Ippudo — Restaurant in Kanazawa

I was hoping for more.

They are a famous food chain and maybe that should have been my warning.

But I saw a score of 4.2 and read a few reviews and decided to give it a shot. Not worthy in my opinion.

The broth was too liquid and not particularly tasty. A bit surprising as I had 2 types of pork in it. That alone was enough to make the meal not very enjoyable.

I didn't like the choice of using very thin noodles but maybe that's a traditional thing.

Service was super fast. I think we had our noodles delivered within 2 or maybe 3 mins after having ordered them. Not necessarily a good sign. I didn't particularly appreciate that our beer arrived after the food (even if only a few seconds later).

The environment is not particularly cosy or characteristic and has that impersonal feeling of food chains.

The rice + pork was disappointing with the usual tasteless boiled rice, but maybe that was me looking for something different and hoping they had what I wanted instead of me checking for what they really had.

The pork belly was tasty, the other type of pork used not so much.

I found convenient to be able to order the entire dinner on a tablet provided...

Food is AMAZING! Cheap, very good food and fast and good service. We came in, our free glasses of water came instantly, we ordered food on the tablet and I had to wait only 5 minutes for our food to come.

From what I saw, most dishes contain pork. But it doesn't have to be a bad thing, as they make pork soft, full of taste and fresh. You can decide how thick your noodles can be, and in some cases add more noodles. The noodles are hot and tasty. The soup could be a little less salty, but the soup has other than salt, as it has some vegetables. From what I remember, the most expensive dish on the menu costed about 1600¥, which isn't alot at all! Staff is very friendly and speaks English pretty good.

I recommend! Just keep in mind that this is a...

I had recently arrived in Kanazawa via bus and was feeling ravenous for some ramen. Lucky me!! i found this gem of a place. The wait staff were vibrant and served me with free ice tea. The English menu was easy to order off and my meal arrived soon after.

The ramen broth was thick, it was served with plenty of pork and thin noodles. To my joy the ramen had a soft boiled egg and some seaweed as well. The entire bowl was delicious. It is a tad expensive, but if you need to quench your thirst/hunger for ramen it is well worth the money spent.

I also ordered a large plate of gyoza. Each individual gyoza was 2/3 the size of a normal gyoza but these were also delicious.

Overall a fun and...