Aoyama Ramen Shawnee — Restaurant in Shawnee

Big let down! I ordered the veggie ramen. They don’t have any tofu to add but this place had such good reviews I thought it would still be good. It was like BLAND vegetable soup! Not like any ramen I have ever had. It was packaged well and the toppings were ok, but the main part, the broth, terrible. Just a plain broth. Whatever they add to broth has no flavor. No way I would willingly pay $12 for vegetable soup! I don’t get it. I also got the onigiri spicy crab. It was ok. I had never had that before. I placed order by phone. When I called, I ordered the onigiri after asking gal on the phone if it was REAL crab, or the fake. She adamantly said it was REAL. No! It was not real. I reviewed the menu online. It didn’t give any description, that is why I called and ordered by phone. I won’t be back and enthusiastically do not recommend this place for ramen. Maybe the other ramen bowls are better, but not going...

The menus are easy to read and simple, which helps for making quick decisions on your order. Everything has a description and price listed.

The tables were clean and our waitress was friendly. We got asked if we wanted more water twice while we were there (about an hour), which was a perfect amount. They also split our check correctly afterwards.

Now, the food. I had the curry ramen and chasu onigiri. The noodles were nice and bouncy, but did not look very authentic. The broth of my curry ramen was very light, as well. They could have gone a bit heavier on the salt or soy, as well as the curry flavor. But it wasn't bad. The onigiri was delicious. The pork in it was flavorful and soft, making it a perfect little flavor bomb.

4/5 ⭐ I would come back to try other flavors of their onigiri. As well as a different...

Service was fantastic. Gentleman helping us provided some recommendations and answered all our questions about the various menu items. We ended up sitting up at the bar by the kitchen, and it was perfect for a quick bite.

Food was great - everyone in our party had a different dish and we tried some of their delicious jelly cocktails. They were interestingly unique and tasted delicious. Some people may not like the texture of the jelly mixed with their drinks though. They do have non-jelly cocktails as well.

We started off with an order of the tuna rice balls. They were one of our favorite items and we will come back just to get them for lunch!

Ramen was great and they have a good selection of broths, noodles, protein and toppings. Plan to come back next time I’m craving a big...