Golden Gai — Restaurant in Ghent

The food isn’t bad, but to call this ramen seems like an insult to ramen. It’s not even that it is just experimental, but rather that it isn’t ramen at all. The place is nice and the people working there nice as well, but I can’t get rid of the fact that this just isn’t close to being something Japanese or even Asian. If it would have a Belgian name and if they would call it Belgian noodle soup, I would have given more stars. Until then, this isn’t much more than just expensive noodle soup with some weird flavours that aren’t that tasty at all.

EDIT: Unfortunately I have to take this one step further as it seems that the business can't take criticism well. They claim to be "Ramenbar in Gent. Japans geïnspireerd", but then say that they aren't claiming to be Japanese ramen. So if you want constructive criticism, I have to say that the broth was tasteless and greasy. The noodles were quite soggy and seemed to have been added to the ramen too long ago. There were blobs of oil floating on the ramen which is not normal at all, but gave the overall experience a negative feeling.

I feel somehow sickened that "Golden Gai" staff took the time to check other reviews I left on businesses in Ghent. Mostly because they missed all the good reviews I left (even a few 5 stars). The point is that this is stalking just because someone did not like the food you make. It is childish, unprofessional, and more than just disgusting, it shows an utter disrespect for a customer. My advice, spend more time cooking good noodles and good ramen than on the internet criticising and stalking...

It was actually my first time at Golden Gai and I've heard about your place for sooooo long just didn't have a chance to visit until yesterday🥺

First of all the atmosphere here was just so nice. All the staff seem so friendly and kind and happy and it was just good! 🥰

I visited another ramen places in Ghent before but to be honest this place definitely made me the most comfortable and I loved every minute of it!

My cocktail, raspberry daiquiri was perfect. I'm a big fan of frozen daiquiri and it's so difficult to find a good one around here and it was just so good. I really enjoyed it💛

And the ramennnnnnnnnnnnn, as an Asian? I love it! Everything was good together, the meat, noodles, soup I really just enjoyed everything yesterday lol

And I'm more than sure of this but from now on you guys will always be my go to place when I feel like eating...

Went there for a dinner with 3 friends. The food was average tasting nothing amazing but nothing bad either. Lady who did the service was polite and service was quick and nice. What let’s me down is the lack of fitting drinks and average taste in the food. There are only lacking drinks almost no traditional japanese drinks. No japanese beer only two types of sake. In general I found the experience overprised for what it was.

I was hoping for more with a famous japanese name for a restaurant I would expect more than belgian noodle soup with bar cocktails and random local beers. (I am belgian)

I hope this place finds a true voice can be half as good as an average ramen place in Japan. No offence to the staff who were very kind but it feels like corners...