KYU Bistro — Restaurant in Winnipeg

Update from 2 star to 5 star: Less than 1 year later. Finally got to try dining in with some friends. Very good. Just copy and paste gushing from previous 5 star reviews lol 😆. Ordered and tried the following: Takoyaki (Classic!); Corn (so good!); Fried Tofu (So soft and flavourful sauce); Spicy Peanut Chicken Noodles (Mouthwatering, a bit on the sweet spicy, than hot spicy); Mango Chicken Wings (the sauce was super good). My friends ordered the Spicy Miso Ramen, Shoyu Ramen, Mango Chicken Rice..?, and they all said it was good!

Le Burger Week. Busy times means some unexpected traffic, maybe, for Kyu Bistro. I'm fine with lining up, but as a restaurant, know your limits and capacity. Over 15 people stood lined up in front of the door for over 30 minutes, and were turned away because they ran out. They should have known at a certain point. We were lucky enough to pre-order, while we were in line, just in case. There is a difference in quality of dining in and taking out, and that is where I deduct most points. There should not be such a distinct difference in quality of service, just because we decided not to sit; we pay the same amount for the burger and yet get less than people eating in. I kept on thinking that "Wow, the photo for burger week looks awesome! First time coming here, looking forward to it, but remember that the promo photos are always outstanding, be prepared for a not so big one" But I didn't realize it was so unreal. Not even close, even putting sliced cheese would warrant more flavour and colour than the minimal amount of cheese ramen I had, which was the main point of the burger, that's the hook! Besides the hanging chopsticks, which is apparently doable for dine in, it was the copious amounts of cheese ramen that I was looking forward to. Really disappointed for the first experience with them, and I've been looking forward for so long.

Burger description: Besides the disapponting lack of cheese ramen, the patty was juicy and great, but was not a fan of the pork belly, maybe the strong fatty flavour could have been complemented by the spicy cheese ramen (it was spicy level 1 on scale of 10), as I experienced for the minimal amount of ramen I had, which I finished in one bite with the pork belly to taste. I really dig the sauce that was on my fries though, and the fries were still crispy after 10 minutes of being in the box, so props!

The two stars will be for the experience I had with the overall burger, and the three stars deducted, was for the lack of quality and quantity of the cheese ramen (main point of the awesomeness of the burger) with the two burgers we got, and the service where they turned away people who waited so long just because they didn't have enough--at some point, the people there knew when they were going to run out; and the service happening behind the counter, there was a server rude to the person at the cash register, and I get that it's busy, but hopefully not to paying, and possibly tipping customers, though hard to say.

Hopefully I will be able to change the review once I come back and this time for dine in, just in case, because take out is not the way to go right now. I really want the 5 star review experience that others have had! I do love this style of...

I came in here while in town for work. I work all through out The States and Canada and have had my fair share of ramen. This was one of the few places in Winnipeg that showed up for ramen. I decided to give it a try. The outside is nothing special with the barred up windows and next to a laundromat. The staff was very friendly and attentive. I ordered the spicy miso, on recommendation of other reviews. I also had an egg added. The miso was very much on the heavy side, as others have mentioned, but good. The chopped meat was interesting. It was not bad, but it did have a lot of bones in it, also as others have mentioned. This made me question the quality of it. It would have been a lot better if it was just pork jowl, instead of the chopped meat. The noodles were nothing worth while. There was not many and they tasted and looked like they just came out of an instant packet. The egg was not seasoned, it was just a soft boiled egg thrown in to the ramen. The bamboo shoots were also not very crisp and seemed old. I truly wanted to like this place, especially since the staff was so courteous, but this was just not a good representation of true ramen. Hopefully they can take the remarks on the reviews to help improve the quality of...

Horrible experience with Skip the Dishes. Ordered ramen and tempura. Served up soggy battered veg which wasn't vented so steamed. Ramen chashu was dried up chunks of left over meat. Soggy ramen noodles. Chashuis usually rolled up pork belly. This was dried up roasted shoulder pork. Why the hell was there diakon in ramen. I have never seen that before either.

I see many people here commenting this is the best ramen. Blah blah blah. Comparible or better than Vancouver lol. This is a blatant lie unless you are referring to a cup of Mr Noodles. (Try motomachi Shikudo in YVR) Either they work there or haven't eaten good ramen or are just plain obtuse. Having lived in Japan I have. This ramen is not even mediocre. Your better off cooking your own ramen at home. For OK ramen in Winnipeg go to dwarf no cachette. It's better than here by a long shot. Still not great but better. Even the egg was overcooked. This place cannot make a Ajitsuke tamago even. Geez. I don't think they really understand Japanese cuisine and are winging it. For clueless pleebs to say it's good.

Forgot cutlery as...