lord). For a leaner option, I requested the pork shoulder as opposed to pork belly. They did mess up on my order and gave me two types of meat, but didn’t charge me for it! #winning. The soup also came with corn, onions, sprouts and tons of ramen. My friend had the garlic shoyu with pork belly and enjoyed his as well. Both bowls of noodles were $ 10.50 each. It filled me to the brim. I prefer Samurai Noodle over Kukai.

As far as the food goes, it was fine. I have nothing to compare it to but my bowl of Tampopo arrived promptly and steaming hot. It seemed like a small bowl at first but it definitely filled me up. The noodles were done perfectly and the broth was nice and light but not too much flavor there. I added Sriracha and chili oil to suit my taste. My favorite part was the pork slice and the runny egg that came with it.
Customer service was something else. Our waiter was a young girl who seemed to hate her job. Upon entering, her back was turned to us while we waited to be seated. She wasn’t really doing anything so I was confused as to why she wouldn’t look up. We were there long enough for the chef to notice and usher us to find our own table. Not once during the time she took our orders, refilled our waters, or when we got up to pay, did her frown go away. Overall, it made me uncomfortable. I work in customer service myself and understand that it may not be the best job but is it really that hard to fake a smile? It ruined my experience. If I ever go back, it will most definitely not be because of the service.

Awesome ramen! Perfectly cooked noodles accompanied by light yet flavorful brother.
Garlic ramen is really tasty, but be prepared for some crazy garlic breath after.
Do not get the shave ice! The ice isn’t grated finely at all.

Well, I think is the best ramen I ever try.
I felt being inside an animé and the movie «ramen girl» It was so fantastic and delicious ^_^

There’s got to be better ramen (and service) in the city than this. I keep seeing $ 11-​for-​$ 22 deals on Amazon Local, I keep buying them, and I keep experiencing below average food and service each and every time.
I think the primary problem is that these places have a lot of staff turnover — both locations (Capitol Hill and this one) seem to always be staffed with college students, with zero management /​what I call ‘registered adult’ supervision. Wait times to order are long, food is heated in a microwave, and for the quality, the prices are outrageous. To top it all off, I got a good long look at the kitchen last night while I was waiting for a to-​go container and it was beyond foul.
Avoid.

*A-​ok 3 stars, as in, it was OK, not blow your socks off by any means
*Service was prompt and good and the food was decent, I would give 4 stars to the Shumai
*I told the hostess about the greasy sriracha bottle and soy sauce that didnt pour as it was clogged up with soy sauce crud and she tahnked me for letting her know, which is good. BUT, the place needs to be cleaner and there is definitely a bleahced floor kinda spilled beer skunk in the restaurant

I never really chose to go to Samurai noodle because I thought their food wasn’t anything spectacular, and frankly there were better places to eat on the Ave. But two years later, I decided to give it another chance. And… YUM.
I went to get dinner with my brother and usually when we go out, we order food and split. SUCH a good decision for this place! We got the Sumo Bowl, the shoyu ramen, and gyoza. And it was the PERFECT grouping.
The sumo bowl has always been delicious but I always felt sick after eating it because it was too heavy. The shoyu ramen was always a little bland. And the gyoza… well the gyoza has always been on point.
Anyway, individually everything is just okay. But together. It’s BOMB. And the perfect amount of food. Next time you go to samurai noodle, take a friend and split. Trust me you won’t regret it. (Ask for the gyoza to come out with the main courses.)
Oh and food takes forever to come out. So take someone you actually feel like talking to. ;)

Delivery order estimated to arrive in 45 – 60 minutes did not arrive until 86 minutes after the order was placed.
So hangry. So disappointed in the service.
Also, I think they forgot my extra noodles because there wasn’t much food! :(

Something is seriously wrong with Samurai Noodle. Whereas with many restaurants, it’s easier to describe what went right, I find it easier to describe what went wrong here. That is, just about everything went wrong with the exception of the taste of the ramen, and I’m being very generous with that last part. But it’s just noodles that you throw in boiling water for a few minutes, so you can’t really mess that up. You can, however, mess up other basic parts of a restaurant, which this place does spectacularly.
I wanted udon and couldn’t find it while looking through their pitiful menu. How does something like that happen? What kind of Japanese noodle restaurant doesn’t have something as simple as udon? The stuff is all over Uwajimaya, but a restaurant that specializes in Japanese noodles doesn’t have them? That’s like if an Italian restaurant doesn’t have spaghetti. Or imagine if a German restaurant doesn’t have sauerkraut. Sound odd to you? Well, here’s a Japanese restaurant without udon!
So I had to look at other items on their short menu. Their offerings are pretty limited, and so I just ordered the pork tonkotsu because it’s supposedly one of their more popular items. I don’t know whether that changes anything, but this bowl of pork tonkotsu arrived at my table within two minutes. I’m a little concerned about the speed of that service. Even instant noodles usually don’t cook that fast, so these noodles must have been simmering in the kitchen for some time before I ordered them.
The service was fast, but the food was lame. They gave me some ramen, green onion, and seaweed in a bowl with a single slice of pork on top. I could have just done that by myself. I don’t know how the tonkotsu was one of their more popular items, because it sucked. MSG may have redeemed the flavor, but I was hungrier after eating than before eating, and I wasn’t really all that hungry to begin with. Aside from the food being really lame, the bowl was tiny and contained a pathetic excuse for lunch. The total was $ 8.95 before tax, or $ 9.80 after tax. At that rate, you might as well take your money to go eat phở or some Thai noodles on the Ave.

I’ve been here several times and only when I’m majorly craving ramen and don’t want to make the journey to an «actual» ramen joint. With that being said, Samurai Noodle is not going to be your go-​to ramen spot, or anything remotely close to that.
I usually order the miso ramen because it has a slice of butter in it (???) and if you have more self control than me you’d probably stay away from it because it’s like saltier than the dead sea. I usually sip a few spoonfuls of the broth because I do love miso, but only a few because like I said, it’s really salty. This goes for all of their other broths I’ve tried as well. As for the noodles, they are undercooked and chewy.
The service I received during today’s visit was by far worse than I have previously experienced here which is normally mediocre. I came to the restaurant by myself after class looking for something quick to eat, I mean it’s noodles and broth how long could it possibly take? The workers today were bored and unfriendly. I was seated for a whole thirty minutes before receiving my meal which took 15 minutes to finish since the portions are on the smaller side (also pricier!!!) Upon finishing my noodles, I got up quickly to go pay and one of the waiters threw a notepad at me, on accident and he apologized but still why are you throwing things around?! Anyway, I left that place as fast as I could and here I am, writing this review, still bitter and extremely thirsty.