Kyoto le petit japon — Restaurant in Aix-en-Provence

Traveling from California, I am not new to Japanese cuisine. This restaurant has quite high ratings, so I was intrigued. It was a cold rainy kind of day, so what says comfort food better than ramen? I ordered the miso ramen, but was brought the chashu ramen. I didn’t make a fuss, I didn’t want to go through the hassle. As far as the dish goes, it was okay for a bowl of soupy noodles. Is it authentic Japanese ramen? No. The soup was lacking the full-body taste of cooking the broth for hours. The noodles themselves tasted more like Chinese egg noodles than ramen. The sliced pork was tender but not the traditional chashu. My husband ordered the bulgogi, which is Korean and not Japanese at all. He seemed to enjoy it. There were several other Korean dishes on the menu at all. We had the shrimp spring roll as an appetizer, which is Vietnamese. This dish, though, should have had the peanut based dipping sauce as pictured on the menu, but instead came with a vinaigrette type sauce. The staff were friendly and the restaurant was cute with Japanese decor. Just wished the food was more...

I’ve been to this restaurant twice before and everything went well The staff were nice, which is why I decided to come back. Unfortunately, this time was my worst experience. I stood waiting for a table for 2 people, but the staff completely ignored me. They walked past without acknowledging me, and when I finally tried to ask, the male staff member (Asian-looking) was extremely rude and dismissive.

I would understand if the place was full or only accepted reservations, but the lack of basic courtesy and such bad manners are simply unacceptable. Very...

Like a lot of comments say already, this place is pretty cute. It's cozy and fits well for a quick lunch or a family dinner.

They have more tables downstairs so the capacity is pretty high. I ate here on a busy moment so I had to wait a bit longer for my food. The service was good. Not amazing but I think that's what you get for eating at peak hour ;)

The food ( I had ramen and Kara age) was more then fine! I give it 4 stars because 5 stars has to mean something.

It is also not overpriced so all considered I think this is a good...