Slurpin Ramen Bar — Restaurant in Buena Park

Slurpin Ramen Bar is a small ramen restaurant neatly tucked away in the same shopping center as Claimjumpers. It sits right across from Knott's Berry Farm, so you could easily pass this spot without ever knowing you did, which would be unfortunate. The level of flavor the ramen carries is quite considerable. You can choose between mild to hot, and even the mild has a level of heat and flavor that can not be denied. They carry the usual and unusual fare of appetizers, such as takoyaki, bulgogi spring rolls, garlic edamame, and the like. You cannot go wrong with any choice, as for the ramen you can choose the usual tonkatsu broth, the chef special which comes with corn, crunchy onions, bean sprouts, spinach, and umami oil, a veggie ramen, as well as tsukemen for dipping. Choose what style you desire. They have a lunch combo from 11:30 to 3 everyday where an additional four dollars gives you a house salad, appetizer, and ramen of your choice ( some apps have an additional price point included ) and parties of six or more is an added gratuity. You can split the bill, so keep that in mind or bring cash to decide what works best for the group. All in all, it was a wonderful experience, tasty food, and a nice diversion from the amusement park fare that anaheim is very well known for. Not that it's bad, but every now and again, you desire something a bit...

I mean this as respectfully as possible; the food was the best part of my visit to Slurpin. I visited with some friends in a larger group, 6 people, and we immediately saw the mandatory gratuity on the menu: “parties of 6 are more have 18% gratuity added.” Pretty standard out in OC, especially by a theme park, all good. We have a 30 minute wait, and we were brought in to a table that wasn’t fully ready as the last person was still eating. Awkward, but okay; went back outside to wait while they finished up and took care of the table. From there it was pretty quick from order to food being brought to the table, we ordered 4 apps, 5 bowls of ramen, and we were never spoken to again. I genuinely don’t think it’s a personal issue but a management/training issue because we saw the same treatment to every table. We ate relatively quickly and tried to order one app to go, as well as more water. We got the order about 30 minutes after order but no water. My boyfriend ended up having to dang near chase someone down to get a glass of water and it’s pretty ridiculous having to do that, ESPECIALLY in a small restaurant. The food was absolutely amazing but unfortunately we will not be dining in again. If you try this spot, I’d get...

I was recommended to try this place by a fellow food critic, however I whole heartedly regretted it. To start, the water they gave me was lukewarm and metallic. I shrugged it off and decided to try the chashu ramen with a spice level of 2. I was expecting to feel like naruto at ichiraku but boy was I wrong. The ramen arrives and the noodles are surprisingly well cooked. Sadly, that was the extent of my magnanimity. I try the broth and find that it is oddly fishy and cold. It was a murky white color that had the consistency and taste of spoiled milk. The chashu was just a few stray pieces of boiled pork, stiff and gray. The meat was hardly palatable, something I wouldn’t give to my son or even my dog. The spoon they gave me was sticky and the bowl was riddled with scratches and stains. The seaweed tasted like algae and the green onions looked like grass. This ramen really did surprise me, in the sense that I couldn’t believe how bad it was. The Cup of Noodles I had the night before had more flavor than this joke of a ramen restaurant. In conclusion, I would rather Slurp on a bowl of raw sewage that...