UMA UMA 博多うま馬-Asoke — Restaurant in Khlong Toei Nuea Subdistrict

I don't know whether this restaurant was great in the past, but as of today, for me at least. It was atrocious.

I ordered all of the three recommended menu which considers of tonkotsu ramen, toriyaki and hitokuchi gyōza.

The ramen was horrible to say the least. It might looked great in the photo. But, the soup was blander than water. As a matter of fact, the water I ordered tasted far better. It just tasted terrible. It's nothing like any authentic tonkotsu ramen I've eaten so far in my entire life both in Bangkok and Fukuoka like Shinshin, Kanadaya, Ippudo, Ichiran, Ikkousha, etc. I think it is an insult to ramen and its legacy.

I was told by the staff, when complained, that the chef "renovated" the recipe to use chicken bone as well to have lighter soup because people like it that way. I don't whether it's the chef fault or the cook, but I couldn't taste anything mentioned by the staff, whether it's chicken or pork. It was as if I was served from the wrong pot. When I told the staff to try and taste the soup, they reluctantly refused.

This is not to mention that the chashu was cold and unnecessarily thick.

As a matter of the staff, quite few of them are probably not sober. I couldn't hear any coherent sentences out from their mouths, and I'm native Thai. They also dropped the menu and my chopsticks, then laughed as if they're high. I didn't know why they found it amusing about it.

The yakitori and gyōza tasted fine though. Those are the only good thing about this god-forsaken restaurant.

My verdict? Save your money. Go someplace else. Even go to Hachiban for god's sake. Just anywhere but here. Despite many good reviews here, please research from other sources as well. It seems like I'm not the only one who have a problem with this restaurant recently. Don't make the same...

Been missing wonderful vacation in Fukuoka lately, especially food in Hakata. But luckily being in Bangkok, whatever food you crave, you can find it with little effort doing research.

Uma Uma was one of the top Japanese restaurants in my bucket list for months now. So glad to gave it a try otherwise I’d missed out, big time.

I went alone but wanted to try as many dishes possible so of course I ordered enough food for 3-4 people. Not wasting time for sure.

Chahan and handmade gyoza were such great starters, absolute perfection on seasoning. Taste identical like what you’d find at ramen shops in Fukuoka (Japanese ramen chefs usually mastered at cooking chahan and gyoza)

Yaki ramen came out looking like typical yasai itame but I was wrong. It’s insanely delicious, perfectly stir-fry vegetables, nice amount of garlic combined with chewy thin noodles. Same type of noodles you find in traditional Hakata tonkotsu ramen.

While Yakitori-don was nice. Beautifully grilled chicken and precious crispy chicken skins.

Chefs here are local Thai people but they clearly mastered their craft and understanding traditional Hakata style food.

There’s nothing to complain, not at all. Hope Uma Uma will continue the good work for many more years. I will recommend this place to...

Arrived on weekend around 1:30pm. No wait only a few patrons. Sat by the curtain carts area which felt more private.

Table full of condiments caught my eye. Extensive menu and tried mostly the signature items.

The chicken ramen, skewers, Gyoza & pickled cucumber.

Food arrived fairly quick. Ramen is decent. Broth is good but not as flavorful as other places. Nice touch with garlic grater.

The Gyoza tasted good but the filling broke apart too easily but the skin is thin and crispy which was good. Pickled cucumber was good but the portion felt tad too small.

Meal highlight was skewers. Highly recommend ordering Chicken skin. It was delicious and not oily. Cooked just right because most of the fat has been rendered and the skin was crispy but not burnt. Would return for the skewers.

Service was overall attentive. We ordered green tea which was free refill and they refilled it 3x.

Unfortunately there is No parking. We parked at Emquartier and walked in the afternoon which was very very hot hence the need to refill our drinks 3x. Toilets are decent clean and spacious.

Area & restaurant is not handicap friendly — too many steps and...