Ultramen Japanese Restaurant Sushi & Ramen — Restaurant in La Habra

To start, we immediately noticed something was off because the restaurant is supposed to be Japanese but the owner was Korean, and the lanterns hung up said “ramen” in Chinese (拉麵 lamian), not Japanese (羅麺 or ラーメン). I’m aware that just because someone is Korean does not mean they don’t do a different food well (ex. many sushi restaurants are owned by Koreans and they’re amazing), but the other factors just made the restaurant seem like it was thrown together assuming Americans wouldn’t notice because we don’t know any better.

That aside, the second red flag is that the menu has soooo many fusion items. Sushi tacos, sushi burritos, to name a few. It was a big read flag but we decided to still give the restaurant a shot.

Honestly, the food is pretty whack. We ordered tonkotsu ramen, spicy miso ramen, egg rolls, and gyoza.

The tonkotsu ramen tasted like it’s heated from a pack. The noodles were good but the broth was very basic with much to be desired. It was okay. Definitely nothing to write home about and not worth coming back for.

The spicy miso ramen tasted like they got the tonkotsu broth, and added a gochujang/miso mixture to it… it was really not good at all and I didn’t even finish it.

The eggrolls were free and tasted like they were from Dollar Tree (which may explain why they’re free if you check in on Yelp). They taste exactly like the ones from Panda Express, if you know those.

The gyoza was probably the best part of the meal but that isn’t saying much. The filling was actually very good, and you could taste the ginger. The weird thing is that they don’t offer it to be deep fried or pan fried… it only comes deep fried. This gives the exterior a hard texture that isn’t super desirable when it comes to gyoza.

Soooo… to put it shortly, I don’t think I could ever truly recommend this place to anyone. They would do a lot better if they tried to specialize really well into one thing instead of trying to have a ton of things but not really anything actually good. Also, if they’re gonna be a Japanese restaurant… be a Japanese restaurant. Don’t have lanterns written...

New Hidden Gem!! Came across this new restaurant by chance. If those with you can't decide on what to eat, they have something for everyone! Great selection of sushi rolls, plate combinations and ramen menu. We had the pepper salmon and sweet hawaiian rolls plus the chashu dish. The rolls were flavourful and prepared differently, nice combination of seasonings. We did notice mayo sauce was unique. Nice change of pace from the usual spicy Sriracha mayo. Also the rice around the roll was so soft and light. The chashu platter was sautéed perfectly, meat was tender with a slight crisp from the drippings. The vegetables that came with it, super yummy! The service was great as well and you can't beat the 99 cent Kirin Beer due to their...

This is a meat and non-meat review.

We stopped to check out this cool-named ramen place. Hahahaha.

Meat: the rolls are beautifully presented. Hahaha. The spicy salmon sauce was good according to the wifie.

Non-meat: the avocado roll is just another avocado roll. Hahaha.

The veggies ramen has asparagus, corn, onion, cabbage, cherry tomatoes were nicely pan fried before putting on top of the noodles. It has a wok taste. 😆. The broth is light and nice. Maybe it's a light broth, you can taste the egginess in the egg noodles.

Ok place for a nice meal. Thanks for the courteous service.

The place is clean.

🤣. Soy sauce comes in packages instead of a jar due to the pandemic? But be prepared to open them...