Kyoto Ramen — Restaurant in El Cerrito

Kyoto Ramen always delivers a good experience. The interior of their location is nicely decorated yet simple, and the staff are kind and efficient. I generally get takeout, and the wait times are usually around 5-10 minutes, as they are always quite busy. The lady who works at the counter always remembers who ordered what. In terms of the food, it's worth the wait! I've gotten ramen a few times, which I found to be delicious and filling. However, my favorite menu item is the Chicken Rice bowl as it packs a ton of great food for a low price of $8.50! (Consisting of chicken with a sweet glaze, perfectly cooked sticky rice, peas, and carrots.) If you eat like the average person, the Chicken Rice bowl will provide plenty enough food for two meals. I've also enjoyed getting their Spam Musubi on multiple occasions. I didn't like their Mac Salad as much, but everything else that I've tried has tasted great and been a great deal for the price. I would definitely recommend trying out Kyoto Ramen, their service, food, and price to volume of food ratio is...

I have been waiting for this place to open since I saw the sign go up back in 2019. I was going to wait until the the whole Covid lock down was over, so I could try it dine-in. But caved because I was here to buy groceries form Lucky. I order the standard tonkotsu ramen mild, and surprisingly it was really good even after the 20 mins it took me to get home. It's not the best ramen I have ever had (was like $25 ramen), but pretty good for the price point their selling at. It's easily better then the ramen you would get from other Japanese restaurants around the East Bay, even some from other "ramen" shops here in the East Bay. Again for the price point of ~$15 ramen this place is pretty good and the serving size is just right for me. When compared to other ramen specialty shops like Shiba Ramen (overall good, little pricier then here) or Yuzu Ramen (good bone broth but serving size too small for their prices) in Emeryville, I would personally prefer this place for overall flavor, price and...

Went here today after spending some time at the beach! Good service, good food! I got the vegetable ramen since it's the only one that doesn't have pork broth (I'm vegetarian. Although, I didn't ask what broth they use instead but I'd like to assume veggies? If anyone knows, let me know?). I also got the vegetable tempura since I've wanted to try tempura for the longest time! The ramen was definitely my favorite of the two! The broth was rich and the veggies and noodles were very fresh. I also LOVE how soft the tofu was, so good! The green onions had a really nice bite too. I didn't get my ramen spicy because I'm not a huge spice person. The tempura was also good! I probably wouldn't get it again, not because it didn't taste good or anything, the veggies were very tasty and fresh, I just don't think it's really my thing. They were also really sweet and brought over some watermelon (which was also super good!). Good amount of food for the...