Noods Ramen Bar — Restaurant in Honolulu

Heard about this place from a friend and just by chance was in the area when I was looking for a place to have lunch. Now to be totally honest, ramen is not on the top of my lists of things to eat. I like it, but just don't go out of my way for it. Plus, Honolulu is over saturated with ramen places and all claim to have something unique and mystical about there broth.

They way that I would describe Noods Ramen Bar is that it is a contemporary take ramen. Noods isn't trying to push the same old same old as something unique, they are creating unique. Lots of unique combinations and flavors.

I was torn between the Spicy Thai Curry Ramen and the Birria Ramen. Both are not traditional by any means and the combination of flavors along with their ingredients sounded amazing. Those who know me, know that the Spicy Thai Curry Ramen won. It was a great choice and I was very satisfied.

Also got the Dynamite Shrimp Tempura and Goyza as appetizers. Both were really good and tasty, but the goyza looked as if it was just dumped on the plate with no care for the presentation. No matter, it was a good combination of appetizers to go for. Kind of basic choices, but I was with a friend that isn't into trying things that weren't vanilla. They had several other things that I would have preferred to try like the Kimchi Potsickers, Quail Ajitama and /or Corn Tempura.

One thing that really stood out for me, was how friendly and attentive the staff were. We were attended by two different people throughout our lunch and both were supper nice and professional. It was nice to see during these times where service seems to be rapidly declining. Kudos to the manager for hiring and training them and thank you to nice staff that helped...

Beware if ordering via phone! Food was good, but not worth the experience. I was very excited to try this place after hearing good things, but my experience was off-putting, to say the least. Called to place an order for takeout using the number on the Noods website. Arrived at the restaurant and was told by the host that "Oh yeah, this has happened before" and my order had actually been placed with Noods' sister restaurant (Osoyama) "just down the street". Come to find out that the error is due to Noods having the wrong phone number listed on their website. If this has happened before and the restaurant is aware, it shouldn't happen again. You would think that correcting a phone number on a website would be an easy fix... When I asked if I could just cancel my order and reorder in person at the location I was currently at, I was told by the host that he would have to check if the meal was already prepared at the sister restaurant. I waited as he called the sister restaurant and said "Oh, the food is already ready. I'll just send her down." I'm not a delivery driver! I had already driven to the location I wanted to order from, found parking, and walked inside, only to be sent to a different location 10 minutes away! Upon arriving at the sister restaurant, I explained the situation and the hostess there said she would inform her manager. Perhaps I'm entitled, but I have to say, I expected something more for the inconvenience. I eagerly declined to receive a customer rewards card -- no need, as I don't plan to return. I'm all for supporting small businesses during this difficult time, but this one left a lot to be desired from a customer service standpoint and won't be receiving any further...

My husband and I came here on a whim while visiting Hawaii. It was a full restaurant despite being a Tuesday night. I’ve tried many different ramen places, from back in my hometown (ny) to Japan. I had the black garlic tonkotsu ramen and it was one of the best ramen I have tried so far. My husband got the Japanese curry chicken ramen which he also enjoyed very much. The gentleman serving us was phenomenal. The only downside was that they had run out of their garlic fried rice. We loved the ramen so much that we decided to come back the next day (today).

Moving forward to today, the restaurant was packed yet again but we were able to be seated pretty soon. Unfortunately, the experience was not as great as the night before. Not only were they still unable to serve garlic fried rice, but they also ran out of the chicken katsu. We ended up getting the chicken chashu instead but it was not that good. The gentleman serving us was great as usual despite running what seemed like most if not the entire busy restaurant. The hostess, however, dropped off our check about 10 minutes into us enjoying our ramen, which we felt was pretty rude as we were still eating.

Overall, we enjoyed the ramen and the server was great, but there is some room for...