Tonbo Tei — Restaurant in Mérida

We ordered 5 dishes to give it a fair tasting: yakimeshi, pork belly, bao, kushiage and chicken. None of the dishes stood out, all were too salty besides the Yakimeshi which was the only thing we were able to eat. Chicken could be good with a better sauce on the side and less salt. Pork Belly has a weird off putting flavor to it, bao is deflated, and kushiage was ok. All five of the dishes come with the same shredded cabbage and cucumber and no Japanese sauces. For the price I’d go to Kuro Uma instead. Service was good. Overall disappointing because we came on a recommendation and high reviews but I wouldn’t recommend...

Terrible experience. Just opened for the day 2pm, half of the drinks on the menu unavailable. We ordered appetizers for 5 of us, they brought 3 plates and three forks ??? The food came out one dish at a time. The last two orders came out at least 20 minutes after the others. Two ordered were wrong. How can the Ramen take longer than everyone else's dishes EXCEPT - The table that came in AFTER us and ordered AFTER we did, got their two orders of RAMEN ten minutes+ before ours came out. Asked to speak to the Chef and was told he was too busy. Will never be back and will tell the person who recommended it about...

This place is a serious gem. We are traveling to Merida from Miami and my wife loves ramen. she takes one bite and says it’s better than anywhere in Miami. Mafe, the owner and head chef is a sweetheart. She made incredible ramen then took time to come speak to us and share her story. Alex, started off the whole experience by finding us a table even though we didn’t book a reservation on a Saturday night. He explained everything to us in English as well.

The food is incredible and the people are even better! You must visit...