Takumi Yakisoba & Ramen Alservorstadt Wien — Restaurant in Vienna

We came around 9:00 pm and we’re still greeted with a typical Japanese friendliness and immediately brought to a nice table at the window . Even though the outside area seemed quite busy a waiter quickly took our orders and took their time with some of our specific questions regarding dietary restrictions. Answer is they do accommodate for gluten allergies and nut allergies . Drinks were brought to us soon after cooled and fresh with mint and lemon( for the homemade ice tea which I can recommend for a hot evening in the summer ) . Our starter weee served quickly as well very beautifully displayed . Choosing for main course was hard because of the wide range of options but we opted for ramen which tasted deliciously .

Overall we really enjoyed the rather relaxing atmosphere in the late evening as well as the Ambiente with posters and lanterns everywhere . Service was really friendly and fast and very accommodating for wishes and questions .

We left the restaurant only in good thoughts and very full bellies due to the generous portion sizing and will come back with friends and a...

Better than most ramen shops in Vienna, not as good as Mochi or Mari's, but much better than Makotoya, just to name a few.

The meat broths are meaty, and the spicy broths are legit spicy (not "Austrian spicy"). The noodles are real ramen, not Chinese noodles that you find in some less authentic restaurants. However, the spicy tantan broth was sweet, which is very much not traditional Japanese. It was still tasty and I recommend it. I would say that the style of broth is not similar to any one particular region of Japan, but there are some elements of Hakata style and a little bit of Tokyo tourist style (especially because they sweeten the broth, probably to suit the taste of American tourists).

I was able to substitute tofu for the meat at no additional cost. There are also plenty vegan options! Great tofu, very flavorful. The eggs are proper too.

My friend got the teriyaki chicken ramen (not at all a traditional topping in Japan 😂) and said it was very good. I tried the broth and can confirm that it was tasty. The black garlic oil is...

Good ramen. Not great ramen. And I say that as a proficient fan of ramen. The slightly curly noodles were springy and bouncy. They quite reminded me of the kind I tasted in my childhood, in duck stew or hacao noodles out of hawker stalls run by Chinese immigrants. I've never been able to find that exact taste ever since. The broth was very good. But it was not soulful, as I would expect from a great bowl of ramen. But then again, if your soul is easily bribed... Because it was a bit of a trickster. It came heavily laden with diverse toppings. The toppings, shrimp skewer, fried chicken nuggets, are delicious by themselves, but I didn't expect a bowl of hotpot. Overall, it satisfied the craving. But when you’re paying 17 euros for a bowl of ramen, you expect something a little more...transportive. I felt a bit like my own culture had been polished up and sold back to me with a marked up...