QZ Poke Ramen & Boba Tea - Zona Rosa — Restaurant in Kansas City

Good food, electric service, and a nice atmosphere are what my friend and I experienced when we ate at Poke Ramen & Boba Tea. We accidentally walked through the backdoor. It had artwork and stares; it did not feel like a backdoor. We were welcomed and greeted by an employee. We walked instinctively to the screen where we could order. We ordered Crab Rangoon (look like cheese wontons)and pork dumplings for appetizers. I ordered a BBQ Pork Bun((1) like the one from disney Short), and my friend ordered a Pork Belly Bun ((1) like sandwich). We ordered a side of kimchi. My friend created her own poke bowl, which consisted of: sushi rice, cooked shrimp, chicken, corn, cucumber, boiled egg, spicy mayo, eel sauce, sweet ginger sauce, green onion, crispy onion, dry seaweed mix, and avocado(extra). I created my own Ramen bowl which contained: rice noodles, Tonkotsu Pork bone broth, pork belly, bean sprouts, corn, bamboo shoot, hot spicy, and fir extra more bamboo shoot, egg, and pork belly. A mango slush medium with 50% sugar is what my friend ordered. A Thia milk tea is what I ordered to drink. The robot server brought our food and drinks. The appetizers were cooked perfectly and tasted great. The BBQ Bun was a lot of bun for little meat. The pork belly bun was really good, but I did not care for the spicy mayo. The kimchi was good. My friend's Poke Bowl was really good with amazing flavor. My ramen was lacking in flavor. I could not taste the broth until I put some Sriracha in it. The eggs were pre-cooked, so I could taste the broth. The noodles didn't have flavor. I didn't really care for my food as much, but I think I'll try to eat something that's already on the menu instead of creating it myself. The drinks were really good, next time I will try with Boba. All in all, food was 75%, service 80%, and atmosphere 100% like the art work on the walls and the music that...

The atmosphere is modern and pleasant with lots of large windows and light.

You order at a screen at the front counter and they make your food in the back. Your ordered dishes are then delivered by a very basic food delivery cart robot ... Kind of cool, but it basically just pulls up in the vicinity of your table and parks until you take your food off and push a button to tell it to return. Still, novel. I got caught up in conversation and forgot to get a video of the robot cart.

Assuming your order is right, you could actually go without interacting with humans, potentially at all. If you are feeling anti social.

The options include some fairly interesting possible ingredients. The base build your own Ramen includes a few things, but could very quickly up charge to a more expensive dish than would be reasonable. A typical ramen place will include everything, even seasoning toppings like roasted garlic oil, chili oil, green onions, those all count against the few things that you get here as part of the base dish - so without up charges it is a very basic dish.

The portions make a reasonable serving, but don't expect to have leftovers.

You could almost go to an authentic ramen place for something near the same price range, but it is quick and convenient. We do have some more authentic ramen options in the metro, but for a nearby quick and tasty bite - we will definitely visit again when the occasion calls for it.

The ramen was good, not spectacular but for a semi fast food restaurant it was...

I got the ramen after hearing amazing reviews about the poke bowls. The ramen was pretty good. No enoki mushrooms here, big sad 😢 the real loss here though was the eggs. Both my wife and I's eggs were basically undercooked hardboiled eggs. I love ramen, I know what softboiled eggs are, this is if you intended to hardboil an egg and just miss-timed it.

My family and I didn't speak to a single living person in our hour visit lol. There were 3-5 teens just standing behind the counter doing a combination of avoiding eye contact but also having absolutely nothing to do. I've never felt so awkward in my life.

This is the experience I've heard from several friends. You're asked to tip for this. Even when the food is delivered, it's placed on a robot and sent to your table. It's cute, but the complete lack of human interaction for such an expensive dish is a little crazy.

Seating hasn't changed since this was a Noodles and Company. You're shoulder to shoulder at the booths/bar seating or your sitting at the gigantic table right in front of the front counter. The first seats to go are the booths around the corner.

Lastly, the boba.. VERY sweet and small portion size. All three had all of the flavor syrup just sitting at the bottom.

Honestly kinda bummed, I have been looking for a place to fill the hole Komatsu left when it closed during COVID. This ain't it...

Maybe Poke is the...