Koie Ramen — Restaurant in Oslo

Live just a block away so it's easy to stop by once in a while. The noodles and the different Ramen dishes taste OK, but the taste of broths varies a bit from time to time - too bland and yet too salty. Need to be more consistent, more flavours, more caramelization on the pork and the eggs should be cut in half making it easier to eat. More greens would not have faulted the dishes either. The fried chicken is OK and so are the gyozas, but again the saltiness might be an issue for some. The Japanese cuisine is very much about umami, but umami does not necessarily equals saltiness to this degree I think. Experienced some salty dishes at famous Ivan Ramen in NYC too, maybe it's a way of urging people to order more drinks? Read that Ivan Ramen approved Koie's noodles, both places have quality home made noodles with good texture. Ivan Ramen has whole wheat options like Rye noodles. Hopefully Koie will provide whole wheat options too in the future. Service at Koie is ok, but could be a lot better. Interior is simple and clean, but it feels cold and the acoustic is really really horrible! And the lighting is way too bright making my eyes hurt. They should do something to cosy-up this place and make it less sterile. Surely, I'm not the only one who's a bit relieved stepping back outside after a meal here. Only in-house serving, so no takeaway. No reservations possible, first come first served. Opening hours are from late afternoon so you cannot get lunch here. I'm sure they're missing out on many customers and sales, so perhaps they will expand opening hours in...

Hate to leave a bad review but I have to, first things first, the food is great, the ramen are amazing! Hence the 4 stars. But now to the bad part, there is no way to contact the restaurant at all, there is no phone number and no one seems to read their contact email. A couple of days ago I forgot my bottle, realized that night but the restaurant was closed already. The next day my train to Bergen would leave to early to go back to the restaurant. I’ve searched for a phone number but all I could find was some sort of email, filled it in with a discription of my bottle hoping for the best. I still haven’t had a response but with a stroke of luck, changing trains took place in Oslo and I had 45 minutes before my train left. When I made it back to the restaurant I heard the tragic news that my bottle was thrown away yesterday, the waitress even recognized me from my previous visit and felt really bad for me (thank you nice waitress). I know it’s only a bottle (“Go GeT a NeW oNe” I can imagine some people would say), turns out the only proof of existence of my bottle was me and my class getting one, I tried to search everywhere. Not on my school’s merch site, not somewhere else on the normal school site, not even second hand. If only they had a phone number I could call I might still have it. Allas now I’m without a bottle off to Stockholm. Once again thanks for the food, it was really good but please improve ways...

A while ago I wrote about an unfortunate visit At this restaurant and this is what happened after:

So after my last visit, the management of the restaurant reached out to me and said they would love to have me back for a second opinion. I have to say I really appreciate the level of costumer value this reflects.

And today I must have caught them at a really good day. The place was busy and the atmosphere was superb with loads of happy customers. I overheard several compliments to the chef’s and waitress/waiters.

I even had the chance to have a few pleasant words with the manager, Monica, who seemed like a genuine and cool person.

This is not a place for a quiet and relaxing meals, but rather a urban place for the social occasions.

Also the food was exactly as good as the first time, even though the last bit tend to remain. Little does that matter as the portions here are super big. If you need more than a bowl of ramen to get satisfied I’d say you’d be either starved or just exaggerating.

The beer on tap is Kirin which was actually really good. I also noticed they had some kind of cider on tap, as well ass other beers on can.

All in all the people and the food here needs and deserve a good amount of credit - not only for their food, but for the way they made me feel like they care for their customers and their reputation.

I’m happy I gave it another go!

Good people who makes good food. What’s...